Recoil sample sources

Unsound Methods (1997)

"Incubus" Recoil 1997	Self-made samples
	Sample	Notes			Audio
	Percussion elements	A percussive loop originally recorded for use in Depeche Mode's "Clean" is re-used to create a rhythmic, tribal atmosphere in "Incubus".			✖
	Sample sources
	Sample	Source	Status	Notes	Audio
	Jazzy bass guitar/piano phrase	Angelo Badalamenti - Blue Velvet (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - "Akron Meets the Blues" - 1986	Confirmed	A bluesy bass guitar and piano phrase derived from "Akron Meets the Blues" as scored by Angelo Badalamenti for the 1986 Blue Velvet film soundtrack is utilised in the opening moments of "Incubus".	Click to display/hide audio example
	Jazz saxophone	Bernard Herrmann - Taxi Driver: Original Soundtrack Recording - "I Still Can't Sleep / They Cannot Touch Her (Betsy's Theme)" - 1976	Confirmed	A saxophone phrase derived from "I Still Can't Sleep / They Cannot Touch Her (Betsy's Theme)" as scored by Bernard Hermann for the 1976 Taxi Driver film soundtrack is utilised in the opening moments of "Incubus".	Click to display/hide audio example
	Orchestral strings	Henryk Górecki - Symphony No. 3, Op. 36: I. Lento - Sostenuto Tranquillo Ma Cantabile - released 9 March, 1992 (recorded 4 April, 1977)	Likely	A sampled orchestral/vocal phrase derived from the first movement of Henryk Górecki's Symphony No. 3, Op. 36 is likely utilised throughout "Incubus".	✖
	Shouting vocal	Peter Gabriel - "Rhythm Of The Heat" - 1982	Likely		✖

"Drifting" - Recoil 1997
	Sample sources
	Sample	Source	Status	Notes
	Marimba rhythm	Peter Gabriel - "Slow Marimbas" - 1985	Confirmed	A looping section of melodic marimba performance derived from the opening moments of Peter Gabriel's "Slow Marimbas" is utilised throughout "Drifting".
	Orchestral strings	Vivian Kubrick (as "Abigail Mead") - Full Metal Jacket (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - "Sniper" - 1987	Confirmed	A section of orchestral strings derived from Vivian Kubrick's "Sniper" as composed for the soundtrack of the 1987 Stanley Kubrick film Full Metal Jacket is utilised throughout "Drifting".
	Brass swell	The Walker Brothers - "Another Tear Falls" - 1966	Confirmed	A brass section swell derived from the opening moments of The Walker Brothers' 1966 UK single "Another Tear Falls" is utilised throughout "Drifting".
	Saxophone and choir	Hilliard Ensemble & Jan Garbarek - "Sanctus" - 1994	Confirmed	A section of audio featuring a saxophone and choir phrase derived from the opening moments of a September 1993 performance of "Sanctus" by the Hilliard Ensemble is utilised for a brief pad during "Drifting".
	Guitar atmospherics	The Comsat Angels - "Missing in Action" - 1980	Confirmed	A manipulated sample of guitar atmospherics derived from the opening moments of The Comsat Angels' "Missing in Action" is utilised throughout "Drifting".
	Orchestra/vocal phrase	Loulie Jean Norman - "Summertime" - 1959	Confirmed	A sampled orchestral/vocal phrase derived from Loulie Jean Norman's performance of "Summertime" as recorded for the 1959 Porgy and Bess 1959 film soundtrack is likely utilised in the outro of "Drifting".
	Spoken word: "We are also aware that He had quite a flair for creating exceptional women"	Marlene Dietrich - Noel Coward Introduces Marlene Dietrich – At The Cafe De Paris - "Introduction Noel Coward" - 1954	Likely	An introduction for German-American actress Marlene Dietrich spoken by Noël Coward for Dietrich's 1954 Café de Paris cabaret performance is likely utilised in the outro of "Drifting".

