Epsilon Minus was a Canadian futurepop/trance band formed in 2000 by Bogart Shwadchuck and Jennifer Parkin. The name "Epsilon Minus" is a reference to Aldous Huxley's novel, Brave New World.
Based out of Canada, Epsilon Minus (Bogart Shwadchuck, electronics and design) debuted on Alfa Matrix in 2002 with a self-titled disc of EBM and techno-pop, created with little more than a mod tracker and a single synthesizer, fronted by vocals from Jennifer Parkin. In 2003, Epsilon Minus returned with “Mark II”, exploring alternate directions in electronic dance. Parkin left the band in 2004 to form Ayria, and Shwadchuck continued Epsilon Minus as essentially a solo act, releasing the “Pre-Initialized EP” and the “Reinitialized” LP, exhibiting greater psytrance and IDM influences. “Reinitialized” featured collaborations with vocalists from such bands as The Azoic, Distorted Reality, Null Device and Stromkern.
Shwadchuck decided to stop the project in 2005, releasing the short "R.I.P. EP" of leftovers and outtakes. He now records under his own name, as well as under the aliases "Artifice," "Sex Genius," and "Chester Fantastico." He briefly resurrected Epsilon Minus to perform a remix for The Gothsicles.
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After two years of working on their album, it was in 2002 when they debuted their self titled album “Epsilon Minus”. They signed with the Belgian record company Alfa Matrix. In 2003, Epsilon Minus returned with “Mark II”, exploring alternate directions in electronic dance. Parkin left the band in 2004 to form Ayria. She also signed with Alfa Matrix and released her album “Debris”. However, Shwadchuck continued Epsilon Minus as essentially a solo act, releasing the “Pre-Initialized EP” and the “Reinitialized” LP, exhibiting greater psytrance and IDM influences. In an interview Bogart stated, “Jenn and I just didn’t belong together. I grew out of the kind of music we were making and there wasn’t room for a partner in the things I wanted to be doing.” In Bogart’s third album “Reinitialized”, he chose to collaborate with numerous vocalists to provide him with the opportunity to reflect a different sound to his music. Kristy Venrick (The Azoic), Martha M. Arce (Distorted Reality), Eric Oehler (Null Device), and Ned Kirby (Stromkern) were various collaborations that he featured in this album. In 2005, Bogart decided to stop Epsilon Minus, releasing the short "R.I.P." EP of leftovers and outtakes. He briefly resurrected Epsilon Minus to perform a remix for The Gothsicles.