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Oakenfold Feat. Brittany Murphy
Why we feature this artist A sharply characterised voice in a restless electronic setting Faster Kill Pussycat gives Paul Oakenfold's A Lively Mind period a particularly distinctive guest performance. Brittany Murphy's vocal on the 2006 single is breathy, insi…
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The story of Oakenfold Feat. Brittany Murphy
Why we feature this artist
A sharply characterised voice in a restless electronic setting
Faster Kill Pussycat gives Paul Oakenfold's A Lively Mind period a particularly distinctive guest performance. Brittany Murphy's vocal on the 2006 single is breathy, insistent and unexpectedly forceful when the refrain opens. The production gives her a tense electronic setting without smoothing away the small dramatic changes in her delivery.
Murphy makes the song a performance
The vocal can sound close and almost conversational before becoming much larger. That movement gives the track its changing scale, making the guest contribution more than a familiar name on the sleeve. Murphy gives individual phrases a clear attitude, and the arrangement leaves those gestures exposed enough to register.
The instrumental keeps the pressure moving
Oakenfold's production surrounds the voice with a regular pulse and sharper electronic textures. The song has a compact, slightly abrasive outline, making the softer parts of the singing particularly noticeable. The refrain feels like a release of pressure already established by the preceding vocal and instrumental details.
The official video preserves Murphy as the featured performer, while Oakenfold's own catalogue places the song within the 2006 album period. The record reached the UK top ten during its original summer single campaign, giving this particular vocal performance a substantial life beyond the album.
The collaboration remains identifiable
Later release editions continue to name both performers, and Oakenfold has returned to the recording in his own archive and programming. Its strongest identity remains the original encounter: a producer making the electronic frame restless enough for a vivid voice, and a singer giving that frame a personality the instrumental could not supply by itself.
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Faster Kill Pussycat
The original A Lively Mind single gives Brittany Murphy’s featured vocal a tense, rhythmically direct electronic setting.