Tales of Ephidrina is an ambient/techno album by electronica duo Amorphous Androgynous, better known as The Future Sound of London (FSOL). It was released on 5 July 1993 through Quigley Records, a subsidiary label of Virgin.[2] It was created from material the pair had been working on around the same time as their ambient FSOL title Lifeforms, while still containing some of the techno feel of Accelerator.
| Tales of Ephidrina | ||||
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| Studio album by Amorphous Androgynous | ||||
| Released | 5 July 1993 | |||
| Recorded | Analogue Room Earthbeat Studios | |||
| Genre | Electronica, ambient, techno, IDM | |||
| Length | 47:02 | |||
| Label | Quigley Records | |||
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
In 1996, Mixmag ranked the album at number 27 in its list of the "Best Dance Albums of All Time".[3]
History
editThis album was their first one after signing with Virgin; they moved to London from Manchester and were given a free hand to do what they wanted.[4] The album is unique, in that it is the only album they released in the 1990s that wasn't recorded at their Earthbeat studio, and is also the only release on a short lived stem of Virgin Records, Quigley.[5] It was the only electronic album recorded under the name Amorphous Androgynous, before the moniker's psychedelic reappearance in 2002.[6]
The name Ephidrina refers to a form of Amphetamine.[7]
Track listing
edit- "Liquid Insects" – 7:21
- "Swab" – 4:17
- "Mountain Goat" – 4:38
- "In Mind" – 5:38
- "Ephidrena" – 8:17
- "Auto Pimp" – 7:20
- "Fat Cat" – 4:04
- "Pod Room" – 5:27
Crew
edit- Written by Amorphous Androgynous
- Recorded at the Analogue Room - London
- Engineered by Yage
- Produced by Philip Pin
- Directed by FSOL
- Re-worked at Earthbeat Studios - London
- Cover art by Buggy G. Riphead
- "Liquid Insects" contains samples from the movie Predator, Phaedra by Tangerine Dream and Fire Cracker by 808 State, among others.
- "Fat Cat" contains a sample from Peter Gabriel's Passion, the soundtrack to the movie The Last Temptation of Christ.
Equipment used
editAccording to the album insert: EMS Synthi AKS, Jen SX 1000, ARP Synthesizer 2600, Roland SH101, Roland TB303, Roland TR606, Moog System 55, Bode Frequency Shifter 1630, 4 x Akai S1100 plus expanders (32mb), Digidesign Soundtools, Bode Ring Modulator, Trap Lunar Reflection II, Oberheim Matrix 1000, Trap Multi Effect Collector, OMM Space Enhancer
References
edit- ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r203393
- ^ Redmond, Steve, ed. (3 July 1993). "Ad Focus: Amorphous Androgynous" (PDF). Music Week. London: Spotlight Publications. p. 21.
- ^ "Mixmag - Best dance albums of all time (1996)".
- ^ Future Sound of London : Music News Feature | Clash Music
- ^ "secondthought.co.uk".
- ^ Environments CD release out on 21 July!
- ^ allmusic ((( Tales of Ephidrina > Overview )))