Recoil (band)
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| Recoil | |
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| Image:AlanWilder.jpg Alan Wilder, circa 2000 |
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| Country | UK |
| Years active | 1986 – present |
| Genres | Electronica |
| Labels | Mute Records |
| Members | Alan Wilder |
Recoil is the musical venture of ex-Depeche Mode member Alan Wilder, for which he writes the music and invites various guest musicians to write the accompanying lyrics and perform them on the record. The vocal parts are either sung, or performed as spoken word pieces.
The sound of Recoil is - while also heavily electronic - quite different from the Depeche Mode sound. The lyrics often deal with the dark side of human nature.
Recoil's first single was a cover of the Sensational Alex Harvey Band's "Faith Healer", with Douglas McCarthy from Nitzer Ebb on vocals, who would later reappear for two songs on the Unsound Methods album including one single from that album.
Although there has been no releases since 2001, the project has not died. In late 2006, Alan appeared on a web greeting confirming a Summer 2007 target date for the next Recoil album.
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[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- 1+2 (August 1986 / Stumm 51)
- Hydrology (January 1988 / Stumm 51)
- Bloodline (April 1992 / Stumm 94)
- Unsound Methods (October 1997 / Stumm 159)
- Liquid (March 2000 / Stumm 173)
- For the CD release 1+2 and Hydrology were released as one.
[edit] Singles
- "Faith Healer" (March 1992 / Mute 110)
- "Drifting" (October 1997 / Mute 209)
- "Stalker"/"Missing Piece" (March 1998 / Mute 214)
- "Strange Hours" (April 2000 / Mute 232)
- "Jezebel" (September 2000 / Mute 233)
