si-{cut}.db

Si-cut.db = Douglas Benford

Evolution of a name:

(1990 - 1991) Sidecut>>db
(1992 - 1993) Si'cut.db
(1994 - 2000) Si-{cut}.db
(2001 - present) Si-cut.db

albums :: singles / eps :: compilations :: remixes :: production :: contributions

a l b u m s

Si-{cut}.db - Nuisance

© 1995 Suburbs of Hell
SOH 020

1 / Marsh Gas (11:12)
2 / Bucket Vision (9:33)
3 / Octramundo (13:38)
4 / Flimsy (11:26)
5 / Hemmed In (9:57)
6 / Hard Soaked (9:01)
7 / The Glass Bottomed Boat (10:40)

total time = 75:27

Recorded at The Spike

trivia: Douglas Benford thinks of this album as his "Richie Hawtin one." Picture on the cover is taken in a jungle in the Dominican Republic.

Si-{cut}.db - Behind You

© 1997 Suburbs of Hell, Sprawl
SOH 025, SP 025

1 / The Small Music (8:54)
2 / Behind You (6:01)
3 / Spectral Reach (6:34)
4 / One Size Fits All... (8:08)
5 / What I Have Discovered (6:42)
6 / Arbant (6:00)
7 / At All (5:33)
8 / Tourist Zone (6:31)
9 / Mute Point (6:14)
10 / Spectral Reach - Scannered (4:48)
11 / Arbant - Scannered (4:36)

total time = 70:01

Produced by Scanner
Tracks 10 and 11 remixed by Scanner
Recorded at Prixie Cell Zentral, London

Si-{cut}.db - Rate of Living

© 1999 Sprawl Imprint
SP 030

1 / ...hide! (6:44)
2 / Fear Of Your Pals (4:03)
3 / Stop London Sinking (7:54)
4 / Scream Like A Girl (5:27)
5 / (Life Without) Amnesia (4:23)
6 / Spectral Softwave (6:01)
7 / Tidal Pranks (6:41)
8 / Hi Kids (3:56)
9 / Pop-Up Jazz (4:07)
10 / Indoor Relaxation (4:47)
11 / Private Drainage (4:36)
12 / Contact Height (3:49)
13 / Why Implants Killed Porn For Me (2:38)

total time = 65:06

Si-cut.db - Enthusiast

© 2001 Bip-Hop
Bleep 07

1 / Contaminile 2 (8:27)
2 / Loose Change (6:21)
3 / Stickmusicbreaks (7:15)
4 / It Can End with a Letter (10:06)
5 / Vistas (3:37)
6 / Fluence (5:26)
7 / Local Colour (7:28)
8 / Robust (5:02)
9 / Fixing Broke Things (5:11)

total time = 58:53

trivia: The majority of sounds on this album are "samples of woodwork noises, different timbers, turning processes, shavings, planings, splintered pieces, contact mikes on veneered surfaces, acoustic instruments such as piano, fused with microsounds to create a rhythmic template between digital glitch and organic sources."

Si-cut.db and Full Swing +/ vs. Stephan Mathieu und Douglas Benford - Reciprocess +/ vs. 02

© 2003 Bip-Hop
Bleep 22

1 / Und.And (5:50)
2 / Don't.Ask (7:23)
3 / Octavia.Drive (3:32)
4 / Wissen.Sch.Nitt (3:23)
5 / Flurry.Gardening (3:38)
6 / Jfm.Gen (3:23)
7 / Cond.Verge (7:13)
8 / Chlorine.Gen (3:23)
9 / Adorable.Capitolism (3:23)
10 / Divpops.Stage (8:23)
11 / Medium.Lane.Gen (6:12)
12 / Nearsighted.Gen (4:05)
13 / Novecento.Avacado (6:45)

total time = 66:33

Tracks 6, 8, 11, and 12 written and produced by Douglas Benford
Tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 10, and 13 written and produced by Douglas Benford and Stephan Mathieu
Tracks 3 and 9 written and produced by Stephan Mathieu

Si-cut.db - Find Some Shade

© 2003 Highpoint Lowlife
HPLL::006

1 / Papercuts (3:49)
2 / Fortune Meadow (7:15)
3 / Reverse Self Help (7:03)
4 / Bluster (7:14)
5 / Stations/Return (7:31)
6 / Draft (5:42)
7 / Nearness (7:14)
8 / Glad/e (5:45)
9 / Secret Rockets (7:02)

total time = 58:35

Si-cut.db - Offices At Night [Volume 1 - Originals]

