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| Compilation album by Recoil | ||||
| Released | 19 April 2010 | |||
| Recorded | 1986 - 2010 | |||
| Genre | Electronica, Avant-garde | |||
| Length |
Selected — 76:51 |
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| Label | Mute | |||
| Producer | Alan Wilder | |||
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Selected is the first compilation album released by the British musical project Recoil, released on April 19, 2010. The album features an eclectic mixture of vocalists including: Diamanda Galás, Joe Richardson, Douglas McCarthy, Samantha Coerbell, Siobhan Lynch, Toni Halliday, Nicole Blackman, Maggie Estep and Carla Trevaskis.
The tracks on Selected has been chosen by Alan Wilder who explained that the collection was made up of "his personal favourites, remastered and edited together into what I consider a cohesive and total listening experience."[1] The tracks have been edited, where appropriate, by Wilder and Paul Kendall and re-mastered with Simon Heyworth at the Super Audio Mastering.
The album is available as a single CD, double CD with new remixes and alternative versions, chosen and edited together by Wilder and Paul Kendall, a limited edition 4-vinyl box, plus a limited edition deluxe 4-disc box set. The artwork for Selected was designed by Un.titled under the able guidance of Matt Culpin.[1]
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| “ | We were approached by Alan Wilder in the Spring of 2009, tasked with designing a record sleeve for his latest LP ‘Selected’ a 25 year retrospective of his Recoil project. The initial brief was to design artwork for a standard single CD jewelcase and special edition two CD set, incorporating elements from his existing artwork but giving the album an identity all of its own. A year on and we had not only designed two CD editions but two special edition boxsets, an iPhone App, European tour posters and photography of his live set in Berlin.
We always intended the project to have a raw, grimy edge offset with a clean typographic language. To achieve this we conducted a number of photographic experiments bringing together projected imagery, physical typography and found objects. The imagery represents each track featured on the album, with elements that would be identifiable to avid Recoil fans and abstract enough to ensure that Selected was an entirely new entity. The dark and textural imagery we created became the perfect accompaniment to the brooding, occasionally unsettling nature of his music. |
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— Un.titled, Design Agency [2]
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In support of the album, Recoil has announced details of an Events tour, A Strange Hour with Alan Wilder & Paul Kendall, with dates across Europe and in the US between March & May 2010. Each date promised to be a unique event – with special guests - and these live presentations mark the first time Recoil has ventured out of the studio.[1] The next part of the tour kicked off with dates across North America, South America and Europe between October & December 2010.
On October 17, 2010 four remixes have been made available to download for free from the official Recoil website, under a common title Want – The Architect Mixes, in Wave, MP3 and FLAC formats. These include three versions of "Want" by Haujobb founder Daniel Myer's carnation Architect (hence the title of the set) — and a remix of "Jezebel" by Ehron VonAllen. Additionally, a QuickTime video for one of the remixes of "Want" accompanies the downloads.[3]
"Selected Events" continued in 2011, featuring shows in three Baltic countries and appearances at festivals until the end of October.
A "Strange Hours" live DVD will be released in 2012, from one of the Selected Events from Recoil's tour.
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