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After they began recording in 1995, Not Breathing self-released an astonishing amount of music in the span of a year, including Time Music of Quazars, Triangle Sun, Razor and Filth Percolator. Based in Tuscon, Arizona, the industrial/trance group signed to Invisible Records and released their first wide-issue album, Sangre Azul. Not Breathing also earned a spot on an Invisible label tour including Test Dept. and Sheep on Drugs, and in 1998 issued Starry Wisdom. Itchy Tingles followed two years later.
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Not Breathing is the creative vehicle of David Wright, maker of experimental electronic music and instruments. Beginning in the late 80s with a series of self-distributed cassettes, Not Breathing’s career now encompasses seven full-length CD releases, several vinyl releases, over forty compilation appearances, one 8-track release, and six US tours more than 300 live performances. Dave worked for six years with Chicago’s industrial label Invisible Records and spawned three CD albums as well as a collaboration with Dead Voices on Air.
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Not Breathing has been recruited as tour support for bands including Einstürzende Neubauten, Test Department, Dead Voices on Air, Pigface, Sheep on Drugs, F.M. Einheit, and Subarachnoid Space - while stand-alone performances have involved acts as diverse as Crash Worship to Cluster to Steve Roach to Bob Log.
In January 2003 Not Breathing released the album "Carrionsounds" on the Kimosciotic label, home of bands such as Zigenbock Kopf, Crack:War and the Coachwhips.
As an electronics engineer, Wright has created many of his own instruments. His homepage features a workshop/gallery of home-made noisemakers, circuit-bent toys, and modular synths.
Portions of the albums A Fire in the Bronx Zoo (1997) and The Starry Wisdom (1998) are inspired by the works of H.P. Lovecraft. The 1998 album title refers to the cult of worshippers in Lovecraft's tale The Haunter of the Dark.
Wright also has an extensive body of work as a collaborator, remixer and session musician. He has worked with Tino Corp, Dead Voices on Air, Pigface, Flam-Chen, MSBR, Le Flange Du Mal, Venetian Snares, Content Provider, Ambient Temple of Imagination, Visible Records, Invisible Records, Kimosciotic, Pinch a Loaf, Vesica Piscis, Hymen Records, Terminal Dusk Records, Dagon Productions, Personna, Lilith, Dogstar Communications, Subarachnoid Space, Instagon, AA23, Kalma, Randy Yau, Crawl Unit, Earwicker, Sheep On Drugs, The Secret Life, Neighborhood Bass Coalition, Independent Noise Party, Then Tingari, Nommo Ogo, Exterior Mirror, Lasse Marhaug, Earwicker, and Abintra.
On January 29, 2007, The Black Old Pueblo full-length CD was released on the Canadian experimental electronic label Sublight Records.
On March 31, 2008, Laquarto and Perky full-length CD was released on Jealous Edison Record Kompany, "using Laquarto the modular synth and Perky the drum machine as only sound sources."
