{{Infobox musical artist | name = Strange Parcels | image = | caption = | image_size = | landscape = yes | alias = | origin = | genre = [[Industrial hip hop]] | years_active = 1991–1994 | label = [[On-U Sound Records|On-U Sound]] | associated_acts = [[Fats Comet]], [[Living Colour]], [[Tackhead]] | website = | current_members = | past_members = [[Keith LeBlanc]]<br />[[Little Axe|Skip McDonald]]<br />[[Doug Wimbish]] }}
'''Strange Parcels''' was an [[industrial hip-hop]] group, formed in 1991. The nucleus was guitarist [[Little Axe|Skip McDonald]], drummer [[Keith LeBlanc]] and bassist [[Doug Wimbish]]. The group also enlisted the aid of numerous guest musicians, including [[Mark Stewart (English musician)|Mark Stewart]], [[Bim Sherman]], [[Jesse Rae]], [[Talvin Singh]] and Basil Clarke.
== History == After [[Tackhead|Tackhead's]] dissolution in 1990, producer [[Adrian Sherwood]], bassist [[Doug Wimbish]] and multi instrumentalist [[David Harrow]] wished to return to territory akin to that of their former musical project [[Fats Comet]], which had been abandoned in 1987. Radio presenter Steve Barker of [[On the Wire]] described their musical approach as "[[The Temptations|Temptations]] on acid", in that the group would use pop oriented material as a foundation on which to experiment.<ref name="skybio">{{cite web |first=David |last=Parker |url=http://www.skysaw.org/onu/artists/strangeparcels.html |title=Strange Parcels |publisher=skysaw.org |date=2001 |accessdate=30 September 2014}}</ref> In 1991, they recorded several tracks which appeared on ''Pay It All Back'' compilations issued through [[On-U Sound Records]].
Recorded with [[tabla]] player [[Talvin Singh]] and reduced input from Sherwood, Strange Parcels' full-length debut ''[[Disconnection (album)|Disconnection]]'' was released in 1994.<ref name="optionmag95">{{cite journal |first=Bill |last=Tilland |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_y5LAAAAYAAJ |title=Strange Parcels: Disconnected |journal=[[Option (music magazine)|Option]] |publisher=Sonic Options Network |date=1995 |volume=60-63 |issue=65 |page=lXXIV |accessdate=30 September 2014}}</ref><ref name="skydiscog">{{cite web |first=David |last=Parker |url=http://www.skysaw.org/onu/discography/strangeparcelsdiscog.html |title=Strange Parcels Discography |publisher=skysaw.org |date=2001 |accessdate=30 September 2014}}</ref> Critic Stephen Cook described it as "a cross between [[David Byrne]] and [[Brian Eno|Brian Eno's]] ''[[My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (album)|My Life in the Bush of Ghosts]]'' and some of Singh's later solo outings, with the occasional funk-rock beat being wholly a [[Tackhead]] leftover."<ref>{{cite web |first=Stephen |last=Cook |url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=mw0000117662|pure_url=yes}}|title=Disconnection |publisher=Allmusic |date= |accessdate=30 September 2014}}</ref> After the release of ''Disconnection'', Strange Parcels was abandoned with its members continuing to pursue other musical endeavors.<ref>{{cite web |first= |last= |url=http://www.tackhead.com/soloheads/ |title=Soloheads |publisher=tackhead.com |date=2004 |accessdate=30 September 2014}}</ref>
==Discography== ;Albums *''[[Disconnection (album)|Disconnection]]'' ([[On-U Sound Records|On-U Sound]], 1994)
;Singles *"More Is Insane" (w/[[Bim Sherman]]) (On-U Sound, 1993) *"Body Blastin'" (w/[[Jesse Rae]]) (On-U Sound, 1993) *"Disconnection" (On-U Sound, 1994)
==References== {{Reflist|2}}
==External links== *{{Discogs artist}} *{{MusicBrainz artist|id=4baf46b6-4222-4860-9f39-01404e586903}}
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