| Global Chillage | ||||
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| Released | 1994 | |||
| Genre | Ambient, IDM | |||
| Length | 65:09 | |||
| Label | Rising High [1] | |||
| Producer | Mixmaster Morris | |||
| The Irresistible Force chronology | ||||
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Global Chillage is the second album by the Irresistible Force. [2] [3] It was released in 1994.
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B [5] |
The Times called the album a classic of the ambient genre, writing that "it may sound random, but [the] gently drifting patchworks of synthesized sound and percussion have careful structures that leave little to chance." [6] The Orange County Register concluded that "except for 'Sunstroke' and 'Waveform', the seven tracks here (most of which clock in at around 10 minutes) come across as random noises." [7]
All music is composed by Mixmaster Morris.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Natural Frequency" | 14:06 |
| 2. | "Downstream" | 10:05 |
| 3. | "Moonrise" | 9:41 |
| 4. | "Sunstroke" | 8:25 |
| 5. | "Snowstorm" | 8:39 |
| 6. | "Waveform" | 12:00 |
| 7. | "Manifesto" | 2:13 |
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