Editing CEvin Key (section)

==Career==
===Early musical work===
Key began his career in the late 70s playing as a drummer for the Vancouver rock band Bastille.<ref name=Reed172>Reed (2013): p. 172</ref> He also performed as a multi-instrumentalist in the punk band Illegal Youth, which featured Al Nelson, the future vocalist of [[Hilt (band)|Hilt]].<ref name="Hilt">{{cite web |last1=Raggett |first1=Ned |title=Hilt - Biography |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/hilt-mn0000574940/biography |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=January 29, 2019}}</ref> In 1981, Key joined [[Images in Vogue]], a successful [[New wave music|new wave]] group based in Vancouver who had put out an ad looking for musicians with their own equipment. [[Dave Ogilvie]], a local music student, also joined the group as a producer and engineer.<ref name=Mercer>{{cite web |last1=Mercer |first1=Laurie |title=Images in Vogue - Biography |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/images-in-vogue-mn0000910004 |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=January 29, 2019}}</ref> Taking up the role as the band's drummer, Key utilized a [[Simmons (electronic drum company)|Simmons]] electronic drum kit.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Hall |first1=Neal |title=Rock by Computer |journal=[[Calgary Herald]] |date=February 4, 1983 |page=B1}}</ref> The band found success touring throughout Canada and opening for groups such as [[Depeche Mode]] and [[Roxy Music]].<ref name=Mercer />

Images in Vogue released their first single, "Breaking Up", in April 1982, and their first [[Extended play|EP]], ''Educated Man'', shortly thereafter. The EP was a success, selling 10,000 copies in a span of six weeks and topping a number of college radio station playlists.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Yurko |first1=J.T. |title=Images on at Civic |journal=[[Nanaimo Daily News]] |date=March 16, 1984 |page=1}}</ref> [[Bill Leeb]], Key's friend from Vancouver's late-night club circuit, had introduced him to early [[Industrial music|industrial]] bands such as [[Throbbing Gristle]] and [[Cabaret Voltaire (band)|Cabaret Voltaire]], and he soon found himself recording his own songs.<ref name="IDW1:15">{{cite interview |last=Key |first=cEvin |title=cEvin Key, Skinny Puppy – Waveshaper TV Ep.1 – IDOW Archive Series |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hk3yUzlyjyg |publisher=Waveshaper Media |date=January 2012 |work=I Dream of Wires |access-date=January 28, 2019|time=1:15}}</ref>

Key met [[Nivek Ogre]] (Kevin Ogilvie) at a party in late 1982 and asked him to provide vocals for the songs he had made. Ogre accepted and the pair recorded the song "K-9" under the name [[Skinny Puppy]].<ref name=Reed172 /> The pair began using stage names to avoid the confusion of having two people named Kevin in the same band.<ref name="Barclay p.507">Barclay et al. (2011): p. 507</ref> Key left Images in Vogue in 1985 shortly after the release of their first album, ''In the House'', to focus solely on Skinny Puppy.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carruthers |first1=Sean |title=In the House - Images in Vogue |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/in-the-house-mw0001280798 |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=January 29, 2019}}</ref>

===Skinny Puppy===
According to Key, the concept behind Skinny Puppy was to create music from the point of view of a dog whose "tail’s trodden on" and can only bark and growl.<ref name="DogDay">{{cite magazine|title=Dog Day Afternoon|magazine=[[Melody Maker]]|date=May 21, 1988|url=http://litany.net/interviews/mm88.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005200550/http://litany.net/interviews/mm88.html|archive-date=October 5, 2016}}</ref> The self-published EP ''[[Back & Forth (EP)|Back & Forth]]'' was released in 1984; only 35 copies of the tape were produced. Key brought in Leeb (under the name Wilhelm Schroeder) and Dave "Rave" Ogilvie to help record their second EP, ''[[Remission (EP)|Remission]]''. Terry McBride helped pay for the production and signed them to his new indie label, [[Nettwerk Records]].<ref name="Reed p. 174">Reed (2013): p. 174</ref> A follow-up [[LP record|LP]], ''[[Bites (album)|Bites]]'', was released the following year.<ref>{{cite web |last1=DiGravina |first1=Tim |title=Bites - Skinny puppy Overview |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/bites-mw0000191740 |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=January 29, 2019}}</ref>

