Nerve Filter is an electronic music

Electronic music

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 act from Seattle, WA (US

United States

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); its sole member is Tom Shear

Tom Shear

Tom Shear is an American musician and music producer, and is the sole member of the electronic act Assemblage 23.He was born on November 12, 1971 in State College, Pennsylvania, where he lived until he was about age six. After that, he lived in New Jersey for two years and then in New Hampshire for...

. Nerve Filter started in 1995, and is considered a side project of Shear's Assemblage 23

Assemblage 23

Assemblage 23 is an electronic act from the United States, currently based in Seattle. It was founded in 1988 by Tom Shear who writes the music and lyrics and does the recording himself.-1980s–1990s :...

 although its first label appearance predated A23's.

History

According to Nerve Filter's website, experiencing writer's block after writing Assemblage 23

Assemblage 23

Assemblage 23 is an electronic act from the United States, currently based in Seattle. It was founded in 1988 by Tom Shear who writes the music and lyrics and does the recording himself.-1980s–1990s :...

's Wires, Shear decided:

to do some tracks in a totally different style than he was accustomed to. The result was Nerve Filter. Combining elements of techno, and the then-popular rave sound, Nerve Filter was hard-edged and dark, but also exhibited a sense of humor in spots

According to Shear, the band's sound is difficult to categorize, with influences "including techno

Techno

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, dub

Dub music

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, drum n' bass

Drum and bass

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, IDM

Intelligent dance music

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, detroit electro, acid

Acid techno

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, ambient, and many others."

Albums

• Evasion of Primacy; 10 tracks (1996?; private release of less than 50)
• Linear, 23db Records (28 February 2006)

1. stealth
2. hey.daddy
3. option.one
4. sea.lab
5. slow.motion.shadow
6. machine.language
7. auto.mat
8. beneath.a.bed.of.wet.leaves
9. tweaker
10. sun.rise

Singles

• "MTV Sucks"; repurposes MTV samples
• "Back & Forth"; constructed almost entirely of Skinny Puppy
  Skinny Puppy
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   samples

Compilation appearances

• DeathRave 2010 (1996; 21st Circuitry
  21st Circuitry
  21st Circuitry was a record label based in San Francisco, United States that was founded in early 1991 and released electro-industrial, industrial rock and similar styles of music. Bands that were signed to or distributed material through the label included Covenant, Unit:187, Hate Dept., Xorcist,...
  
  , SF)
• "Melting"; includes samples of Björk
  Björk
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   (leading The Sugarcubes
  The Sugarcubes
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  )
• "Tech 153" ; "hyper-rave" at 153bpm
• Dark Techno 1-9-9 (1998?; 21st Circuitry
  21st Circuitry
  21st Circuitry was a record label based in San Francisco, United States that was founded in early 1991 and released electro-industrial, industrial rock and similar styles of music. Bands that were signed to or distributed material through the label included Covenant, Unit:187, Hate Dept., Xorcist,...
  
  , SF)
• "Ritalin"; manic, almost drill and bass

Remixes

• "Remembrane" (remix of "Membrane"), Scar Tissue
  Scar Tissue (band)
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  , Rebuild, 21st Circuitry
  21st Circuitry
  21st Circuitry was a record label based in San Francisco, United States that was founded in early 1991 and released electro-industrial, industrial rock and similar styles of music. Bands that were signed to or distributed material through the label included Covenant, Unit:187, Hate Dept., Xorcist,...
  
   (1998)
• "Be Broken (Unbreakable mix)", Converter, Proven in Action, First Aid Recordings
• "Storm Front (Brazilian Rust mix)", Prospero
  Prospero (band)
  Prospero is an industrial/rhythmic noise solo project by Canadian musician Wade Anderson of Toronto. Anderson, a long time DJ in the greater Toronto area, started Prospero in early 2000....
  
  , Spreading the Infection, Subsession Records