Release Date: September 21, 1994 Label: Victor Entertainment, Inc. Price: 3,000 Yen Bonuses: 1st Copies came with a Poster Formats: CD (VICL-567) & LTD Edition LP

Credits: Produced By: Schaft (Maki Fujii & Imai Hisashi w/Raymond Watts) Executive Prodeucers: Takafumi Muraki (Victor Invitation), Takagi Osamu (Shaking Hands, Inc.) & Hisashi Sasaki (B-Project) Recording Engineer: Yuji Sugiyama Additional Engineers: Hideaki Okuhara, Hitoshi Hiruma, Konyang, Helen Woodward, Dillion Gallagher, & John Smith. Recorded At: Victor Aoyama Studio, Inning Recording Hostler, Master Rock Studios (UK), Ranch Apocalypse (UK), Matrix Recording Studio (UK), & Livingston Studios (UK) Directors: J. Tanaka & Yoshito Kubota UK Co-ordination: Sam Corporation UK LTD. (Steve Flood & Lynne Hobday) & Blue Noise LTD. (Yoshihiro Hoshina) Schaft Is: Imai Hisashi - Guitars, Noises, Vocals on "The Hero Inside" Maki Fujii - Electronic Devices, Computer Programming, Acoustic Piano, Noises With: Raymond Watts - Computer Programming, Guitars, Noises, Vocals on "The Hero Inside", "Thirsty Fly", "Nothing", "Slice", "Fetid Air", "Arbor Vitate", & "Cold Light" Additional Musicians: Susanne Bramson - Vocals on "Visual Cortex" Julianne Reagan - Vocals on "Broken English" Jonny Stephens - Vocals on "Information" Lynne Hobday - Spoken Word on "Olive" Steve White - Guitars on "Nothing" CraY (The Mad Capsule Market's) - Drums on "Arbor Vitate" Morota Koh (Doom) - Bass on "Information" Keith LeBlanc - Drums on "Thirsty Fly" & "Fetid Air" Motokatsu (The Mad Capsule Market's) - Drums on "Arbor Vitate" Seiichi Teratani - Drums on "The Hero Inside" DJ Peah - Scrathing on "Information" Michiru Oshima - Orchestral Arrangement on "Broken English" Kazutoshi Yokoyama - Manipulation Assisting on "The Hero Inside", "Slice", & "Merry Christmas On Mars" Online CD Review: Schaft is a Japanese "Industrial" band featuring the help of Raymond Watts (Pig). Raymond contributes his Programming Talents & Guitar as well as Vocals on Half of the tracks on "Switchblade". The tracks sound similar to Raymond's solo work (Agressive depravity with some "Big Band" samples here & there) with a little more chaotic edge to it. Rayomd also has a tendency to re-use his lyrics from his solo works on "Switchblade". However, he surrounds them with different sounds & atmospheres so that they come across in a completely different light. While the songs involving Raymond are the best on the album, the 2 actual members of Schaft (Maki Fujii & Imai Hisashi) show they are very adept at composing a wide variety of styles (using different vocalists on each track) -- From the New-Wavish "Broken English" to the Atmospheric Sound Piece "Olive" to the Dead Can Dance like "Visual Cortex". Every track on this album is a "remix" by such artists as Autechre, Meat Beat Manifesto & Coil. With all of these tracks being remixes, It makes one wonder what the "Original" versions sounded like.

Track List: 1. Olive 2. The Hero Inside 3. Thirsty Fly 4. SKF10047 5. Nothing 6. Slice 7. Broken English 8. Merry Christmas On Mars 9. Information 10. Visual Cortex 11. Fetid Air 12. Arbor Vitate 13. Cold Light