Holon (Equinox album)

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Holon
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Studio album by
Equinox
ReleasedAugust 4, 1998 (1998-08-04) [1]
RecordedCryogenic Studio, Vancouver
Genre Electro-industrial, drum and bass
Length66:18
Label Hypnotic, Zoth Ommog
Producer Bill Leeb, Chris Peterson
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Holon is the only album by electro-industrial and drum and bass band Equinox, [2] released in 1998 by Hypnotic. Equinox was a side project of Canadian industrial musicians Bill Leeb and Chris Peterson of Canadian industrial band Front Line Assembly.

The album spawned the vinyl-only single "Contact", including a remix of the title track and the album version of "Phenomena". [3] Remixes of tracks from Holon appeared on the compilation Cryogenic Studios and original tracks from the album appeared on Cryogenic Studio, Vol. 2 , both of which are collections of tracks from Front Line Assembly and related projects.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Contact"7:38
2."Nova Man"7:49
3."Janus Effect"6:55
4."Phenomena"5:45
5."Binary Star"7:12
6."Funky Ass"6:12
7."Electronic Dreams"8:58
8."Remember Today"7:11
9."Horizon"8:38

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References

  1. 1 2 Huey, Steve. Equinox: Holon at AllMusic. Retrieved August 14, 2014.
  2. P., D. (June 23, 2005). "Front Line Assembly & Friends - The best of Cryogenic Studio (dcd Cleopatra Records)". side-line.com. Archived from the original on October 28, 2006. Retrieved August 14, 2014.
  3. "Equinox - Contact". Mindphaser.com. April 30, 2005. Archived from the original on October 25, 2007. Retrieved August 14, 2014.