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Assemblage 23
Assemblage 23 is Tom Shear's electro-industrial project that started in the mid-1990s. He'd been in a band called Squirrels on Speed before that. Their 1999...
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30,000 Feet
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30kft
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Alive
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Angels and Demons
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Anthem
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Apart
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Assemblage 23 is Tom Shear's electro-industrial project that started in the mid-1990s. He'd been in a band called Squirrels on Speed before that. Their 1999 album 'Contempt' was where things began to click for them, with its dark, atmospheric sound and introspective lyrics.
Songs like 'Damaged' and 'Disappoint' became touchstones for listeners who connected with their themes of mental health and alienation. 'Damaged' in particular, from 2004, drew attention for its raw treatment of self-destruction, sparking some public debate about its content.
Shear has kept the project going through nine studio albums, working occasionally with other artists in the scene. The music stays grounded in that electro-industrial vein, avoiding the more aggressive edges of some of their peers in favor of mood and melody.
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