Strange Hours

Artist: Recoil
Label: Mute U.S.
Category: Music

Average customer rating:

Format: CD-single
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 724596913123
EAN: 0724596913123
ASIN: B00004TQW5

Release Date: 2000-06-20

Related Categories:

General

| Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

Electronica

| Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

General

| New Age | Styles | Music

General

| Pop | Styles | Music

Pop Rock

| Pop | Styles | Music

General

| Rock | Styles | Music

4-for-3 Dance & DJ

| 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music

4-for-3 Pop

| 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music

4-for-3 Rock

| 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music

4-for-3 All Music

| 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music

Tracks:

Strange Hours (Edit)
Jezebel (Filthy Dog Mix)
New York Nights
Don't Look Back

Similar Items:

Jezebel
Bloodline
Drifting
Hydrology and 1 + 2
Liquid

Customer Reviews:

strange sounds.......2001-06-16

This work provides immeasurable value and unparalleled sounds.

Alan Wilder is truly a musician.

B.W./author/Labyrinth of Chaos

What an EP !.......2000-07-25

Liquid is an impressive exploration on sounds that work as landscapes. The Strange Hours EP, continues exploring moods and ambiences, but in a different direction. It is important to say that it contains all 4 videos from all Recoil's recordings (Faith Healer, Stalker, Drifting and Strange Hours). Alan Wilder does an impressive job in joining sounds and textures, it's like a motion picture seen trhough your ears. If you liked Liquid, this is more of a mix between that disc and Unsound Methods. Still, my fav songs from Recoil are Luscious Apparatus and Edge to Life.

Definitely more than just a single.......2000-06-28

This CD, while apparently a single from Recoil's "Liquid" album truly lives up to it's 'EP' name. The actual single edit of the title track 'Strange Hours' is not all that interesting and the album version is much more evocative. The remainder of this disk makes it a definite must-have for Recoil fans and a good starting point for those just venturing into the dark, filmic landscapes of Recoil releases. The tracks are all strong and not at all b-side fair. They are somewhat of a depature from the material featured on Liquid, in that they are either long depictions of locations (New York City Nights) or oddly hauntic melodic pieces (Don't Look Back) which are totally absent from the last album. Both of these new tracks are fantastic. 'New York City Nights' features Samantha Coerbell, who also provided lyrics on 'Liquid.' This track is probably the strongest track she has done for Recoil and the mood of the city really comes across well. Like her other contributions to Recoil, it's mostly in the spoken word area. 'Don't Look Back' features the voice of Sonya Madan (of Echobelly) and is unlike any of the tracks on the album. The piece has a very melodic and haunting quality to it and is not spoken-word based at all. The addition of the excellent and very different remix of Jezebel (Filthy Dog Mix) round out the musical portion of this CD quite nicely. The addition of the four Recoil music videos released to date makes this CD a great starting point for the new fan to get a taste of the very different sounds they can expect from the previous released. While you may like or dislike the style of the videos, simply being able to see them is a treat for any fan, as they were all only rarely seen on music video stations such as MTV. I highly recommend this CD to the already Recoil fan and even more so to a newcomer.

Music CD:

Music CD

Music CD

Music CD

De Norte a Sur ~ Grupo Mercenario

Corridos Bravos ~ Los Picaros del Norte

Strange Hours ~ Recoil

Nature Whispers: Whispering Sands ~ Various Artists

Independent Film ~ Bray

Essential Soul: Nitelife ~ Various Artists

Flamenco Styles on Two Guitars ~ Sabicas & Escudero

Puros Corridos ~ Banda los Lagos

Reggaeton en Control ~ Various Artists

Con Mucha Potencia ~ Las Chicas del Clan