Mistaken Identity (Vernon Reid album)

Occupation

Mistaken Identity (Eng. " mistaken identity " ) is the debut album of American musician Vernon Reid from the year 1996.

Genesis

After Living Colour broke up in 1995, Reid started working on several projects. In 1996 he decided to record a solo album. During the production he was supported by Prince Paul and Teo Macero. Mistaken Identity is his first solo album, but he had already in 1984 - even years before the publication of the first Living Colour album - along with Bill Frisell album ( Smash & scatteration ) outside a band context was added.

Music style

Reid mixes on Mistaken Identity numerous styles such as rap, rock, turntablism, jazz and more. Therefore, the album is filled with numerous guest musicians such as jazz clarinetist Don Byron, the cornetist Graham Haynes, DJ Logic and others, and comes up with a variety of instruments, are difficult to classify. Even Reid's typical guitar playing is not found on all pieces again, because it is in some are short radio plays with music backing. So reads the actor Laurence Fishburne on "Important Safety Instructions ( mutation 2) " with an Indian accent from a safety manual for a device before that remains unclear, as the device type is changed in the text with the word karma; he is accompanied by a tabla and sitar. On "Call Waiting to exhale (mutation 3)" tries a man on the phone with his two girlfriends at the same time alternately identify different dates than they can hear each other suddenly and then maintain, after which the ( in the credits provided with a question mark) speaker has an attack suffers and desperately looking for sedatives. On the hidden track on the album Reid is in a fictional comedy show called "Who invited You? " ( "Who invited you ?") To hear. The piece " Saint Cobain " dedicated to the late singer Kurt Cobain of the band Nirvana. All tracks on the album were either entirely or partially written by Reid.

Success

In commercial terms, he could not connect to the earlier successes with Living Colour with the album, it reached no placement on the Billboard charts. Despite this defeat Reid was also in the future his concept loyal to mix different styles on an album, so he formed, for example, with one of the guest musicians on the album, DJ Logic, the duo Yohimbe Brothers, which is also cross-border activities.

Title list

  • 1996 album
  • Album ( rock )
  • Album ( Hip- Hop )
  • Album ( Jazz )
Record label Genre Rock music Electric guitar Melodica Bass guitar Prince Paul (producer) German television comedy
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