Awake the Machines - On the Line Vol. 2

Awake the Machines - On the Line Vol. 2
Awake the Machines - On the Line Vol. 2
Compilation album by Various artists
Released	1997
Genre	Electro-industrial;
Length	72:56
Label	Out of Line/Sub/Mission

Awake the Machines: On the Line Vol. 2 is a various artists compilation album released in 1997 by Out of Line and Sub/Mission Records.^[1] Sonic Boom called Awake the Machines: On the Line Vol. 2 "one of the most thorough collections of North American industrial artists available."^[2]

Track listing[edit]

Disc one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Artist	Length
1.	"Laurels"	Matt Green Athan Maroulis	Spahn Ranch	4:53
2.	"Blinding"	Mick Hale vMarkus	Crocodile Shop	4:43
3.	"Fascion" (Demo)	Chris Liggio	Bile	4:00
4.	"Self Destructive Path"	Rasco Agroyam Erk Aicrag	Hocico	5:58
5.	"Burn the Bridge"	Robert Andrew Bowman Adelheid "Heidi" Winkler	Randolph's Grin	4:01
6.	"Lessor of 2 Evils"	Dwayne Dassing Gary Dassing Richard Mendez	Benestrophe	5:18
7.	"Optima" (Organic-Clean Radio Edit)	Wade Alin Rey Guajardo Markus Von Prause	Christ Analogue	4:15
8.	"Electric Molecular" (KMFDM "Death Before Taxes" Mix)	Jared Louche Dylan Thomas More William Tucker	Chemlab	4:05
9.	"Junkyard" (Radio Edit)	Phil Biagini Marc Jameson	Diatribe	4:15
10.	"This Is the Life"	Chad Bishop David Ivy Bruce King Alan Premselaar	Idiot Stare	3:26
11.	"OnLine" (Moda Mix)	Davide Balbo David Loop	L.I.N.	4:41
12.	"reInventing sLeep" (electroBodyedit)	Hale George Sarah	proGREX.iv	3:35
13.	"Suffer the Flesh"	Shikhee D'iordna	Android Lust	5:07
14.	"Dark Room"	Ivan Iusco Dirk Ivens	Dive	4:09
15.	"Awake the Machine"	Jeremy Daw Lynda Sterling	Yeht Mae	3:49
16.	"Some Urban Myths"	Shawn Rudiman Ed Vargo	THD	6:57

Disc two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Artist	Length
1.	"Pleiadian Agenda"	Vas Kallas Kaizer Von Loopy	Hanzel und Gretyl	3:40
2.	"Moses Gun" (D!V!S!ON #9 Flowmix)	John Bainbridge Travis Earl James Ray Damon Vingoe	James Ray's Gangwar	4:22
3.	"Space Divider"	Vesa Rainne Jarkko Tuohimaa	Neuroactive	3:50
4.	"3 Murders, 3 Nights"	Bryan Barton Charles Levi Jared Louche Jordan Nogood Eric Powell	H3llb3nt	4:13
5.	"Behind the Line" (Crocodile Shop Edit)	Bruno Van Garsse Jacky Meurisse Michel Nachtergaele	Signal Aout 42	3:01
6.	"Less Than Zero"	Boom Fernandez Dave Mansfield	Society Burning	4:28
7.	"Crobar America"	Jamie Duffy Alex Eller Gregory A. Lopez Brian McGarvey Daniel Neet Will Nivens Ethan Novak Jason Novak	Iron Lung Corp	4:06
8.	"Monuments of Flesh"	Carri E.S.T.L. Joni	Chaingun Operate	4:46
9.	"The Fall"	Roger Jarvis Ryan Gribbin	Kevorkian Death Cycle	4:04
10.	"My Weakest Point"	Robert Bustamante	Fektion Fekler	3:30
11.	"People of the Land"	James Mendez Mendez	Two Witches	5:11
12.	"Crisis de Identidad#1749"	Jose Luis Pellicer Fernando Zambrana	Deus Ex Machina	4:08
13.	"Taste" (Salvation-Remixed By Birmingham 6)	Michael Antener	Hellsau	5:11
14.	"Kick th' Eye"	13-ate theHand	Hand of God	3:29
15.	"Arena 85"	F.J. DeSanto Michael Hess Mark Mohtashemi Tom Whitfleet	The Aggression	4:54
16.	"California Dreamin"	Brigit Brat	God's Girlfriend	4:26
17.	"Strange Day"	Brian McGarvey Daniel Neet	Clay People	5:54

Personnel[edit]

Adapted from the Awake the Machines - On the Line Vol. 2 liner notes.^[3]

Musicians

Birmingham 6 – remixer (2.13)
Paolo Favati – remixer (1.1)
Mick Hale – remixer (2.2)
Sascha Konietzko – remixer (1.8)
Ricardo May – remixer (11.1)
Chris Shepard – remixer (1.8)
vMarkus – remixer (2.5)

Production and design

John Bergin – cover art
Dance Assembly Music Network (DAMn!) – design
Alan Douches – mastering
Mick Hale – mastering

Release history[edit]

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
Germany	1997	Out of Line/Sub/Mission	CD	OUT 017, WHIP 037

References[edit]

^ Baumann, Tina; Baumann, Travis (2002). "Compilations". Virtual Night Angel. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
^ Christian, Chris (March 1998). "Various Artists: Awake the Machines". Sonic Boom. Vol. 6, no. 2. Retrieved August 22, 2020.
^ Awake the Machines - On the Line Vol. 2 (boolet). Various artists. Berlin, Germany/Firenze, Italy: Out of Line/Sub/Mission. 1997.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

External links[edit]

Awake the Machines - On the Line Vol. 2 at Discogs (list of releases)

[virtualnightangelcompilations-1] Baumann, Tina; Baumann, Travis (2002). "Compilations". Virtual Night Angel. Retrieved August 24, 2020.

[sonicboom-2] Christian, Chris (March 1998). "Various Artists: Awake the Machines". Sonic Boom. Vol. 6, no. 2. Retrieved August 22, 2020.

[linearnotes-3] Awake the Machines - On the Line Vol. 2 (boolet). Various artists. Berlin, Germany/Firenze, Italy: Out of Line/Sub/Mission. 1997.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

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