Disappear Here (Hybrid Album)
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| Studio album by Hybrid | ||||
| Released | 29 March 2010 | |||
| Genre | Trip hop, breakbeat, electronica | |||
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1:10:10 1:55:40 (Widescreen Edition) |
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| Label | Distinct'ive Breaks | |||
| Producer | Hybrid | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| BBC | positive |
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| Maxumi Magazine | |
| PopMatters | 8/10 |
| Release Magazine | 8/10 |
Disappear Here is the fourth studio album by British electronica group Hybrid, released on 28 March 2010 by Distinct'ive Records. A "Widescreen Edition" was released on 22 November, which included alternative and exclusive tracks. It was nominated for "best album" at the Breakspoll 2011 awards. The title of the album is a reference to Bret Easton Ellis's first novel, Less Than Zero.
In 2008, the first mention was made of Hybrid's then forthcoming fourth album, and was described as being recorded as a band, then electronically "destroyed". That same year, Hybrid released a compilation Soundsystem_01, which featured remixes of "The Formula of Fear" and "$50 Pistol". After the release of "The Formula of Fear", Charlotte James became a permanent member.
While the album was technically finished in 2008, the band were unsastified with the finished results, and as a resulted picked the best elements, before scrapping the recordings and restarting the production. However the problems continued, as they were having issues finding a direction. It wasn't until the title track "Disappear Here" was finished, that they finally knew what they were going to do. One of the scrapped tracks is believed to be "$50 Pistol" which appeared on the Soundsystem compilation. The track started as a remix of "Humvee Chase", composed by Harry Gregson-Williams for the movie Déjà Vu. Because of licensing issues, the track was reworked into $50 Pistol, and then finally revamped again, to "Empire." Several tracks were also made with John Graham, who sang on their 3rd album I Choose Noise, didn't make the cut, though some of them are said to be featured on John Graham's forthcoming second solo album.
In 2009 the same year, the album was finally revealed, entitled "Disappear Here" The revelation debuted with a video recording of the string arrangements for "Break My Soul".
Guitarist Tim Hutton (who previously worked with Ian Brown and The Prodigy, and played instruments on Morning Sci-Fi & I Choose Noise) was brought in, although his inclusion came late. He is said to have more input on the next album. The string arrangements were made by Andrew Skeet, who also provided strings for the 2nd album Morning Sci-Fi, though Harry Gregson-Williams did write a few string arrangements for the album. The arrangements themselves were composed by Charlotte James & Mike Truman.
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