''2 A.M. Wakeup Call'' is the second album from the band
Tweaker. Opposed to ''
The Attraction to All Things Uncertain
''The Attraction to All Things Uncertain'' is the first solo effort from Tweaker, a.k.a. Chris Vrenna, former member of Nine Inch Nails. Featuring vocals by David Sylvian, Will Oldham and Shudder to Think's Craig Wedren.
The track ''Microsize B ...
'', this album captures emotional, human performances and instrumentation - notably live drums, acoustic guitar, piano and glockenspiels. It's a nighttime record about dreams, nightmares, and insomnia—things that keep us up at night.
Vrenna has stated in interviews that the title was inspired by his wife's insomnia. For a period of about a month she would wake up at 2am every single night no matter when they went to bed.
2 a.m. Wakeup Call was subsequently released in 5.1 Surround Sound.
The track ''It's Still Happening'' was offered to the
ACIDplanet
Acid Pro (often stylized ACID) is a professional digital audio workstation (DAW) software program currently developed by Magix Software. It was originally called Acid pH1 and published by Sonic Foundry, later by Sony Creative Software as Acid Pro ...
community for remixing as a part of th
Tweaker 2 Remix contest
Track listing
Personnel
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Chris Vrenna
Chris Vrenna (born February 23, 1967 in Erie, Pennsylvania) is an American musician, producer, engineer, remixer, songwriter, programmer, and founder of the electronic band Tweaker. Vrenna played drums for the industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails ...
- producer, recording engineer, mixing engineer
*
Clint Walsh
Tweaker is an American alternative rock collaboration project band founded by Chris Vrenna in the late 1990s. Tweaker's musical style incorporates synthpop, progressive rock, modern jazz and electronica genres, and is characterized by a general ...
- producer
*
Jeff Antebi - executive producer
*
Johnny Marr
Johnny Marr (born John Martin Maher, 31 October 1963) is an English musician, songwriter and singer. He first achieved fame as the guitarist and co-songwriter of the Smiths, who were active from 1982 to 1987. He has since performed with numerous ...
- guitar on track 11
*Paul Ill - bass on track 3; fretless bass on track 12
*Rich Mouser - recorded additional live drums on tracks 1 and 10
*Ken Lee - mastering engineer
References
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2004 albums
Albums produced by Chris Vrenna
Tweaker (band) albums
Waxploitation Records albums