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Crisis de Identidad #1749 Identity Crisis #1749. Notice the number, it means that this is NOT the first Identity Crisis. An Identity Crisis doesn't have a moral state, they are not good or bad, it depends on what you are able to do when it hits. Because it is a questioning of our own self it is both an opportunity to grow and accept or to crash and burn.

CrimentalTaken from "1984" by George Orwell. A crime of the mind, of thought. False illusions become real and upsetting in our minds. Tyrants that prevent us from accepting ourselves and drive us down bottomless pits. Fight it! and discover life by yourself.

Martires de Tlaxcala (otra vez) Tlaxcala's Martyrs (again). This is a second version of the original track, appearing on the first album.
Tlaxcala is a mexican state. The name was taken after listening to the news about 15 children being molested in a government children care center, nothing new unfortunately.
The lyrics revolve around how violence is portrayed in our society. Some of the samples say: "I'm invincible, no one can beat me". "The battlefield is for the stong, not the weak". "Don't your senses arouse before such destruction?".

El Hombre Fragmentado The fragmented man.
This is a song about the sadness of becoming senseless, dull, apathetic and eaten by a relentless machine, ironicallly created by ourselves, seemengly unstoppable.

About Deus ex Machina

Deus ex Machina was formed in 1992 by Jose Luis Pellicer (Transistor) and Manuel Mejías (Mantrax).

Nothing worth of mentioning happened until Fernando Zambrana (Anarköma) joined the band in early 1993.

The band started to work and songs accumulated. After only two live shows and a repertoire of 11 songs, they thought about releasing them. The band planned a tape self-release and went looking for distribution. To their surprise, Edmundo Navas from Opcion Sonica was very interested in their material and he suggested a CD release (remember this is 1993!).

At that time, people from Silent Records were visitsing Edmundo and he gave them a Deus ex Machina's tape. To everyone's surprise, Silent Records called Edmundo a couple of weeks later saying that they were interested in releasing Deus ex Machina's album worldwide.

So, in june 1993, Deus ex Machina self-titled debut album was released. It took the electro-world by surprise, first for it's origin: Mexico and second for their particular sound.

Back in Mexico, the electronic scene was starting to take off. From raves to electro, bands were coming out and Deus ex Machina was recognized as one of the pioneers.

Two years later, a new album was ready and one member left the band. "Videohiperestesia" was the name and this time, german label Out Of Line was in charge of distributing it world wide.

However, something happened. The members silently dropped out and Deus ex Machina was no more. Or was it?

After 8 years of absence, Deus ex Machina is back. A new album is on the works.
What now? Wait and see!