Chopping Machine

Chopping Machine
Chopping Machine
Studio album by Colour Haze
Released	1995
Recorded	January 30 – February 3, 1995
Studio	Mystery Music Prod. Munich
Genres	Stoner rock, psychedelic rock
Length	60:06
Colour Haze chronology

Chopping Machine is the debut album by the stoner rock band Colour Haze, released in 1995. It was recorded January 30 – February 3, 1995, and mixed in July 1995 in Munich.

The album received a rating of 8 out of 12 from Visions.de.¹ Ox-Fanzine criticized the overall package and booklet, whereas the music was "actually really good. Technically flawless, dense noise attacks full of clean breaks".²

Track listing

All tracks are written by Stefan Koglek, except where noted.

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Subversive"			14:24
2.	"Why Don't You"			5:50
3.	"Mud"			6:38
4.	"Chosen Way"	Christian Wiesner, Koglek	Koglek, Tim Höfer	5:24
5.	"Dirt"			8:57
6.	"God's Eyes"	Koglek	Wiesner	8:31
7.	"Sometimes"	Koglek	Koglek, Höfer	4:15
8.	"Chopping Machine"			6:10
Total length:				60:06

Personnel

Colour Haze

Stefan Koglek – guitar, vocals, violin arrangement on "Subversive"
Christian Wiesner – bass, didjeridoo, lead vocals on "Chosen Way"
Tim Höfer – percussion
Marco Naumann – live sound

Additional

Willi Haas – violins and violin arrangement on "Subversive"
Chris Void – engineering

References

"Colour Haze: Chopping Machine". Visions (review) (in German). 30 November 1999. Retrieved 22 December 2025.
Kerpen, Thomas (1996). "COLOUR HAZE Chopping Machine". Ox-Fanzine (review) (in German). No. 22. Retrieved 22 December 2025.

[1] "Colour Haze: Chopping Machine". Visions (review) (in German). 30 November 1999. Retrieved 22 December 2025.

[2] Kerpen, Thomas (1996). "COLOUR HAZE Chopping Machine". Ox-Fanzine (review) (in German). No. 22. Retrieved 22 December 2025.

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