Spin One
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Spin One is a four track EP
released by Australia
n synthpop
rock
band Icehouse
in June 1993. Three tracks, "Shakin' the Cage", "Dedicated to Glam" and "MLK", are also on the double CD remix album, Full Circle
, released in December 1994. "Byrralku Dhangudha" is an edited version of "The Great Southern Mix
" with guest appearance by aboriginal
performers, keyboardist Bernie Worrell
(Parliament-Funkadelic
) and avant-garde
guitarist Buckethead
, and was produced by Bill Laswell
.
Songwriters according to Australasian Performing Rights Association.
All recording and mixing at General Dynamics, Trackdown Studios, Studio 301, FON Studios, Western Boulevard.
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...
released by Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n synthpop
Synthpop
Synthpop is a genre of popular music that first became prominent in the 1980s, in which the synthesizer is the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s and early 1970s by the use of synthesizers in progressive rock, electronic art rock, disco and particularly the "Kraut rock" of...
rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
band Icehouse
Icehouse (band)
Icehouse is an Australian rock band, formed as Flowers in 1977 in Sydney. Initially known in Australia for their pub rock style, they later achieved mainstream success playing new wave and synthpop style music and attained Top Ten singles chart success in both Europe and the U.S...
in June 1993. Three tracks, "Shakin' the Cage", "Dedicated to Glam" and "MLK", are also on the double CD remix album, Full Circle
Full Circle (Icehouse album)
Full Circle is a 2CD collection of remixed tracks by Australian rock synthpop band Icehouse released in December 1994 on Massive Records. It also features a variety of musicians including the Bangarra Dance Company, Elcho Island and guitar virtuoso, Buckethead who would later join Guns N' Roses...
, released in December 1994. "Byrralku Dhangudha" is an edited version of "The Great Southern Mix
Great Southern Land
"Great Southern Land" is a single released by Australian rock band Icehouse. It was released in August 1982, before the album Primitive Man. Peaking at number five on the Australian Singles Chart, it was later featured in the 1988 Yahoo Serious film Young Einstein, and remains their most popular...
" with guest appearance by aboriginal
Australian Aborigines
Australian Aborigines , also called Aboriginal Australians, from the latin ab originem , are people who are indigenous to most of the Australian continentthat is, to mainland Australia and the island of Tasmania...
performers, keyboardist Bernie Worrell
Bernie Worrell
George Bernard "Bernie" Worrell, Jr. is an American keyboardist and composer best known as a founding member of Parliament-Funkadelic and for his work with Talking Heads. He is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, inducted in 1997 with fifteen other members of Parliament-Funkadelic...
(Parliament-Funkadelic
Parliament-Funkadelic
Parliament-Funkadelic is a funk, soul and rock music collective headed by George Clinton. Their style has been dubbed P-Funk. Collectively the group has existed under various names since the 1960s and has been known for top-notch musicianship, politically charged lyrics, outlandish concept albums...
) and avant-garde
Avant-garde
Avant-garde means "advance guard" or "vanguard". The adjective form is used in English to refer to people or works that are experimental or innovative, particularly with respect to art, culture, and politics....
guitarist Buckethead
Buckethead
Brian Carroll , better known by his stage name Buckethead, is a guitarist and multi instrumentalist who has worked within several genres of music. He has released 34 studio albums, four special releases and one EP. He has performed on over 50 more albums by other artists...
, and was produced by Bill Laswell
Bill Laswell
Bill Laswell is an American bassist, producer and record label owner....
.
Track listing
- "Shakin' the Cage" (Andy Qunta, Iva DaviesIva DaviesIva Davies , is the frontman for Australian electro/new wave/rock band Icehouse.-Biography:...
, Robert Kretschmer, Simon Lloyd) - 4:02 - "Byrralku Dhangudha" (Davies) - 5:25
- "Dedicated To Glam" (Davies) - 4:29
- "MLK" (Davies) - 5:33
Songwriters according to Australasian Performing Rights Association.
Personnel
- Cameron Allan - mixer, producer (tracks 1 and 4)
- Charles Clouser - mixer, producer (tracks 1 and 4)
- Bill LaswellBill LaswellBill Laswell is an American bassist, producer and record label owner....
- mixer, producer (track 2) - 808 State808 State808 State are a British electronic music outfit, formed in 1987 in Manchester, taking their name from the Roland TR-808 drum machine and their common state of mind...
- remix (track 3)
All recording and mixing at General Dynamics, Trackdown Studios, Studio 301, FON Studios, Western Boulevard.