Editing CEvin Key (section)

{{Short description|Canadian musician and producer}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| image             = CEvin Key 2011.jpg
| caption           = cEvin Key performing in [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]], 2011
| landscape         = yes
| name              = cEvin Key
| birth_name        = Kevin William Crompton
| alias             = Scaremeister
| birth_date        = {{birth date and age|1961|2|13}}
| origin            = [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]], Canada
| instrument        = {{flatlist|
* [[Synthesizer]]
* [[keyboard instrument|keyboards]]
* [[Drum kit|drums]]
* [[guitar]]
* [[bass guitar|bass]] 
}}
| genre             = {{flatlist|
* [[Electro-industrial]]<ref>{{cite web|last1=Good|first1=Dave|title=Yelled at by Skinny Puppy (22 January 2014)|url=http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2014/jan/22/note-yelled-skinny-puppy/|website=[[San Diego Reader]]|publisher=San Diego Reader|access-date=April 2, 2017}}</ref>
* [[industrial rock]]
* [[Experimental music|experimental]]<ref>{{cite web|last1=Raven|first1=Daniel|title=Skinny puppy Bites Back (14 June 2007)|url=http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/content/printView/6404035|website=[[Phoenix New Times]]|publisher=Phoenix New Times|access-date=April 2, 2017|date=June 14, 2007|archive-date=April 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170403014751/http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/content/printView/6404035|url-status=dead}}</ref>
}}
| occupation        = {{flatlist|
* Musician
* producer
* composer 
* multi-instrumentalist
}}
| years_active      = 1980–present
| label             = {{flatlist|
* [[Subconscious Communications]]
* [[SPV GmbH|Synthetic Symphony]]
* [[Nettwerk Records]]
* [[Metropolis Records]]
* [[American Recordings (US)|American Recordings]]
* [[Wax Trax! Records]]
}}
| associated_acts   = {{flatlist|
* [[Skinny Puppy]]
* [[Download (band)|Download]]
* [[Tear Garden]]
* [[Plateau (band)|PlatEAU]]
* [[Doubting Thomas (Canadian band)|Doubting Thomas]]
* [[Hilt (band)|Hilt]]
* [[Cyberaktif]]
* [[ohGr]]
* [[Images in Vogue]]
* Scaremeister
* Bananasloth
}}
| spouse            = {{marriage|Reanna Taylor|2017}}
| website           = [https://www.subcontoy.com/ Subconscious Communications]
}}

{{lowercase title|title=cEvin Key}}'''Kevin William Crompton''' (born February 13, 1961),<ref name="Reed172" /> known professionally as '''cEvin Key''', is a Canadian musician, songwriter, producer, and composer. He is best known as a member of the [[industrial music]] group [[Skinny Puppy]], which he co-founded in 1982 with singer [[Nivek Ogre]]. Initially a side project while he was with the new wave band [[Images in Vogue]], Skinny Puppy quickly became his primary musical outlet after landing a record deal with [[Nettwerk Records]] in 1984.

When Skinny Puppy disbanded in 1995 following the death of keyboardist [[Dwayne Goettel]], Key's main project became the electronic noise group [[Download (band)|Download]], whose first album, ''[[Furnace (Download album)|Furnace]]'', was released that same year. His first solo album, ''[[Music For Cats]]'', was released in 1998 on [[Subconscious Communications]], an independent record label he took over following Goettel's death. He reunited with Ogre in 2000 for a one-off performance as Skinny Puppy at the Doomsday Festival in Dresden. The pair officially reformed Skinny Puppy in 2003 and released ''[[The Greater Wrong of the Right]]'' a year later. They have since released the albums ''[[Mythmaker]]'', ''[[HanDover]]'', and ''[[Weapon (album)|Weapon]]''.
 
In addition to his work with Skinny Puppy and Download, Key has had several side projects, most notably [[The Tear Garden]], a project started in 1985 with [[Legendary Pink Dots]] singer [[Edward Ka-Spel]]. His other projects include [[PlatEAU (band)|platEAU]], [[Doubting Thomas (Canadian band)|Doubting Thomas]], [[Cyberaktif]], and [[Hilt (band)|Hilt]].