B12 – Electro-Soma

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Label:	Wax Trax! Records – TVT 7206-2, TVT Records – TVT 7206-2
Series:	Artificial Intelligence – 4
Format:	CD, Album
Country:	US
Released:	1993
Genre:	Electronic
Style:	Techno, IDM, Ambient

Tracklist

1	Soundtrack Of Space	4:04
2	Hall Of Mirrors	6:36
3	Mondrin	6:42
4	Obsessed	5:48
5	Bio Dimension	5:53
6	Basic Emotion	4:51
7	Metropolis	4:56
8	Obtuse	7:22
9	Telefone 529	4:09
10	Drift	4:04
11	Debris	8:39
12	Satori	5:49
13	Static Emotion	2:27

Companies, etc.

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Wax Trax! Records, Inc.
Copyright © – Wax Trax! Records, Inc.
Licensed From – Warp Records
Manufactured By – TVT Records
Distributed By – TVT Records
Glass Mastered At – Specialty Records Corporation

Credits

Artwork [Warp Electro - Somascape 12] – Percival (2)
Design – The Designers Republic Eclectroset*
Written-By, Producer, Mixed By, Recorded By, Sequenced By, Arranged By [Structured By] – Michael J Golding*, Steve A Rutter*

Notes

The actual sequence of tracks is shown here. The tracklist on the artwork & disc shows only 12 tracks, swapping "Debris" and "Telefone 529", and omitting "Drift" in between them.

Info from back cover:
℗ + © 1993 Wax Trax! Records Inc.
Under license from Warp Records. Manufactured and Distributed by TVT Records

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (Text): 0 1658-17206-2 6
Barcode (Scanned): 016581720626
Barcode (Matrix area, Code 39): 182210
Matrix / Runout (Variant 1): [Specialty Records Logo] 4R TVT 7206-2 SRC**01 M2S1
Matrix / Runout (Variant 2): 4R TVT 7206-2 SRC**01 M2S2

Other Versions (5 of 18)

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Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Electro-Soma (2×LP, Album)	Warp Records	WARP LP 9	UK	1993
Electro-Soma (Cassette, Album)	Warp Records	WARP MC 9	UK	1993
Electro-Soma (2×LP, Album, Limited Edition, Numbered, Orange)	Warp Records, Warp Records	WARP LP9 LTD, WARP LP9	UK	1993
Electro-Soma (LP, White Label)	Warp Records	WAPLP-9	UK	1993
Electro-Soma (2×LP, Album, White Label, Stickered)	Warp Records, Warp Records	WARPLP-9, WAPLP-9	UK	1993

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Reviews

Eric6807 Dec 13, 2020
Futuristic sounding music with keyboards that sound like a symphony and techno beats added to it. My favorite tracks are "Hall of Mirrors", "Metropolis", "Telefone 529" and "Satori". A

I know it says it on the notes. But I'm gonna say it anyway. The track list on the back of the CD is partially incorrect. Track 9 is "Telefone 529". Track 10 is "Drift" (missing on the back cover). Track 11 is "Debris". Track 12 is "Satori". And Track 13 is "Static Emotion".
lauren_diz Sep 21, 2018
Edited 5 years ago
Aural science fiction made by two guys that loved the sounds of American artists like Larry Heard (the track "Mondrin" is a tribute) and Derrick May. Smooth synths spiraling, drifting, soaring and stretching with dubby bass lines that harken to the Chicago house of Alleviated, Trax and Gherkin Records sound. The magic ingredient? The Roland JD-800 digital synthesizer.

Truly one of the best non-Detroit "Detroit" techno albums out there.