| "Mogwai Fear Satan" | ||||||||
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| Song by Mogwai from the album Mogwai Young Team | ||||||||
| Released | 21 October 1997 | |||||||
| Recorded | MCM Studios Hamilton, Scotland |
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| Genre | Post-rock Instrumental rock |
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| Length | 16:19 | |||||||
| Label | Chemikal Underground Jetset |
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| Producer | Paul Savage | |||||||
| Mogwai Young Team track listing | ||||||||
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"Mogwai Fear Satan" (sometimes referred to as "Fear Satan"[1] and sometimes just "Satan"[2]) is a song by Scottish post-rock group Mogwai, which ends their 1997 debut studio album, Mogwai Young Team.
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"Mogwai Fear Satan" is a sixteen minute long instrumental, using basic rock instrumentation; guitars, bass, and drums, along with flute. The origin of the song title stems from bassist Dominic Aitchison’s fear of the Devil, due to his Catholic upbringing, which continues to this day as Aitchison is the only religious member of Mogwai.[3]
"Mogwai Fear Satan" begins with a guitar melody riff consisting of three chords by Stuart Braithwaite and John Cummings, which is soon joined by bass played by Dominic Aitchison and a frantic drumbeat played by Martin Bulloch, which fades gradually in. The same guitar riff is repeated throughout the song, at times frighteningly distorted. During the quiet parts of the song, in the build up to the explosion of sonic noise and feedback which Mogwai are known for, there is a quiet, haunting flute melody played by Shona Brown over tribal-sounding drums. The song slowly fades out into feedback and noise. The song has similar feel as the Silverfuck by Smashing Pumpkins due to the closeness of the guitar melodies.
There are five official remixes of "Mogwai Fear Satan". The Mogwai Remix (LP Version) can be found on the remix album, Kicking a Dead Pig. The second disc of Kicking a Dead Pig, entitled Fear Satan Remixes, includes the Surgeon Remix, the Mogwai Remix, the μ-Ziq Remix, and the My Bloody Valentine Remix.
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