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Applications, Samplers and
Sequencers), leads the band to new ways of composing. Thus a new sound emerged which resulted in lengthy instrumental compositions, maintaining the bands' aesthetic signature, while fusing new elements that borrowed heavily from electronic genres in an unprecedented way.
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Misuse have often collaborated in their shows with visual artists such as "Hope". Some of their tracks have been choreographed and some have been featured in shows and documentaries in Greek television.
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the album's eight tracks are older tracks already recorded in their 2002 demo, recorded again from scratch, with a renewed approach. The album gets released in March 2008 by
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