Strange Cargo is the third studio album by American

United States

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 electronica

Electronica

Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities; however, unlike electronic dance music, it is not specifically made for dancing...

 musician & percussionist David Van Tieghem, released in 1989.

Strange Cargo's music has been described as more diverse by mixing funk

Funk

Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...

, jazz

Jazz

Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...

, Asian music and progressive electronic styles, producing structured melodies and weird sounds, with numerous background effects.

Track listing

All music composed by David Van Tieghem except where noted.

1. "Strange Cargo" - 5:06
2. "Volcano Diving" (Lebolt, VanTieghem) - 4:34
3. "Hell or High Water" (Lebolt, VanTieghem) - 5:22
4. "Eye of the Beholder" - 2:16
5. "Flying Hearts" - 4:02
6. "They Drive by Night" - 8:14
7. "The Ghost Writer Theme" - 1:39
8. "Particle Ballet" - 6:00
9. "Yesterday Island" - 5:15
10. "Carnival of Souls" - 6:28
11. "She's Gone" - 1:40

Personnel

• Rodney Ascue: Assistant Engineer
• Phil Austin: Mastering
• Roma Baran: Arranger, Producer
• Tim Casey: Assistant Engineer
• Blaise Dupuy: Engineer, Mixing
• Mark Egan: Bass
• Bill Esses: Assistant Engineer
• Eric Feinstein: Finger Snaps
• Tish Fried: Art Coordinator
• Alan Friedman: Assistant Engineer
• Alex Gardner: Engineer
• Penny Gentieu: Photography
• John Harris: Engineer
• Steve Jaden: Engineer
• Scott Johnson: Guitar (Electric)
• François Kevorkian: Producer, Mixing
• Connie Kieltyka: Engineer
• James la Croix: Assistant Engineer
• Marl Larson: Art Direction
• Dave Lebolt: Synthesizer, Arranger, Keyboards, Producer, Engineer
• Eric Liljestrand: Guitar (Electric), Engineer, Finger Snaps
• Kate McGarrigle: Synthesizer
• Michael McGrath: Assistant Engineer
• Carol Parkinson: Engineer
• Lenny Picket: Clarinet, Clarinet (Bass), Piccolo, Sax (Alto), Sax (Soprano)
• Paul Rice: Piano, Producer, Associate Producer, Mixing
• Larry Saltzman: Guitar (Electric)
• David Van Tieghem: Vocals, Multi Instruments, Producer, Engineer, Mixing