Editing CEvin Key (section)

==Musical style==
Key's initial interest in experimenting with electronic music came from a dream he had as a kid; this dream was depicted on the cover of his 2003 album ''The Dragon Experience''.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Nirvana Cover Child Brought Back |journal=[[The Vancouver Sun]] |date=August 22, 2003 |page=D10}}</ref> Later on, he discovered a publication called ''Contact List for Electronic Music'' by Alex Douglas, which introduced him to the tape-trading community.<ref name=Masley>{{cite journal |last1=Masley |first1=Ed |title=Skinny Puppy Rocks to Animal-Rights Beat |journal=[[The Pittsburgh Press]] |date=November 17, 1990 |page=B6}}</ref> He named [[Throbbing Gristle]], [[Cabaret Voltaire (band)|Cabaret Voltaire]], [[Portion Control (band)|Portion Control]], and the album ''The Bridge'' by [[Thomas Leer]] and [[Robert Rental]] as early influences on Skinny Puppy.<ref name="PowerforLiving">{{cite journal|last1=Clark|first1=Ron|title=Skinny Puppy Interview  |url=http://litany.net/interviews/pfl85.html|journal=Power for Living|publisher=litany.net|date=December 1985 |access-date=February 4, 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509230611/http://litany.net/interviews/pfl85.html|archive-date=May 9, 2013}}</ref> In an interview with ''Alternative Press'', he mentioned [[Fad Gadget]], [[The Human League]], [[John Foxx]], [[Bourbonese Qualk]], and [[Mark Stewart (English musician)|Mark Stewart]] as having a large impact on him in his youth.<ref name="Pettigrew" /> He credits his style of drumming to an interest in Latin and African percussion, as well as [[rap music]], industrial music, and early 70s rock.<ref name=Bulky>{{cite magazine|last1=Shurtluff|first1=Kevin|title=Bulky and Surrealistic: Skinny Puppy|magazine=[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]]|date=December 1988|volume=3|issue=14|url=http://litany.net/interviews/shurt88.html|access-date=July 7, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161006021627/http://litany.net/interviews/shurt88.html|archive-date=October 6, 2016}}</ref>

Key's improvisational method for creating Skinny Puppy music was done through what was called "brap",<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Baret |first1=Nathalie |title=OhGr Cuts Flash but Boosts Weird |journal=[[Albuquerque Journal]] |date=December 21, 2008 |page=F5}}</ref> which means "getting together, hooking up electronic instruments, getting high, and recording".<ref>Horn et al. (2017): p. 409</ref> His approach to Download differed from Skinny Puppy in that he intended to create a "centre-less musical entity, unanchored by the presence of a frontman" and explore the more experimental characteristics of his previous work. He said "I don't think I strive to be unsettling. I think that that's simply what attracts me to make the sound and hopefully achieve the result that will make that journey interesting for me".<ref name=Terrorizer /> He told ''[[Chart Attack|Chart]]'' magazine in 1998 that he considered acts such as [[The Prodigy]], [[Aphex Twin]], and [[Basic Channel]] to be at the forefront of the [[electronica]] scene.<ref name="Hofmann">{{cite journal |last1=Hofmann |first1=Pieter |title=Cevin Key: Tete a Tete |journal=[[Chart Attack|Chart]] |date=March 1998 |url=http://litany.net/interviews/chart1.html}}</ref>

[[File:Roland TR-808 (large).jpg|thumb|right|alt=Cevin Key made frequent use of the Roland TR-808 and was integral to his original Skinny Puppy rig|The [[Roland TR-808]] was an integral part of Key's original Skinny Puppy rig]]

Key mentioned that the intention behind Skinny Puppy's music was to create something that had its own unique and original sound, set apart from groups such as [[Nitzer Ebb]], which he considered "all beat and no music, with lyrics that don't capture what Ogre does".<ref name=Bulky /> In a 1990 interview with ''[[The Pittsburgh Press]]'', Key was apprehensive in classifying his music as industrial, saying that the success of [[Ministry (band)|Ministry]] and [[Nine Inch Nails]] had caused the scene to lose sight of its original goal and identity:<ref name=Masley />

<blockquote>[The scene started as] a cool artsy kind of thing and it's sort of grown into something more mainstream ... They're just doing what they can to get themselves in the position of being seen as cool ... For me to say that it shouldn't exist would be censorship and would be completely everything I'm against. But be sure there are people trying to use this as a step ladder to crotch-rock riviera.<ref name=Masley /></blockquote>

Key considered the [[Lexicon (company)|Lexicon]] PCM 41 delay to be an essential piece of equipment for his early music, and said that he didn't believe "any of our music could be in existence without a digital delay".<ref name="PowerforLiving" /><ref name="IDW4:50">{{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=4:50}}</ref> He made frequent use of instruments such as the [[Roland TR-808]] and [[Roland TR-909]] drum machines,<ref>{{cite web |title=Phil Western InterView: Psychedelic Longform |url=http://regenmag.com/interviews/phil-western-interview-psychedelic-longform/ |website=ReGen Magazine |access-date=February 6, 2019|date=April 15, 2014 }}</ref> which proved central to his original setup for Skinny Puppy,<ref name="Wildhoney" /> and the [[ARP 2600]].<ref name="Interface" /> His first experience with [[Modular synthesizer|modular]] synthesizers was when a member of [[Psychic TV]] brought in a [[Serge synthesizer|Serge]] panel for the recording of ''The Process''.<ref name="IDW7:30">{{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=7:30}}</ref> For live performances, he uses a [[Moog synthesizer]], [[Roland V-Synth]], [[Ashun Sound Machines Hydrasynth]], [[Teenage Engineering OP-1]], and an array of analog effects triggers such as a Pearl Syncussion SY-1.<ref name="Wildhoney">{{cite web |last1=DJ Wildhoney |title=Skinny Puppy-"All My Gear Crashing on Top of Me...Was Not Good!" (April 15, 2016) |url=http://www.side-line.com/skinny-puppy-all-my-gear-crashing-on-top-of-me-was-not-good-tech-talk-with-dj-wildhoney/ |website=Side-Line |publisher=Side-Line Music Magazine |access-date=February 6, 2019|date=April 15, 2016 }}</ref>