Fast, Cheap and Out of Control is the 2008 follow-up album to HK119

HK119

HK119 is the alter ego of Finnish multimedia artist, singer and recording artist Heidi Kilpeläinen, who lives and works in London, UK.-Career:...

's 2006 eponymous debut. The album was released through One Little Indian Records

One Little Indian Records

One Little Indian Records is a London-based independent record label that rose from the ashes of punk record company Spiderleg Records. It was set up in 1985 by members of various anarchist punk bands, and managed by ex-Flux of Pink Indians Derek Birkett. The first success came with A.R. Kane and...

 on 28 September 2008 in the United Kingdom.

The album was a significant upgrade from the harsher, lo-fi sounding debut. Having started to collaborate with other producers, musicians and writers (including cult folk singer Mara Carlyle

Mara Carlyle

Mara Carlyle is an English singer-songwriter and arranger who also plays the musical saw and the ukulele. She was raised in Shropshire, England and now lives in London.-Career:...

 who provides backing vocals to the track 'Divine'), 'Fast, Cheap and Out of Control' is considered a much glossier, finer and intricately executed collection of electro pop songs, that still continue HK119's analysis on issues such as humanity, cloning, celebrity culture, global warming and civil rights, all delivered in a thoroughly researched, but highly tongue-in-cheek

Tongue-in-cheek

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 and digestible manner.

The imagery of the album's artwork and HK119 herself had also changed considerably for this album. In bringing the album "Back down to earth" and "from a more personal place", HK119 used the imagery of sportswear and use of such related equipment as a dumbbell

Dumbbell

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 to highlight the competitive nature of humanity (while also seen smoking on the cover sleeve, to represent the conflict of "what does it mean to be human?"; a line featured in the albums lead single, "C'est La Vie".)

As with her previous album, HK119 produced a short series of home-made music videos to coincide with the album. As the tracks on 'Fast, Cheap and Out of Control' were longer and more finely produced than before, there were only five coinciding videos with the album (unlike 11 videos that were made for the debut album.) These videos featured HK119's humorous experiments with Chroma Key

Chroma Key

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 (aka: Greenscreen) video production.

HK119 and One Little Indian Records

One Little Indian Records

One Little Indian Records is a London-based independent record label that rose from the ashes of punk record company Spiderleg Records. It was set up in 1985 by members of various anarchist punk bands, and managed by ex-Flux of Pink Indians Derek Birkett. The first success came with A.R. Kane and...

 made the albums tracks available in individual parts on HK119s official website as part of a remix

Remix

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 challenge, for people to make alternative versions of the tracks to potentially be later releases as their own remix album.

The resulting release, Fast And Cheap Mixes

Fast and Cheap Mixes

Fast And Cheap Mixes is the 2010 remix album project by HK119. The album is a collection of remixes of tracks from her 2008 album Fast, Cheap And Out Of Control, after all the tracks were made available in their individual parts via HK119's official website as part of a competition for anyone to...

, is a collection of electronica

Electronica

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 themed remixes by a collective of artists on the Bit-Phalanx

Bit-Phalanx

Bit-Phalanx is a Netlabel based in London, which started as an artists and events management for unsigned performing and recording artists within the Electronic music genre in 2006. By 2008, Bit-Phalanx found themselves with a roster of around 12 acts, and made initial plans to upgrade to a...

 netlabel

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 based in London

London

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. Fast And Cheap Mixes

Fast and Cheap Mixes

Fast And Cheap Mixes is the 2010 remix album project by HK119. The album is a collection of remixes of tracks from her 2008 album Fast, Cheap And Out Of Control, after all the tracks were made available in their individual parts via HK119's official website as part of a competition for anyone to...

 was released digitally through One Little Indian Records

One Little Indian Records

One Little Indian Records is a London-based independent record label that rose from the ashes of punk record company Spiderleg Records. It was set up in 1985 by members of various anarchist punk bands, and managed by ex-Flux of Pink Indians Derek Birkett. The first success came with A.R. Kane and...

 in April 2010. Additionally, Bit-Phalanx

Bit-Phalanx

Bit-Phalanx is a Netlabel based in London, which started as an artists and events management for unsigned performing and recording artists within the Electronic music genre in 2006. By 2008, Bit-Phalanx found themselves with a roster of around 12 acts, and made initial plans to upgrade to a...

 have released two free bonus EPs of additional remixes of "C'est La Vie" and "Space Pt.1" through their official website.

Track listing

1. "Mind" − 2:51
2. "Celeb" − 3:39
3. "C'est La Vie" − 3:35
4. "Clone" − 3:55
5. "Rules & Regulations (interval)" - 0:28
6. "Liberty" − 3:15
7. "Space Pt.1" − 4:15
8. "Divine (featuring Mara Carlyle
   Mara Carlyle
   Mara Carlyle is an English singer-songwriter and arranger who also plays the musical saw and the ukulele. She was raised in Shropshire, England and now lives in London.-Career:...
   
   )" − 3:17
9. "Cryonics" − 3:52
10. "Super Bug" − 3:40
11. "Tropikalia" − 3:23
12. "Health & Safety (interval)" − 0:19
13. "What Am I" − 3:00
14. "Space Pt.2" − 4:26
15. "Avaruusasema" - 3:48
16. "Night" - 2:58

Singles

• "Mind" (One Little Indian Records) (2008) (Promo single only, CD-sized 5" vinyl)

1. "Mind"
2. "Night"

• "C'est La Vie" (One Little Indian Records) (2007) (Download single, 12" remix vinyl)

1. "C'est La Vie"
2. "C'est La Vie (Rusko Masher)"
3. "C'est La Vie (Rusko Dub Mix)"
4. "C'est La Vie (David E. Sugar Tyrell Corp Mix)"
5. "C'est La Vie (David E. Suger Radio Edit Mix)"
6. "C'est La Vie (Armageddon Turk Remix)"

• "Mind" (Prolifica) (2009) (Independently released club remixes, Download EP)

1. "Mind (JeKo Trip Mix)"
2. "Mind (JeKo Dub Mix)"
3. "Mind (R.O.D + Stefano B Remix)"
4. "Mind (Some DJ Remix)"
5. "Mind (JeKo Trip Edit)"