Album name: Underwater Problem Factory
Release date: Summer of 1992
Release format: cassette
Studio name: Quintessential Disco-Quest Tapes & Discs
Tracks:
1. One Last Time
2. Time, That's What
3. Gridlock
4. In My Heart
5. I Don't Get It
6. Odyssey VI
7. The Smell of Earthworms
8. 5Fifty
9. My Firmament
10. FF
11. Believe Me
12. Eggs to Eternity
13. Go Disco!
14. Xavier's Goat
15. The Grasshopper Child
16. I'll Go Berserk
17. My Style
18. EnVenum Above
19. Rite of Diaboli
This was the follow-up to the popular 1991 album Olympus. Whereas Olympus was rather simple and straightforward, this album made heavy use of the new effects processor the Studio had just bought and encorporated more recording techniques than were previously used.
And now the Studio had a name: Quintessential Disco-Quest Tapes & Discs. This was a theme that carried-over from the obsession of the 1970's and disco from the Two-Tones and other projects. This would be the only release under that Studio name.
The album cover was designed on a computer by Brad P. Brad also contributed a little to the music of the time, mostly in the way of drum patterns. The scan below shows some of the designing that went into the album cover.
The name of the album was a phrase used in a story written by a kid and published in the "Kid's Corner" section of the newspaper. The full story of how the album was titled can be read in this August 28, 2007 edition of the Collector's Corner feature.
The music was a bit harsher on this album than any other to date. It showed the new direction that the Studio was headed with musical style. It was after this album that Mune Mud music was divided into a slower, pop style of music and the heavier industrial sound, the latter becoming the NueroMorgue project. The main influence at this time was a group called Mr. Bungle.
Inspiration for the songs came from an eclectic list of sources including Salvador Dali, disco, Mr. Bungle, relationships, even a remake of a song from the unreleased Mune Mud debut album.
In 2002, the Underwater Problem Factory 10th Anniversary Collection was released.
Next Week's Album of the Week: Pryme Material by Mune Mud from 1993.
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