© 2004 Fällt
F.0038.0001

1 / Slavic (6:52)
2 / Voluptuous Midnight (7:01)
3 / Prospect (6:37)
4 / Application (6:37)
5 / Constance (7:12)
6 / Transfer (6:19)
7 / Pass Out (8:09)
8 / Offices At Night (7:07)
9 / Assistance (11:00)
10 / Confit (3:17)

total time = 70:11

Si-cut.db - From Tears: Beach Archive

© 2005 Bip-Hop
Bleep 28

1 / Come To The Moments (5:34)
2 / Despite Of, Not Because Of (8:29)
3 / Sustain A Rift (6:28)
4 / Before Beach Archives (4:49)
5 / Authenticity (6:36)
6 / Based On The Lost Episode (3:54)
7 / Polite Society (7:24)
8 / Issues? Me? (9:03)
9 / From Tears (2:31)
10 / Tan Gentle (5:13)
11 / Tenure (6:24)
12 / Belonging (video --
music: si-cut.db, visuals: pixelwrangler)

total time = 66:25

Si-cut.db - Live at Rhiz

© 2006 RealJo[k]e
RJRCDLTD 04

1 / From Tears (2:44)
2 / Sustain A Rift (6:28)
3 / Tiny Kingdoms (7:05)
4 / Why Things Are Wrong (6:40)
5 / Gameplan (7:13)
6 / Oxlynch Nettle Soup Bela Emerson Remix (7:41)
7 / Common Knowledge (5:50)
8 / Clearhead (7:03)
9 / Crosshatch (5:05)
10 / Bluster (7:33)

total time = 63:22

Recorded Live June 17, 2005 at Rhiz, Vienna, Austria
Hand-made Press and Limited to 100

s i n g l e s / e p s

Sidecut>>db - The Obvious (EP) 12"

© 1991 Suburbs of Hell
SOH 004

1 / Punchball
2 / 2 Trains
3 / Sex, Lies And Audiotape
4 / Sidecut

Sidecut>>db - Vital Rise (EP) 12"

© 1990 Suburbs of Hell
SOH 006

1 / Vital Rise
2 / Vital Rise (Snappy Mix)
3 / Advance Party
4 / Advance Party (Suburbs Of Hell Mix)

Si'cut.db - Hi Point 12"

© 1992 Suburbs of Hell
SOH 010

1 / Hi Point
2 / Low Point

Si-{cut}.db vs. Scanner - Bovine Revolver (EP) 12"

© 1998 Sprawl Imprint
SP-VIN 01

side a:
Bovine Revolver
Inform Icon
side aa:
Smart Hesitation
Memory Ebb

Si-cut.db - Public EP 12"

© 2001 A Touch of Class / Background
ATC 006

1 / Public Confidence
2 / Pedestrian Comforts

Posset Meet Si-cut.db (EP)

© 2003 Posset and D. Benford

1 / Posset - For Prompt Personal Attention, Please Call
2 / Posset - For Prompt Personal Attention, Please Call (Si-cut.db remix)
3 / Si-cut.db - Tuesday Is The New Wednesday
4 / Si-cut.db - Tuesday Is The New Wednesday (Posset remix)

c o m p i l a t i o n s

Si'cut.db - "Advance Party (Spikey Mix)", "Hi To Low", "Vital Rise (Harvey Mix)"
(tracks on Reality Reduction: Dream Music from the Suburbs of Hell compilation)

© 1993 Suburbs of Hell
SOH 013

Si'cut.db - "Advance Party (Spikey Mix)", "Hi To Low"
(tracks on Exact Life / Si'cut.db - Boiled Down (EP) )

© 1993 Suburbs of Hell
SOH 014

Si-{cut}.db - "February Sleeper", "Back In The Same"
(tracks on Just In Time For Too Late compilation)

© 1994 Suburbs of Hell
SOH 016

trivia: Answering machine sample on "Back In The Same" is Russell Mael of Sparks.

Si-{cut}.db vs. Scanner - "Bovine Revolver"
(track on Wire Tapper compilation CD included with April 1998 U.K. Wire magazine)

© 1998 The Wire

Si-{cut}.db - "Toffee Apples"
(track on Counterintelligence: Subproject 01 compilation)

© 1999 Electro-Chemical Research
ECR BN 529

Si-{cut}.db - "Homework"
(track on Dub Auder 2xCD compilation)

© 1999 Law & Auder
LA12CD

Si-{cut}.db - "To Be a Pilgrim"
(track on Hmm compilation)

© 2000 Sprawl Imprint
SP-032

Si-cut.db vs. BitTonic - "Recycled 200"
(track on The Wire Tapper 6 2xCD compilation)

© 2000 The Wire

Sidecut db - "Advance Party"
(track on 4am Eternal: Osymyso Mix compilation)

