Credits: Erik: synths, voice, sampling, sequencing, effects, programming, overloads, crackles, aliasing, spontaneous noises

Allison: sequencing, synths, live keys

Programmed in Chaos, fall 2001

Recorded, mixed, mastered at 01-Music studio A and 01-Music mastering suite.

Recording Engineer: Rafael Maliba, assisted by Erik Scrape

Artwork By: Erik Scrape ---Produced by Erik Scrape

There were many personal problems facing me when I first worked on this album. The initial working sessions started in early 2000! Songs such as Madness (which was included on the cd in the multimedia section), and obscure titles such as Insane (which later became Cancer [final part]) were very early and from that era. The death of my father in the fall of 2000 put me in a depressive state for nearly a year. I thought that Scrape would have finally been finished but in the fall of 2001, I found the emotions and the force I needed to create Coldest of Snows. These emotions are extremely harsh, even for me!!! I decided to
let completely loose and see what would happen. The songwriting on this release was at times very spontaneous and the lyrics were totally so. This allowed us to record an album that had a more loose feel so that the message came through more clearly without being obscured and/or lost by the production. I was also experimenting with more tools than ever before (some songs are completely generated within the computer while others are midi with keyboards as per
the other cd's released before this).

I had decided to do the artwork again as well and see if I could go in a somewhat different direction to reflect the title as well as the feeling of the album. I had originally tried to get a new logo designed but this turned out to be either expenisve or there were conflicts. In the end, I had went with a very stone cold design which you see a glimpse of in the releases section.

Scrape performed live at Club Zone in November and we had the show captured on both video and audio. The audio part was handled by my partner at 01-Music and the video was done by Vincent Desmarais. I wanted to capture this to show the live side of Scrape. People say that our shows are scary and that I am an intimidating person. Wait until the new shows! hehehe.... At any rate we chose 2 songs for the multimedia section that sounded good and also had quality shots.

So what is left after I spilled my guts into this release? Will I go back to the sex/death ideas of past releases? Who knows. I think it is safe to say that I will continue to push the boundaries facing me personally and also musically. Rest assured that we will continue on in some capacity. I have more to tell and fresh unpleasantries yet to create!!

Newsflash!

The Coldest of Snows CD is being distributed in Europe by Xtortion Distribution. We decided to make a special CD with improved artwork (lyrics are included, but there is no multimedia section and the CD's are not numbered). There are only a few of the numbered versions left. We will send out some to Mindwerk in Denmark to add to their catalogue. Once the numbered CD's are gone, they are gone. The multimedia section is only available on this version so act now before it's too late!

Many thanks to Marc Bertola for the printing of the Coldest of Snows covers, and thanks to Blip for their help in the re-release of Coldest of Snows. Thanks also go out to Xtortion Distribution and Mindwerk for their help in getting this release distributed. You guys are the best!