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Disappear Here Released Today!

News — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 09:33:48 +0000

Our new album is finally out today and you can buy it directly from our store. We’ve put together some great packages including exclusive T-Shirts and artwork prints, plus every order of the album comes with an immediate digital download of high quality MP3s (each song with different artwork embedded) and you can also choose Flac or Apple Lossless files at no extra cost.

We’ve been overwhelmed by the huge amount of positive comments and would like to thank everyone who’s taken the time to post their thoughts on our website. We’re hugely proud of the new LP and are very excited to be playing lost of the tracks live this summer so do check the gigs section for dates near you. More to be added over the next couple of months. There’s a shed load of singles and new remixes we’ll be releasing over the summer so do sign up to our mailing list to keep up to date.

We hope you enjoy the LP!

Mike, Chris & Charlotte.xxx

Disappear Here Album Teaser & Tracklisting

News — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:07:29 +0000

You can now hear a 10 minute teaser of the album in the player on the right, please feel free to embed it on your own site or blog, we will keep updating with new content! Read on for the full tracklisting, we’re getting very excited for you to hear the new album now and are busy designing some lovely T-Shirts and artwork prints which you’ll be able to purchase direct from this website.

01. Empire
02. Can You Hear Me
03. Green Shell Suit
04. Disappear Here
05. Every Word
06. Formula Of Fear
07. City Siren (Reprise)
08. Salt
09. Original Sin
10. Take A Fall
11. Break My Soul
12. Numb

Break My Soul Lyrics

News — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:40:08 +0000

We’ve had a few requests for the lyrics to Break My Soul, we’ve uploaded an Charlotte’s handwritten version, read on to view them!

Break My Soul Free Download & Video

Mike — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:49:28 +0000

We’re thrilled to announce that you can download our new single ‘Break My Soul’ for free! Just subcribe at the Distinctive Records minisite. It’s the lead single from the forthcoming album and will be available on March 8th along with a brand new Hybrid remix, dub and an instrumental. Available to buy from iTunes, Beatport and all good online retailers.

Shot between December 2009 and January 2010, directed and edited by Hybrid’s Mike Truman and features Charlotte James. Available to buy and download from iTunes from March 8th.

Making The Album Video Interviews

News — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:52:55 +0000

These are interviews conducted at Hybrid’s studio with Chris, Mike and Charlotte. They talk about how some of their new LP ‘Disappear Here’s pivotal tracks came about and how their sound has evolved during the making of the album. Go to the video section above for more interviews and behind the scenes footage.

Orchestral Session Videos

News — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:46:31 +0000

We’ve uploaded two clips from the orchestral recording of Hybrid’s 4th studio album, Disappear Here. The videos feature excerpts of ‘Break My Soul’ and ‘Can You Hear Me’, both performed by the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Go to the video section above for more clips from Prague.

The New Album Is Ready…

Mike — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:50:05 +0000

We’re very happy to announce that our new LP is finally finished and ready to be mastered. It’s been 2 years in the making and we’ve been solidly in the studio since last summer piecing it together. The album is called Disappear Here and is set for a worldwide release in March/April next year on Distinctive Records.

Recently we’ve been recording the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra for the album under the watchful eye of Andrew Skeet who we worked with on our second LP. The session took place at the famous Smecky Studios which is regularly used by European and American companies to record film scores and classical albums.

Musically, we think this album isn’t so much a departure from our sound, but a development and a fresh approach that has produced some of the most exciting music we’ve ever written. We’ll be posting clips of the new LP and a host of free downloads in the coming months so watch this space….

Mike, Chris & Charlotte.x

Album Blog : May 2009

Mike — Mon, 11 May 2009 17:12:35 +0000

With Spring starting to masquerade as Summer, it’s now possible to venture into the studio without having to wear three jumpers and a woolly scarf, which is nice. The studio door is wide open, the birds are circling over the nearby field and the air is filled with deafening subsonic bass. It must be album time again…

Last year saw most of album 4 arrive, get frowned at, poked about and finally abandoned as it wasn’t quite hitting the spot. One year later and it’s a different story altogether. We’ve currently got about 33 individual tracks in varying states of completion, some have vocals, some have orchestration. Most have furiously heavy basslines and to us, feel more vibrant and alive than any of our previous work.

We’ve been recording drums in a rather lovely studio in the Midlands called The Priory under the watchful gaze of in house engineer Greg Chandler. Nice man. Makes Alex’s drums sound cockier than an Essex boy on a Saturday night out. Since the start of the year we’ve been recording great washes of grand pianos, swathes of acoustic guitar, barrel loads of live bass and a barrage of new vocal material from Charlotte. Chris is currently giving Future Sound Of London a run for their money in the ‘who’s got the maddest sound design’ competition and macs are creaking under the weight of all that granular shenanigans.

We’ll have some tracks to post snippets of as and when they decide to emerge from the studio, blinking into the daylight. Oh, and a deadline for completion. First week of October. No, really, this time we mean it. Thanks for reading and more updates to follow shortly.

Over and out.