8 Miles High (EP)
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| EP by Superheist | ||||||||||
| Released | 24 January 2000 (Australia) | |||||||||
| Recorded |
Backbeach Recording Co. Rye, Vic 1999 | |||||||||
| Genre | Nu metal | |||||||||
| Length | 28:40 | |||||||||
| Label | Shock | |||||||||
| Producer | DW Norton and Superheist | |||||||||
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| rateyourmusic.com |   "Squeeky". |
8 Miles High was meant to be the debut album of Australian nu-metal band Superheist. Due to problems with record company and line-up changes, it was eventually released as an EP instead.
Like the previous Ep Chrome Matrix, 8 Miles High was recorded at Backbeach Studios in Rye, Victoria by D.W Norton and Mark Rachelle.
This EP had lineup changes in the form of Si Durrant leaving just post of recording, Drew Dedman came in to fill his shoes and keyboardist Fetah Sebawi was now a permanent member of the band.
Track listing
All music composed by Superheist except track 7 by Superheist and Si Durrant.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Pulse" | 3:36 |
| 2. | "Karma" | 3:19 |
| 3. | "Have Your Way" | 3:43 |
| 4. | "Two-Faced (Check Your Head Up)" | 3:30 |
| 5. | "1.4.U" | 4:11 |
| 6. | "Detonate" | 3:08 |
| 7. | "The Hollow Blue" | 4:15 |
| 8. | "Beach View" | 3:02 |
Total length: |
28:40 | |
Credits
- Superheist
- DW Norton - guitar
- Roderick McLeod - vocals
- Drew Dedman - bass guitar
- Sean Pentecost - drums
- Fetah Sabawi - Keyboards
Although credited with bass on the EP artwork Drew had joined the band after tracking was complete. The Bass parts for track 3 were recorded by DW Norton and the rest done by Si Durrant. Keyboards on Have Your Way were recorded by DW Norton, Kalju Tonuma and Fetah Sabawi
- Production
- Produced by DW Norton and Superheist
- Engineered by DW Norton and Mark Rachelle
- Recorded at Backbeach Recording Co. Rye, VIC, AU
- Co-Produced by Mark Rachelle
- Tracks 2,4,5,7 and 8 Mixed by Mark Rachelle at Backbeach
- Track 1 and 6 additional recording by Kalju Tonuma
- Track 1 and 6 assistant engineer Richard Stolz
- Mastered by Ross Cockle at Sing Sing, Mastering Sth Melbourne, VIC AU
- A&R Tim Janes
- Artwork and Design by Sally Dower at Hedrush Artworks
Reviews
This is my personal favourite Superheist release. Its an excellent EP with 7 really great songs and one sub-par song. The nu/rap-metal elements of their music are really starting to shine through on this EP however Superheist utilise great songwriting lots of diversity and non-redundant tunes to make this a great release. The sub-par song here is 'Karma' which is just a rapmetal song, its groovy and catchy but it shows exactly what is so bad about the genre. There are some excellent songs on here like the heavy Pulse, the rocking Have Your Way, the epic Hollow Blue and the truly beautiful rocking Beach View. The other songs are great as well and the band are in top form, IMO they went a bit down hill after this release." 4.5/5 ~ Squeaky
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