''1 + 2'' is the debut album by
Recoil, released in August 1986. The CD and cassette version were released two years later with Recoil's second release, ''
Hydrology''.
Wilder had always experimented with his own ideas, but when
Daniel Miller heard some demos (recorded on a
Portastudio, a 4-track cassette machine) and asked to reproduce them, Recoil became a musical entity. The early recordings show Wilder's position as a pioneer in
sampling technology and demonstrated how he could completely change the "Depeche Mode" sound into something new.
''1 + 2'', his first collection of
demos
Demos may refer to:
Computing
* DEMOS, a Soviet Unix-like operating system
* DEMOS (ISP), the first internet service provider in the USSR
* Demos Commander, an Orthodox File Manager for Unix-like systems
* plural for Demo (computer programming)
...
, though completed in the early 1980s, was inconspicuously released as a
12" EP the same year as his band Depeche Mode's fifth studio album, ''
Black Celebration''.
[Recoil's official website]
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Re-release
The CD of ''Hydrology Plus 1 + 2'' was re-released in 2007, again on Mute Records. The track listing and artwork remain the same.
Track listing
Credits and personnel
*Alan Wilder – Production, Instruments
*T + CP Associates – Sleeve photography and design
Sample sources
The recording is largely built upon samples of other music, primarily by other Mute Records artists - to avoid legal issues during an era when such approach to music-making was not overtly common.
The samples include the following:
*
Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode are an English electronic music band formed in Basildon, Essex, in 1980. The band currently consists of Dave Gahan (lead vocals and co-songwriting) and Martin Gore (keyboards, guitar, co-lead vocals and main songwriting).
Depeche ...
– "Any Second Now (Altered)"
* Depeche Mode – "If You Want"
* Depeche Mode – "The Sun and the Rainfall"
* Depeche Mode – "Oberkorn (It's a Small Town)"
* Depeche Mode – "The Great Outdoors!"
* Depeche Mode – "Shouldn't Have Done That"
* Depeche Mode – "Tora! Tora! Tora!"
* Depeche Mode – "
Shake the Disease (Edit the Shake)"
* Depeche Mode – "Pipeline"
* Depeche Mode – "
Blasphemous Rumours"
*
Kraftwerk
Kraftwerk (, "power station") is a German band formed in Düsseldorf in 1970 by Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider. Widely considered innovators and pioneers of electronic music, Kraftwerk were among the first successful acts to popularize the ...
– "
Radioaktivität"
* Kraftwerk – "Uran"
* Kraftwerk – "Radioland"
*
Duet Emmo
A duet is a musical composition for two performers in which the performers have equal importance to the piece, often a composition involving two singers or two pianists. It differs from a harmony, as the performers take turns performing a solo ...
– "Or So It Seems"
* Duet Emmo – "Heart of Hearts"
* The Hitmen – "Shade In, Fade Out"
* The voice of Daniel Miller
* Random radio broadcasts
Notes
1986 debut albums
Mute Records albums
Recoil (band) albums
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