Hypnoskull is the name of Belgian musical group whose style borrows elements of noise

Noise music

Noise music is a term used to describe varieties of avant-garde music and sound art that may use elements such as cacophony, dissonance, atonality, noise, indeterminacy, and repetition in their realization. Noise music can feature distortion, various types of acoustically or electronically...

, industrial music

Industrial music

Industrial music is a style of experimental music that draws on transgressive and provocative themes. The term was coined in the mid-1970s with the founding of Industrial Records by the band Throbbing Gristle, and the creation of the slogan "industrial music for industrial people". In general, the...

, jungle

Drum and bass

Drum and bass is a type of electronic music which emerged in the late 1980s. The genre is characterized by fast breakbeats , with heavy bass and sub-bass lines...

, breakbeat

Breakbeat

In 1992, a new style called "jungalistic hardcore" emerged, and for many ravers it was too funky to dance to. Josh Lawford of Ravescene prophesied that the breakbeat was "the death-knell of rave" because the ever changing drumbeat patterns of breakbeat music didn't allow for the same zoned out,...

, lo-fi, and techno

Techno

Techno is a form of electronic dance music that emerged in Detroit, Michigan in the United States during the mid to late 1980s. The first recorded use of the word techno, in reference to a genre of music, was in 1988...

. Hypnoskull currently releases music through Germany’s

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 Ant-Zen

Ant-Zen

Ant-Zen Audio and Visual Arts is a German independent record label founded in 1994 by Stefan Alt , who serves as the art director. Visual arts from Ant-Zen are typically bleak but astonishing landscapes, or microscopic studies of what is often overlooked...

 record label.

Members / History

Hypnoskull is one Patrick Stevens (b. 4 Mar, 1973), who founded Hypnoskull in the early 1990’s. Stevens was introduced to music at a young age, and became quickly involved in the Belgian and German alternative music scene. His first project was with friend Kristen Steensels, under the name Ectoplasmic Embryo Experience. Soon after, Stevens began releasing music under several other pseudonyms, including BRB, DRK, and Godwin. Finally, in 1993, Stevens formed Hypnoskull, which has been his main project ever since. Stevens took a short break after recording several tapes as Hypnoskull to work on a project with Dirk Ivens

Dirk Ivens

Dirk Ivens is a Belgian musician and performer in the industrial music genre. In 1978 he started as singer and guitar player in the punk band Slaughterhouse but left the group after one year to form the new band The Few. In 1980 he formed the electronic band Absolute Body Control, influenced by...

 called Sonar

Sonar (band)

Sonar is the name of a Belgian musical group, combining rhythmic noise, soundscapes, and industrial music. It was formed as a side-project of noise artists Dirk Ivens and Patrick Stevens.- Members / History :...

. Finally, in 1998, Stevens was able to release the first Hypnoskull CD on Germany’s Ant-Zen

Ant-Zen

Ant-Zen Audio and Visual Arts is a German independent record label founded in 1994 by Stefan Alt , who serves as the art director. Visual arts from Ant-Zen are typically bleak but astonishing landscapes, or microscopic studies of what is often overlooked...

 records. Since this short time, Hypnoskull has managed to greatly influence the industrial music scene.

In addition to Hypnoskull, Patrick Stevens also has recorded under the names Tunnel (with ex wife Mieke M.), Sonar (with Dirk Ivens), Noshinto, Das Schreckenskabinett, Hautnah, Reset, Sona Eact, Störfrequenz, BRB, DRK, Boy Rapes Boy, Cybernetic:Fuckheadz (with Raoul Roucka

Noisex

Noisex is the name of a power noise and industrial music act from Germany. It has long been releasing music on the Ant-Zen record label and Rudy Ratzinger's label, Mental Ulcer Forges.-Members / history:...

), Sliding Elements, 33 MHz, and Trivial Gender.

Discography

• 1993 - 58-59-60, Tape
• 1994 - Gigabyte, Tape
• 1994 - Wild Electronic Noise Session For People Who Want to Relax, Tape
• 1995 - A Visional Wane Into Cyberelectronics, Tape
• 1995 - Japanese Kisses, Tape
• 1995 - Media Terrorist, Tape
• 1996 - Datagenetik, Tape
• 1996 - Intubation, Tape
• 1996 - Media Terrorist 2, Tape
• 1996 - Technocrash, Tape
• 1997 - Technobondage, Tape
• 1997 - Total Jesus, Tape
• 1998 - Rhythmusmaschine Eins-Zwei, CD
• 1999 - Darkbeat Planet / Reakt. Ammo, LP
• 1999 - FFWD>Burnout!, CD
• 2000 - Fucked By Other’s Attitudes, 7”
• 2000 - Live At CDGB’s, New York, CD-R
• 2000 - Total Jesus EP, CD-R
• 2001 - 10 Seconds Left, Tape
• 2001 - Electronic Music Means War To Us, CD
• 2002 - Operation Tough Guy!, CD / 2LP / Boxset
• 2002 - The Harder You Try Is The Closer You Get, 7”
• 2002 - The Silver Album EP, CD-R
• 2002 - Who’s Hardcore Anyway?, 7”
• 2003 - Extreme Urban Electronica, CD-R
• 2003 - The Hardest 30 Minutes on Planet Earth, Tape
• 2004 - Dark Skies Over Planet E., CD
• 2004 - The Industrial Mash-Up 12”, CD-R
• 2004 - Urban Nightmares (You and Me), CD-R
• 2005 - (G.O.D.) Once Again, CD
• 2005 - Broken Bass, CD-R
• 2005 - Cassette Massacre (1992–1993 Recovered), CD-R
• 2006 - Connecting The Evil Wires, CD-R
• 2006 - Controversy Is A Goddamn' Lie, CD-R
• 2006 - Panik Mekanik, CD
• 2008 - Industrial Owes Us Money, CD