David Van Tieghem
Strange Cargo (LP)
FormatLPLabelPrivate MusicGenreExperimental
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The follow-up to Safety in Numbers and the third Van Tieghem LP overall, co-produced again with Roma Baran. The palette is lighter than Safety in Numbers: less Fairlight, more song-form, and the surprise of Van Tieghem's own vocal performance on Volcano Diving, an unexpectedly warm Eno-ish art-pop track. Otherwise the record continues Safety in Numbers's integration of acoustic percussion vocabulary (the same kit of struck domestic and industrial objects) with sampler-orchestrated electronic textures.
Larry Saltzman plays guitar on several tracks. The Private Music house aesthetic (slick mid-eighties new-age digital sound, clean post-mastering, transparent stereo image) had by 1989 become a recognisable style, and Strange Cargo sits comfortably in it without surrendering Van Tieghem's percussion-led identity. The album was the last of his Private Music contract.
Release notes
Digital and Analog Multi-Track Recording: Gramavision Studio, NYC Axis Productions, NYC The Living Room, NYC Active Recording, NYC Cedar Sound, NYC Ciana/Musica, NYC Pre-Production & MIDI Recording: Studio Pass, NYC Gracie's, Baldwin, NY Effanel Music, NYC Rosewood Sound, Brooklyn, NY Mixed at The Living Room, NYC except "Strange Cargo" mixed at Axis Productions, NYC Recorded using Macintosh SE and Macintosh II computers, running Mark of the Unicorn's Performer, Opcode Systems' Vision and…
| A1 | Strange Cargo | 5:06 | |
| A2 | Volcano Diving | 4:34 | |
| A3 | Hell Or High Water | 5:22 | |
| A4 | Eye Of The Beholder | 2:16 | |
| A5 | Flying Hearts | 4:12 | |
| B1 | They Drive By Night | 8:14 | |
| B2 | The Ghost Writer Theme | 1:39 | |
| B3 | Particle Ballet | 6:00 | |
| B4 | Yesterday Island | 5:15 | |
| B5 | Carnival Of Souls | 6:28 | |
| B6 | She's Gone | 1:40 |
- Paul Rice
- Arranged By [Additional Arranging Assistance], Mixed By (A2 to B6), Producer [Associate]
- David Lebolt
- Arranged By [Pre-production And Arranging Assistance], Engineer [Pre-production And Midi Recording], Synthesizer [Emulator Ii & Eiii, Akai S900, Yamaha Tx816, Rolabd D-550, Prophet Vs] (A2, A3, A5), Written-By (A2, A3)
- Roma Baran
- Arranged By [Pre-production And Arranging Assistance], Producer
- Mark Larson
- Art Direction
- Trish Fried
- Artwork [Art Coordinator]
- Larry Saltzman
- Electric Guitar (A4, A5, B5)
- Blaise Dupuy
- Engineer, Mixed By (A2 to B6)
- Eric Liljestrand
- Engineer
- Francois Kevorkian
- Engineer
- Steve Tjaden
- Engineer
- Alan Friedman
- Engineer [Assistant]
- Bill Esses
- Engineer [Assistant]
- Ed McKinley
- Engineer [Assistant]
- James La Croix
- Engineer [Assistant]
- Jeffrey Shore
- Engineer [Assistant]
- Michael McGrath
- Engineer [Assistant]
- Rodney Ascue
- Engineer [Assistant]
- Tim Casey
- Engineer [Assistant]
- Alex Gardner
- Engineer [Pre-production And Midi Recording]
- Carol Parkinson
- Engineer [Pre-production And Midi Recording]
- Connie Kieltyka
- Engineer [Pre-production And Midi Recording]
- John Harris
- Engineer [Pre-production And Midi Recording]
- Phil Austin
- Mastered By
- David Van Tieghem
- Mixed By, Producer, Synthesizer [Akai S900, Emulator Ii, Emax & Eiii, Yamaha Dx7, Dx7ii & Tx802, Fairlight Cmi Iix & Series Iii, Korg M1, Prophet Vs, Synclavier, Roland D-50, Super Jx, Super Jupiter, Tr-808 & Tr-626], Performer [Processed Shortwave Radio And Television Signals], Marimba [Musser Rosewood], Percussion [Simmons Silicon Mallet, Flour Sifter, Paper Bag, Small Wine Bottle, Metal Ashtrays, Aftershave Bottle, Plastic Sticks, Corrugated Plastic Hose, Empty Coffee Can, Amplified Tennis Racket], Cowbell [Thai Wooden, Guatemalan], Steel Drums [Ludwig], Drums [Wooden Tongue Drum, Ceramic Drums, Chinese Drum], Tom Tom [Remo Roto-toms], Waterphone [Chinese], Shaker [Cocktail, Brazilian], Finger Snaps, Cymbal [Chinese], Gong [Chinese], Toy [Plastic Hammer], Performer [Suzuki Musical Spring], Electric Piano [Roland Digital], Vocoder, Electronics [Voice Processor], Voice, Engineer [Pre-production And Midi Recording], Lyrics By, Written-By
- Penny Gentieu
- Photography By
