{{Infobox album | name = Scavengers in the Matrix | type = compilation | artist = Various artists | cover = Various Artists - Scavengers in the Matrix.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|1994|6|10}} | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = [[Electro-industrial]] | length = 76:58 | label = [[Re-Constriction Records|If It Moves...]] | producer = | chronology = [[Re-Constriction Records]] V/A | prev_title = [[Shut Up Kitty: A Cyber-Based Covers Compilation|Shut Up Kitty]] | prev_year = 1993 | next_title = [[Crowbar America]] | next_year = 1994 }}
'''''Scavengers in the Matrix''''' is a various artists compilation album released on June 10, 1994 by [[Re-Constriction Records|If It Moves...]].<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web |url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=mw0000121798|pure_url=yes}}|title=Various Artists: ''Scavengers in the Matrix'' > Overview |publisher=Allmusic |accessdate=July 26, 2019}}</ref><ref name="virtualnightangelcompilations">{{cite web|first1=Tina |last1=Baumann |first2=Travis |last2=Baumann |url=http://www.virtualnightangel.com/compilations.html |title=Compilations |publisher=Virtual Night Angel |date=2002 |accessdate=August 24, 2020}}</ref>
==Reception== ''Aiding & Abetting'' called described ''Scavengers in the Matrix'' as being "truly experimental dance music" and "like most compilations, production values and music quality do vary, but as usual, [[Chase (label manager)|Chase]] has brought a load of great stuff together, weeding out the chaff."<ref name="a&areviews">{{cite journal|first=Jon |last=Worley |url=http://www.aidabet.com/archives/archV.html#SCAVENGERS |title=Various Artists: ''Scavengers in the Matrix'' |journal=Aiding & Abetting |date=May 31, 1994 |issue=55 |accessdate=July 26, 2020}}</ref>
==Track listing== {{tracklist | extra_column = Artist | title1 = Drown | extra1 = Primal Engine | writer1 = Zul Arifin | length1 = 6:16 | title2 = Zygote | extra2 = Recliner | writer2 = [[Dan Gatto]], [[Daniel Vahnke]] | length2 = 4:00 | title3 = I Am Truth | extra3 = [[Hate Dept.]] | writer3 = Coby Bassett, Dean Love, Steven Ortiz, Steven Seibold | length3 = 3:14 | title4 = F/2.8 | extra4 = Colla Destra | writer4 = "Big C" Jones, Jon Bondelli, Mel Hammond, Nikki Camcam III | length4 = 4:48 | title5 = Glass | extra5 = [[Killing Floor (American band)|Killing Floor]] | writer5 = James Basore, John Belew, Marc Phillips, Christian Void | length5 = 4:40 | title6 = Hate | note6 = Flesh Mix | extra6 = Biohazard PCB | writer6 = Keith Arem, Jack Boughner, Mical Pedriana, David Smith | length6 = 5:21 | title7 = Gun Lover | extra7 = [[Acumen (band)|Acumen]] | writer7 = Ethan Novak, Gregory A. Lopez, Jason Novak | length7 = 4:48 | title8 = Guilt | note8 = Trip Mix | extra8 = Death Method | writer8 = [[Timothy Wiles]] | length8 = 4:18 | title9 = [[Put Your Hands Down|Halidified]] | note9 = Subgenius Mix | writer9 = Jason Hubbard, Dee Madden, Andy Shaw, Chris Shinkus | extra9 = [[Penal Colony (band)|Penal Colony]] | length9 = 4:09 | title10 = Stalemate | writer10 = Jason Bazinet, Sean Ivy | extra10 = [[SMP (band)|SMP]] | length10 = 6:02 | title11 = Submit | writer11 = Greg Davis, Torsten Hartwell, Mike Paikos, Lee Pennington, Randy Rai, Alan Sartirana, Mike Welch | extra11 = [[Slave Unit]] | length11 = 4:30 | title12 = Insecure | writer12 = Shonn Bratlien, Johan Sherriffs, Thomas Patrick Smith | extra12 = [[Pain Emission]] | length12 = 4:36 | title13 = Chaos | writer13 = William Hayden, Keith York | extra13 = [[apolitiq]] | length13 = 4:55 | title14 = In Darkness | writer14 = Electric Don, Trevor Henthorn, Tymo Raek | extra14 = Sweat Engine | length14 = 2:53 | title15 = Like the Plague | writer15 = Michael Gunn, Jeff Tatman | extra15 = Death Industry | length15 = 4:32 | title16 = Dominion | writer16 = [[Eric Stenman]], Giovanni Mercado, [[Rey Osburn]] | extra16 = [[Tinfed]] | length16 = 4:41 | title17 = Growing Stronger | note17 = Steroid Mix | writer17 = Chad Bishop, Allan King, Shayde Sartin, David Skott, Shane Talada | extra17 = STG | length17 = 3:15 }}
==Personnel== Adapted from the ''Scavengers in the Matrix'' liner notes.<ref name="linearnotes">{{cite AV media notes |title=Scavengers in the Matrix |title-link=Scavengers in the Matrix |others=Various artists |year=1994 |type=booklet |publisher=[[Re-Constriction Records|If It Moves...]] |location=San Diego, California}}</ref>
* [[Chase (label manager)|Chase]] – [[Compiler|compiling]], [[design]] * Benn Dunn – [[illustrations]] * Trevor Henthorn – [[Audio mastering|mastering]]
==Release history== {|class="wikitable" ! Region ! Date ! Label ! Format ! Catalog |- | United States | 1994 | [[Re-Constriction Records|If It Moves...]] | [[compact disc|CD]] | IIM-004 |}
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * [https://www.discogs.com/Various-Scavengers-In-The-Matrix/release/703892 ''Scavengers in the Matrix''] at [[Discogs]] (list of releases)
[[Category:1994 compilation albums]] [[Category:Electro-industrial compilation albums]] [[Category:Re-Constriction Records compilation albums]]