Missing Piece
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Missing Piece
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| Song | Missing Piece |
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| 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 * |
"Missing Piece" is a song from the 1997 album Unsound Methods by Recoil. It was released alongside "Stalker" as a double A-side single on 9 March 1998.
Lyrics
Missing Piece
I wanna write myself
On the walls of your heart
Because the knot that holds us
Altogether throws us all apart
I'm gonna stop myself
Before I say something true
Because the answers
That roll from my tongue
Are nothing to do with you
And I hold a piece up to the light
Hold a piece up to my eye
Found a missing piece from my set
Found a person I'd not met
Hold a piece up to the light
Hold a piece up to my eye
Found a missing piece from my set
Found a person I'd not met
Sometimes is a lonely place
So tow me over to the light
The sound, the sound it is in sight
Found my heart was contained within a cell
Found my heart in this tuck-a-way-me world
I hold a piece up to the light
Hold a piece up to my eye
Found a missing piece from my set
Found a person I'd not met
Sometimes is a lonely place
Sometimes I held the missing piece
Songwriter: Alan Wilder/Siobhan Lynch
Publishing Information: ℗ 1997 Reprise Records
Composition
Sample sources
| "Missing Piece" Recoil 1997 |
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| 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". | ||||
| Guitar ambience | A textured pad effect originally recorded for embellishment from the second chorus onwards of "Clean" is re-purposed for atmospherics in "Missing Piece". | ||||
| 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. | ||||
| Tremolo guitar | "Missing Piece" re-purposes a guitar chord processed through a tremolo effect originally recorded for "Blue Dress". This guitar part is also notably used during the chorus sections of "Death's Door". |
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| Sample | Source | Status | Notes | Audio | |
| Reversed electric piano, guitar atmospherics, drum elements | Björk - "Headphones (0 Remix)" - 1996 |
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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". | Click to display/hide audio example | |
| Drums, guitar, bass guitar, electric piano elements | Whale - We Care - "Eurodog" - 3 July 1995 |
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A series of manipulated sections of audio derived from "Eurodog" by Whale are utilised throughout "Missing Piece". | ||
| Organ elements | Kool & the Gang - Light of Worlds - "Summer Madness" - September 1974 |
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A manipulated section of audio derived from Kool & the Gang's 1974 instrumental "Summer Madness" is utilised sporadically throughout "Missing Piece". | ||
| Bass guitar, brass, drum elements | Angelo Badalamenti, David Lynch, Koko Taylor, G. Marq Roswell - David Lynch's Wild At Heart (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - "Up In Flames" - 1990 |
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A manipulated section of audio derived from the intro of "Up In Flames" as performed by Koko Taylor for the soundtrack to David Lynch's 1990 film Wild at Heart is utilised sporadically throughout "Missing Piece". | Click to display/hide audio example | |
| Orchestral elements | John Williams - Schindler's List: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - "Auschwitz-Birkenau" - 1994 |
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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. | ||
| Drum elements | Primal Scream - Screamadelica - "Loaded" - 1990 |
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A drum loop derived from the opening moments of "Loaded" by Primal Scream is utilised throughout "Missing Piece". | Click to display/hide audio example | |
| Guitar elements | Miranda Sex Garden - Fairytales of Slavery - "A Fairytale About Slavery" - 18 June 1994 |
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A looping section of audio derived from "A Fairytale About Slavery" by Miranda Sex Garden is utilised sporadically throughout "Missing Piece". | ||
| Orchestral elements | Ralph Vaughan Williams, London Chamber Orchestra, Christopher Warren-Green, Nigel Warren-Green - The Lark Ascending • Tallis Fantasia • Introduction And Allegro • Serenade For Strings - Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis - June 1988[footnotes 1] |
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A reversed, manipulated section of audio derived from a June 1988 performance of Ralph Vaughan Williams's Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis as performed by the London Chamber Orchestra with Christopher Warren-Green is utilised in the outro section of "Missing Piece". | ||
| Drum elements | The Dangerous CD Company - Danger 1 - Track 55 - "Percussion Loop 106bpm" - 1991 |
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A drum loop derived from The Dangerous CD Company's 1991 sample CD Danger 1 is utilised sporadically throughout "Missing Piece". The loop as featured on Danger 1 is itself a sample derived from "1990 A New Decade" by Soul II Soul.[1][footnotes 2] | ||
| Drum elements, open hi-hat, closed hi-hat | Korg Inc. - Korg 01/W > PROG BANK A > A29: Dance Kit - "Open HH", "Close HH" |
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A series of open and closed hi-hats utilised throughout "Missing Piece" are sequenced using Korg 01/W Bank A Voice #29 "Dance Kit". |
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Dates where Missing Piece was played
Missing Piece has never been played live.
Notes
- ↑ Recorded at All Saints' Church, Petersham; June 1988.
- ↑ In June 2020, elektronauts.com user "Leo-iSL" described participating in the production of Danger 1:
The samples for [Danger 1] were recorded/compiled at a studio in Arnos Grove. The studio was called either Sound Garden or Music Garden Studios (I can't quite remember). A lot of the samples were taken from my own record collection. The guy behind [The Dangerous CD Company] is called Brian Teasdale [...] I first went to his studio around [1991\1992] to record some Hardcore demos. [I] was about 19 years old. When Brian heard the records [I] was sampling from he asked if he could borrow my collection. That's how this sample CD came about. Together with Brian's sister and girlfriend we went to the Frankfurt Musikmesse and launched the CD there.
References
- ↑ elektronauts.com - What was your first studio recording experience - User "Leo-iSL", June 15, 2020
