A New Machine
| "A New Machine" | |
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| Song by Pink Floyd | |
| from the album A Momentary Lapse of Reason | |
| Published | Pink Floyd Music Publishers Ltd |
| Released | 7 September 1987 (UK) 8 September 1987 (US) |
| Recorded | November 1986 – August 1987 |
| Genre | Progressive rock |
| Length | 2:24 together 1:46 Part 1 0:38 Part 2 |
| Label | EMI (UK) Columbia (US) |
| Songwriter(s) | David Gilmour |
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| Audio | |
| "A New Machine (Part 1)" on YouTube | |
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| "A New Machine (Part 2)" on YouTube | |
"A New Machine", parts 1 and 2 are songs from Pink Floyd's 1987 album, A Momentary Lapse of Reason.[1][2]
Lyrics and music
They serve as bookends to the instrumental track "Terminal Frost", and feature David Gilmour's voice, electrically distorted, through a vocoder and a rising synth note. The narrator seems to express weariness with a lifetime spent in one body, waiting for the moment of death, but seeks consolation in the fact that this "waiting" will eventually end.
"A New Machine has a sound I've never heard anyone do. The noise gates, the Vocoders, opened up something new which to me seemed like a wonderful sound effect that no one had done before; it's innovation of a sort."
— David Gilmour, Musician magazine (Aug. 1992)[3]
The two songs were the first Pink Floyd songs to be credited solely to David Gilmour since "Childhood's End", from their 1972 album Obscured by Clouds.
Personnel
- Pink Floyd[4]
- David Gilmour – vocals, vocoder, synthesiser, programming
Additional musicians
- Patrick Leonard – synthesiser
References
- ^ Strong, Martin C. (2004). The Great Rock Discography (7th ed.). Edinburgh: Canongate Books. p. 1177. ISBN 1-84195-551-5.
- ^ Mabbett, Andy (1995). The Complete Guide to the Music of Pink Floyd. London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-7119-4301-X.
- ^ Matt Resnicoff (August 1992). "Careful With That Axe David Gilmour Interview". Musician. Archived from the original on 2011-01-02. Retrieved 2010-08-16.
- ^ Guesdon, Jean-Michel (2017). Pink Floyd All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track (1st ed.). Edinburgh: Black Dog & Leventhal. p. 513. ISBN 978-0316439244.
