''Some Kind of Strange'' is the fifth

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by Collide, released on April 22, 2003 by

Noiseplus Music Collide is an American industrial music duo formed in Los Angeles in 1992, that has incorporated elements of trip hop, synthpop and music from the Middle East into their sound. The name comes from the 'collision' of musical styles, primarily t ...

Reception

In Music We Trust ''In Music We Trust'' is a music webzine, publicity company, and record label based in Portland, Oregon. It was established as a webzine in July 1997 by Alex Steininger and his friend Ryan O'Neill. Its original goal was to help promote work by new ...

said the band "churns out a heady cacophony of futuristic and mechanized sounds powered by distorted guitars, robotic rhythms and bigger-than-life synthesized symphonics, and then caps off the beautiful mess with the super-sensual, threatening purrs and dangerous coos of Collide's vampy vocalist"

Track listing

Personnel

Adapted from the ''Some Kind of Strange'' liner notes. Collide * Eric Anest (as Statik) –

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, mixing,

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* Karin Johnston (as Tripp9) –

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

, cover art, illustrations, photography, design Additional performers *

Kevin Crompton Kevin () is the anglicized form of the Irish masculine given name (; mga, Caoimhghín ; sga, Cóemgein ; Latinized as ). It is composed of "dear; noble"; Old Irish and ("birth"; Old Irish ). The variant ''Kevan'' is anglicized from , an ...

(as cEvin Key) – live drums (2) * Dave Keffer –

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(4),

Kevin Kipnis Purr Machine are an American electro-industrial group based in Los Angeles, California, and comprising guitarist Kirk Hellie, bassist Kevin Kipnis and vocalist Betsy Martin. They band were known for their atmospheric blend of electronica, gothi ...

– electric guitar (4, 10), additional acoustic guitar and additional guitar (2) * Gilbert Levy – live percussion (4, 8, 9) * Rogerio Silva – additional acoustic guitar and electric guitar (2, 7, 8),

acoustic guitar An acoustic guitar is a musical instrument in the string family. When a string is plucked its vibration is transmitted from the bridge, resonating throughout the top of the guitar. It is also transmitted to the side and back of the instrument, ...

(3, 5),

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

(9, 10) Production and design *

Mark Walk Skinny Puppy is a Canadian industrial music group formed in Vancouver in 1982. The group is among the founders of the industrial rock and electro-industrial genres. Initially envisioned as an experimental side-project by cEvin Key (Kevin Crompton ...

– drum engineer * Chad Michael Ward –

, illustrations,

* X-8 – illustrations

Release history

References

External links

''Some Kind of Strange''
at collide.net *
''Some Kind of Strange''
at

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