Lo:Fi.Vs.Sci:Fi is the fourth and last original studio album by industrial

Industrial music

Industrial music is a style of experimental music that draws on transgressive and provocative themes. The term was coined in the mid-1970s with the founding of Industrial Records by the band Throbbing Gristle, and the creation of the slogan "industrial music for industrial people". In general, the...

 band Deitiphobia

Deitiphobia

Deitiphobia is a Christian industrial / electro / techno band from the United States formed in 1990 consisting of the duo of Wally Shaw and Brent Stackhouse. Known originally as Donderfliegen , the band changed names to Deitiphobia in 1991 to better clarify the band's focus on Christianity...

, and was released in December 1999 by N*Soul Records. It is a concept album

Concept album

In music, a concept album is an album that is "unified by a theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, narrative, or lyrical." Commonly, concept albums tend to incorporate preconceived musical or lyrical ideas rather than being improvised or composed in the studio, with all songs contributing...

 based on a story written by Wally Shaw and science fiction

Science fiction

Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...

 author Graeme Udd. The plotlines of the story are woven into the album, telling the story of the band members' fictional alter egos in the dystopic world of the year 2226. The album features Wil Foster, who was a founding member of the Shaws' industrial rock

Industrial rock

Industrial rock is a musical genre that fuses industrial music and specific rock subgenres. Industrial rock spawned industrial metal, with which it is often confused...

 side project Massivivid

Massivivid

Massivivid was a Christian band founded by Wally Shaw and Mark Nash. Their sound was based in industrial rock and electronic pop, but with a hard edge and intensity similar to that of Nine Inch Nails or The Smashing Pumpkins. Massivivid was originally founded as a live side project to Deitiphobia...

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The album's sound is split between the concepts of low-fi and sci-fi tracks. The low-fi tracks are generally shorter and electronic, whereas the sci-fi tracks are longer and feature "apocalyptic-sounding" lyrics.

Track listing

Track 17 also contains a hidden track called "Deep Intellectual Poem" which starts at 3:30.

1. "Humanifesto" – 3:32
2. "Hurler Avec Les Loups" – 1:01
3. "Spit Static" – 4:25
4. "Disembarking" – 0:33
5. "Episinner" – 3:47
6. "Tripwire" – 4:53
7. Untitled – 0:51
8. "Soldier Soul" – 5:21
9. "Transmission" – 4:01
10. "Publick!" – 0:38
11. "Savior Self" – 4:53
12. "Magnesium Blue" – 4:43
13. "EBN" – 1:05
14. "Persist-Resist" – 4:15
15. "Coelocanthe" – 3:55
16. "Charyatid" – 11:42
17. "Retrofit" – 7:27

Personnel

• Wally Shaw – vocals, keyboards
  Synthesizer
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  , percussion
  Percussion instrument
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• Sheri Shaw – keyboards, vocals
• Wil Foster – keyboards