''Scanners'' is the second album by

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, released on

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Background

Recorded in

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, 2007. The Executive Producer was

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head of

.Scanners CD Booklet The album was recorded using no

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instruments or personal

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s, instead primitive

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s, tape effects and

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s were used."Official Web Site interview"
accessed 4 March 2009 The vocals on the album where treated like a sound source and manipulated with

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effects. The album follows a theme based on

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; the idea of always being watched wherever you go.

Track listing

#"The Kennedy Syndrome" #"Loose Wire" #"Fireworks" #"Scanners" #"Inhalation" #"Necromance" #"Taken" #"Pressure Point" #"Unseen" #"SHC" #"Second Skin" #"Lazarus" #"Setting Sun" #"Snow Blind" #"Lest We Forget"

Personnel

*David Hunt - Instruments & production *Executive Producer -

*Mastering - Simon Davey at The Exchange, London

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Scanners (Album) 2008 albums Some Bizzare Records albums