Cold Therapy (band)
Cold Therapy | |
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Origin | Poland |
Genres | Electro-Industrial, Dark Electro, Industrial, Electronica, Experimental |
Years active | 2012–present |
Labels | Advoxya Records |
Members | Jacek Wolański |
Website | www.coldtherapy-official.com |
Cold Therapy is an Electro-industrial / dark electronic music project from Poland, founded by Jacek Wolański in 2012.[1] Their music is known for its dark and highly atmospheric sound.
History
Wolański began releasing music in 2009, releasing several albums with two different bands before founding Cold Therapy.[2]
At first, he started making Dark Ambient music (never officially released) with his two-man group Unsinn,[3] where he was the composer and vocalist. Finally, they ended up making Aggrotech / EBM music and released one official album in 2010.[4] Shortly after that, his work on Unsinn ended in a controversial manner:[5] "[H]e removed me from the band, took all rights, without mentioning about it. He said and wrote everywhere that I left the band by myself. And that was the end of our cooperation."[6]
The second band in which Wolański was involved was Traumatize.[7] Another Aggrotech / EBM project, which concentrated more on making music suitable for dancefloors and DJ sets. As Traumatize, from 2010 to the end of 2012 he released 3 full albums, 1 EP and 1 single,[8] mostly with the Spanish record label Mutant-E Records.[9]
After few years of album releases, Wolański felt tired of the aggressive, club-oriented style of music and in need of a change, founded Cold Therapy. This was the moment he decided to make more old-school Dark Electronic music.[10]
He stated in an interview: "This time I wanted to make something different, something more 'personal', more into my own musical tastes, to express myself."[11]
After the first album Embrace the Silence,[12] the band was joined by a new main vocalist, Jan R., and female secondary vocalist Jen. They then released the EP Carnival of Lies[13] and the full album Masquerade Infinite.[14] But on March 10, 2016, both left Cold Therapy and Wolański returned to working solo. On November 14, 2016, he released another full-length album, Figures and Faces.
Masquerade Infinite is currently the most successful release of Cold Therapy has received many positive reviews, for example from Side-Line Magazine,[15] which stated: "Cold Therapy clearly strives to compose a personal sound. The haunting atmospheres hanging over the songs is poignant and definitely the main force and characteristic of this work"[16] and Brutal Resonance:[17] "Here, Cold Therapy have created a sound that spans across quite a few eras of electro-industrial evolution."[18]
Masquerade Infinite reached 4th position on the German Electronic Charts (GEWC)[19] and entered the TOP 50 Bestsellers ranking on POPoNAUT,[20] being in 43rd place.
Cold Therapy appeared on various compilations and is well known for collaborations and remixes done for other artists, such as Suicide Commando, Wumpscut, Acylum, Shiv-r, A7ie, Die Braut, nolongerhuman, and Hydroxie.
Record label
Cold Therapy has been signed to Advoxya Records[21] since March 22, 2015.[22]
Discography
Albums
- 2013 - Embrace the Silence
- 2015 - Masquerade Infinite
- 2016 - Figures and Faces
EP
- 2014- Carnival of Lies
Side release series
- 2017 - Behind the Scenes: Vol. 01
Remix appearances
2012
- Terrortek X - Bio Chemical Warfare
2013
- nolongerhuman - Introvert
- Nano Infect - Scars Of Denial
- Aggroaphobia - Obsessive Mind
- RSM - Roznieś Swoje Mocarstwo
- Corroded Master - Wir Sind Viele
- Projekt LR - God Bless All Murderers
- Subliminal Noize - Happy End Of The World
- At0shima 3rr0r - Beyond the horizon
2014
- Wumpscut - Bulwark Bazooka
- A7ie - Distress V2.0 (digital / exclusive edition)
- Die Braut - Parricida Perpetuo
- Advent Resilience - Atavism
- Proyecto Crisis - Under Control
- impurfekt - repurfekt II
- Obsidian FX - Phlegm
- Hasswut - Wir sind...
