Aphotic

Style: Electro-Industrial
Format: Downloadable MP3 album
Cat Number: 05080310
(Original) Release: March 8th, 2010
Label: Aphotic Audio

UPDATE: Re-released June 25th, 2022, “Surfacing (Deluxe)” expands upon the 2010 debut album with restored additions from the Empty demo vault.

• - Track 15 “Shadowed” (c.2010) - Original, previously unreleased composition and vocal recording by (A).
   
• - Track 16 “Drowning - Demo” (c.2005) - Original instrumental composition by (D) during the Tron days.
   
• - Track 17 “This Regret - Sleepless Droids Remix” (c.2012) - Energy-fuelled remix under (A)’s solo project.
   
• - Track 18 “Frames - Demo” (c.2010) - Original, unreleased vocal demo by (A). This Surfacing highlight was later re-recorded with guest vocalist Tessa Zinyk, leaving this original vocal mix on the cutting room floor.
   
• - Track 19 “Come Clean - Demo” (c.2011) - Original, unreleased vocal demo from (A).
   
• - Track 20 “14th, September - Demo” (c.2006) - Early instrumental demo featuring VHS-recorded samples by (A).

Surfacing is the long awaited debut album from Empty which represents a whole new realm of sound by integrating organic emotion with raw elements of desperation and melodic electronics.

Featuring fourteen immersive tracks moulded from a variety of genres including Electro-Industrial, Drum & Bass and Glitch, Surfacing offers the listener a unique auditory experience with a wide range of vocal styles and varying structural paces.

The sound of Empty is comparable to that of Electro-Industrial bands such as Front Line Assembly, Dismantled, Mind.In.A.Box, Imperative Reaction or Skinny Puppy and draws inspiration from bands outside of the genre such as Pendulum, Tweaker and Depeche Mode.

All tracks written and recorded by Empty, 2010.
Track 13 written by Empty and Tessa Zinyk with guest vocals by Tessa Zinyk.

Mastered by Trozoc, NC, USA, 2010.