Mogwai Fear Satan
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"Mogwai Fear Satan" | |
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Instrumental by Mogwai | |
from the album Mogwai Young Team | |
Released | 21 October 1997 |
Studio | MCM, Hamilton, Scotland |
Genre | |
Length | 16:19 |
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Songwriter(s) | |
Producer(s) | Paul Savage |
Mogwai Young Team track listing | |
10 tracks
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Audio sample | |
"Mogwai Fear Satan" (sometimes referred to as "Fear Satan") is an instrumental by Scottish post-rock group Mogwai. It appears as the closing track for their 1997 debut studio album, Mogwai Young Team.
Overview
"Mogwai Fear Satan" is a 16-minute instrumental, using basic rock instrumentation: guitars, bass, and drums, along with flute. The origin of the song title stems from bassist
Musical composition
"Mogwai Fear Satan" begins with a guitar melody riff consisting of three chords by Stuart Braithwaite and John Cummings, which is soon joined by bass played by Dominic Aitchison and a frantic drumbeat played by Martin Bulloch, which gradually fades in. The same guitar riff is repeated throughout the song, at times heavily distorted. During the quiet parts of the song, in the buildup to the explosion of sound and feedback which Mogwai are known for, there is a quiet flute melody played by Shona Brown (who was thirteen at the time of recording)[2] over tribal-sounding drums. The song slowly fades out into feedback and noise.
Media usage
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- In 2002, a short excerpt of "Mogwai Fear Satan" was featured in "television program, RE:Brand, hosted by English comedian and actor, Russell Brand.
- It was also featured on soundtrack for WRC 4, The Official Game of the FIA World Rally Championship on PlayStation 2.
- Manic Street Preachers used the song as the intro music for their 2005 Past Present Future tour of the UK.
- Repeatedly referred to in Christopher Brookmyre's book Pandaemoniumwhere a 28-minute remix has been created by some of the schoolchildren and played at a school dance.
- Part of the song was used in the 2007 documentary The 11th Hour.
- A remix version of the song is used in the 2003 film All the Real Girls.
Remixes
![Mogwai Fear Satan Remixes](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/93/Mogwaifearsatan.jpg/220px-Mogwaifearsatan.jpg)
There are five official remixes of "Mogwai Fear Satan". The EP Mogwai Fear Satan Remixes (released in March, 1998) includes the Mogwai Remix, the
Both versions of the Mogwai Remix are remixed by "Cpt. Meat and pLasmatroN" (John Cummings and Stuart Braithwaite).
Personnel
- Stuart Braithwaite – guitar
- Dominic Aitchison – bass guitar
- John Cummings – guitar
- Martin Bulloch – drums
- Shona Brown – flute
- Paul Savage – producer, mixer
- Brendan O’Hare - sonic glue, percussion.
References
- ^ Phone Interview with Stuart Braithwaite, 1999
- ^ "shonabrown.com / Homepage". shonabrown.com. Retrieved March 8, 2020.