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Official History In mid 1999, Jon Westwood began assembling what would become Cult Mechanics. For his self confessed labor of love, he opted not to record in a traditional studio. Westwood enlisted the expertise of producers and engineers experienced with digital recording, and built his own 64 track digital studio. After debugging the computer software recording began and continued until late December when the last tracks were consummated. "I wanted to maintain a certain quality and image for my initial offering," Westwood adds. "A debut Cd is the presentation of ones self to the world and that's an important thing." Black was released on February 15, 2000, commensurate with the vernal equinox, return of Saturn, and the 49th anniversary of the debut of The Wizard of Oz. The CD was picked up by indie music outlets throughout the southeast. Sales were good. Life was sweet. Praise the Lord, pass me the meat. Local radio heeded the Cult call, adding Black to lite rotation formats. College radio also fell under the Mechanic's dark spell. The word was out, the Cult must be joined. "I started getting e-mails from people all over the country who found the web page at The Orchard. They told me how good they thought the disc was, that was great" I was promoting Black heavily over the Net, it's the natural progression of things," says Westwood. "Record labels have turned a deaf ear to many talented artist in the past, and the Internet has taken up the slack. The web site has had thousands of visitors from Japan and Europe, as well as the United States. The response has been incredible. It's not the wave of the future, it's here today." Cult Mechanics is riding the wave, creating their future. No matter the outcome, they will always be true to their rock and roll heritage. Cult Mechanics: Innovating, evolving, creating new music for the new millennium. Get Blacked! Ken Micallef: Blender "This album is a great example of the what the Indie music scene is; an excellent musician exploring a wide variety of territory on one album which he'd never be allowed on a major label unless he was of superstar status". Ben Baker: IndieMusic.com Check out the artist's website: http://www.cultmechanics.com Track List: 1. Flight of Envy 2. Orange 3. 2 Dogs 4. By Polar 5. Dance With the Dead 6. My Life in a Movie 7. Consumption 8. Driven to Tears 9. Time 10. Requiem Intro 11. Requiem Suggested CDs:Other Genres:
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