Switchblade (album)

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Released 21 September 1994 Switchblade(1994) Switch(1994) Release date 21 September 1994 Producers Maki Fujii, Hisashi Imai		Length 77:58 Artist Schaft Genre Industrial music
Recorded Victor Aoyama Studio, Inning Recording Hostler, Master Rock Studios (UK), Ranch Apocalypse (UK), Matrix Recording Studio (UK), Livingston Studios (UK) Label Victor Talking Machine Company Industrial music albums Schweinstein, Demise, Insurgentes, Crwn Thy Frnicatr, Twelve Inch Singles

Switchblade is a 1994 album by Schaft. A promotional video for the song "Arbor Vitate" was filmed, and was later re-used by PIG for their version of the song.

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Track listing

All tracks arranged by Schaft, except where noted.

Personnel

Maki Fujii – electronic devices, computer programming, acoustic piano, noises

Hisashi Imai – guitars, noises, vocals (2)

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

Susanne Bramson – vocals (10)

Julianne Regan – vocals (7)

Jonny Stephens (Meat Beat Manifesto) – vocals (9)

Lynne Hobday – spoken word (1)

Steve White – guitars (5)

CRA¥ (The Mad Capsule Market's) – bass (12)

Morota Koh (Doom) – bass (9)

Keith LeBlanc – drums (3, 11)

Motokatsu (The Mad Capsule Market's) – drums (12)

Seiichi Teratani – drums (2)

DJ Peah – scratching (9)

Michiru Ōshima – orchestral arrangement (7)

Kazutoshi Yokoyama – manipulation assisting (2, 6, 8)

Coil, Danny Hyde - mixing (1, 10)

Autechre - mixing (4)

Trivia

The song "Broken English" on this album is a Marianne Faithfull cover, and is the music accompanying the original version of the first trailer of Hellsing Ultimate as shown at Anime Expo 2005. The track was later used in the series proper as an insert song for episode 5.

Songs

1Olive5:04
2The Hero in Side4:02
3Thirsty Fly6:27

References

Switchblade (album) Wikipedia

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