CinemaSonics

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CinemaSonics
Doug Wimbish - CinemaSonics.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 28, 2008 (2008-05-28)
Genre Industrial hip hop, drum and bass
Length58:02
Label Yellowbird
Producer Milan Cimfe, Bernard Fowler, Keith LeBlanc, Adrian Sherwood, Michal Vaniš, Doug Wimbish
Doug Wimbish chronology
Trippy Notes for Bass
(1999)
CinemaSonics
(2008)

CinemaSonics is the second album by Doug Wimbish, released on May 28, 2008, by Yellowbird Records. [1] [2]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Revolution" Keith LeBlanc, Skip McDonald, Adrian Sherwood, Doug Wimbish 2:52
2."Trance (Make My Own Reality)" Bernard Fowler, Skip McDonald, Doug Wimbish4:53
3."Scary Man"Bernard Fowler, Doug Wimbish6:02
4."Homeless" Curtis Mayfield 5:25
5."Danger"Basil Clarke, Skip McDonald, Adrian Sherwood, Doug Wimbish3:55
6."Rockin' Shoes"Skip McDonald, Doug Wimbish4:17
7."Silent Footsteps/Minor "D"eparture"Sas Bell, Kevin Gibbs, Skip McDonald, Doug Wimbish6:56
8."Swirl"Doug Wimbish3:34
9."Broadcasting"Adrian Sherwood, Doug Wimbish6:22
10."I Wanna Know" Shara Nelson, Adrian Sherwood, Doug Wimbish4:42
11."Special Request"Keith LeBlanc, Skip McDonald, Sister Carol, Doug Wimbish, Bernie Worrell 6:00
12."No Release, No Surrender"Sas Bell, Kevin Gibbs, Skip McDonald, Doug Wimbish4:59
13."Easy Philosophy"Doug Wimbish4:13

Personnel

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
Germany2008YellowbirdCDyeb-7705 2

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References

  1. "Cinema Sonics". Allmusic. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
  2. Parker, David (2001). "Album: Doug Wimbish – 'CinemaSonics'". skysaw.org. Retrieved September 30, 2014.