A Collection of Short Stories (Reload album)

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A Collection of Short Stories
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Studio album by
Released1993
Genre IDM, ambient, techno
Length75:52
Label Infonet Records inf 4
Creation
Producer Mark Pritchard and Tom Middleton
Reload chronology
A Collection of Short Stories
(1993)
Pentamerous Metamorphosis
(1993)
Professional ratings
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A Collection of Short Stories is the debut album by British electronic music duo Reload [2] , consisting of Mark Pritchard and Tom Middleton, who would later achieve wider recognition as Global Communication. The booklet contains an introduction and six short stories written by Dominic Fripp.

Contents

Track listing

Source: Discogs [3]

No.TitleLength
1."Teq"6:19
2."Peschi"7:00
3."Ahn"6:19
4."Rota Link"3:27
5."1642 Try 621"12:22
6."Ev-i-loy"4:26
7."Akzinor"0:58
8."Mosh"5:40
9."Ehn"9:12
10."Psychophylaxis"0:30
11."Le soleil et la mer"8:05
12."The Enlightenment"5:22
13."Event Horizon"5:58

Credits

All tracks written, arranged and produced by Mark Pritchard. Tracks 8, 9, 11 co-written by Tom Middleton. Additional production and engineering on tracks 1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 13 by Tom Middleton. "Mosh" engineered by ‘Head’ at The Icehouse. Release Label: Infonet

The introduction and short stories written by Dominic Fripp. Additional brainstorming and concepts for short stories by Tom Middleton.

℗ and © 1993 Creation Records.

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