In addition to his work with Skinny Puppy, cEvin Key has had several side projects, including
Doubting Thomas,
Cyberaktif, and
Hilt. He was also at one point a drummer and song-writer for
synthpop group,
Images in Vogue. After Skinny Puppy disbanded in 1995, cEVIN Key's main project was electronic noise group
Download, as well as some solo releases. He also embarked on a side project with
Phil Western,
PlatEAU, and continued his project
Tear Garden with the assistance of the
Legendary Pink Dots for new material released in the mid-to-late '90s. These post 1995 projects continue to this day.
Much of 2001-3 was spent on his own solo material,
Music For Cats,
The Ghost Of Each Room and
The Dragon Experience, as well as an undertaking of an exclusive subscription-only music service entitled the
From the Vault series—seven CDs of previously unreleased material from his various projects (Skinny Puppy, Download, Tear Garden, PlatEAU, and Hilt) Key also served as a drummer on
ohGr's 2001 tour.
2004 brought about the reformation of Skinny Puppy for a new album,
The Greater Wrong Of the Right, and they embarked on a worldwide tour that carried on into 2005. Work began underway for their next LP,
Mythmaker, shortly thereafter, and was released in 2007.
cEvin is currently working on another From the Vault series for 2007-2008, before embarking on yet another Skinny Puppy tour. The releases are to include new, unreleased and re-released work by Download, Doubting Thomas, PlatEAU, Tear Garden, Hilt, and Skinny Puppy.
cEvin is the sole owner and operator of
Subconscious Communications, "a California-based records label, musician collective, remix team, 32-track digital studio and analogue synthesizer collection".
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cEvin Key - Music For Cats (1997)
cEvin Key - The Ghost Of Each Room (2001)
cEvin Key - The Dragon Experience (2003)
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cEvin Key (pronounced "Kevin Key") is the pseudonym of Kevin William Crompton (born February 13, 1961), who was a founding member of the industrial music band Skinny Puppy, along with Nivek Ogre.
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