''Oscillator'' is an EP by

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. It was their first new commercial release after six-year break. This six-song record uses the vocal stylings of newcomer

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, as well as a range of intriguing guests and

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ers. In addition to four mixes of the underground hit "Back in the Day", there is a live recording of "Great Big Disco World", made at Club Milky Robot in

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, in 2006.

Online release

''Oscillator'' was released March 19, 2007, as an Internet-only EP, offered for purchase through a variety of web-based music retailers including

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and Rhapsody.

Track listing

# "Back in the Day" # "Back in the Day (Kasino Mix)" # "Back in the Day (Electro Roots Mix)" # "Back in the Day (Kain & Arvy Mix)" # "I Like The Way You Werk It" # "Great Big Disco World (Live) (feat. Vitamin C)"

CD release

A CD version of ''Oscillator'' was released June 21, 2007, with an extra audio track and a bonus CD-ROM video track.

Track listing (CD release)

# "Back In The Day" # "I Like The Way You Werk It" # "Great Big Disco World" # "Back In The Day (Electro Roots Mix)" # "I Like The Way You Werk It (Kain and Arvy Mix)" # "Back In The Day (Kasino Mix)" # "Back In The Day (Kain and Arvy Mix)"

Bonus

CD-ROM video: I Like the Way You Werk It produced by 13tongimp

Liner notes

Production credits

Produced by:

Music Director:

Paul Robb Paul Jason Robb is a synthesizer player, producer, songwriter and one of the founding members of the band Information Society. Biography Robb was a member of Information Society from its inception in the early 1980s until 1992 (after its thir ...

Recorded at Paul's house throughout 2006

Art direction: Adam King
Photography: Tyler Shields, Brandon Showers
Digital projects manager (HAKATAK): Elizabeth Evangelista

"Werk It" video by 13tongimp

Musical credits

James Cassidy James Cassidy may refer to: * James Cassidy (musician), American bass and keyboard player * James Edwin Cassidy (1869–1951), American Roman Catholic bishop in Massachusetts * James H. Cassidy (1869–1926), United States Representative from Oh ...

* Kurt Harland Larson * Leila Mack * Colleen Fitzpatrick * Angela Michael * Dave Derby

Special thanks

* Adam King * Arvy * Elizabeth Evangelista * Kristin Wenzel * Erik Hulslander * Kasino * Energia Radio * Junior Kain * 13TonGimp * Mike Schmidt the Younger * Todd Durant