Mentallo & The Fixer Meets Mainesthai Explained

Mentallo & The Fixer Meets Mainesthai is a collaborative remix album by Mentallo & The Fixer and Mainesthai, released in 1994 by Zoth Ommog Records.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Music

The band originally sent the recording sessions that comprised Mentallo & The Fixer Meets Mainesthai to Zoth Ommog as a work in progress and the album was released early before it could meet the band's approval. On June 23, 1998, the album was re-released by Metropolis Records in remastered form with an alternate track listing that replaces several of the songs on the original issue.^{[4] [5] [6]}

Reception

In their review of Mentallo & The Fixer Meets Mainesthai, Ink 19 commended the remixes for improving the originals and commented that the album would be a good introduction to Mentallo & The Fixer for new listeners.^[7] Sonic Boom gave the album a positive review and noting the standouts as being the "Basket Case remix of 'Wartime' with its brutal cadence and the Tribulation mix of 'Power Struggle' with all of its Demon Seed samples."^[5]

Personnel

Adapted from the Mentallo & The Fixer Meets Mainesthai liner notes.^[8]

Musicians

• Dwayne Dassing (as The Fixer) – programming, producer, engineering and mixing
• Gary Dassing (as Mentallo) – programming, producer, engineering and mixing
• Michael Greene – vocals, producer, engineering and mixing (5, 6, 8, 9)

Production and design

• Ric Laciak – recording (23)
• André Menge (as Menge Design Group) – cover art
• Chris Spoonts – mastering

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
Germany	1994	Zoth Ommog	CD	ZOT 119
United States	1998	Metropolis		MET 088

Notes and References

1. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000042384|pure_url=yes}} Mentallo & the Fixer: ''Meets Mainesthai'' Overview ]. . August 23, 2020.
2. Web site: John . Bush . [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=mn0000421861/biography|pure_url=yes}} Mentallo & the Fixer Biography ]. . August 23, 2020.
3. Zlatko . Zlaya Zgombic . Mentallo and The Fixer – Rearranging Molecules: Interview With Gary Dassing of Mentallo and The Fixer . Wire Trap . August 28, 2017 . August 23, 2020.
4. Kim Ann . Alexander . An Evening With Mentallo & Fixer . Last Sigh Magazine . June 30, 1997 . August 23, 2020 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120419144343/http://www.lastsigh.com/interviews/mentallo.htm . April 19, 2012 .
5. Chris . Christian . Mentallo & The Fixer Meets Mainesthai: s/t . Sonic Boom . December 1, 1996 . August 23, 2020.
6. Becky . Barnhart . Schwann Spectrum . . Stereophile, Incorporated . 1999 . 9 . 2 . 173 . 9781575980782 . August 23, 2020.
7. Drew . West . Mentallo and the Fixer: Mentallo and the Fixer Meets Mainesthai . Ink 19 . November 25, 1998 . August 23, 2020.
8. Mentallo & The Fixer Meets Mainesthai . Mentallo & The Fixer Meets Mainesthai . . 1994 . booklet . . Hesse, Germany.