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Strange Cargo III

Strange Cargo III
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Studio album by William Orbit
Released 1993
Genre Electronic, ambient
Length 63:43
Label Virgin
Producer William Orbit
William Orbit chronology
Strange Cargo II
(1990)
Strange Cargo III
(1993)
Strange Cargo Hinterland
(1995)
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Allmusic 3/5 stars

Strange Cargo III is the fourth album by electronic instrumentalist William Orbit. It is the third in a series of similarly titled albums: Strange Cargo, Strange Cargo II and Strange Cargo Hinterland.

The album was performed, produced and mixed by William Orbit at Guerilla Studios, London. Mark Rutherford and Sugar J co-performed "Deus Ex Machina" with William Orbit, with Rutherford also co-writing the song. Rico Conning contributed flexible bleeps and roadhouse piano on "Time to get Wize", spiky piano and strings on "The Story of Light" and additional programming on "A Touch of the Night".

The album was featured in 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.

A seven track long video (six tracks plus closing credits) for Strange Cargo III was released in the UK in 1993 on VHS, and was cataloged as Virgin VID 2707. It was directed and edited by Simon Hilton, and produced by Mike Day and Henry Cole. Cinematography was done by John Peters and Simon Hilton. The production company was Moviescreen Ltd.


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