Editing Voodoo Ray (section)

==Recording==
"Voodoo Ray" began as a home [[Demo (music)|demo]] recorded by Simpson while he was a member of [[808 State]].<ref name="future"/> It was then re-recorded along with the surrounding EP over two days in June 1988 at Moonraker Studios in Manchester.<ref name="Stuart Aitken">{{cite web|url=http://www.stuartaitken.com/post/43671661208/voodooray|title=Voodoo Ray: I Raved with a Zombie|author=Stuart Aitken|work=Mojo Magazine|date=May 2005}}</ref> The session featured production assistance from the duo of [[Aniff Akinola]] and Colin Thorpe (together credited as Chapter), as well as engineer Lee Monteverde.<ref name="future"/> Simpson explained: <blockquote>I was trying to keep it quiet from the dudes in 808 State, because I was still working with them but wanted to do my own thing. It was fun just slipping out of their basement and taking the drum machine. They'd be like, 'Where are you going?' I'd say, 'Oh, I'm just going home to do some programming,' then nip off to another studio.<ref name="Q, May 2001">''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'', May 2001</ref></blockquote>

The track contains samples of comedians [[Peter Cook]] and [[Dudley Moore]] (in character as [[Derek and Clive]]), from the "Bo Duddley" sketch as heard on their 1976 live album ''[[Derek and Clive (Live)]].''<!--<ref>{{cite web|url=http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=35732 |title=Google Answers: sample used for "voodoo ray" by a guy called gerald |publisher=Answers.google.com |access-date=2011-07-07}}</ref>--><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/release/64961 |title=A Guy Called Gerald - Voodoo Ray (Vinyl) at Discogs |publisher=Discogs.com |access-date=2011-07-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/sep/03/voodoo-ray-infinity-rave-anthems-baby-d-guy-called-gerald |title=From Voodoo Ray to Infinity and beyond – the story of the UK's biggest rave anthems |last1=Richards |first1=Sam |date=3 September 2015 |website=[[theguardian.com]]|access-date=4 September 2015}}</ref> Two samples from the sketch are heard: one of Cook saying "voodoo rage" and one of Moore shouting "later!". Simpson explained to [[Q (magazine)|''Q'']] in 2001: "I was trying to get a tribal sound and found this sample saying 'Voodoo rage'. That was originally the title but the old [[Sampler (musical instrument)|sampler]] I was using didn't have that much memory. I just about had enough for 'voodoo ra…', so that's what it became."<ref name="Q, May 2001"/>

The vocal was sung by Nicola Collier, who had worked on other tracks with Simpson,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.classof808.com/post/4000744179/aguycalledgerald |title=DJ History interview A Guy Called Gerald &#124; Class of 808: Acid House to Hardcore |publisher=Class of 808 |access-date=2011-07-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mroOLw8XZr8C&q=%22nicola+collier%22+%22voodoo+ray%22&pg=PA53 |title=1989: Bob Dylan didn't have this to ... - Google Books |isbn=9780520944640 |access-date=2011-07-07|last1=Clover |first1=Joshua |date=6 November 2009 }}</ref> with the vocal melody suggested by Thorpe and later processed by Simpson using an [[Akai S900|Akai S950]] sampler.<ref name="future">{{cite book |last1=Anniss |first1=Matt |title=Join the Future: Bleep Techno and the Birth of British Bass Music |date=2019 |publisher=Velocity |isbn=9781913231002 |pages=72–74}}</ref>