''These Humble Machines'' is a
compilation album by American
electronic musician
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History and profile
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BT, composed of edited versions of songs from his album ''
These Hopeful Machines
''These Hopeful Machines'' is the sixth studio album by American electronic musician BT. Released on February 1, 2010, the album sees collaborations with the likes of JES, Rob Dickinson, Christian Burns and Kirsty Hawkshaw, also featuring a c ...
''. Released on April 26, 2011,
the album was released with the intention of making the album more accessible for newer listeners while still displaying the same technical prowess found in its predecessor.
The album features some radio edits ("Suddenly", "Always") while also liberally using splice editing and fade-outs to edit down songs ("The Emergency", "Every Other Way", "Le nocturne de lumière").
Track listing
Personnel
* Track 1: Vocals by
BT and
Christian Burns
Christian Anthony Burns (born 18 January 1974) is an English singer. He is the son of Tony Burns of The Signs, a Liverpool-based rock band signed to Decca Records in the 1960s.
Career
Burns was a member of the popular British band BBMak, ...
* Track 2: Vocals by BT. Background vocals by Christian Burns.
* Track 3: Vocals by
JES. Background vocals by BT and Christian Burns.
* Track 4: Vocals by
JES.
* Track 6: Vocals by BT. Background vocals by Christian Burns.
* Track 7: Vocals by
Kirsty Hawkshaw
Kirsty Hawkshaw (born 26 October 1969) is an English electronic music vocalist and songwriter. In addition to her work as a solo artist, she is known as the lead vocalist of early 1990s dance group Opus III, and her collaborative work with oth ...
. Background vocals by BT.
* Track 8: Vocals by BT. Background vocals by Christian Burns.
* Track 9, 11: Vocals by
Rob Dickinson
Robert Dickinson (born 23 July 1965) is a British musician, multi-instrumentalist, and singer-songwriter previously of the band Catherine Wheel.Strong, Martin C. (2003) ''The Great Indie Discography'', Canongate, , p. 664-5 Dickinson was raised ...
.
* Track 12: Vocals by BT. Background vocals by Amelia June.
References
External links
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2011 compilation albums
BT (musician) compilation albums