Icebreaker discography

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This is the discography of the UK ensemble Icebreaker.

Contents

Digital singles 2021

Albums

Official Bootleg (ICC, 1991, live album, cassette only)

Terminal Velocity (Argo, 1994) [1]

Trance (Argo, 1996)

Rogue's Gallery (New Tone, 1997)

Diderik Wagenaar (Composers' Voice / Donemus, 2001) [2]

Extraction (between the lines, 2001)

Trance (Cantaloupe Music, 2004) [3] Remix and re-master of Argo album (same track listing)

Cranial Pavement (Cantaloupe Music, 2005) [4]

Terminal Velocity (Cantaloupe Music, 2005) [5] Re-master of Argo album (same track listing)

Music with Changing Parts (Orange Mountain Music, 2007) [1]

Apollo (Cantaloupe Music, 2012, Firebrand, 2019)

Appearances on other albums

Hook, Mesh, Stub, Cud (Argo, 1993)

Short Cuts – Breaking the sound Barrier – An Argo Sampler (Argo, 1994)

Includes excerpt from:

Also contains excerpts of music from other Argo albums by Graham Fitkin, Michael Nyman, David Byrne and others.

Century XXI UK A–M (New Tone, 1996)

Bang on a Can plays Louis Andriessen (Cantaloupe Records)

Members of Icebreaker in collaboration with Bang on a Can All-Stars:

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