''Don't Be Afraid'' is a 1997 album by electro-dance group

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. The album adds

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elements and guitars. The album was recorded with

Kurt Harland Kurt Harland is an American singer, songwriter, and audio engineer and is the lead singer of Information Society. He also works on video game scores, including two of the soundtracks for the ''Legacy of Kain'' video game series ('' Legacy of K ...

remaining the sole member of the band, featuring collaborators

Fred Maher Frederick J. Maher is an American drummer, music programmer and record producer. He was a member of the bands Massacre (1980–81), the Dance, Material, Scritti Politti, and has recorded and toured with Lou Reed. In 1984 he released ''Basic'', ...

and Steve Siebold of ''HateDept.''. The album features a more

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sound unlike past material, with Harland describing the album's themes as "extremes of emotion and sensation."

Background

According to Kurt's Insoc.org website, the oldest work on the album is the first version of ''closing in'', which dates back to 1992. Most tracks on the album have had previous iterations and versions, with these tracks being updated over the years. Harland initially worked with Fred Maher in 1996 on some of the very first tracks of the album. Steve Seibold of Hate Dept. joined in January 1997 taking Maher's place and collaborated by playing guitar, producing and mixing on a number of tracks. This album is the first and only Information Society album to feature

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, which are used on several tracks.

Track listing

Other releases

* Accession Records released a version of the album featuring different artwork and inserts in 1999. * The album was remastered and re-released on April 1, 2008, as a digital download in the

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and

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music stores.

Personnel

Information Society

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, programming

Guests

– guitar on track 5 * Steven Seibold – guitar on tracks 2, 3, 4, and 9,

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on tracks 2, 6, and 9, programming * Rachel Girard – vocals on track 6 Production *Tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 9 produced and mixed by Steven Seibold, recorded at Seibold Studios. *Tracks 5 and 7 produced and mixed by Fred Maher, recorded at Fred Maher's studio. *Tracks 8, 10 and 11 produced and mixed by Kurt Harland, recorded in KurtsCar.

References

External links

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Official site by Kurt Harland

InSoc Brasil, on the Brazilian release
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