''Switchblade'' is the debut

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by Schaft, released in 1994. A promotional video for the song "Arbor Vitate" was filmed, and was later re-used by

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for their version of the song.

Track listing

Personnel

*Maki Fujii – electronic devices,

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, acoustic

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, noises * Hisashi Imai –

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(2) * Raymond Watts – computer programming, guitars, noises, vocals (2–3, 5–6, 11–13)

Additional personnel

*Susanne Bramson – vocals (10) *

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– vocals (7) *Jonny Stephens ( Meat Beat Manifesto) – vocals (9) *Lynne Hobday –

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(1) * Steve White – guitars (5) * CRA¥ (

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) –

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(12) *Morota Koh (

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) – bass (9) *

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– drums (3, 11) * Motokatsu (The Mad Capsule Market's) –

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(12) *Seiichi Teratani – drums (2) *DJ Peah – scratching (9) *Kazutoshi Yokoyama – manipulation assisting (2, 6, 8) *

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– orchestral arrangement (7) All tracks arranged by Schaft, except 1, 4, 7 (Fujii), 6 (Imai), 8 (Imai, Watts). *The song "

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" on this album is a Marianne Faithfull cover, and is the music accompanying the original version of the first trailer of ''

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'' as shown at Anime Expo 2005. The track was later used in the series as an insert song for episode 5.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Switchblade (Album) 1994 debut albums Schaft albums Victor Entertainment albums