Key hired [[Dwayne Goettel]] to play with Skinny Puppy in 1986 after it had become apparent that Leeb was uninterested in touring.<ref name="Barclay p.516">Barclay et al. (2011): p. 516</ref> Key felt that Goettel's technical abilities and knowledge of [[Sampling (music)|sampling]] helped give the band a new identity.<ref name=Emusician>{{Cite web|url=http://www.emusician.com/gear/1332/skinny-puppy/37723|title=Skinny Puppy gets respect|access-date=January 29, 2019|website=[[Electronic Musician]]|date=April 1, 2007|last1=Kleinfeld |first1=Justin |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170323143336/http://www.emusician.com/gear/1332/skinny-puppy/37723|archive-date=March 23, 2017}}</ref> Key's partnership with Goettel strained his relationship with Ogre, who they felt was more interested in pursuing a solo career.<ref name="Ankeny">{{cite web |last1=Ankeny |first1=Jason |title=Skinny Puppy - Biography |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/skinny-puppy-mn0000750970/biography |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=January 29, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312231137/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/skinny-puppy-mn0000750970/biography |archive-date=March 12, 2016 }}</ref> Key was displeased with Ogre inviting [[Al Jourgensen]] for the 1989 production of ''[[Rabies (Skinny Puppy album)|Rabies]]'', telling ''[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]]'' that he believed Jorgensen had intended to break the band up.<ref name="24hours">{{cite magazine|title=24 Hours in Vancouver|magazine=[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]]|date=February 1992|issue=35|pages=40–46|url=http://litany.net/interviews/altpress91.html|access-date=January 29, 2019 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011062850/http://litany.net/interviews/altpress91.html|archive-date=October 11, 2016}}</ref> Key's relationship with Ogre continued to worsen during the recording of ''[[Last Rights (album)|Last Rights]]''. In a 1991 interview with ''[[Propaganda (magazine)|Propaganda]]'' magazine, he expressed his frustration regarding the recording of the album:

<blockquote>Ogre is a different person from what I first knew, and I just can't bear to deal with it. It's something that I have to walk away from ... Every year there seems to be a promise and hope that we'll be able to talk, and we'll forget about all the things that have a lot to do with ego. Forget about ego and get into the studio and do something we originally wanted to do, which is just to make music that we'll listen to and be genuine fans of.<ref name="prop1">{{cite journal|last1=Walczak|first1=René|title=Skinny Puppy: It Ain't Dead Yet|journal=[[Propaganda (magazine)|Propaganda]]|date=Autumn 1991|issue=17|url=http://litany.net/interviews/prop91.html|access-date=29 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509174257/http://litany.net/interviews/prop91.html|archive-date=May 9, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref></blockquote>

