Alice in Ultraland

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Alice in Ultraland
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Studio album by
Amorphous Androgynous
Released26 September 2005 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
RecordedEarthbeat Studios
Genre Trip hop, neo-psychedelia, electronica
Length68:28
Label Harvest/EMI
Producer FSOL
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]
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Alice in Ultraland is a 2005 album by experimental electronica group Amorphous Androgynous, which is a side project of The Future Sound of London.

Contents

The album

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

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

The Witchfinder

"The Witchfinder"
Single by Amorphous Androgynous
from the album Alice in Ultraland
Released2005
RecordedEarthbeat Studios, London, 2005
Genre Psychedelia, experimental
Length3:58
Label Harvest 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

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

Crew

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References

  1. 1 2 "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.