Shifting Skin
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Shifting Skin is the debut album by Ken Andrews
' first post-Failure
project, ON
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Ken Andrews
Ken Andrews is an American musician and producer, based out of Los Angeles, California.Andrews was born in Seattle, Washington, and attended film school in Los Angeles before his band Failure received a record deal from Slash Records.He was the co-founder, lead vocalist, guitarist, and...
' first post-Failure
Failure (band)
Failure was an American rock band that was active from 1990 to 1997, during which they recorded and released three critically acclaimed albums...
project, ON
ON (music)
ON was a solo project of Ken Andrews, which he started after the breakup of his previous band, Failure. The music of ON was not unlike that of Failure, in terms of songwriting, but the overall sound was more based on electronics, with less emphasis on guitars and the typical heavy rock sound.ON...
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Track listing
- "C'mon Collapse"
- "Slingshot"
- "Soluble Words"
- "If I Get to Feel You"
- "Shifting Skin"
- "Perfect Imposter"
- "Avalanche"
- "Feel at Home"
- "Paper Thin Soul"
- "Building..."
- "Pick Up"
Miscellanea
- The first single, "Soluble Words", was actually released several months before the album, in late 1999. A second song, "Slingshot", was serviced to radio around the time of the album's release, but no single was ever released for purchase.
- "Paper Thin Soul" contains drumDrumThe drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments, which is technically classified as the membranophones. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with the player's hands, or with a...
sounds that were sampledSampling (music)In music, sampling is the act of taking a portion, or sample, of one sound recording and reusing it as an instrument or a different sound recording of a song or piece. Sampling was originally developed by experimental musicians working with musique concrète and electroacoustic music, who physically...
from Electric Light OrchestraElectric Light OrchestraElectric Light Orchestra were a British rock group from Birmingham who released eleven studio albums between 1971 and 1986 and another album in 2001. ELO were formed to accommodate Roy Wood and Jeff Lynne's desire to create modern rock and pop songs with classical overtones...
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