© 2000 Mixmag
MM011

Si-cut.db - "April Variation"
(track on EP1 Motion Re(e)leases compilation)

© 2001 Spa.rk
SP1 / MR1

Si-cut.db - "A Shower", "Surfeit"
(tracks on Bip-Hop Generation v.4 compilation)

© 2001 Bip-Hop
Bleep 08

Si-cut.db - "Robust"
(track on Mixmove 2001 2xCD promo compilation)

© 2001 Mixmove

Si-cut.db - "Rosalind", "Small db Machine"
(tracks on Tonne Soundtoy compilation)

© 2002 Bip-Hop
Bleep 17

Si-cut.db - "Frank Rip"
(track on 45 Seconds of: compilation)

© 2002 Simballrec
Simballrec 07

Si-cut.db - "Area History"
(track on Digitalic Park vol. 4 compilation)

© 2002 Daydream

Si-cut.db - "Slavic", "Constance", "Confit"
(tracks on Directions 2002 compilation)

© 2002 Fällt

Si-cut.db - "Baton"
(track appears in a mix by Si-cut.db and bitTonic on AV:X.08 Mixmasters Episode 4 DVD compilation)

© 2002 Moonshine
MM89110

Si-cut.db - "Sustain"
(track on Proto Tracks 03 compilation)

© 2002 Proto Tracks
PT-003

Si-cut.db - "Post Emblem"
(track on compilation CD included with Ultrazinnober 03 magazine)

© 2003 Ultrazinnober

Si-cut.db - "Pocket Money"
(track on Futuristic Experiments # 006 CD / 2x12" compilation)

© 2003 Background
BG 035

Si-cut.db - "The Academic Version"
(track on WM001: Warpmart Issue 1 compilation)

© 2003 Warp
WM001

Si-cut.db & BitTonic - "Donna"
(track on The Abduction of The Art of Noise compilation)

© 2004 Iris Light
i-LIGHT030CD

Si-cut.db - "Motif"
(track on Electronautes compilation)

© 2004 Bip-Hop

Si-cut.db - "The Dish In The Woods"
(track on RT-32 Acoustic Space Lab: Radio Astronomy compilation)

© 2004 RIXC

Si-cut.db - "Gameplan 2"
(track on Mutek 05 compilation)

© 2005 Mutek

Si-cut.db - "Live Frequenzen Excerpt"
(track on Frequenzen Volume 1 compilation)

© 2006 Si-cut.db

Si-cut.db - "Polite Society"
(track on The Chillout Session compilation)

© 2006 Ministry of Sound

Si-cut.db - "Winter Cabin (edit)"
(track on Arctic Circle Presents... That Fuzzy Feeling compilation)

© 2007 LoAF

r e m i x e s

St. Etienne - "North Western" (Si-cut.db remix)
(track on St. Etienne - Boy is Crying pt. 2 (EP))

© 2001 Mantra

Dub Trees - "Return of the Native" (Si-cut.db remix)
(track on Dub Trees - Buffalo / Return of the Native (12" single))

© 2001 Dragonfly
BFLT 76

Janek Schaefer - "Wow" ('A Bogus Jigsaw': Si-cut.db Physical Remix)
(7" single)

© 2001 Diskono

Marc Marcovic - "Ein Lied" (Ein Remix von Si-cut.db)
(track on Marc Marcovic - Ein Lied (12" single))

© 2003 Fein Raus
FR03

Andy Vaz - "Soundvariation" (Si-cut.db remix)
(track on Andy Vaz - Soundvariation Remixes (2x12" album))

© 2003 [---]
SV-005

Posset - "For Prompt Personal Attention, Please Call" (Si-cut.db remix)
(track on Posset Meet Si-cut.db (EP))

© 2003 Posset and D. Benford

Pan/tone - "Adore" (Si-cut.db remix)
(track on Pan/tone - Newfound Urban Calm + Remix Album)

© 2004 Bip-Hop
Bleep 26

Strings of Consciousness - "Track 13" (Si-cut.db remix)
(track on Strings of Consciousness - Fantomastique Acoustica)

© 2008 Off
OCD007

p r o d u c t i o n

Mr. Wright - The Balloon Race (EP)

© 1992 Suburbs of Hell
SOH 008

Catherine Buchanon - Original Demo (project aborted)

© 1993 Boys Own

St. Etienne - "B92"
(track on Finisterre album)

© 2002 Mantra
MNT 1033

c o n t r i b u t i o n s

Big Hard Excellent Fish - "Imperfect List" (Andrew Weatherall remix)
(keyboards by Si'cut.db)

© 1993 One Little Indian Records
41TP7CD