- Reactor7x - Sick of it all
- AudioCentesis - Zughenruhe
- VA - CRL Studios Presents: The Fourth Wavelength (Lost) – remix for Biomechanimal
- At0shima 3rr0r - Silent One
2015
- Wumpscut - Blutspuker Tavern
- Acylum - Zigeunerjunge
- Acylum - Venom
- Shiv-r - Eye of the Needle
- Hydroxie - Seelenschmerz
- Studio-X vs Simon Carter - Ad Astra Volantis
- reADJUST - Kontrollverlust
- Viscera Drip - Perpetual Adversity + Remixes (2CD edition)
- Device Noize - Tabues Remixed
- lucidstatic - You Are Here
- Uncarnate - Weak protein life
- F.T.C. - I'm Not Crazy
- The Dark Butterfly - Alles oder Nichts
- BlutKraft - Leave the Dancefloor
2016
- A7ie - Narcissick Volume II
- Homicidal Feelings - Cognitive Disorders
- Subliminal Code - Soldier Of Hell, Reborn
- Promidal - Simul iustus et peccator : : THE REMIXES : :
- Binary Division - Defcon 1
2017
- Suicide Commando - Forest Of The Impaled (Limited Edition)
- Vore Complex - Hate Tusk
- Antibody - Opera Of Death
- WANT/ed & Miranda Cartel - My Pride
- Electro Fear - The Little Shop Of Horrors
- Taxon Lazare - Chinatown / Чайнатаун
2018
- Benjamin'sPlague - Perfectly Hideous
Guest appearances
2013
- Vault-113 - Cold Fusion
- FF.AA - Reorganización Nacional
- FF.AA - Mission Failed
- A.D.N - Salvation of God
- A.D.N - The Singularity (B-sides)
- A.D.N - My end (B-sides remix)
- A.D.N - All die Bastards
- VA - Tactical Tracks 2nd Assault – song: 13th Angel - Purgatory (feat. Cold Therapy)
2014
- Universally Unnecessary - The Uprising
2015
- VA - Side-Line - Face The Beat: Session 2 – song: Traumatize - Bound by Hell (feat. Cold Therapy)
- VA - Elektro Villain: Volume 005 – song: Traumatize - Bound by Hell (feat. Cold Therapy)
- Acervus - Something Beautiful
- VA - Mechanized - Best Of 2015 – song: A.[D].N - Was Pain (Feat Cold Therapy)
- London Sadness - Confession
- VA - Halotan Records -Sampler 08 – song: 13th Angel - Purgatory (feat. Cold Therapy)
2016
- VA - Seasons of Electronics Vol. I – song: Traumatize - Bound by Hell (feat. Cold Therapy)
2017
- Fredrik Croona - This Is Goodbye
- VA - darkTunes - Gothic Music Orgy Vol.4 – song: Plague Doctor - I'm coming to take you away (feat. Cold Therapy)
- VA - Elektro Villain: Volume 007 – song: Plague Doctor - I'm coming to take you away (feat. Cold Therapy)
- VA - Brutal Resonance - It's September – song: Acervus - Far, Far Away (feat. Cold Therapy)
Compilation appearances
2012
- Digital Recovery: Part 1
- Tactical Beats (Winter Ops)
- Freak Machine 0.2
2013
- Infraschall Vol.5
- Halotan Records - Sampler 05
- Halotan Records - Sampler 06
- Halotan Records - Sampler 07
- Tactical Tracks 2nd Assault
- EBM ADDICTION 10,000 Vol. II
- EBM ADDICTION [VOL 3]
- Dance 4 Syria - Vol.2 - Industrial
2014
- Beat:Cancer V2
- Digital Recovery: Part 10.4
- DJ Led Manville - Nachtplan Tanz Vol.17
- CRL Studios Presents: While You Were Out Vol. 2
- CRL Studios Presents: Power Beyond Fathom (A Benefit For Don Hill Of Millipede) Part 3
- Elektro Villain: Volume 002
- NAR Goth`N`Tronic Sampler Vol.3
2015
- Side-Line - Face The Beat: Session 2
- Digital Recovery: Part 11.2
- Project Industrial: Underground Machines
- Freak Machine 0.3
- Halotan Records - Sampler 08
- Halotan Records - Halotan Sounds 2.0
- Elektro Villain: Volume 005
- Freak Machine 0.4
- Mechanized - Best Of 2015
2016
- Side-Line - Face The Beat: Session 4
- Side-Line - Face The Beat: Session 3
- darkTunes - Gothic Music Orgy Vol.3
- darkTunes - Gothic Music Orgy Vol.2
- Body Virus
- Intravenous Magazine - Blood Pack Vol. 3
- Seasons of Electronics Vol. I
- CIA Volume 2
2017
- darkTunes - Gothic Music Orgy Vol.4
- Freak Machine 0.5
- Brutal Resonance - It's September
- Brutal Resonance - June 2017
- Elektro Villain: Volume 007
2018
- Brutal Resonance - We Love Industrial
- Intravenous Magazine - Blood Pack Vol. 5
- Brutal Resonance - There's a Lot of Industrial on This Compilation
References
- ^ "Date founded". www.coldtherapy-official.com. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
- ^ "Cold Therapy - MusicBrainz". musicbrainz.org. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
- ^ "Unsinn - MusicBrainz". musicbrainz.org. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
- ^ "Unsinn - A Time Past release". 2010-09-26. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
- ^ "Halotan Records - Dark Electro, Aggrotech, Goth and Industrial label". Halotan Records. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
- ^ "Interview for Halotan Records". Controversial split up of Unsinn. 2012-11-07. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
- ^ "Traumatize - MusicBrainz". musicbrainz.org. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
- ^ "Traumatize discography". Retrieved 2016-07-27.
- ^ "Mutant-E Records - MusicBrainz". musicbrainz.org. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
- ^ "Interview with Halotan Records". Jacek Wolański about Cold Therapy and much more!. 2012-11-07. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
- ^ "Choosing the more difficult path - interview with Cold Therapy". 2014-10-11. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
- ^ "Embrace the Silence, by Cold Therapy". Cold Therapy. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
- ^ "Carnival of Lies, by Cold Therapy". Cold Therapy. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
- ^ "Masquerade Infinite, by Cold Therapy". Cold Therapy. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
- ^ "Side-Line Music Magazine". Side-Line Music Magazine. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
- ^ "Cold Therapy – Masquerade Infinite (CD Album – Advoxya Records) – Side-Line Music Magazine". Retrieved 2016-07-27.
- ^ "Electro Industrial Music Magazine | Brutal Resonance". brutalresonance.com. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
- ^ "Cold Therapy - Masquerade Infinite | Brutal Resonance". brutalresonance.com. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
- ^ "GEWC - German Electronic WebCharts". www.gewc.de. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
- ^ Leipzig, POPoNAUT. "Cold Therapy - Masquerade Infinite (CD)". www.poponaut.de. Retrieved 2016-08-07.
- ^ "Advoxya Records". www.advoxya-records.com. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
- ^ "Cold Therapy: Cold Therapy signed to Advoxya Records!". www.coldtherapy-official.com. Retrieved 2016-07-31.