Hybrid - Every Word

Since first bursting onto the scene with the now classic album 'Wide Angle' in 1999, the Swansea, Wales-based Hybrid have been known as one of the most forward thinking and technically skilled acts in electronic dance music. Blurring the line between in-studio production and live presentation, Hybrid are one of the few remaining dance acts to perform live with a classic band setup. Though, much has changed on the road to Hybrid's fourth artist album Disappear Here. Most notable is the addition of Hybrid's newest member -- singer/ songwriter Charlotte James -- to go along with founders Chris Healings and Mike Truman. Charlotte's impact is marked as Disappear Here is truly an album of real songs and not merely dance beats with vocals on top. It offers a lot more than anything Hybrid has ever previously written and pushes boundaries in every way.

With Disappear Here, Hybrid have managed to create an epic and unique sound which has progressed dramatically from its original dance inception but still retains much of what makes electronic music so exciting. "This album offers a lot more than anything we've managed to write in the past", Healings says. "Charlotte comes from that singer/songwriter/performer world and she really inspired us to write something much more song based. Working so much with her we feel like there's a feeling of going somewhere else or doing something that will last longer in a live capacity. The music definitely reflects our desire to be a band but firmly rooted in dance music".

As the opening track for the album, 'Empire' meets Healings' statement of intent for the album. Its pounding live drums and moody, tense atmospherics set the stage and gradually build layers of electric guitars and sweeping strings performed by the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. 'Can You Hear Me' is a shining moment combining the vocals of Charlotte and Tim Hutton (who also plays bass for Ian Brown, The Prodigy), while 'Green Shell Suit' is a swirling chill out reprise. 'Every Word' brings a warm, organic feel with the combination of haunting slide guitar, a warm arpeggiated acoustic and a brace of wonky but playful sound design. Album title track 'Disappear Here' mixes a powerful piano driven song over the crunching Hybrid production and the stadium electronica of 'Formula of Fear' presents one of the album's most intense peaks. Venturing further on, 'Salt' is encrusted with warped bass lines and brush drums; 'Original Sin' is a soundscape house music monster and 'Take A Fall' features a rock-breaks edge with Tim Hutton grabbing hold of the mic. Before closing out with the divine 'Numb'. Hybrid presents the album's touchstone and first single 'Break My Soul'. It's all cinematic from the triumphant chorus and 'Day in The Life' strings to the haunting breakdown and filmic overtones.

P & C 2010 Distinctive Records

[duggco]

Hybrid has mature depth that no one compares to. My all time favourite group for this genre.

[draconicfeline]

This song helped me through a bad school project. My partner was horrible, but I decided to prove her wrong when she told me I didn't contribute. I listened to this on repeat, and for some reason, this verse in particular helped me:

Straight ahead as fast as I can run
Wild horses beckon me to come
Open the doors and let the wind blow in
Finding the place that I've always been

Got an A in that project.

[fates]

2019 and I still cannot stop playing this.

[daratemple]

Colour my heart in the shade of yours
Safe in my mind is my choice
Watching the shades change to blue and green
See all the things that I know you've seen

Sometimes I'd run away
But sometimes I just want to stay
Sometimes I just want days
Where I'm watching every word you say

Straight ahead as fast as I can run
Wild horses beckon me to come
Open the doors and let the wind blow in
Finding the place that I've always been

Sometimes I'd run away
And sometimes I just want to stay
Sometimes lately I am watching every word you say
I am watching every word you say
I am watching every word you say

[Kidahl]

beautiful..more fitting to the real life than others of this brilliant band's works..

[offgrid]

They are off the chain amazing.wondering if they ever went to tick tock at mathas .

[siobhanstrauss]

Jacob is my chosen one and no one can change that.

[Halost]

I think these peoples heads are somewhere else.

[arzangofthebrothersoflightario]

She's watching me, alright

I can see her menacing eyes whenever i close mine

[danielbembea]

I heard your call. I'll put them in a grave.