The Process
For the novel by Bryon Gysin, see The Process (novel).The Process is a 1996 album by
industrial band
Skinny Puppy. Many factors complicated the recording of
The Process. The album's producer changed multiple times, from
Roli Mosimann to
Martin Atkins to
Dave Ogilvie. According to
cEvin Key their label,
American Recordings had pressured the band into adapting a more commercial sound, similar to
Nine Inch Nails. Following tensions between band members,
Nivek Ogre left the band in 1995 and American Recordings decided to drop Skinny Puppy after the release of
The Process. Worst of all,
Dwayne Goettel died of a heroin overdose in August 1995. Following Dwayne's death, Cevin and Dave completed mixing of
The Process.
The Process was intended to be a concept album about a psychotherapy cult from the 1960s known as
The Church of the Process of Final Judgement, which Ogre was introduced to by
Genesis P. Orridge.
Demos for the album leaked in 1994, supposedly due to cEvin himself.
This was intended to be the final Skinny Puppy album; the liner notes simply say "The End" after the album credits. However, Ogre and Key reformed the band in
2000 and finally released a new album,
The Greater Wrong of the Right, eight years later in
2004.
# "Jahya" â€" 3:34# "Death" â€" 3:56# "Candle" â€" 4:58# "Hardset Head" â€" 4:06# "Cult" â€" 3:03# "Process" â€" 5:02# "Curcible" â€" 3:28# "Blue Serge" â€" 5:13# "Morter" â€" 4:39# "Amnesia" â€" 4:20# "Cellar Heat" â€" 0:49
*
Nivek Ogre*
cEvin Key*
Dwayne Goettel*
Dave Ogilvie â€" mixing, guitar (track 5)
* Ken "Hi-watt" Marshall â€" mixing
* Pat Sprawl â€" guitar (tracks 1-5, 7)
* Philth â€" wave manipulation (tracks 9, 10)
* Pepperdine â€"
viola and
cello section (track 5)
*
Martin Atkins â€" voices (track 2)
* Lorne Bouquet â€" backing vocals (tracks 3, 4)
* Troll â€" guitar (track 5)
