Divine Operating System

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Divine Operating System
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Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 24, 2003 (2003-02-24) [1]
Genre
Length49:35
Label Palm Pictures
Producer Ramin Sakurai
Supreme Beings of Leisure chronology
Supreme Beings of Leisure
(2000)
Divine Operating System
(2003)
11i
(2008)

Divine Operating System is the second studio album released by Supreme Beings of Leisure, an electronic/trip hop band, in 2003.

Supreme Beings of Leisure (SBL) are an electronic/trip hop band from Los Angeles, California. Current members of SBL are singer/songwriter Geri Soriano-Lightwood and multi-instrumentalist/programmer Ramin Sakurai. SBL was formed from the remains of the band Oversoul 7 in 1998 when they signed to Palm Pictures.

Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments, digital instruments and circuitry-based music technology. In general, a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means, and that produced using electronics only. Electromechanical instruments include mechanical elements, such as strings, hammers, and so on, and electric elements, such as magnetic pickups, power amplifiers and loudspeakers. Examples of electromechanical sound producing devices include the telharmonium, Hammond organ, and the electric guitar, which are typically made loud enough for performers and audiences to hear with an instrument amplifier and speaker cabinet. Pure electronic instruments do not have vibrating strings, hammers, or other sound-producing mechanisms. Devices such as the theremin, synthesizer, and computer can produce electronic sounds.

Trip hop is a musical genre that originated in the early 1990s in the United Kingdom, especially Bristol. It has been described as "a fusion of hip hop and electronica until neither genre is recognizable", and may incorporate a variety of styles, including funk, dub, soul, psychedelia, R&B, and house, as well as other forms of electronic music. Trip hop can be highly experimental.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks by Supreme Beings of Leisure

  1. "Give Up" – 3:50
  2. "Ghetto" – 4:22
  3. "Catch Me" – 4:20
  4. "Get Away" – 3:22
  5. "Rock and a Hard Place" – 4:25
  6. "Calamity Jane" – 5:19
  7. "Divine" – 4:26
  8. "Touch Me" – 4:11
  9. "So Much More" – 5:54
  10. "Freezer" – 4:25
  11. "Perfect" – 5:01

Bonus DVD

  1. "Give Up"
  2. "Ghetto"
  3. "Catch Me"
  4. "Touch Me"

Personnel

Tony Wright is an artist who created album covers such as Bob Marley's Natty Dread and Traffic's The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys and others including Bob Dylan's Saved His art work for Traffic's 1971 album The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys and Steve Winwood's 1980 Arc of a Diver were listed amongst Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Album Covers. 'The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys' cover is part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art.

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