When their contract with Nettwerk ended in 1992, the band signed with [[Rick Rubin]]'s [[American Recordings (record label)|American Recordings]] and moved to [[Los Angeles]] to begin recording ''[[The Process (Skinny Puppy album)|The Process]]''.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Small Faces |journal=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=October 30, 1994 |page=71}}</ref><ref name="Ankeny" /> Ogre quit the band in 1995 and Goettel died of a heroin overdose shortly thereafter; Key managed to salvage ''The Process'', and released it in 1996.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Johnson |first1=Rommie |title=Skinny Puppy - The Process (American) |journal=[[The Tampa Tribune]] |date=March 29, 1996 |page=23}}</ref> He disbanded Skinny Puppy following Goettel's death, saying, "I found it appropriate at the time to put an end to the group ... It's always difficult when you lose a close friend like that".<ref name="Hopper">{{cite journal |last1=Hopper |first1=Kevin |title=Skinny Puppy is Ready to Howl Again After Time Off |journal=[[Albuquerque Journal]] |date=October 15, 2004 |page=15}}</ref> In 1998, Key ran into Ogre at a [[Bauhaus (band)|Bauhaus]] reunion concert and discussed the possibility of working together in the future.<ref name="Pettigrew">{{cite journal |last1=Pettigrew |first1=Jason |title=See the Light, Feel the Heat |journal=[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]] |date=October 1998 |url=http://litany.net/interviews/ap123.html |issue=123 |page=58}}</ref> As his relationship with Ogre improved, German promoters began asking if they would be interested in performing as Skinny Puppy once more.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Maciol|first1=Alexander|title=Skinny Puppy: Focus Dresden|magazine=[[Orkus magazine|Orkus]]|date=June 2000|url=http://litany.net/interviews/orkus-doomsday-ck.html|access-date=January 30, 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509214613/http://litany.net/interviews/orkus-doomsday-ck.html|archive-date=May 9, 2013}}</ref> On August 20, 2000, Key and Ogre reunited in for a one-off performance as Skinny Puppy at the [[Doomsday Festival]] in [[Dresden]],<ref>{{cite magazine|title=There and Back: Celebrating 15 Years of Artists Who Shaped A.P.|magazine=[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]]|date=September 2000|issue=146|url=http://litany.net/interviews/ap0900.html|access-date=January 29, 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509221207/http://litany.net/interviews/ap0900.html|archive-date=May 9, 2013}}</ref> and in 2001 Key performed with Ogre as a touring drummer for the latter's [[ohGr]] project.

The pair reformed Skinny Puppy in 2003 and signed with European label [[SPV GmbH|SPV]], releasing ''[[The Greater Wrong of the Right]]'' a year later. Key said that the way the band recorded music had not changed much from before, but that the advancement of technology had greatly improved the process.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Derdeyn |first1=Stuart |title=Band Sends Bill for Gitmo 'Gig' |journal=[[The Province]] |date=February 27, 2014 |page=C3}}</ref> The band followed the album with the release of ''[[Mythmaker]]'' in 2007 and ''[[HanDover]]'' in 2011.<ref name="Ankeny" /> Skinny Puppy released the album ''[[Weapon (album)|Weapon]]'' in 2013 and later sent an invoice totaling $666,000 to the [[United States Department of Defense|US Department of Defense]] for the use of its music during torture sessions at [[Guantanamo Bay detention camp]]. Key explained that he was troubled by the use of their music as a means of torture and that the invoice was not meant for "financial gain".<ref name="guardian1">{{cite news|last1=Michaels|first1=Sean|title=Industrial Band Skinny Puppy Demand $666,000 After Music Is Used in Guantánamo Torture|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/feb/07/skinny-puppy-payment-guantanamo|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=January 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170815030631/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/feb/07/skinny-puppy-payment-guantanamo|archive-date=August 15, 2017|url-status=live|date=February 7, 2014}}</ref>

===Download===
[[Download (band)|Download]] was created by Key and Goettel as a Skinny Puppy side project in 1995. Other members included Anthony Valic, Ken Marshall, [[Phil Western]], and [[Mark Spybey]] from [[Dead Voices on Air]].<ref name="Bush">{{cite web |last1=Bush |first1=John |title=Download - Biography |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/download-mn0000201857/biography |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=January 30, 2019}}</ref> Download was named after the closing track off ''Last Rights'' and sought to create music by way of " fragments of sound and collages".<ref name="Sonic">{{cite web |title=Interview with Download, Fenix Underground, Seattle, WA 8/31/96 |url=http://www.sonic-boom.com/interview/download.interview.html |website=Sonic Boom |access-date=January 30, 2019}}</ref> Key told ''[[Terrorizer (magazine)|Terrorizer]]'' magazine that he thought of Goettel as "an unrecognized pioneer" of electronic music and, following Goettel's death, used Download as a means of keeping his spirit alive.<ref name=Terrorizer>{{cite journal |title=Through the Keyhole: Interview with cEvin Key |journal=[[Terrorizer (magazine)|Terrorizer]] |date=December 2001 |issue=95 |url=http://litany.net/interviews/terror-key.html |access-date=January 30, 2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308032744/http://www.litany.net/interviews/terror-key.html |archive-date=March 8, 2016 }}</ref>