"Luscious Apparatus" - Recoil 1997
	Sample sources
	Sample	Source	Status	Notes
	Guitar chord	The Cure - "Club America" - 1996	Likely

"Stalker" - Recoil 1997
	Sample sources
	Sample	Source	Status	Notes
	Noise, ambience	Simon Fisher Turner - "Lower" - 1996	Confirmed	A section of noise and atmosphere derived from the opening moments of "Lower" by Simon Fisher Turner is utilised throughout the intro of "Stalker".
	Melancholy guitar and shaker phrase	Morphine - "Miles' Davis Funeral" - 1993	Confirmed	A melancholy guitar and shaker sample derived from the opening moments of "Miles' Davis Funeral" by Massachusetts band Morphine is utilised throughout "Stalker".
	"Versus Christus, ave Satani!" vocal chant with orchestral string and trumpet ostinato	Jerry Goldsmith - The Omen (film soundtrack) - "Killer's Storm" - 1976	Confirmed	A sample of an orchestral ostinato and Latin vocal chant from "Killer's Storm", a musical score from the 1976 horror film The Omen are used to enhance the rhythm of "Stalker". The score from which the sample is derived is notable for its use in the scene featuring disgraced priest Father Brennan (Patrick Troughton), who flees in horror to a nearby church to escape the Devil's punishment for Brennan having informed Robert Thorn (Gregory Peck), the unknowing adopted father of the Antichrist, of his son's unholy origin.
	Ambient pads	Peter Gabriel - Birdy (film soundtrack) - Unidentified source song - 1985	Unconfirmed
	911 operator vocal	The Last Seduction (film) - 1994	Likely

"Red River Cargo" - Recoil 1997
	Sample sources
	Sample	Source	Status	Notes
	Hip hop rhythm	Big Daddy Kane - "Rest In Peace" - 1993	Confirmed	A section of rhythmic audio derived from "Rest In Peace" by Big Daddy Kane is utilised throughout "Red River Cargo".
	Orchestral strings	Richard Strauss - Jessye Norman, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Kurt Masur - Vier Letzte Lieder / Four Last Songs - Vier Letzte Lieder: IV. Im Abendrot - 1983	Confirmed	A series of manipulated orchestral string samples derived from a 1983 performance of "Im Abendrot" by the late Jessye Norman with accompaniment by Kurt Masur and the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Written by Richard Strauss to the words of the poem "Im Abendrot" (At Sunset) by Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, the piece was written over a five-and-a-half month period in May 1948. Following Strauss's death in September 1949, the work was published posthumously alongside "Frühling" (Spring), "September", and "Beim Schlafengehen" (When Falling Asleep) as the Four Last Songs by the composer's friend Ernst Roth in 1950. Notably, after the soprano's intonation of "Ist dies etwa der Tod?" ("Is this perhaps death?"), "Im Abendrot" features a musical quote of Strauss's own tone poem Death and Transfiguration, written 60 years prior. As in that piece, the quoted seven-note phrase (known as the "transfiguration theme") has been seen as the fulfillment of the soul through death. Herbert Glass writes of the Four Last Songs, "[These] are [...] songs of farewell – to life, to art, to a vanished world. There is nothing like them in music for the sheer intensity of their concentrated, gentle heartache. Strauss’ songs are music of finality [...] [He] says goodbye wistfully, but not tragically.”
	N/A	Wild At Heart (film) - 1990	Unconfirmed

"Control Freak" - Recoil 1997
	Sample sources
	Sample	Source	Status	Notes
	Orchestral strings	Ravi Shankar, Philip Glass - "Offering" - 1990	Likely	A manipulated sample of orchestral strings derived from "Offering" by Ravi Shankar and Philip Glass is likely utilised throughout "Control Freak".
	Piano	Peter Hammill - "Accidents" - 1982	Likely	A manipulated sample of piano derived from "Accidents" by Peter Hammill is likely utilised throughout "Control Freak".
	Synth fill	Brian Eno, David Bryne - "Mountain of Needles" - February 1981	Likely	A manipulated sample derived from "Mountain of Needles" by Brian Eno and David Bryne is likely utilised throughout "Control Freak".
	Synth pad	Goldie - "Sea of Tears" - 1995	Likely	A synth pad derived from "Sea of Tears" by Goldie is likely utilised throughout "Control Freak".
	N/A	Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell - "You're All I Need To Get By" - 1968	Unknown

