'DUB-HEAVY DOOMSTEP BLEND OF PARANOID DUBBY MADNESS' - Rick Bull on Victor Xray

Victor Xray has been making electronic noises since the 1980s using a variety of names, including Now:Zero, Dread King, Nerve Agent, Nerve Agent in Dub, Victor Xray, Discount Adult Zone, Retarded Mouse and others. This music has been released through labels in Australia, the UK and Germany.



DOGMACHINE emerged in 1993 releasing a cassette Ep and 7" vinyl single The Room/Why Do They Scream?, followed by numerous compilation appearances including TransCom's Abstraction release in 1996.

FUTURISTIC URBAN CULT is the seminal full-length album from Australian industrial originators Dogmachine. 
Originally released on the Oracle label by the band in 1997, Futuristic Urban Cult was a game-changing release for the Australian music landscape. Described as 'hellish electronics... with grinding chugging guitars, sinister/darkwave undertones, and steamshovel vocals', the release explored many shades of darkness. With founding member Kraig Wilson at the core, and a range of important collaborators including Lawrence English, the band was famous for its confronting live performances which often descended into an industrial chaos of noise and machinery.

Fetish, the first single from the album included remixes by David Thrussel (Snog, Black Lung), Craig Sue (Bionic/Genetic) and Andy Bagley (Pure Bunk/VISI) and received solid play in clubs and on national radio. The second single Headwound received extensive support by Triple J and was also released as a multimedia CDROM - one of the first of its kind for a Brisbane band.

Dogmachine toured extensively, performing with the likes of Atari Teenage Riot, White Zombie, Pitchshifter, Pop Will Eat Itself (PWEI), Snog, Zeni Geva, Severed Heads, Grinspoon, N.I.L., Primary and Insurge, as well as appearing regularly during the 'golden years' of ZZZ Market Day Festivals. The band also received one of the first Music Industry Critics Awards in 1998 for 'Best Independent Band' in Queensland's category.

The 90's was a period in Brisbane's music history which saw the emergence of its own fantastic electronic music scene, with bands like Dogmachine at the forefront.

After an extensive hiatus, Dogmachine recently reformed to make a return to the live music scene and are currently working on new material.

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