<blockquote>I heard things that I've never heard before coming out of Dwayne's end of stuff. Typically, only a small percentage of it got saved or recorded in actual pieces. I know what I learned from Dwayne. He was a brilliant teacher and he's really blown a lot of people away.<ref name=Terrorizer /></blockquote>

Download released their first album, ''[[Furnace (Download album)|Furnace]]'', in 1995. The album was dedicated to Goettel's memory and featured contributions from [[Genesis P-Orridge]].<ref name="Furnace">{{cite web |last1=DiGravina |first1=Tim |title=Furnace - Download |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/furnace-mw0000645960 |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=January 30, 2019}}</ref> They followed up their debut with two EPs in 1996, ''[[Microscopic (EP)|Microscopic]]''<ref>{{cite web |last1=DiGravina |first1=Tim |title=Microscopic - Download |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/microscopic-mw0000181791 |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=January 30, 2019}}</ref> and ''[[Sidewinder (EP)|Sidewinder]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kavadias |first1=Theo |title=Sidwinder - Download |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/sidewinder-mw0000186066 |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=January 30, 2019}}</ref> The band released their second full length effort, ''[[The Eyes of Stanley Pain]]'', through Nettwerk Records.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Hopkins |first1=Michael |title=Download |journal=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] |date=August 16, 1996 |page=17}}</ref> Key would use live performances to play "Download versions" of songs from old projects like Skinny Puppy. He said, "we don't sing Ogre's lyrics. We do instrumental versions of key segments of some of the older material".<ref name="Sonic" /> ''[[Charlie's Family]]'', produced by the band as the soundtrack for [[Jim Van Bebber]]'s film of the same name, was given a limited release before the film's completion.<ref name="Sonic" /> Van Bebber, who had done video work for Skinny Puppy, approached Key to write music for the film; Key's goal in making the soundtrack was to create something that was "uneasy, unsettling, just plain old uncomfortable".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kelly |first1=Kim |title=Skinny Puppy's Cevin Key Looks Back at 'The Manson Family,' Stream the Soundtrack Here (November 24, 2014) |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/cevin-key-looks-back-at-the-manson-family-stream-the-soundtrack-here/ |website=[[Vice (magazine)|Noisey]] |publisher=[[Vice Media]] |access-date=January 30, 2019|date=November 24, 2014 }}</ref> The album ''[[III (Download album)|III]]'' was released on October 21, 1997, and acted as a companion piece to ''The Eyes of Stanley Pain''.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Devlin |first1=Mike |title=Techno Music: Download - III (Nettwerk) |journal=[[Times Colonist]] |date=October 14, 1997 |page=C10}}</ref> With ''III'', Key began to tone down the industrial aspects of his style for a more [[electronica]] sound.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Erlewine |first1=Stephen Thomas |title=III - Download |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/iii-mw0000029506 |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=January 30, 2019}}</ref>

