Axon Tremolo

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Axon Tremolo
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Studio album by
Axon Tremolo
ReleasedJuly 20, 2018 (2018-07-20)
Recorded1996 (1996)
Genre
Length74:47
Label Rodentia Productions
Daniel Vahnke chronology
Music for Player Piano
(2018)
Axon Tremolo
(2018)
Early Soundtrack Sketches, Vol. I
(2018)

Axon Tremolo is the eponymously debut and only studio album by Axon Tremolo, released on July 20, 2018 by Rodentia Productions. [1] [2] Online magazine I Die: You Die stated, "a quick skim suggests some detours from the wholly sample-based methods on which Vahnke build his reputation for the sake of some smoother jams, or, in Vahnke's own words, "adult-contemporary new-age synth." [3]

Contents

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Daniel Vahnke, except "I Have Tried" by Lauren Kaplan; all music is composed by Daniel Vahnke

No.TitleLength
1."Talisman"2:50
2."Haven"3:48
3."Axis"3:42
4."Submerge"4:01
5."I Have Tried"2:39
6."Timeline"3:18
7."Free Again"4:53
8."Simplicity"4:59
9."Sky Wide Open"4:19
10."Cruising"3:59
11."Focus"5:37
12."The Light Below"4:11
13."Horizon"4:04
14."Sleepy Boat to Heaven"4:24
15."Silhouette"4:48
16."Axon Tremolo"13:15

Personnel

Adapted from the Axon Tremolo liner notes. [4]

Axon Tremolo

Additional performers

Production

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormat
United States2018 Rodentia Productions DL

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