This Desert is the debut extended play (EP) by American electronic music duo The Hundred in the Hands . It was released on May 17, 2010 by Warp .[ 4] In an interview with Spinner , band member Jason Friedman said, "As we finished the EP and album, we saw that we had two different sounds. The EP is more washed-out with reverb and delays, and the album is crisper and more immediate, like 'Dresden.'"[ 5] Two songs from the EP, "Tom Tom" and "Sleepwalkers", were included as bonus tracks on the iTunes edition of the duo's eponymous debut album .[ 6]
This Desert Released May 17, 2010 (2010-05-17 ) Genre Length 22 :32 Label Warp Producer
Eric Broucek
The Hundred in the Hands
Jacques Renault
All tracks are written by Jason Friedman and Eleanore Everdell
Title Producer(s) 1. "Building in L.O.V.E." THITH 3:28 2. "Tom Tom" 3:40 3. "Ghosts" THITH 3:50 4. "Sleepwalkers" 3:54 5. "In to It" THITH 4:05 6. "It's Only Everything" THITH 3:35
Credits adapted from the liner notes of This Desert .[ 7]
The Hundred in the Hands
The Hundred in the Hands – production (all tracks) ; engineering (tracks 1, 3, 5, 6) ; additional engineering (track 4)
Eleanore Everdell – vocals, keyboards, synthesizer
Jason Friedman – bass, beats production, guitar, programming
Additional personnel
Alex Aldi – engineering (track 2) ; assistant engineering (track 3)
Eric Broucek – additional engineering (tracks 1, 5, 6) ; additional programming (tracks 1, 2, 5, 6) ; mixing (tracks 1, 2, 4–6) ; engineering, production (track 4)
William Kuehn – live drums (tracks 1, 4)
Keith McColl – executive producer
Jacques Renault – additional programming, production (track 2)
Vito Roccoforte – live drums (track 5)
Noel Summerville – mastering
Chris Zane – engineering (track 2) ; additional engineering, mixing (track 3)
^ Phares, Heather. "This Desert – The Hundred in the Hands" . AllMusic . Retrieved July 7, 2011 .
^ Ashman, Neil (May 14, 2010). "The Hundred in the Hand – This Desert" . Drowned in Sound . Archived from the original on May 23, 2010. Retrieved July 7, 2011 .
^ Hart, Ron (September 3, 2010). "The Hundred in the Hands: This Desert EP" . PopMatters . Retrieved July 7, 2011 .
^ "Discography" . thehundredinthehands.com. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved July 7, 2011 .
^ Lipshutz, Jason S. (May 24, 2010). "The Hundred in the Hands Get 'Crisper' on Debut LP" . Spinner . AOL . Archived from the original on January 2, 2011. Retrieved July 7, 2011 .
^ "The Hundred In the Hands (Bonus Track Version) by The Hundred In the Hands" . iTunes Store US. Apple . 21 September 2010. Retrieved October 27, 2012 .
^ This Desert (CD liner notes). The Hundred in the Hands . Warp . 2010. WAP293CD.{{cite AV media notes }}
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