Operation Hummingbird

by Death in June

Operation Hummingbird cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 11 April 2000
  • Label: New European Recordings
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 28:10
  • Community rating: 3.26/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Released as a conceptual counterpart to the simultaneously issued 'Take Care & Control', Douglas Pearce delves heavily into ominous, martial industrial soundscapes. 'Operation Hummingbird' utilizes dense, classical string samples, repetitive martial drumming, and cryptic spoken-word loops to craft a deeply unsettling, militaristic atmosphere.

Genres

Descriptors: martial, repetitive, sampling, gay

Tracklist

  1. Gorilla Tactics (1:45)
  2. Kapitulation (3:09)
  3. Flieger (6:02)
  4. The Snows of the Enemy (Little Black Baby) (6:14)
  5. Hand Grenades and Olympic Flames (2:58)
  6. Winter Eagle (3:53)
  7. Let the Wind Catch a Rainbow on Fire (4:05)

Credits

  • Death in June - primary artist
  • Albin Julius - performer [assisted by]
  • Douglas Pearce - performer [death in june is]

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