Alice in Ultraland is a 2005 album by experimental electronica group Amorphous Androgynous, which is a side project of The Future Sound of London.

Alice in Ultraland
Studio album by
Amorphous Androgynous
Released26 September 2005 United Kingdom
RecordedEarthbeat Studios
GenreTrip hop, neo-psychedelia, electronica
Length68:28
LabelHarvest/EMI
ProducerFSOL
Amorphous Androgynous chronology
The Isness
(2002)
Alice in Ultraland
(2005)
The Peppermint Tree and Seeds of Superconsciousness
(2008)
The Future Sound of London chronology
Sessions 84-88
(2003)
Alice in Ultraland
(2005)
Teachings from the Electronic Brain
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Secondthought.co.ukpositive [1]
Q[2]

The album

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Like the duo's previous album, The Isness, Alice in Ultraland has a psychedelic feel but has more electronica tracks. It features more of a funk and blues influence than The Isness.[1] It also includes an extended version of the discarded Isness track "Yes My Brother" (titled "The Prophet" here).

Track listing

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All tracks by Garry Cobain and Brian Dougans

  1. "The Emptiness of Nothingness" – 6:18
  2. "The Witchfinder" – 7:28
  3. "The Witch Hunt" – 2:54
  4. "All is Harvest" – 6:39
  5. "Prophet" – 4:49
  6. "Indian Swing" – 5:10
  7. "The Seasons Turn" – 1:01
  8. "High and Dry" – 4:53
  9. "Yes My Brother (You've Gotta Turn Yourself Around)" – 4:59
  10. "In the Summertime of Consciousness" – 5:44
  11. "Billy the Onion" – 5:28
  12. "Another Fairy Tale Ending" – 4:03
  13. "The World is Full of Plankton" – 8:02
  14. "The Wicker Doll" – 3:00

Crew

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  • Mikey Rowe – piano, hammond
  • Stu Rowe – electric guitar
  • Tim Weller – drums
  • Ben Owen – flute
  • The Electric Gospel Choir – female vocals
  • Gary Lucas – electric guitar and acoustic bottleneck
  • Dave Sanderson – vocals
  • Baluji Shrivastav – sitar, tablas, dilruba
  • Billy 'The Onion' Jones – harmonica
  • Doree Jackson – female vocal
  • Lysa – The 'witches' violin bow at the Nursery engineered by Lysa
  • Mutant Funkoid – growler bass
  • Stakrak – additional FX processing using the soundprok K46
  • The Daughters of The Goddess 'The New Love Poetry' – narration
  • Herb Moons – percussion from 'electromagnetic machines and psychedelic dreams
  • Daniel Pemberton – piano, keyboards
  • B. Dougans and G. Cobain – composition, production, arrangements, engineering.

The Witchfinder

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"The Witchfinder"
Single by Amorphous Androgynous
from the album Alice in Ultraland
Released2005
RecordedEarthbeat Studios, London, 2005
GenrePsychedelia, experimental
Length3:58
LabelHarvest Records
Songwriter(s)Garry Cobain and Brian Dougans
Producer(s)FSOL
The Future Sound of London singles chronology
"Divinity"
(2003)
"'The Witchfinder'"
(2005)
"'Papua New Guinea (Herd & White Remixes)'"
(2007)

"The Witchfinder" was released as a promo-single in 2005. The one-track promo is a radio-only version, which also featured on the song's animated video.[3]

Track listing

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  1. The Witch Finder (Radio Edit) (3:58)

Crew

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  • Engineer – Yage
  • Producer – FSOL

References

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  1. ^ a b "The Future Sound of London: Welcome to the Galaxial Pharmaceutical". Secondthought.co.uk. Retrieved December 6, 2011.
  2. ^ Howe, Rupert (November 2005). "Amorphous Androgynous – Alice in Ultraland". Q (232): 122.
  3. ^ "The Future Sound of London: Welcome to the Galaxial Pharmaceutical". Secondthought.co.uk. Retrieved December 6, 2011.
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