Negative Format Explained

Negative Format is an EBM/trance band formed by Alex Matheu in 1996. For live performances, the band includes Rashree Patram and Brian Matson.

In 2004, Alex created The Parallel Project, an album combining his music with the vocals of other industrial artists, including Salva Maine, Sandrine Gouriou, Ned Kirby, Tom Shear, Rashree Patram, Daniel Myer, Jennifer Parkin, Clint Carney, Darrin Huss, Courtney Bangert, Victoria Lloyd, Mark Jackson, Kristy Venrick, and G. Wygonik. In 2000, he released a song on Inception Records compilation 'Counterbalance Vol. 1' as Parallel titled Parallax featuring Ben Schingel and Daniel Paradise, this song was a precursor to The Parallel Project.

Since 2008 he also creates IDM under the moniker Distraub

Discography

Albums

• Pathologic Syndrome (Hypnotic Trancez, May 1997)
• Result of a New Culture (Gashed!, November 1998; Zoth Ommog, April 1999) – #16 CMJ RPM Charts^[1]
• Distant Pulses (Gashed!, May 2000) – #17 CMJ RPM Charts^[2]
• Static (Sector 9 Studios, July 2002)
• UTurn: An Exploration In Trance (with Massiv in Mensch, Artoffact Records, 2002)
• Cipher Method (Out Of Line, Sector 9 Studios, February 2003)
• Moving Past The Boundaries (Metropolis Records, September 2005)
• Gradients (Metropolis Records, April 2008)

Singles and EPs

• Random Diversions (Hypnotic Trancez, 1997)
• Static (Out Of Line, Sector 9 Studios, 2002)
• "Axiom" (Sector 9 Studios, 2012)

Compilations

• "Gaia's Will" appears on "Sonic Assault - Zombie Commandos From Hell" (2002)
• "Pathogen" appears on "Industrial Attack Vol.1" (2008)
• "Photon Ring" appears on "Industrial Attack Vol.2"(2008)

Notes and References

1. Helms . Colin . RPM . CMJ New Music Report . 25 January 1999 . 57 . 602 . 34 . 17 December 2021 . College Media, Inc. . Great Neck, NY . 0890-0795.
2. Comer . M. Tye . RPM . . 18 September 2000 . 64 . 683 . 26 . 26 January 2022 . College Media, Inc. . New York, NY . 0890-0795.