Strange Parcels was an industrial hip-hop group, formed in 1991. The nucleus was guitarist Skip McDonald, drummer

Keith LeBlanc Keith LeBlanc is an American drummer and record producer, and is a member of the bands Little Axe and Tackhead. His record " No Sell Out" was one of the first sample-based releases. The song was a success, charting at No. 60 on the UK Singl ...

and bassist

Doug Wimbish Douglas Arthur Wimbish (born September 22, 1956) is an American bass player, primarily known for being a member of rock band Living Colour and funk/dub/hip hop collective Tackhead, and as a session musician with artists such as Sugarhill Gang, ...

. The group also enlisted the aid of numerous guest musicians, including Mark Stewart, Bim Sherman, Jesse Rae, Talvin Singh and Basil Clarke.

History

After Tackhead's dissolution in 1990, producer Adrian Sherwood, bassist

and multi instrumentalist David Harrow wished to return to territory akin to that of their former musical project

Fats Comet Fats Comet was a British/American industrial hip hop group formed by Adrian Sherwood, Keith LeBlanc, Skip McDonald and Doug Wimbish. The band was known for producing dance tracks that were densely layered in samples and ahead of their time. ...

, which had been abandoned in 1987. Radio presenter Steve Barker of On the Wire described their musical approach as " Temptations on acid", in that the group would use pop oriented material as a foundation on which to experiment. In 1991, they recorded several tracks which appeared on ''Pay It All Back'' compilations issued through On-U Sound Records. Recorded with

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player Talvin Singh and reduced input from Sherwood, Strange Parcels' full-length debut '' Disconnection'' was released in 1994. Critic Stephen Cook described it as "a cross between

David Byrne David Byrne (; born 14 May 1952) is a Scottish-American singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, writer, music theorist, visual artist and filmmaker. He was a founding member and the principal songwriter, lead singer, and guitarist of ...

and Brian Eno's '' My Life in the Bush of Ghosts'' and some of Singh's later solo outings, with the occasional funk-rock beat being wholly a

Tackhead Tackhead (styled TACK>>HEAD, sometimes known as Fats Comet) is an industrial hip-hop group that was most active during the 1980s and early 1990s, and briefly reformed in 2004 for a tour. Their music occupies the territory where funk, dub, in ...

leftover." After the release of ''Disconnection'', Strange Parcels was abandoned with its members continuing to pursue other musical endeavors.

Discography

;Albums *'' Disconnection'' ( On-U Sound, 1994) ;Singles *"More Is Insane" (w/ Bim Sherman) (On-U Sound, 1993) *"Body Blastin'" (w/ Jesse Rae) (On-U Sound, 1993) *"Disconnection" (On-U Sound, 1994)

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Strange Parcels Tackhead Alternative hip hop groups American electronic music groups American funk musical groups American industrial music groups Musical groups established in 1991 Musical groups disestablished in 1994 On-U Sound Records artists 1991 establishments in the United States