Editing CEvin Key (section)

===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>