Otherness is a 1995 EP

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

 by the Scottish band Cocteau Twins

Cocteau Twins

Cocteau Twins were a Scottish alternative rock band active from 1979 to 1997, known for innovative instrumentation and atmospheric, non-lyrical vocals...

. It was released along with Twinlights

Twinlights

Twinlights is a 1995 EP by the Cocteau Twins. It was released along with the EP Otherness as a teaser for the album Milk and Kisses...

as a teaser for the full length album Milk and Kisses

Milk and Kisses

Milk & Kisses is an album by Cocteau Twins issued in 1996. It proved their last; a meeting two years later to record a new album ended with the breakup of the band....

. While it was a companion piece to Twinlights, it was very different in style. Otherness a remix

Remix

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 album, the only such album released by the band. The remixer and collaborator was Mark Clifford from the British experimental band

Experimental music

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 Seefeel

Seefeel

Seefeel are a British electronic/post-rock band formed in the early 1990s. They are currently signed to Warp Records.-Biography:Seefeel formed during 1992 in London, England; with Mark Clifford on guitar, Mark Van Hoen on bass, Justin Fletcher on drums and Sarah Peacock on vocals and guitar. During...

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All the tracks of this EP are either featured on previous or future releases. Both "Seekers Who Are Lovers" and "Violaine" appear on Milk and Kisses in totally reimagined versions. "Feet-Like Fins" originally appeared on the 1986 LP Victorialand

Victorialand

Victorialand is the fourth album by Scottish band Cocteau Twins. Working without member Simon Raymonde, who had been enlisted to work on This Mortal Coil's Filigree & Shadow album, vocalist Elizabeth Fraser and guitarist/producer Robin Guthrie produced a record almost completely devoid of...

and "Cherry-Coloured Funk" originally appeared on the 1990 LP Heaven or Las Vegas

Heaven or Las Vegas

Heaven or Las Vegas is a 1990 album by Scottish rock group Cocteau Twins, their last for the music label 4AD. In terms of chart positions, it is the most successful Cocteau Twins album, reaching number seven in the UK. The album is noteworthy for the musical evolution the band was showing at the time...

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This EP and Twinlights were digitally remastered and re-released in 2005 as part of Lullabies to Violaine

Lullabies to Violaine

Lullabies to Violaine is a Cocteau Twins boxset released by 4AD Records in October 2005. Comprising four CDs, the boxset collects the tracks from every Cocteau Twins EP from "Lullabies" to "Violaine".- CD One :#Lullabies...

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Track listing

All tracks are written by Cocteau Twins unless otherwise noted.

1. "Feet Like Fins" (Fraser/Guthrie) - 5:30
2. "Seekers Who Are Lovers" - 5:41
3. "Violaine" - 5:07
4. "Cherry-Coloured Funk" - 5:07

Personnel

• Elizabeth Fraser
  Elizabeth Fraser
  Elizabeth Davidson Fraser is a Scottish singer best known as the vocalist for the pioneer alternative rock group Cocteau Twins...
  
  
• Robin Guthrie
  Robin Guthrie
  Robin Guthrie is a musician best known as co-founder of the Cocteau Twins. During his career Guthrie has played guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, drums and other musical instruments, in addition to programming, sampling and sound processing...
  
  
• Simon Raymonde
  Simon Raymonde
  Simon Philip Raymonde is an English musician and record producer. He is the son of the late arranger and composer, Ivor Raymonde.-Career:...
  
  
• Mark Clifford