Hollow Earth (album)

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Hollow Earth
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Studio album by Soma
Released December 15, 1994
Recorded 1993 (1993)–1994 (1994) at The Crypt and Area 51
Genre Electronic
Length74:03
Label Extreme
Soma chronology
Hollow Earth
(1994)
The Inner Cinema
(1996)
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Hollow Earth is the debut album of Soma, released on December 15, 1994 through Extreme Records.

Soma is the dark ambient and techno musical project of Australian composers David Thrussell and Pieter Bourke. The collaboration began in 1993 when Thrussell approached Bourke about the possibility of remixing Eden tracks. The Eden remixing sessions yielded the first Soma compositions. Soma developed into a full-time project when Bourke moved in with Thrussell after a fire had destroyed his flat, allowing the two more time to work together. Their debut album Hollow Earth was issued on Extreme Records in 1994 and was well-received critically, with Dave Thompson of the Alternative Press comparing it favorably to Kraftwerk's late seventies material.

Extreme Records is an Australia-based record label.

Contents

Track listing

All music composed by Pieter Bourke and David Thrussell.

Pieter Alan Bourke is an Australian composer, keyboardist, percussionist and audio engineer. From 1995 he has recorded several projects with Dead Can Dance founder Lisa Gerrard, and was a touring member of Dead Can Dance's 1996 Spiritchaser Tour. On 14 April 1998 Bourke and Gerrard issued a world music album, Duality. From 1993 he also collaborated with industrial musician, David Thrussell, first as part of the latter's band Snog, then together as the ambient duo, Soma. In 2001, he formed a dub reggae outfit, Secret Masters, with Brian Westbrook. Bourke and Gerrard have received two shared Golden Globe nominations for 'Best Original Score', in 2000 for The Insider (1999), and in 2002 for Ali (2001).

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No.TitleLength
1."Soil Theme"4:26
2."Soma Romanz"7:59
3."Sleepwalker"6:05
4."Nightsoil"4:52
5."Corporate Anthem" (part 1)4:37
6."God Sends the Meat and the Devil Cooks"4:10
7."Corporate Anthem" (part 2)3:22
8."Dark Koma"6:06
9."The Subterranean"4:15
10."The Black Lodge"6:02
11."Soma Romanz" (clovus)6:16
12."Nowhere Nothin' Fuck Up"3:40
13."Hollow Earth"12:13

Personnel

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References

  1. Kavadias, Theo. "Hollow Earth". Allmusic. Retrieved April 20, 2013.