Wednesday 18 July 2012

Biosphere - 2011 - N-Plants




Release type: Full-length

Style: Ambient

Country: Norway 

Label: Touch

Format: MP3@CBR, 320 kbps, 44100 Hz, stereo 

Size: 118 mb 


Tracklist 

1. Sendai-1 8:01

2. Shika-1 7:54

3. Jōyō-1 5:31

4. Ikata-1 5:05

5. Monju-1 2:42

6. Genkai-1 6:37

7. Ōi-1 5:10

8. Monju-2 3:58

9. Fujiko 4:56


About Release:

Thanks to: Egbert Mittestädt, Mark Fell, Mat Steel, Chris Watson, Victor Joaquim, Jens Chr. Kloster, Naut Humon, Rafael Irisarri, Hanne Brochmann, Trine Falch, Stein Bjelland, Martin Reed, Jens Flemming Krøger, Jon Tombre, Ingun Bjrnsgaard, Thomas Björk, Mat Schulz, Gosia Plysa, Szymon Zesławski, Mikołaj Rogowski, Lei Yang, Svein I Pedersen, Carl Michael von Hausswolff, Andreas Tilliander, Philip Marshall, Nicholas H. Møllerhaug, Hugh Brunt, Thomas Arslan, Oscar Pizzo, Manuel Zurria, Gianluca Ruggeri, Anna Cremonini, Monica Regini, Tadeusz Łuczejko, Nils Petter Molavær, Mieczysław Bielawski, Łukasz Szalankiewicz, Erik Skjoldbærg, Christian Zanési, Yong Philippe Dao, Mike Harding, Jon Wozencroft, Ole Pramli, Per Martinsen, Aggie Peterson, Christian Hollingsæter, Knut Fjørtoft, Albert & Andrea, and Magdalena Żesławska.

www.biosphere.no 
www.touchmusic.org.uk

原子力プラント

P & C 2011 Touch 
Published by Touch Music [MCPS] 
Recorded in Korzeniwoski Studio, Kraków, 2/11 
Made in the EU

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Biosphere - 2009 - Wireless - Live At The Arnolfini, Bristol



Release type: Live

Style: Minimal Ambient/Field Recording

Country: Norway 

Label: Touch

Format: MP3@CBR, 320 kbps, 44100 Hz, stereo 

Size: 143 mb 


Tracklist 

01. Pneuma 2:13

02. Shenzou 6:22

03. Birds Fly By Flapping Their Wings 6:45

04. Kobresia 6:37

05. When I Leave 6:20

06. Warmed By The Drift 7:23

07. The Things I Tell You 9:39

08. Moistened And Dried 3:07

09. Sherbrooke 6:11

10. Calais Ferryport 5:39

11. Pneuma II 1:56

About Release:

Mix of elements from previously released tracks, performed and recorded live as one track, later divided into eleven index points at mastering.

Recorded live at Arnolfini, Bristol, 27th October 2007 by Chris Watson using 2 x Sony ECM 77s with a Nagra P11 Ares flash card recorder, and from desk to hard drive. Mixed and mastered by BJNilsen, Berlin, March 2009.

Thanks to Marie-Anne & Mark. This performance was part of Touch25 Live, which also featured a performance of Storm by Chris Watson & BJNilsen.

℗ & © Touch 2009 
Published by Touch music [MCPS]

Issued as a standard Digipak.

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Biosphere - 2006 - Dropsonde




Release type: Full-length

Style: Minimal Ambient

Country: Norway 

Label: Touch

Format: MP3@CBR, 320 kbps, 44100 Hz, stereo 

Size: 192 mb 


Tracklist 

01. Dissolving Clouds 4:28

02. Birds Fly By Flapping Their Wings 6:35

03. Warmed By The Drift 6:51

04. In Triple Time 5:51

05. From A Solid To A Liquid 5:19

06. Arafura 5:05

07. Fall In Fall Out 7:11

08. Daphnis 26 6:45

09. Altostratus 5:11

10. Sherbrooke 5:55

11. People Are Friends 10:40
About Release:

Made in England

Birds on "Birds Fly…" recorded in Cho Oyu Base Camp [5700], Tibet, Oct. 2001.

Comes in a tri-fold Digipak. 
Released December 2005 via touchshop.org. Retail release 30 Jan 2006.