The band continued into the new millennium with the release of ''[[Effector (album)|Effector]]'' in 2000<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Saldman |first1=Sorelle |title=The Buzz: Ogre, Download Live |journal=[[The Province]] |date=December 5, 2000 |page=B10}}</ref> and ''[[Fixer (Download album)|Fixer]]'' in 2007.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fixer - Download |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/fixer-mw0002190296 |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=January 30, 2019}}</ref> In late 2018, Key announced that he and Western had finished work on a new album titled ''Unknown Room''<ref>{{cite web |title=Download to Release 11th Album 'Unknown Room' on Artoffact Records – Available Now (December 27, 2018) |url=http://www.side-line.com/download-to-release-11th-album-unknown-room-on-artoffact-records-available-now/ |website=Side-Line |publisher=Side-Line Music Magazine |access-date=January 30, 2019|date=December 27, 2018 }}</ref> and that it would be released March 8, 2019, through [[Artoffact Records]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Unknown Room by Download |url=https://brap.bandcamp.com/album/unknown-room |website=[[Bandcamp]] |access-date=January 30, 2019}}</ref> According to a press release, the album resulted from "an intense two month studio session" following several years of on-off production.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carlsson |first1=Johan |title=Download Enters an "Unknown Room" (December 17, 2018) |url=http://www.releasemagazine.net/download-enters-an-unknown-room/ |website=[[Release Music Magazine]] |access-date=January 30, 2019}}</ref>

===The Tear Garden===
Key came in contact with [[The Legendary Pink Dots]] by way of ''The Elephant Table'', a compilation tape shared within the tape trading community.<ref name="Reed p. 173">Reed (2013): p. 173</ref> He met Pink Dots singer [[Edward Ka-Spel]] in 1985 while working as a sound engineer on Ka-Spel's solo tour.<ref name="SideLine">{{cite web |title=Skinny Puppy Fans Attention! The 2009 Album by The Tear Garden (aka cEvin Key and Edward Ka-Spel From The Legendary Pink Dots) to be Re-released on Vinyl! (November 14, 2016) |url=http://www.side-line.com/skinny-puppy-fans-attention-the-2009-album-by-the-tear-garden-aka-cevin-key-and-edward-ka-spel-from-the-legendary-pink-dots-to-be-re-released-on-vinyl/ |website=Side-Line |publisher=Side-Line Music Magazine |access-date=January 31, 2019|date=November 14, 2016 }}</ref> Key presented Ka-Spel with some recordings he had made, believing that Ka-Spel's voice would work well with them; Ka-Spel agreed after listening to the tapes.<ref name=Westword>{{cite web |last1=Murphy |first1=Tom |title=Edward Ka-Spel of the Legendary Pink Dots Talks About Changes and Tear Garden (October 10, 2010) |url=https://www.westword.com/music/edward-ka-spel-of-the-legendary-pink-dots-talks-about-changes-and-tear-garden-5714696 |website=[[Westword]] |access-date=January 31, 2019|date=October 20, 2010 }}</ref> The pair formed [[The Tear Garden]] soon after and, with Dave Ogilvie as producer, released a self-titled EP later in the year.<ref name="SideLine" /> Goettel joined Key and Ka-Spel for the release of ''[[Tired Eyes Slowly Burning]]'' in 1987. The album featured the song "You and Me and Rainbows", which ran close to 17 minutes long.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carruthers |first1=Sean |title=Tired Eyes Slowly Burning - The Tear Garden |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/tired-eyes-slowly-burning-mw0000194614 |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=January 31, 2019}}</ref> The album was noted for using a mixture of [[Psychedelic music|psychedelia]] and electronic influences.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Muretich |first1=James |title=The Tear Garden: Tired Eyes Slowly Burning |journal=[[Calgary Herald]] |date=January 23, 1988 |page=B6}}</ref>

The band released the albums ''[[The Last Man to Fly]]'' and ''Sheila Liked the Rodeo'' in 1992, both the product of a single five hour recording session. Key said that most of the material from ''Sheila Liked the Rodeo'' was recorded by engineers in secret while the band was in the midst of a jam session.<ref name="Masuo">{{cite journal |last1=Masuo |first1=Sandy |title=The Tear Garden |journal=B-Side |date=March 1994 |url=http://litany.net/interviews/bside94.html |access-date=January 31, 2019}}</ref> Key said of the recording session:

