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''Tremolo E.P.'' is an
extended play An extended play record, usually referred to as an EP, is a musical recording that contains more tracks than a single but fewer than an album or LP record.
by Irish-English alternative rock band My Bloody Valentine, released in February 1991 by
Creation Records Creation Records Ltd. was a British independent record label founded in 1983 by Alan McGee, Dick Green, and Joe Foster. Its name came from the 1960s band The Creation, whom McGee greatly admired. The label ceased operations in 1999, although ...
. The EP was a critical success and topped the
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. It featured the single "To Here Knows When", which subsequently appeared (in a different mix) on the band's second album '' Loveless''.


Background

The EP featured the band more heavily utilising samplers, which allowed them to play back sounds on keyboard.
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sounds include
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, vocals, a
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s recording to create a low-end effect on "To Here Knows When", and a Turkish
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track ripped from cassette on the track "Swallow". The title is a reference to the band's heavy usage of guitar
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and
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to create blurred, dreamlike tones (
Kevin Shields Kevin Patrick Shields (born 21 May 1963) is an American-born Irish musician, singer-songwriter, composer, and producer, best known as the vocalist and guitarist of the band My Bloody Valentine. They became influential on the evolution of alter ...
' method of strumming chords while simultaneously bending his guitar's tremolo/whammy bar was referred to as "
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"). In November 1991, Shields commented: "''Tremolo'' had seven tracks on it, but you're not allowed to do that, so we called it four tracks and didn't name three of them. People just thought they were weird bits!" The lead track, "To Here Knows When", has a longer and more ethereal
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—essentially constituting a separate song—than the version later included on the album '' Loveless''. "Swallow" and "Honey Power" also each contain an instrumental coda. All three segues/codas feature backwards guitar loops and heavy
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. Videos were filmed for the songs "Swallow" and "To Here Knows When" under the direction of Angus Cameron.


Track listing

*Also issued as a CD (CRESCD085)


Personnel

My Bloody Valentine *
Bilinda Butcher Bilinda Jayne Butcher (born 16 September 1961) is an English musician and singer-songwriter, best known as a vocalist and guitarist of the shoegaze band My Bloody Valentine. Early life Butcher was born and raised in London and later reloc ...
 – guitar, vocals *
Colm Ó Cíosóig Colm Ó Cíosóig (; born 31 October 1964) is an Irish musician, best known as the drummer for the alternative rock band My Bloody Valentine, of which he was a founding member. Biography My Bloody Valentine Originally formed in 1983, My Blood ...
 – drums,
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on "Moon Song"Tischler, Eric. 2001. My Bloody Valentine: Song-by-song with Kevin Shields. NLINEAvailable at: http://tapeop.com/articles/26/my-bloody-valentine-2/. etrieved 30 March 2017 *
Debbie Googe Deborah Ann Googe (born 24 October 1962) is an English musician, best known as bassist for the band My Bloody Valentine. She has also worked with Snowpony, Primal Scream and Thurston Moore. My Bloody Valentine Googe was born in Yeovil, Somerse ...
 – bass guitar *
Kevin Shields Kevin Patrick Shields (born 21 May 1963) is an American-born Irish musician, singer-songwriter, composer, and producer, best known as the vocalist and guitarist of the band My Bloody Valentine. They became influential on the evolution of alter ...
 – guitar, vocals, sampler Technical personnel *
Alan Moulder Alan Moulder (born 11 June 1959) is an English record producer, mixing engineer, and audio engineer. Early life Moulder was born on 11 June 1959 in Boston, Lincolnshire. He was educated at Boston Grammar School. He had an interest in music from ...
 –
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*My Bloody Valentine –
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*Designland – design *Sam Harris – photographer


References

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