Abduction by Eat Static

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Artist	Eat Static
Record Label	Mammoth Records
Genre	Electronic
Subgenre	Ambient
Release Date	September 12, 1995
Number of Discs	1
Song List: Disc 1
	1. Prana 2. Gulf Breeze 3. Kalika 4. Splitting World 5. Kinetic Flow 6. Forgotten Rites 7. Abduction 8. Intruder 9. Xenomorph 10. Inner Peace
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What would happen if Ozric Tentacles, prog rock's last best hope, eliminated the vagaries of rock and re-channeled that energy into techno? Eat Static is the answer. Keyboardist Joie Hinton and drummer Merv Pepler took their electronic and rhythmic prowess, respectively, and joined forces to make flesh the sounds concocted by alien DJs. The similarities to garden variety techno end there--Hinton and Pepler's take on the subject is slightly more awry (a vast understatement, indeed). A quick look at track titles like "Xenomorph," "Splitting World," and "Gulf Breeze" makes it clear that we're not in Kansas anymore--more like the rings of Saturn. From the depiction of a flying saucer landing near the ancient burial stone on the CD's cover, even the casual record browser can surmise that this CD ventures into sonic lands far from the familiar terra firma. Anyone drawn into electronic music by an utter fascination with previously unheard-of sounds will find much to be fascinated by on ABDUCTION: the percolatin...
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