Drifting

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Drifting
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Song Drifting
By Recoil
Songwriter Alan Wilder
Siobhan Lynch
Produced by Alan Wilder
Recorded at The Thin Line (Sussex)
Mixed by Alan Wilder
Mixing assistance Paul Stevens
Simon Shazell
Mastered by Ian Cooper
Studio assistance Hepzibah Sessa
Published by Mute Song
Not Normal Music
Zoetrope Music Company
Carlin Music Corp.
Chappell, Inc.
Warner/Chappell Music Ltd.
Recorded September 1996 - June 1997
Originally released 27 October 1997
Live performances as Recoil 0 times *
Total live performances 0 times *

"Drifting" is a song from the 1997 album Unsound Methods by Recoil. It was released as a lead single on 13 October 1997.

Lyrics


Drifting

With your wild, call the pace

Taste the tracks of the waste

With your wild, with your sweet

With your cold black-eyed teeth

I close my eyes and I pray, yes I pray


Let it slide, let it slide

Ignore me and everything I've done

For I am stupid, I am poison

I take this one

And I taste the tracks

I taste the tracks

of the waste in my head

And you face me instead


I must be drifting somewhere


I held in my hand, but it's hard, so hard to see reason

The burning is here, is only here to follow through


But here it is harder than a screaming fist, and I hate it

It's dark behind your smile, and I can follow through


Let it slide, let it slide

Ignore me and everything I've done

For words, like bullets, they know when to come

And taste the tracks, and taste the tracks

Of the waste in my head, and you face me instead

Well, ignore me and everything I said

For I am stupid, I am poison


I held in my hand, but it's hard, so hard to see reason

It's dark behind your smile, and I can follow through

I close my eyes and I pray, yes I pray

With your wild, call the pace

Taste the track of the waste

With your wild, with your sweet

With your cold black-eyed teeth


Songwriter: Alan Wilder/Siobhan Lynch
Publishing Information: ℗ 1997 Reprise Records

Composition

Sample sources

"Drifting" - Recoil
1997
Sample overview

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Sample sources
Sample Source Status Notes Audio
Vocal elements Howlin' Wolf - Oh Red!! - "My Last Affair" - 1953
Confirmed
A manipulated vocal sample derived from influential American blues musician Howlin' Wolf's 1953 "My Last Affair" is utilised sporadically throughout "Drifting".

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Marimba elements Peter Gabriel - Birdy - "Slow Marimbas" - 18 March 1985
Confirmed
A looping section of melodic marimba performance derived from the opening moments of Peter Gabriel's "Slow Marimbas" is utilised throughout "Drifting".

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Orchestral elements 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".

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Brass elements 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".

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Saxophone, choral elements 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".

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Guitar elements The Comsat Angels - Waiting for a Miracle - "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".

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Ambient elements Node - Node - "Clock" - 1995
Confirmed
A sampled section of audio featuring electronic drums and ambient piano derived from "Clock" by Node is utilised throughout "Drifting". Node is notable as an analogue synth music collaboration between Dave Bessell, Gary Stout, Ed Buller, and Mark "Flood" Ellis.

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Orchestral, vocal elements 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 film soundtrack is utilised in the outro of "Drifting".

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Vocal elements Marlene Dietrich - Noel Coward Introduces Marlene Dietrich – At The Cafe De Paris - "Introduction Noel Coward" - 1954
Confirmed
An introduction for German-American actress Marlene Dietrich by Noël Coward for Dietrich's 1954 Café de Paris cabaret performance is utilised in the outro of "Drifting".

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Drum, ambient elements De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising - "Transmitting Live from Mars" - 3 March 1989
Confirmed
A section of audio derived from "Transmitting Live from Mars" by De La Soul is utilised sporadically mid-way through "Drifting". The separate organ and drum elements audible in the sample are themselves samples derived respectively from The Turtles' 1968 single "You Showed Me" and Wilson Pickett's 1969 cover of Lennon-McCartney's "Hey Jude".

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Drum elements A Tribe Called Quest - People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm - "Bonita Applebum (12" Why? Version)" - 1990
Confirmed
A manipulated drum loop derived from "Bonita Applebum (12" Why? Version)", a twelve-inch remix of A Tribe Called Quest's 1990 single "Bonita Applebum" is utilised throughout "Drifting". The sample is itself partly comprised of a sample from Supreme DJ Nyborn's 1988 remix "Versatile Extension (Versatility Remix)".

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Timpani elements Korg Inc. - Korg 01/W Bank B, Voice #39: "Timpani"
Confirmed
The sequenced timpani performed throughout "Drifting" utilises samples derived from the Korg 01/W Bank B Voice #39 "Timpani".

Music video

Dates where Drifting was played

Drifting has never been played live.


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