Wider Angle, by Hybrid

Wider Angle

by Hybrid

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1.	Opening Credits 01:20	info	buy track
2.	If I Survive 08:41	info	buy track
3.	I Know 08:32	info	buy track
4.	Beachcoma 06:30	info	buy track
5.	Dreaming Your Dreams 07:13	info	buy track
6.	Snyper 06:20	info	buy track
7.	Theme From Wide Angle 06:28	info	buy track
8.	Sinequanon 07:19	info	buy track
9.	High Life 07:23	info	buy track
10.	Fatal Beating 04:30	info	buy track
11.	Finished Symphony 09:37	info	buy track
12.	Altitude (Red Square Reprise) 02:30	info	buy track
13.	Kid 2000 (Live In Tokyo) 11:26	info	buy track
14.	Burnin' (Live In Tokyo) 08:09	info	buy track
15.	Snyper (Live In Tokyo) 08:17	info	buy track
16.	Accelerator (Live In Tokyo) 07:11	info	buy track
17.	High Life (Live In Tokyo) 08:41	info	buy track
18.	Finished Symphony (Live In Tokyo) 11:32	info	buy track
19.	Kill City (Bonus Track) 05:50	info	buy track
20.	Altitude (Bonus Track) 06:27	info	buy track
21.	Kid 2000 (12" Original Mix) 06:16	info	buy track

about

When Mike Truman, Chris Healings and Lee Mullin released their debut album "Wide Angle", it surprised anyone who thought that dance music couldn't be clever, challenging and musically astute.

"Wide Angle" had been over a year in the making and was born of Hybrid's frustration with the narrow horizons of British dance music and its structural predictability. They wanted to make it more melodic, more imaginative, bigger and deeper than it had ever been before. So they went from Swansea to London, Moscow, Paris and New York, gathering material for a set of startlingly innovative tracks.

That was then, and in the past nine months since the album was originally released, things have changed quite dramatically. Hybrid were received as one of the most acclaimed new bands of 1999, "Wide Angle" collected an abundance of album of the month reviews and the guys ended 1999 on a high with a "Best Dance Act" award at the Miami WMC, a slot on the Muzik magazine UK tour and a "Best Live Act" nomination at the Muzik magazine awards; all the more outstanding considering Hybrid had only a handful of live gigs under their belt at that time.

Hybrid live includes the aforementioned trio plus drummer/percussionist Al Madge and scratch pervert Jamie Griffiths, who add both energy and strength to the show. They have gone on to hone their gigs to near perfection, with live dates as far afield as Mount Fuji in Japan, Miami Beach, San Francisco, Ibiza, Sydney, Taiwan, New York, Singapore and Panama City, their global presence getting stronger with every dynamic live show performed and fans converted to the sound of rapturous applause.

DJing also, has allowed Hybrid to immerse themselves in a broad range of musical styles. "You draw all these influences in, and use them to create new sounds," explains Truman, "everything that we've listened to over the years has been absorbed and used in some way," he reflects. With the newly performing Hybrid Interactive Soundsystem, it's another way for Hybrid to make their presence heard; where 2 Welshmen, 3 keyboards, 4 computers and a box of records combine to create a electrifying soundclash. And with tastes and skills as eclectic as Hybrid's, there's plenty of scope for the wildest kind of experimentation.

So to embrace a heady 12 months, "Wide Angle" morphs into a "Wider Angle" special edition release of the album to include a live CD recorded on a recent tour of Japan which captures both the vigour and passion that has been experienced by all who have seen them live and bringing into the living room for those who have yet to catch them.

Their current single, "Kid 2000", a reworking of a Pretenders track featuring Chrissie Hynde and their first foray into the top 40 is also included on the CD as a bonus track, along with sought after and previously unreleased tracks "Kill City" and "Altitude".

credits

released June 11, 1996

01. Written by Mike Truman & Sasha Puttnam. Published by Copyright Control.
02. Written by Mike Truman, Julie Cruise & Sasha Puttnam. Published by Copyright Control / Warner Chappell Music ltd.
03. Written by Mike Truman, Julie Cruise, Lee Mullin & Chris Healings. Published by Copyright Control / Warner Chappell Music ltd.
04. Written by Mike Truman & Lee Mullin. Published by Copyright Control.
05. Written by Mike Truman, Julie Cruise & Sasha Puttnam. Published by Copyright Control / Warner Chappell Music ltd.
06. Written by Mike Truman & Chris Healings. Published by Copyright Control.
07. Written by Mike Truman. Published by Copyright Control.
08. Written by Mike Truman, Lee Mullin & Jean François Ilunga. Published by Copyright Control / Polygram Editions.
09. Written by Mike Truman, Julie Cruise, Lee Mullin & Chris Healings. Published by Copyright Control / Warner Chappell Music ltd.
10. Written by Mike Truman, Julie Cruise & Lee Mullin. Published by Copyright Control / Warner Chappell Music ltd.
11. Written by Mike Truman. Published by Copyright Control.
12. Written by Mike Truman & Chris Healings. Published by Copyright Control.
13. Written by Chrissie Hynde. Published by Hynde House of Hits / EMI Publishing Ltd t/a Clive Banks Songs.
14. Written by Chris Healings, Lee Mullin & Mike Truman. Published by Copyright Control.
15. Written by Chris Healings & Mike Truman. Published by Copyright Control.
16. Written by Chris Healings, Lee Mullin & Mike Truman. Published by Copyright Control.
17. Written by Chris Healings, Julee Cruise, Lee Mullin & Mike Truman. Published by Copyright Control.
18. Written by Mike Truman. Published by Copyright Control.
19. Written by Chris Healings & Mike Truman. Published by Copyright Control.
20. Written by Chris Healings & Mike Truman. Published by Copyright Control.
21. Written by Chrissie Hynde. Published by Hynde House of Hits / EMI Publishing Ltd t/a Clive Banks Songs.

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Hybrid UK

The sweetest musical spots are always found deep between the contrasts. Dark and light, orchestral and digital, dramatic and delicate, raw and polished, sadness and bliss. Searched for by many, discovered by few, conquered by Hybrid; it’s a creative place where any story can be told. From studio to stadiums, dancefloor bangers to symphonic film scores, the clue’s been in their name since day one. ... more

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