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Cold Therapy (band)

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Cold Therapy
OriginPoland
GenresIndustrial, EBM, dark electro, darkwave, electronica, experimental
Years active2012–present
LabelsAdvoxya Records
MembersJacek Wolański
Websitewww.coldtherapy-official.com

Cold Therapy is a dark-industrial/dark electronic music project from Poland, founded by Jacek Wolański on October 8, 2012.[1] Music of Cold Therapy is known for its dark and atmospheric sound.

History

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Wolański began releasing music in 2009, releasing several albums with two different bands before founding Cold Therapy.[2]

At first, he started making Dark Ambient music (never officially released) with his two-man group Unsinn,[3] where he was the composer and vocalist. Finally, they ended up making Aggrotech / EBM music and released one official album in 2010.[4] Shortly after that, his work on Unsinn ended in a controversial manner:[5] "[H]e removed me from the band, took all rights, without mentioning about it. He said and wrote everywhere that I left the band by myself. And that was the end of our cooperation."[6]

The second band in which Wolański was involved was Traumatize.[7] Another Aggrotech / EBM project, which concentrated more on making music suitable for dancefloors and DJ sets. As Traumatize, from 2010 to the end of 2012 he released 3 full albums, 1 EP and 1 single,[8] mostly with the Spanish record label Mutant-E Records.[9]

After few years of album releases, Wolański felt tired of the aggressive, club-oriented style of music and in need of a change, founded Cold Therapy. This was the moment he decided to make more old-school Dark Electronic music.[10]

He stated in an interview: "This time I wanted to make something different, something more 'personal', more into my own musical tastes, to express myself."[11]

After the first album Embrace the Silence,[12] the band was joined by a new main vocalist, Jan R., and female secondary vocalist Jen. They then released the EP Carnival of Lies[13] and the full album Masquerade Infinite.[14] But on March 10, 2016, both left Cold Therapy and Wolański returned to working solo. On November 14, 2016, he released another full-length album, Figures and Faces.

Masquerade Infinite is currently the most successful release of Cold Therapy has received many positive reviews, for example from Side-Line Magazine,[15] which stated: "Cold Therapy clearly strives to compose a personal sound. The haunting atmospheres hanging over the songs is poignant and definitely the main force and characteristic of this work"[16] and Brutal Resonance:[17] "Here, Cold Therapy have created a sound that spans across quite a few eras of electro-industrial evolution."[18]

Masquerade Infinite reached 4th position on the German Electronic Charts (GEWC)[19] and entered the TOP 50 Bestsellers ranking on POPoNAUT,[20] being in 43rd place.

Cold Therapy appeared on various compilations and is well known for collaborations and remixes done for other artists, such as Suicide Commando, Wumpscut, Acylum, Shiv-r, A7ie, Die Braut, nolongerhuman, and Hydroxie.

Record label

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Cold Therapy has been signed to Advoxya Records[21] since March 22, 2015.[22]

Discography

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Albums

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  • 2013 - Embrace the Silence
  • 2015 - Masquerade Infinite
  • 2016 - Figures and Faces
  • 2018 - The Darkest Hour

EP

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  • 2014- Carnival of Lies

Side release series

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  • 2017 - Behind the Scenes: Vol. 01

Remix appearances

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2012

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2013

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2014

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2015

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2016

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2017

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2018

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Guest appearances

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2013

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  • Vault-113 - Cold Fusion
  • FF.AA - Reorganización Nacional
  • FF.AA - Mission Failed
  • A.D.N - Salvation of God
  • A.D.N - The Singularity (B-sides)
  • A.D.N - My end (B-sides remix)
  • A.D.N - All die Bastards
  • VA - Tactical Tracks 2nd Assault – song: 13th Angel - Purgatory (feat. Cold Therapy)

2014

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2015

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  • VA - Side-Line - Face The Beat: Session 2 – song: Traumatize - Bound by Hell (feat. Cold Therapy)
  • VA - Elektro Villain: Volume 005 – song: Traumatize - Bound by Hell (feat. Cold Therapy)
  • Acervus - Something Beautiful
  • VA - Mechanized - Best Of 2015 – song: A.[D].N - Was Pain (Feat Cold Therapy)
  • London Sadness - Confession
  • VA - Halotan Records -Sampler 08 – song: 13th Angel - Purgatory (feat. Cold Therapy)

2016

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  • VA - Seasons of Electronics Vol. I – song: Traumatize - Bound by Hell (feat. Cold Therapy)

2017

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  • Fredrik Croona - This Is Goodbye
  • VA - darkTunes - Gothic Music Orgy Vol.4 – song: Plague Doctor - I'm coming to take you away (feat. Cold Therapy)
  • VA - Elektro Villain: Volume 007 – song: Plague Doctor - I'm coming to take you away (feat. Cold Therapy)
  • VA - Brutal Resonance - It's September – song: Acervus - Far, Far Away (feat. Cold Therapy)

