Stochastic Theory

Stochastic Theory has been a long time in the making. ST mastermind Chuck Spencer has been a premiere Midwest electro/industrial/synth DJ for over half a decade and, like many behind the decks, had the urge to create his own sound, what he wanted to hear. Starting in the fall of 2001, with encouragement from local artists like Eric Oehler (Null Device) Ned Kirby and Kelly Shaffer (Stromkern), and Scarymike, Kyle Gielow, and William Stitch (Polymorphous Perverse), Chuck jumped in head first to the genre he loves best: synthpop, prolifically creating tracks and developing ST's unique sound. Producing songs of lonliness, alienation and recovery, Chuck has delved into his own emotional troubles to spawn some of the most beautifully pained and vulnerable EBM-laden synthpop that the scene has heard in quite a while. While most of today's synth seems forced and passively insincere, listeners can easily relate with ST's peaks and valleys, emotional clarity and it's strangely therapeutic nature, vicariously both healing and opening the wounds again.

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Releases on Sonic Mainline:

Stochastic Theory
Opposite Extremes
2006

This is electro-pop with an indie-rock edge, balancing dancefloor appeal with increasingly complex rhythms and arrangements accompanied by project founder Chuck Spencer's introspective lyrics. Featuring 10 new tracks, including a cover of R.E.M.'s classic 'Losing My Religion' and club remixes by Stochastic Theory and Caustic, Opposite Extremes begins where ST's breakout debut 'Soliloquy' left off - exploring themes of isolation, frustration, and uncertainty while picking up the pieces of a broken heart and a broken life.

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1. Conditional
2. No Illusions
3. OK
4. Losing My Religion
5. Here
6. Simple Choices
7. Don't Speak
8. In Time
9. Price of a Lifetime
10. All These Walls
11. Simple Choices (Hide & Seek Mix)
12. Here (Chuck Tolerates Caustic Mix)

Stochastic Theory
Solioquy
2004

The debut album from Stochastic Theory, Solioquy combines EBM-laden synthpop with pained electronic ballads. Features the club smash "What You Weren't (Echo Virus mix)"

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1. Shared Lies
2. Injuring Eternity
3. What You Weren't
4. Broken Rules
5. Crumble
6. No Amount
7. Blurry Lines
8. Demons
9. Falling Behind
10. Storm
11. Dance Along the Edge
12. What You Weren't (Epsilon Minus Mix)
13. Falling Behind (Null Device Mix)
14. Blurry Lines (Blind Faith and Envy Mix)
15. What You Weren't (Echo Virus Mix)

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HaLO: The Best of Madtown Electro-Synth
2003

The HaLo compilation is the 2003 showcase of the best of Madison, Wisconsin's vibrant electro / industrial / synthpop community.

"5 out of 5 stars"
- Gothic Beauty magazine

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1. Stochastic Theory - Shared Lies
2. Ensku - All is Fair
3. Brian Schuh - The One Who Dismissed Me Again
4. m00ntz! - I Don't Want Her (And Neither Do You)
5. Echo Virus - Stranded (8 Hours)
6. Signal 12 - Anesthetized
7. Null Device - Electrified
8. The Gothsicles - English License
9. ctrlshft - Half-Life
10. Oneiroid Psychosis - First the Head, Then the Body
11. Caustic- Incendiary
12. Stromkern- Ruin
13. The Dark Clan- LeStat in Cuba