<blockquote>There's a certain greatness to knowing that the tape isn't rolling and knowing that the song that you're playing is simply the last time you'll ever hear it, if your in a jamming, improvisational mode. And then going in and hearing that somebody actually recorded it is just ... the ultimate gift I guess.<ref name="Masuo" /></blockquote>

Their 1996 album ''[[To Be an Angel Blind, the Crippled Soul Divide]]'' featured a more subdued style in the wake of Goettel's death,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carruthers |first1=Sean |title=To Be an Angel Blind, The Cripple Soul Divide - The Tear Garden |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/to-be-an-angel-blind-the-crippled-soul-divide-mw0000076170 |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=January 31, 2019}}</ref> and they returned in 2000 to release ''[[Crystal Mass]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Goldman |first1=Rich |title=Crystal Mass - The Tear Garden |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/crystal-mass-mw0000102567 |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=January 31, 2019}}</ref> Starting in 2016, the band ran a successful [[PledgeMusic]] campaign to support their new album, ''The Brown Acid Caveat'',<ref>{{cite web |last1=Veronac |first1=Alex |title=KaSpel and Key Return to The Tear Garden (August 11, 2017) |url=http://www.releasemagazine.net/the-tear-garden-the-brown-acid-caveat-edward-ka-spel/ |website=[[Release Music Magazine]] |access-date=January 31, 2019}}</ref> which was released on July 7, 2017.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Veronac |first1=Alex |title=The Tear Garden - The Brown Acid Caveat (July 30, 2017) |url=http://www.releasemagazine.net/reviews/the-tear-garden-the-brown-acid-caveat/ |website=[[Release Music Magazine]] |access-date=January 31, 2019}}</ref>

===Subconscious Communications and solo work===
Goettel and Western had created the label [[Subconscious Communications]] in 1993 as a means of releasing material for the aDuck project.<ref name="Chaos">{{cite web |last1=Gourley |first1=Bob |title=cEvin KEY Interview From Halloween 1997 Focusing on the Download Project (1997) |url=https://www.chaoscontrol.com/download-cevin-key-1997/ |website=Chaos Control |access-date=January 31, 2019|date=May 21, 1997 }}</ref> Following Goettel's death, Key took control of the label and initially used it to release Download and Tear Garden albums. He later opened the label to other musicians, particularly those he had worked with in the past.<ref name="Interface">{{cite journal |last1=Reed |first1=Aleander |title=The Conscious Subconscious (1997) |url=http://litany.net/interviews/reed_interface |journal=Interface |publisher=Litany |access-date=January 31, 2019}}</ref> The unsupportive attitude taken by American Recordings during the production of ''The Process'' led to the construction of the Subconscious studio, where most of Key's projects are recorded and manufactured.<ref name="Chaos" /> He believed the creation of the label was a natural consequence to being involved in the music industry and used it to "license the appropriate releases to the appropriate labels".<ref name=Bractune>{{cite AV media | people=DJ Bractune | date=March 30, 1998 | title=Electro Shock Treatment | trans-title = cEvin Key Interview with DJ Bractune | medium=Radio broadcast | publisher=104.7 [[KSCR (Los Angeles)|KSCR]]}}</ref> The labels Subconscious Communications worked with included [[Cleopatra Records]], [[Metropolis Records]], and Nettwerk, among others.<ref name="Chaos" />