"Missing Piece" - Recoil 1997	Self-made samples
	Sample	Notes
	Slide guitar	A slide guitar part used prominently in the final moments of "Clean" is re-purposed as a rhythmic element throughout the choruses of "Missing Piece". Notably, this sample is also used to atmospheric effect in "Death's Door".
	Looped pad, likely derived from a guitar	A textured pad effect originally recorded for embellishment from the second chorus onwards of "Clean" is re-purposed for atmospherics in "Missing Piece". The part is audible at the two minute thirty second mark.
	E-bow guitar	A series of melodic e-bow guitar parts originally recorded for use during the middle eight and outro sections of "Walking In My Shoes" are re-used to ominous effect in chorus with orchestral strings at the three minute seven second mark.
	Guitar chords with tremolo	"Missing Piece" re-purposes a guitar chord processed through a tremolo effect originally recorded for "Blue Dress" to dramatic effect at the three minute thirty-two second mark. This guitar part is also notably used during the chorus sections of "Death's Door".
	Sample sources
	Sample	Source	Status	Notes
	Reversed electric piano, guitar atmospherics, drum elements	Björk - "Headphones (0 Remix)" - 1996	Confirmed	A manipulated section of audio featuring electric piano, guitar, and drum elements derived from mid-way through Bjork's 1996 "Headphones (0 Remix)" is utilised throughout "Missing Piece"
	Orchestral strings	John Williams - Schindler's List: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - "Auschwitz-Birkenau" - 1994	Confirmed	A series of orchestral strings derived from "Auschwitz-Birkenau", composed by John Williams for the 1993 film Schindler's List are utilized throughout "Missing Piece". Credit to Thomas of Forced To Mode for this discovery.

"Last Breath" - Recoil 1997	Self-made samples
	Sample	Notes
	E-bow guitar	A series of sustained e-bow guitar parts originally recorded for use during the middle eight and outro sections of "Walking In My Shoes" are re-used for the outro of "Last Breath".
	Sample sources
	Sample	Source	Status	Notes
	Whale sound effects	HITCD08 - Pascal Gabriel's Dance Samples (AMG) - Track 64 - "Whale 3", "Whale 2", "Whale 5" - 1991	Confirmed	A series of edited whale vocalization sound effects derived from AMG's 1991 sample CD HITCD08 - Pascal Gabriel's Dance Samples are utilised throughout "Last Breath".
	Piano/orchestral strings	Paul Robeson - "Take Me Away from the River" - 1933	Confirmed	A piano and orchestral strings sample derived from the opening moments of Paul Robeson's 1933 "Take Me Away from the River" is likely utilised throughout "Last Breath".
	Piano/orchestral strings	Gustav Mahler - Symphony No.5 in C sharp minor - 4. Adagietto (Sehr langsam) - Chicago Symphony Orchestra - March 1970	Confirmed	An orchestral strings phrase derived from the fourth movement of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor is likely utilised throughout "Last Breath".
	Exotic woodwinds	Ry Cooder - "Goyakla Is Coming" - 1995	Confirmed	A reversed exotic woodwind phrase sampled from "Goyakla Is Coming" as featured on Ry Cooder's 1995 film soundtrack compilation album Music by Ry Cooder is utilised for atmospheric effect in "Last Breath".
	Guitar licks	Ry Cooder - "Feelin' Bad Blues" - 1995	Confirmed	A guitar lick sampled from "Feelin' Bad Blues" as featured on Ry Cooder's 1995 film soundtrack compilation album Music by Ry Cooder is utilised in "Last Breath".
	Drum loop	The Incredible Bongo Band - "Last Bongo in Belgium" - 1973	Likely

"Shunt" - Recoil 1997
	Sample sources
	Sample	Source	Status	Notes
	Gated synth	Piquet - "Caress" - 1996	Confirmed	A section of resonant synth noise derived from "Caress" by Piquet is utilised throughout "Shunt".
	Guitar and tubular bell hit	Laibach - "Dues Ex MacHina" - 1996	Confirmed	A sample featuring a guitar and tubular bell derived from the opening moments of "Dues Ex MacHina" by Laibach is utilised throughout "Shunt".
	Sub bass and bass drum	Massive Attack - "Better Things" - 1994	Likely	A low frequency bass element derived from the opening moments of "Better Things" by Massive Attack is utilised throughout "Shunt".