Negative Format
Negative Format is the one-man EBM/trance band of Alex Matheu, started in 1996. For live performances, the band includes Rashree and Brian Matson.
In 2004, Alex created The Parallel Project, an album combining his music with the vocals of other industrial artists, including Salva Maine, Sandrine Gouriou, Ned Kirby, Tom Shear, Rashree Matson, Daniel Myer, Jennifer Parkin, Clint Carney, Darrin Huss, Courtney Bangert, Victoria Lloyd, Mark Jackson, Kristy Venrick, and G. Wygonik. In 2000, he released a song on Inception Records compilation 'Counterbalance Vol. 1' as Parallel titled Parallax featuring Ben Schingel and Daniel Paradise, this song was a precursor to The Parallel Project.
Since 2008 he also creates IDM under the moniker Distraub
Discography
Pathologic Syndrome
(Hypnotic Trancez, May 1997)
- Syndrome
- Moral Void
- Prey For The Dead
- Afterlife
- Base Rate Area
- Sandstone Banquet
- Phixation
- Conformance Test
- White Walls Turn Red
- Embedded Thought Process
- Constant Flood
- The Ritual Of The Machine (pagan mix)
- Barriers Rise
- Last Response
Result of a New Culture
(Gashed!, November 1998; Zoth Ommog, April 1999)
- Deadlock
- Subtle Infestation
- Synthetic Relay
- Frozen
- Our Mechanix
- Liquid Transmission
- Proximity Reconstruction
- TimeFX
- Sector9
- Embracing Subversion
- Vile Extremes
- Liquid Transmission (Aghast view psycho mix)
- Deadlock (NCC Remix)
Distant Pulses
(Gashed!, May 2000)
- solar wind
- asking for the future
- nebula3: remote philosophy
- distant pulses
- stargazer
- nebula6: the outer rim
- warp
- n.e.a.r.
- nebula9: gamma ray burst
- distant pulses [remix]
Static
(Sector 9 Studios, July 2002)
- static
- downfall
- static (genocide mix by informatik)
- gateway
- static (remix by headscan)
- sense
- n.e.a.r. (aiboforcen mix)
- static (implant rmx)
UTurn - An Exploration In Trance
with Massiv in Mensch (Artoffact Records, 2002)
Cipher Method
(Sector 9 Studios, February 2003)
- cipher
- automate
- transfer
- schema
- algorythm
- senseless
- vertex
- static
- encryption
- downfall (atmosphere)
- packet filter
Moving Past The Boundaries
(Metropolis Records, September 2005)
- phase in
- translucent
- echo chamber
- sustain
- particle shift
- centralized
- momentum
- focus
- spectral analysis
- prototype
- heterodox
- probe v2.4
- out of phase
Gradients
(Metropolis Records, April 2008)
- Solid State
- Hues Of Grey
- Pathogen
- Structures And Shadows
- Foundations
- Origins
- Photon Ring
- Slate
- Color Depth
- Gradient Coils
- Reaction
- Granite
Compilations
- "Gaia's Will" appears on "Sonic Assault - Zombie Commandos From Hell" (2002)
- "Pathogen" appears on "Industrial Attack Vol.1" (2008)
- "Photon Ring" appears on "Industrial Attack Vol.2"(2008)
External links
- Negative Format official website
- Negative Format discography at MusicBrainz
- Negative Format discography at Discogs