Key's first solo album, ''[[Music for Cats]]'', was released on February 3, 1998.<ref>{{cite web |last1=DiGravina |first1=Tim |title=Music for Cats - cEvin Key |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/music-for-cats-mw0000032059 |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=January 31, 2019}}</ref> The album's subtitle read “Subconscious Music Orchestra under the direction of CEvin Key”.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Barkan |first1=Jonathan |title=Skinny Puppy's Cevin Key Rereleasing 'Music For Cats' Solo Album (March 25, 2015) |url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3337607/skinny-puppys-cevin-key-rereleasing-music-cats-solo-album/ |website=[[Bloody Disgusting]] |access-date=January 31, 2019|date=March 25, 2015 }}</ref> The album was made by assembling unused music from ''The Process'' into "collages of free-form ambience". He used his pet cats to help make portions the album, sometimes allowing them to walk across keyboards to see what sounds they would come up with.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Lacouceur |first1=Lisa |title=cEvin Key: Music for Cats |journal=[[Pulse! (magazine)|Pulse!]] |date=April 1998 |url=http://litany.net/interviews/pulse98.html |access-date=February 10, 2019}}</ref> He moved Subconscious Communications to Los Angeles in 1998<ref name=Bractune /> and worked on his next solo album, ''[[The Ghost of Each Room]]'', which was released on August 14, 2001.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ghost of Each Room - cEvin Key |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/ghost-of-each-room-mw0000012547 |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=January 31, 2019}}</ref> The album featured vocal work by Ogre on the track "Frozen Sky".<ref name=Terrorizer /> The artwork for his next album, ''[[The Dragon Experience]]'', featured Spencer Elden who had been featured on the cover of [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]]'s ''[[Nevermind]]''. The photo, taken by Key's girlfriend, was inspired by a dream he had at age 11.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Smith|first1=Kerry L.|title=Nirvana Baby Resurfaces|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/nirvana-baby-resurfaces-20030819|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=September 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161206073956/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/nirvana-baby-resurfaces-20030819|archive-date=December 6, 2016|date=August 19, 2003}}</ref>

In 2011, Key held the SUBcon Beyond Fest in [[Santa Monica, California|Santa Monica]] which featured a number of artists signed Subconscious Communications, including Phil Western, Mark Spybey, Download, PlaTEAU, and Tokyo Decadence, and local talent such as Cyrusrex and Wet Mango.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tonight: Skinny Puppy's cEvin Key Brings his SUB CON Beyond Fest 2011 to Santa Monica (January 11, 2011) |url=https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2011/01/tonightcevin-key-brings-his-sub-con-beyond-fest-2011-to-santa-monica.html |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=January 31, 2019|date=January 11, 2011 }}</ref> Using the name Scaremeister, Key released ''31 Spirits'' in 2014, a compilation of musical pieces he produced for horror film trailers.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Yücel|first1=Ilker|title=Scaremeister-31 Spirits Review|url=http://regenmag.com/reviews/scaremeister-31-spirits/|website=Regen Magazine|publisher=regenmag.com|access-date=January 31, 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812041710/http://regenmag.com/reviews/scaremeister-31-spirits/|archive-date=August 12, 2016|date=February 4, 2014}}</ref> The name Scaremeister came when [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] referred to Key as "the scare meister"  while he finished work on the score for ''[[End of Days (film)|End of Days]]''.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Spencer |first1=Amy |title=Skinny Puppy Shows Off New Tricks |journal=[[Salt Lake Tribune]] |date=May 24, 2007 |url=http://www.litany.net/interviews/key_slcrib07 |access-date=January 31, 2019}}</ref> In 2018, Key released ''Brap and Forth vol. 8'', a collection of early musical experiments from before Skinny Puppy.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carlsson |first1=Johan |title=Cevin key Releases Collection with Early Outtakes and Demos (August 22, 2018) |url=http://www.releasemagazine.net/cevin-key-releases-collection-with-early-outtakes-and-demos/ |website=[[Release Music Magazine]] |access-date=January 31, 2019}}</ref>

