Gigapus

Gigapus is the tenth studio album by the Australian electronic music group Severed Heads. Recorded between 1992 and 1994, the album was first released in 1994 with a bonus CD-ROM disc titled Metapus that had additional multi-media content on it. Because of this, it is the first album released in Australia to include a CD-ROM disc.^[2] Due to the extra disc, the album was initially priced at $40 when it first came out.^[3] As with most of the Severed Heads discography, the album has been reissued multiple times.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Heart Of The Party"	3:45
2.	"Tony Wounded Bird"	6:27
3.	"ANIMal"	4:06
4.	"The Importance Of Hair"	4:52
5.	"Repetitive Strain Injury"	4:43
6.	"Arrivederci Coma"	5:56
7.	"DOLLARex"	6:05
8.	"Cabbalaland"	4:52
9.	"Snow"	4:10
10.	"Somewhere Over The Gigapus"	5:14
11.	"Courier"	3:39
12.	"Pure"	3:24
13.	"About Leah & Adele"	2:51
14.	"Nightime Falls"	3:06

2001 Sevcom Reissue Bonus Tracks (Gigapus Plus HOTP)
No.	Title	Length
15.	"We Have Come To Remix The House"	5:48
16.	"Snow (The Mrs. Joe's Brain Edit)"	4:20
17.	"Heart Of The Party (Original Mix)"	5:14
Total length:		77:18

2009 Sevcom Reissue Bonus Disc (Gigapus: Demos and Curios)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"We Have Come To Remix The House"	5:47
2.	"Snow (Remix)"	4:19
3.	"Heart Of The Party (Remix)"	5:13
4.	"Dollarex (From Original Video 1993)"	4:23
5.	"First Resonant Bank (Demo)"	4:04
6.	"Calling All Goth Girls (Demo)"	4:04
7.	"Tenderizer (Sketch)"	3:28
8.	"The Importance Of Hair (Analogue Version)"	3:55
9.	"ANIMal (Digital Version)"	4:54
10.	"Life's Oven (Sketch)"	3:10
11.	"Cabbala Baby (Sketch)"	2:55
12.	"12 Inches Of Snow (Demo)"	5:15
13.	"40box (Sketch)"	4:21
Total length:		50:55

Personnel

Tom Ellard - vocals, production
David Smith - additional electronics
Comeron Miller - short wave radio
Lisa Maxwell - additional vocals on "Heart Of The Party"
David Allen - tambourine on "The Importance Of Hair" and "Somewhere Over The Gigapus"
Adrian Bolland - engineering
Kathy Naunton - mastering
Robert Bacic - mastering
M.C. Newsagent - vocals on "Cabbalaland"
Boxcar - production on "Heart Of The Party"

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog	Release Notes
Australia	1994	Volition Records	CD CD-ROM	VOLTCD80	Issued with the CD-ROM Metapus and initially priced for $40
Australia	1994	Volition Records	2xCD	VOLTCD80	Contained a second disc composed of remixes of "Dead Eyes Opened"
Europe	1995	Dark Star	CD	Spark 62	European edition that included different mastering from the original Australian edition. This version has been described by Ellard as "horribly maimed with excessive bass"
Australia	1996	Volition Records	CD	VOLTCD80	First single-disc pressing
North America		Decible	CD	DEC007	First American pressing
North America		Decible	CD CD-ROM	DEC007	First time the "Metapus edition" became available in North America
Australia	2001	Sevcom	CD-R	N/A	CD-R reissue that included new artwork and the entire "Heart Of The Party" single. The track "DOLLARex" was also renamed as "$ex (USA/Stacy) on this version. Released under the name Gigapus Plus HOTP
Australia	2009	Sevcom	2xCD-R	N/A	Two disc reissue, the first being the original album, the second containing demos and remixes. Packaged in a DVD case. The track "DOLLARex" is renamed as "Dollarex (USA/Stacy)" on this version. Sometimes referred to as Giga++ or Gigapus++

References

↑ "Severed Heads: Gigapus". www.sonic-boom.com. Decibel Magazine. Retrieved March 20, 2016. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)
↑ White, Judith. "Band's CD-ROM Breakthrough". Sevcom.com. Retrieved March 20, 2016.
↑ "Permutations Into Ellard: Tom Ellard Interview By Blake 7". Sevcom.com. Retrieved March 20, 2016. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)

External links

Gigapus at Discogs (list of releases)
Bandcamp page
Review of Gigapus, claiming that it's Album of the Week of December 13, 1994

Severed Heads

Tom Ellard
Stewart Lawler

Stephen Jones
Paul Deering
Garry Bradbury
Richard Fielding
Andrew Wright

Albums

Studio albums	Side 2 (1980) Clean (1981) Blubberknife (1982) Since The Accident (1984) City Slab Horror (1985) Come Visit The Big Bigot (1986) Bad Mood Guy (1987) Rotund For Success (1989) Cuisine (With Piscatorial) (1991) Gigapus (1994) Haul Ass (1998) Gashing And Kato (2001) Under Gail Succubus (2006)

Music Server series	Contoured Stimulation (1998) Airconditioning Your Productivity (1999) Cubicle Broadcasts (2002) Controlling Time (2003)

Op series	Op (2002) Op 1.2 (2004) Op 2.0 (2005) Op 2.5 (Millennium Cheesecake) (2005) Op 3 (2007) Op (ChOPped) (2009)

Split albums	Ear Bitten/No Vowels, No Bowels (1980)

Singles

"Dead Eyes Opened"
"Stretcher"
"Goodbye Tonsils"
"Petrol"
"Twenty Deadly Diseases"
"Propeller"
"Hot With Fleas"
"Greater Reward"
"All Saints Day"
"Big Car"
"Twister"
"Heart Of The Party"
"Lamborghini/Petrol"
"Beautiful Arabic Surface/Cheerio Inner Moon"

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