He was quoted as saying, "our album is called S.C.I.E.N.C.E. In 1997, Einziger claimed that the title reflected the experimental nature of the album, and the creative freedom the band were given. When you talk through them and hit the coil, it makes this natural reverb, like talking in another dimension." Title It sounds like a laser gun, and that's the first sound you hear in 'Nebula'." He added that for the song, "we used these walkie-talkies for children that have this Slinky-like coil between them. While recording "Nebula", Boyd said, "we found out what it's like to actually plug a phaser pedal into the wall while it's on. While playing at European festivals with Korn during early 1997, they recall being exposed to foreign electronic acts such as The Chemical Brothers. The band also became interested in emerging forms of electronic music around the making of S.C.I.E.N.C.E., with their previous full-length album Fungus Amongus having no influence from electronic genres. Bungle, who were also known for mixing a wide array of genres. Boyd has cited Faith No More's vocalist Mike Patton as being an influence from since he was an early teenager, as well as Patton's side project Mr. The album as a whole has been labelled as a " weed-and- mushrooms influenced funk/metal freakout." Revolver describe singer Brandon Boyd as vocally "drawing on the eccentric funk-rap" of Faith No More, Primus and Red Hot Chili Peppers." They consider him to have a "goofy yet also badass presence" on S.C.I.E.N.C.E. But we think we're doing something cool, and judging from the responses that we've gotten from all over the world, others do too." Einziger has since stated that Incubus were not part of the same Southern Californian scene as bands like Korn and System of a Down during their independent years, despite having similar influences. At the time, Boyd said, "people are real quick to put labels on music, so I'm sure they're going to do that with us. was released, but rather terms such as alternative metal, funk metal and rap metal. Though sometimes retrospectively associated with it, the term nu metal was not yet in usage when S.C.I.E.N.C.E. "Magic Medicine", described as a trip hop track, samples a recorded reading of a children's book. According to Rolling Stone writer Rob Kemp, S.C.I.E.N.C.E. incorporates elements of multiple genres, including heavy metal, electro, funk, jazz, hip hop and techno. The soundtrack was released on Jby Epic/Immortal, and featured a collaboration with DJ Greyboy called "Familiar".
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was in the process of being recorded and mastered, the band went on some local mini-tours, in addition to appearing on the soundtrack for the movie Spawn. With that kind of support, we just let everything kind of run wild." They kinda just said, 'do whatever you want'. He doesn't try to change what we do, he tries to enhance it." He also said, "when we signed our record deal and started working on this album, we were worried that someone would come along and tell us to hold back, and try and make our songs a little more palatable. Guitarist Mike Einziger believed that Wirt helped encourage their creativity during the recording of S.C.I.E.N.C.E., saying in 1997, "he helps us come up with strange stuff and he likes it when we do. Very different experience, but very important on this band's existence." During the recording, the band utilized older analogue gear that they described as having "phat sounds and spider webs." Incubus chose Jim Wirt to produce the album, since he had worked with them on earlier recordings. was done in six weeks at 4th Street Recording, a very small, charming studio in Santa Monica. Singer Brandon Boyd said " S.C.I.E.N.C.E. Their first full-length major label effort S.C.I.E.N.C.E. With Enjoy Incubus, the label's strategy was to build the band's fanbase through touring rather than radio airplay. An EP titled Enjoy Incubus was released by Epic/Immortal at the beginning of 1997, and Incubus would go on a European tour with labelmates Korn for the next few months. After recording their independent debut album Fungus Amongus, Incubus signed a seven-record deal with Epic Records/Sony-affiliated Immortal Records.