===Other projects===
[[Cyberaktif]] is a collaboration between key and Bill Leeb from the band [[Front Line Assembly]],  Their first album, ''[[Tenebrae Vision]]'', was released in 1991 through [[Wax Trax! Records]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Caro |first1=Mark |title=Home Front: Wreck 'n' Roll |journal=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=March 29, 1991 |page=O}}</ref> featuring the late Dwayne Goettel acting predominantly as a support musician.<ref name="AltHilt">{{cite magazine |last1=Woods |first1=Karen |date=1990 |title=Hilt Intermission |url=http://litany.net/interviews/aphilt.html |access-date=January 31, 2019 |magazine=[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]] |issue=33}}</ref> The song “Paradiessets” featured vocals from [[Blixa Bargeld]] of [[Einstürzende Neubauten]].<ref name="releaseinterview">{{cite web |url=http://www.releasemagazine.net/bill-leeb-goes-full-circle/ |title=Front Line Assembly and Bill Leeb Go Full Circle |last=Carlsson |first=Johan |work=[[Release Magazine|Release]] |date=July 18, 2013 |access-date=January 31, 2019}}</ref>  In February 2024, Cyberaktif released a new album titled ''eNdgame'', featuring the lineup of cEvin Key, Bill Leeb, and Rhys Fulber. The band [[Hilt (band)|Hilt]], a collaboration between Key and Geottel, and Al Nelson, started when Nettwerk challenged the group to produce an album for as little money as possible. The group released two albums, ''Call the Ambulance Before I Hurt Myself'' and ''Journey to the Center of the Bowl'', in 1990 and 1991, respectively, before Nelson's death in 2000.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Raggett|first1=Ned|title=Hilt Biography|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/hilt-mn0000574940/biography|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=July 20, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011144955/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/hilt-mn0000574940/biography|archive-date=October 11, 2016}}</ref> In 2018, Key released a number of rediscovered recordings from when the band was called "The Flu".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Marie |first1=Lizzie |title=Artoffact Reissues Several Albums from Various cEvin Key Projects (December 14, 2017) |url=http://regenmag.com/news/artoffact-reissues-several-albums-from-various-cevin-key-projects/ |website=ReGen Magazine |access-date=February 1, 2019|date=December 15, 2017 }}</ref> Another collaboration started by Key and Goettel in 1990 was [[Doubting Thomas (band)|Doubting Thomas]], the purpose of which was to produce "soundtracks for movies that never existed".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jeffries |first1=Vincent |title=The Infidel - Doubting Thomas |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-infidel-mw0000275040 |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=February 1, 2019}}</ref> They released their sole album, ''[[The Infidel (album)|The Infidel]]'', in 1991 through Wax Trax! Records.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bush |first1=John |title=Doubting Thomas - Biography |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/doubting-thomas-mn0000194042 |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=February 1, 2019}}</ref>

Following the disbandment of Skinny puppy in 1995, Key formed [[PlatEAU (band)|PlaTEAU]] with Western and Valic. PlatEAU, which signed to Cleopatra subsidiary Hypnotic, released their first album,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bush |first1=John |title=Plateau - Biography |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/plateau-mn0000849424/biography |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=February 1, 2019}}</ref> ''[[Music for Grass Bars]]'', on May 20, 1997.<ref>{{cite web |title=Music for Grassbars - Plateau |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/music-for-grassbars-mw0000033620 |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=February 1, 2019}}</ref> The band's follow-up, 1999's ''[[Spacecake|SpacEcake]]'', was described by ''[[Exclaim!]]'''s Matt Mernagh as being more akin to [[Aphex Twin]] and [[Autechre]] than any of Key's previous work.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mernagh |first1=Matt |title=Plateau - spacEcake (November 1, 1999) |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/plateau-spacecake |website=[[Exclaim!]] |access-date=February 1, 2019}}</ref> 2007 saw the release of ''Kushbush + Music for Grass Bars'', the first disc of which contained new music while the second disc featured a special edition of ''Music for Grass Bars''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kushbush + Music For Grass Bars Special Edition |url=https://www.metropolis-records.com/product/11060/kushbush-music-for-grass-bars-special-edition |website=[[Metropolis Records|Metropolis]] |access-date=February 1, 2019}}</ref>