KDX 125
Writers - Lowe/Tennant
First released - 1993
Original album - Relentless
Producer - Pet Shop Boys
Subsequent albums - (none)
Other releases - (none)
The cryptic title of this instrumental refers to Chris's Kawasaki motorcycle—yes, a KDX 125. You can even hear the sound of a motorcycle zipping between the speakers at several points. Perhaps this track can be considered an expression of Chris's fondness for the vehicle and/or an attempt by him to convey some sense of the excitement he feels while riding it.
As for that title, I sometimes wonder whether David Bowie's classic "TVC 15" may have at least partly inspired Chris's choice.
Annotations
- Analysis by one of my site visitors using an Audacity spectrogram comparison (which is a little beyond my technical pay grade) indicates that a prominent percussive sample employed throughout this track may hail from the Danger 1 sample library CD released in 1992 by the Dangerous CD Company, specifically the loop titled "Techno Loop 3." Please note that this is second-hand information for which I can't vouch personally, although I'll admit that the audio loops he shared from the two tracks do sound very much alike.
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