Different tracklisting to the vinyl edition, released a few months earlier, this CD adds six tracks (tracks 1, 3 to 6 and 11) but excludes the track "In The Shape Of A Flute".

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Biosphere - 2004 - Autour De La Lune




Release type: Full-length

Style: Minimal Ambient/Drone

Country: Norway 

Label: Touch

Format: MP3@CBR, 320 kbps, 44100 Hz, stereo 

Size: 173 mb 


Tracklist 

1. Translation 21:44

2. Rotation 11:09

3. Modifié 5:10

4. Vibratoire 3:37

5. Déviation 10:26

6. Circulaire 6:16

7. Disparu 2:26

8. Inverse 5:33

9. Tombant 8:08

 

About Release:

On Digipak rear:
Developed following an original broadcast on Radio France.
P & C 2004 Touch.
www.touchmusic.org.uk
Made in England

Under clear CD tray:
Une commande conjointe de la Délégation aux Arts Plastiques / Ministère de la Culture et l'Atelier de Création Radiophonique de France Culture.

Thanks to: Philip Langlois and Frank Smith from L'Atelier de Création Radiophonique, Einar Broch Johnsen for translating Jules Verne's novel Autour de la Lune, Trinc for her insight, Tor-Magnus Lundeby for doing the painting.
Published by Touch Music [MCPS].

Issued in a Digipak.
Track 3 consists of (among other sounds) a ring modulation of Sigur Rós' "Ný Batterí".


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Biosphere - 2002 - Shenzhou



Release type: Full-length

Style: Ambient 

Country: Norway 

Label: Touch

Format: MP3@CBR, 320 kbps, 44100 Hz, stereo 

Size: 189 mb 


Tracklist 

01. Shenzhou 5:04

02. Spindrift 4:37

03. Ancient Campfire 7:46

04. Heat Leak 4:57

05. Housesonthehill 5:44

06. Two Ocean Plateau 3:11

07. Thermal Motion 4:27

08. Pathleadingtothehighgrass 3:55

09. Fast Atoms Escape 3:30

10. Green Reflections 3:33

11. Bose-Einstein Condensation 2:48

12. Gravity Assist 7:04

 
About Release:

℗ & © 2002 Touch.
All tracks published by Touch Music.

Released in a digipak.
Made in England.


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Biosphere - 2001 - Substrata² (2 CD)




Release type: Full-length

Style: Ambient 

Country: Norway 

Label: Touch

Format: MP3@CBR, 320 kbps, 44100 Hz, stereo 

Size: 343 mb 


Tracklist 


CD 1 - Substrata

01. As The Sun Kissd The Horizon 1:47

02. Poa Alpina 4:11

03. Chukhung 7:34

04. The Things I Tell You 6:28

05. Times When I Know You'll Be Sad 3:44

06. Hyperborea 5:46

07. Kobresia 7:13

08. Antennaria 5:05

09. Uva-Ursi 3:01

10. Sphere of No-Form 5:48

11. Silene 7:54

CD 2 - Man with a Movie Camera

1. Prologue 0:20 

2. The Silent Orchestra 7:53

3. City Wakes Up 5:59

4. Freeze-Frames 6:46

5. Manicure 4:43

6. The Club 1:58

7. Ballerina 7:50

8. The Eye of the Cyclone (Japanese Tracks) 7:22

9. Endurium (Japanese Tracks) 10:47



About Release:

CD1 is a remastered version of the original Substrata (ASCD33) on All Saints Records. 
Digital editing assistance at Aurora Lydstudio. Additional EQ's at Strype Audio. Remastered on 4 April 2001.


CD2 contains Biosphere's soundtrack to the Russian silent movie 'Man With A Movie Camera', in collaboration with Per Martinsen aka Mental Overdrive, and two bonus tracks from the Japanese version of Substrata (FLCP 1009) on For Life Records/Paradise Island, 'The Eye Of The Cyclone' and 'Endurium'. 
Mastered @ Country.


℗ & © 2001 Touch. Made in England. 
All tracks published by Biophon Records. 


Issued in a tri-fold digipak sleeve.