2019

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  • Plague Doctor - Reborn

Compilation appearances

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2012

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  • Digital Recovery: Part 1
  • Tactical Beats (Winter Ops)
  • Freak Machine 0.2

2013

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  • Infraschall Vol.5
  • Halotan Records - Sampler 05
  • Halotan Records - Sampler 06
  • Halotan Records - Sampler 07
  • Tactical Tracks 2nd Assault
  • EBM ADDICTION 10,000 Vol. II
  • EBM ADDICTION [VOL 3]
  • Dance 4 Syria - Vol.2 - Industrial

2014

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  • Beat:Cancer V2
  • Digital Recovery: Part 10.4
  • DJ Led Manville - Nachtplan Tanz Vol.17
  • CRL Studios Presents: While You Were Out Vol. 2
  • CRL Studios Presents: Power Beyond Fathom (A Benefit For Don Hill Of Millipede) Part 3
  • Elektro Villain: Volume 002
  • NAR Goth`N`Tronic Sampler Vol.3

2015

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  • Side-Line - Face The Beat: Session 2
  • Digital Recovery: Part 11.2
  • Project Industrial: Underground Machines
  • Freak Machine 0.3
  • Halotan Records - Sampler 08
  • Halotan Records - Halotan Sounds 2.0
  • Elektro Villain: Volume 005
  • Freak Machine 0.4
  • Mechanized - Best Of 2015

2016

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  • Side-Line - Face The Beat: Session 4
  • Side-Line - Face The Beat: Session 3
  • darkTunes - Gothic Music Orgy Vol.3
  • darkTunes - Gothic Music Orgy Vol.2
  • Body Virus
  • Intravenous Magazine - Blood Pack Vol. 3
  • Seasons of Electronics Vol. I
  • CIA Volume 2

2017

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  • darkTunes - Gothic Music Orgy Vol.4
  • Freak Machine 0.5
  • Brutal Resonance - It's September
  • Brutal Resonance - June 2017
  • Elektro Villain: Volume 007

2018

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  • Insane Records - Terror Night Vol.4 Digital Prophecy For Cyber Harvest
  • Brutal Resonance - We Love Industrial
  • Intravenous Magazine - Blood Pack Vol. 5
  • Dark Electro Polska Vol. 1
  • Brutal Resonance - There's a Lot of Industrial on This Compilation
  • Russian Dark Community - Compilation vol . 1
  • Russian Dark Community - Digital Virus
  • Brutal Resonance - Happy Goffmas

2019

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  • Alfa Matrix - Endzeit Bunkertracks [act 8] - the bonus tracks

References

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  1. ^ "Date founded". www.coldtherapy-official.com. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
  2. ^ "Cold Therapy - MusicBrainz". musicbrainz.org. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  3. ^ "Unsinn - MusicBrainz". musicbrainz.org. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  4. ^ "Unsinn - A Time Past release". 2010-09-26. Archived from the original on 2016-09-18. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
  5. ^ "Halotan Records - Dark Electro, Aggrotech, Goth and Industrial label". Halotan Records. Archived from the original on 2016-07-20. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  6. ^ "Interview for Halotan Records". Controversial split up of Unsinn. 2012-11-07. Archived from the original on 2016-09-18. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
  7. ^ "Traumatize - MusicBrainz". musicbrainz.org. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  8. ^ "Traumatize discography". Retrieved 2016-07-27.
  9. ^ "Mutant-E Records - MusicBrainz". musicbrainz.org. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  10. ^ "Interview with Halotan Records". Jacek Wolański about Cold Therapy and much more!. 2012-11-07. Archived from the original on 2016-09-17. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
  11. ^ "Choosing the more difficult path - interview with Cold Therapy". 2014-10-11. Archived from the original on 2016-09-18. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  12. ^ "Embrace the Silence, by Cold Therapy". Cold Therapy. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  13. ^ "Carnival of Lies, by Cold Therapy". Cold Therapy. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  14. ^ "Masquerade Infinite, by Cold Therapy". Cold Therapy. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  15. ^ "Side-Line Music Magazine". Side-Line Music Magazine. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  16. ^ "Cold Therapy – Masquerade Infinite (CD Album – Advoxya Records) – Side-Line Music Magazine". 9 March 2016. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
  17. ^ "Electro Industrial Music Magazine | Brutal Resonance". brutalresonance.com. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  18. ^ "Cold Therapy - Masquerade Infinite | Brutal Resonance". brutalresonance.com. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  19. ^ "GEWC - German Electronic WebCharts". www.gewc.de. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  20. ^ Leipzig, POPoNAUT. "Cold Therapy - Masquerade Infinite (CD)". www.poponaut.de. Retrieved 2016-08-07.
  21. ^ "Advoxya Records". www.advoxya-records.com. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  22. ^ "Cold Therapy: Cold Therapy signed to Advoxya Records!". www.coldtherapy-official.com. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
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