Recoil
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Alan Wilder
Alan Charles Wilder (born 1 June 1959) is an English musician, composer, arranger, record producer and former member of the electronic band Depeche Mode from 1982 to 1995. Since his departure from the band, the musical project called Recoil b ...
stated in a YouTube greeting that there would be a new album coming in spring or early summer 2007. On 23 April 2007, he released information regarding the album via Myspace and his official website Shunt ''subHuman'' was released on 9 July 2007 in Europe (14 August 2007 in the US). It has been released on various formats including standard CD, gatefold vinyl and a special CD/DVD edition which includes stereo, 5.1 surround and exclusive "ambient" mixes. The DVD included all the music videos made at the time of release.
Working with Wilder on this album was
vocals
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,
guitar
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, and
harmonica
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. Also working on ''subHuman'' was his wife and assistant, Hepzibah Sessa, and Paul Kendall, who worked on the album ''
Liquid
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'' of 2000 and mixes from the 1997 ''
Unsound Methods
''Unsound Methods'' is the fourth studio album by Recoil, released in 1997. It was recorded at Alan Wilder's home studio, The Thin Line, in Sussex, during sessions that lasted from September 1996 to March 1997. The album was produced by Alan Wi ...
'' album. Another contributor was
English
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singer Carla Trevaskis, who has worked with Fred de Faye ( Eurythmics), Cliff Hewitt (
Apollo 440
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) and Dave McDonald ( Portishead).
The track "99 to Life" refers to the maximum jail sentence handed out, short of the death penalty. This is based on a real story according to Richardson in an interview with the industrial music magazine ''Side-Line''.Recoil / Alan Wilder - "The Recoil trademark" /ref>
Track listing
CD: Mute / CD STUMM 279 (United Kingdom)
CD/DVD: Mute / LCD STUMM 279 (United Kingdom)
Includes CD album as above plus a DVD featuring:
*High-quality 24-bit and 48 kHz recording of ''subHuman''
*5.1 DTS and AC3 surround sound versions of ''subHuman''
*Exclusive ambient re-working (reduction mix) of ''subHuman'' also in 24-bit/48 kHz quality
*Music promo videos:
#"Faith Healer"
#"Drifting"
#"Stalker"
#"Strange Hours"
#"Jezebel"
#"Shunt" (hidden video)
#"Electro Blues For Bukka White (2000 Mix)" (hidden video)
Credits and personnel
*Alan Wilder – All music
*Joe Richardson –
Lead Vocal
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Lead Vocal
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on tracks 2 & 5.
*John Wolfe –
Bass Guitar
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*Richard Lamm –
drums
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*Hepzibah Sessa –
Violin
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and
Viola
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*Lee Funnell – Photography
*Jesse Holborn at Design Holborn – Art Direction & Design
*Texas Treefort Studios - Recording complex, Austin Texas
Singles
"Prey"
25 June 2007
7": Mute / MUTE 372 (UK)
#"Prey" – single version edit (5:56)
#"Prey" – reduction edit
adio edit Adio may refer to:
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* Adio (company), the former skateboard footwear and apparel company
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* "Adio" (song), a song by Montenegrin recording artist Knez that represented Montenegro at the Eurovision Song Contest 2015
*"Adio", a 1 ...
(3:56)
#"Prey"
eduction
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he Slips RMX
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"Prey/Allelujah"
25 February 2008
Limited edition enhanced CD single: Mute / MUTE 372 (UK)
#"Prey" –
adio edit Adio may refer to:
Business
* Adio (company), the former skateboard footwear and apparel company
Music Songs
* "Adio" (song), a song by Montenegrin recording artist Knez that represented Montenegro at the Eurovision Song Contest 2015
*"Adio", a 1 ...
eduction
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* Eduction (geology), a process in which the Earth's crust spreads sideways, exposing deep-seated rocks
* Eductor-jet pump, a form of injector pump
* A conclusion educed (induced or deduced) through a process of ...
#"Allelujah"
ilm video Ilm or ILM may refer to:
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* Identity Lifecycle Manager, a Microsoft Server Product
* '' I Love Money,'' a TV show on VH1
* Independent Loading Mechanism, a mounting system for CPU sockets
* Industrial Light & Magic, an American motion ...