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Biosphere - Higher Intelligence Agency - 2000 - Birmingham Frequencies



Release type: Colobration

Style: Ambient 

Country: Norway 

Label: Headphone

Format: MP3@CBR, 320 kbps, 44100 Hz, stereo 

Size: 126 mb 


Tracklist 


1. Cannon Hill 7:02

2. Gas Street Basin 6:29

3. Narrowboat 6:21

4. The Rotunda 6:08

5. Augusta Road 8:07

6. Daddylonglegs 2:51

7. Midpoint 11:22

About Release:

℗ & © 1999 Headphone
Released in a stickered jewel case.

CD-ROM contains interactive menu featuring videos, stills, music and sounds.

Known versions:

Original with no barcode printed on the sticker (this release).

Repress with barcode printed on the sticker.



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Biosphere - 2000 - Cirque



Release type: Full-length

Style: Ambient 

Country: Norway 

Label: Touch

Format: MP3@CBR, 320 kbps, 44100 Hz, stereo 

Size: 124 mb 


Tracklist 

01. Nook & Cranny 4:03 
02. Le Grand Dome 5:36 
03. Grandiflora 0:48 
04. Black Lamb & Grey Falcon 5:08 
05. Miniature Rock Dwellers 1:04 
06. When I leave 5:55 
07. Iberia Eterea 6:38 
08. Moistened & Dried 2:25 
09. Algae & Fungi Part I 5:43 
10. Algae & Fungi Part II 5:18 
11. Too Fragile to Walk On 4:52 

About Release


On Rear: Published by Biophon Records. ℗ & © 2000 Touch. 
On CD: © Biophon Records. ℗ 2000 Touch. 
Made In England.


Digipak includes twelve page photo-booklet insert. Original Edition, 12 000 copies. Reissued by Touch with new artwork in 2006.


Tracks 9 & 10 are actually titled on the release as 'Algae & Fungi Part 1' and 'Algae & Fungi Part 11'.


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Biosphere - Deathprod - 1998 - Nordheim Transformed



Release type: Colobration 

Style: Ambient 

Country: Norway 

Label: Rune Grammofon

Format: MP3@CBR, 320 kbps, 44100 Hz, stereo 

Size: 149 mb 


Tracklist 

1. Biosphere - Trasparenza 7:02
2. Deathprod - Journey To The Centre Of The First 1.1 6:53 
3. Biosphere - Katedra Botaniki 6:51 
4. Deathprod - Warp-Warble 4:57 
5. Biosphere - Les Fleurs Du Mal 11:24 
6. Deathprod - Twin Decks 2:46 
7. Deathprod - Journey To The Centre Of The First 1.2 9:01 

About Release

℗ + © 1998 Rune Grammofon AS


The following compositions by Arne Nordheim were transformed by: 
1 - Geir Jenssen, using source track "Colorazione". 
2 - Deathprod, using source track "Warszawa". 
3 - Geir Jenssen, using source track "Pace". 
4 - Deathprod, using source track "Polypoly". 
5 - Geir Jenssen, using source track "Solitaire". 
6 - Deathprod, using source track "Polypoly". 
7 - Deathprod, using source track "Colorazione" (for Matt).


Released in a 2-fold digipak sleeve.

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Biosphere - 1997 - Substrata



Release type: Full-length 

Style: Ambient 

Country: Norway 

Label: All Saints

Format: MP3@CBR, 320 kbps, 44100 Hz, stereo 

Size: 168 mb 


Tracklist 

01. As the Sun Kissed the Horizon 1:47 
02. Poa Alpina 4:11 
03. Chukhung 7:35 
04. The Things I Tell You 6:28 
05. Times When I Know You'll Be Sad 3:44 
06. Hyperborea 5:46 
07. Kobresia 7:13 
08. Antennaria 5:05 
09. Uva-Ursi 3:00 
10. Sphere of No-Form 5:48 
11. Silene 7:54 

About Release

Digital editing at Aurora Lydstudio.
Additional eq's at Strype Audio.

℗ 1997 All Saints Records

Manufactured in the UK.


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Biosphere - 1997 - Insomnia



Release type: Full-length 

Style: Techno/Ambient 

Country: Norway 

Label: Beatservice Records

Format: MP3@CBR, 320 kbps, 44100 Hz, stereo 

Size: 115 mb 


Tracklist 

01. Proem 3:16
02. Lounge 2:30 
03. Forum 4:15 
04. Field 4:36 
05. Probe 1:30 
06. Yard 1:17 
07. Shade 2:27 
08. Ride 2:44 
09. Chamber 2:55 
10. 2nd Field 5:41 
11. Rush 1:34 
12. Transit 1:46 
13. Visit 1:28 
14. Gate 1:39 
15. Quay 3:08 
16. Tunnel 5:39 
17. Insomnia (Alanïa Mix) 3:29 


About Release:

This is a reissue of the soundtrack to the 1997 Norwegian movie 'Insomnia' directed by Erik Skjoldbjærg, and it is the first release of the album outside of Scandanavia.

