BT - IMA
Label:
Catalog#:
9 46356-2
Format:
2 x CD, Album
Country:
US
Released:
1996
Genre:
Electronic
Style:
Progressive House,
Breaks,
Progressive Trance
Tracklist
| 1-1 | Nocturnal Transmission | 8:37 | ||
| 1-2 | Quark | 6:28 | ||
| 1-3 | Tripping The Light Fantastic | 6:44 | ||
| 1-4 | Embracing The Future (Embracing The Sunshine Mix) | 5:16 | ||
| 1-5 | Deeper Sunshine | 7:00 | ||
| 1-6 | Loving You More (BT's Garden Of Ima Dub) | 9:31 | ||
| Featuring - Vincent Covello | ||||
| 1-7 | Loving You More (BT's Final Spiritual Journey) | 3:29 | ||
| Featuring - Vincent Covello | ||||
| 1-8 | Poseidon | 8:58 | ||
| 1-9 | Embracing The Sunshine | 10:57 | ||
| 2-1 | Blue Skies | 5:04 | ||
| Featuring - Tori Amos | ||||
| 2-2 | Blue Skies (The Delphinium Days Mix) | 12:52 | ||
| Featuring - Tori Amos | ||||
| 2-3 | Sasha's Voyage Of Ima | 42:45 | ||
|
DJ Mix -
Sasha
Programmed By, Edited By - Richard Dekkard | ||||
| 2-3.1 | Embracing The Future (Embracing The Sunshine Mix) | |||
| 2-3.2 | Quark | |||
| 2-3.3 | Deeper Sunshine | |||
| 2-3.4 | Loving You More (Garden Of Ima Dub / Final Spiritual Journey) | |||
| Featuring - Vincent Covello | ||||
| 2-3.5 | Nocturnal Transmission | |||
| 2-3.6 | Tripping The Light Fantastic | |||
| 2-3.7 | Divinity | |||
| 2-4 | Divinity | 10:58 | ||
Notes
CD2 is a US-only bonus disc.
The 3rd track on the 2nd CD is a DJ mix by Sasha.
The 3rd track on the 2nd CD is a DJ mix by Sasha.
Recommendations
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BT - R & R (Rare And Remixed) (2xCD, Mixed, Comp)
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BT - Emotional Technology (CD, Album)
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BT - ESCM (CD, Album)
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Sasha - Global Underground 013: Ibiza (2xCD, Mixed, Comp)
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BT - ESCM (CD, Album)
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Reviews & Discussion
If your looking for a text book definition of what quality, uplifting, melodic trance sounds like, look no further. Classics like "Embracing the Sunshine", "Embracing the Future", "Quark", and "Loving You More" are effortlessly upbeat and happy, where "Tripping the Light Fantastic" (a personal favorite) and "Deeper Sunshine" keep the album honest (and out of the Robert Miles' realm of uber sap). Even though IMA was released in '96, the sound is still relevant and certainly worth checking out. CD2 is interesting, if somewhat pointless. "Blue Skies", while certainly an interesting listen, never did much but annoy me. Tori Amos' agitating voice is probably the reason. Sasha's remix of the whole album really doesn't sound much different from the original mix (making you question the point other than adding star power to track listing). The rest of the songs are mainly just remixes of sounds from CD1. Not bad music though, just kind of pointless. Although ESCM and Movement In Still Life (the UK version) may be better overall, IMA is still definitely worth checking out.
He released this album, his true masterpiece, and he got some attention, but definately not as much as he should have gotten...It was two or three years later normal people could see the greatness of BT, and by that time the music from IMA was to dated... That's so sad because music doesn't get better than IMA...It is so colourful and happy, yet hypnotic and deep, and the quality is out of this world !! I've thought about perhaps fix a really big party and then just put on Sasha's voyage of IMA in the player so I at least once in my lifetime can be a part of the IMA-experience where you should experience it: in the club !!
Embrace the sunshine, Embrace the future, Embrace IMA and the spirit of old-school progressive house !!