Blood Machine

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Blood Machine
Steve Roach & Vir Unis, Blood Machine.jpg
Studio album by
Steve Roach, Vir Unis
Released6 June 2001
Recorded2000–2001
StudioThe Bubble and The Timeroom
Genre Ambient
Length73:15
Label Green House Music
Producer Steve Roach, Vir Unis
Steve Roach chronology
Early Man
(2000)
Blood Machine
(2001)
Time of the Earth
(2001)
Professional ratings
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Blood Machine is the second collaborative album by American ambient musicians Steve Roach and Vir Unis, released in 2001. [1] [2] [3]

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Reception

AllMusic rated the album a 3 of 5, stating "Blood Machine is quite a departure from both Roach's and Vir Unis' work of late, but undoubtedly this is one of the freshest recordings of 2001."

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Dissolving the Code"7:28
2."Evolution"11:38
3."Impulse"10:07
4."Neurotropic"6:23
5."Mindheart Infusion"12:20
6."Sense"7:57
7."Neural Connection"12:07
8."In the Marrow"5:15

Personnel

Adapted from Discogs. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 https://www.allmusic.com/album/blood-machine-mw0001209818
  2. Steve Roach Official Site, Blood Machine
  3. Diliberto, John (2001-06-02). "New Age". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 33.
  4. Blood Machine, Discogs