In the fall of '97, Brian McNellis at Cleopatra records asked me to do a re-mix of a Gary Numan song. I was glad to do it, since Numan's music has been both inspiration and salvation to me over the years. He's one of the only artists I've ever "idolized".    The album is a bit hard to explain: When an artist records his/her songs and a record company releases them, the artist generally had to have a "re-record clause" in their contract, which states that for some number of years (usually 10), the artist cannot go get a record deal with another label, re-record the SAME songs, and compete with the original company. Gary's restrictions on re-recording his own songs have expired for his first 5 albums, at least. Last year he recorded all new versions of a bunch of them, including "I Die; You Die". As you may have read elsewhere in this site, "Are 'Friends' Electric?" is my favorite GN song, but "I Die; You Die" is my SECOND FAVORITE. In fact, it was the first song I EVER performed in public, in 1981, with Paul Robb and some friend who formed to do three covers for a one-time only performance in Minnesota. I was happy to get a chance to do a version. Brian sent me a DAT with Gary's vocals, and the original REMAKE that he made, and I made a new version for the "re-mix" album. (more like a "remake" album, actually)    Just for fun, I sang the vocals too, and I gave a copy of the versions with my vocals on them to Cleopatra as well. For some reason, the liner notes for this album say "additional vocals by Kurt Harland". This is a mistake: the version with my vocals on it is NOT the one actually used.