There is a mis-print on the disc which reads Patashnik as the album title instead of Insomnia. The Cat.No. however (BS107CD) on the disc is correct as is the disc recording itself!


℗ 1997 Biophon Records

© 2007 Beatservice Records

Issued in a two-fold digipak sleeve.





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Biosphere - Higher Intelligence Agency - 1996 - Polar Sequences



Release type: Colobration 

Style: Techno/Ambient 

Country: Norway 

Label: Beyond

Format: MP3@CBR, 320 kbps, 44100 Hz, stereo 

Size: 168 mb 


Tracklist 

1. Cimmerian Shaft 13:16 
2. Snapshot Survey 8:22 
3. White Lightning 10:12 
4. Countdown to Darkness 6:22 
5. Corona 9:56 
6. Meltwater 9:19 


About Release:


Recorded live in concert at the top of the highest mountain in Tromsø, Norway. 
Made in the UK.


Known versions: 
Original issue, limited edition of 5000, released on Beyond in 1996 (this release). 
Reissue, released on Headphone in 2003.


Cat# on spine: RBADCD17 
Cat# on CD: rbadcd17


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Biosphere - 1994 - Patashnik



Release type: Full-length 

Style: Techno/Ambient 

Country: Norway 

Label: Apollo 

Format: MP3@CBR, 320 kbps, 44100 Hz, stereo 

Size: 217 mb 

Official | Bandcamp 

Tracklist

01. Phantasm 4:51 02. Startoucher 5:03
03. Decryption 6:04
04. Novelty Waves 6:27
05. Patashnik 6:13
06. Mir 5:19
07. The Shield 8:55
08. Seti Project 5:58
09. Mestigoth 1:43
10. Botanical Dimensions 5:43
11. Caboose 5:13
12. En-trance 4:41 



About Release

Manufactured By – R & S Records
Phonographic Copyright (p) – R & S Records
Copyright (c) – R & S Records
Published By – R & S Records
Published By – Copyright Control
Mastered At – Foon
Glass Mastered At – DADC Austria 
Engineered At – Eurora Marketed By – R & S Records

Arranged By, Remix – Geir Jenssen (tracks: 10)
Design [Sleeve] – Designers Republic, The
Edited By [Digital Edits] – Aleksander Stojanovic*
Written-By, Producer – Geir Jenssen, Geir Jenssen (tracks: 1 to 9, 11 to 12)



The Shield was commissioned by Nor Concert for the multi media Project / Work In Progress. 

All tracks published by R & S Records, except Botanical Dimensions (Copyright Control).
Digital Edits @ Eurora, Tromso/Norway. 
Mastered @ Foon, Lier/Belgium. 
℗ 1994 R & S Records. © 1994 R & S Records 
Manufactured and marketed by R & S Records/Belgium 
Made in Austria

Catalog number on CD, front sleeve: 
AMB 3927 CD

Catalog number on spine: 
RTD 119.1868.2

Some copies contain a sticker with the statement: 
"LEVI'S aus der TV- und Kino-werbung"

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Biosphere - 1991 - Microgravity



Release type: Full-length

Style: Techno/Ambient

Country: Norway

Label: Apollo

Format: MP3@CBR, 320 kbps, 44100 Hz, stereo

Size: 131 mb

Official | Bandcamp

Tracklist

1. Microgravity 5:12
2. Baby Satellite 5:05
3. Tranquillizer 8:18
4. The Fairy Tale 4:54
5. Cloudwalker II 5:27
6. Chromosphere 3:29
7. Cygnus-A 5:02
8. Baby Interphase 5:08
9. Biosphere 4:41

About Release:

Edited By [Digital Edits] – Alexander Stojanovic
Mastered By – DADC Austria
Producer, Written-By – Geir Jenssen

Edited at Aurora Studio, Tromsoe.
Jewel case packaging.

A different release with a barcode also exists.

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