Satanstornade | ||||
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Released | 25 November 2002 | |||
Recorded | 14 June 1999 | |||
Studio | The Abbey, London, UK | |||
Genre | Noise, computer music | |||
Length | 47:36 | |||
Label | Warp | |||
Producer | Masami Akita & Russell Haswell | |||
Masami Akita & Russell Haswell chronology | ||||
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No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Fend Off Your Miserable Grief" | 3:00 |
2. | "Unlock the Mysteries of the Sun" | 17:22 |
3. | "Track 5" | 13:50 |
4. | "Testicular Fortitude" | 13:24 |
Side one | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
1. | "Unlock the Mysteries of the Sun" |
Side two | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
1. | "Fend Off Your Miserable Grief" | |
2. | "Testicular Fortitude" (edit) | |
3. | "Track 5" (edit) |
Note: Each track ends in a lock groove, the tracks on side two are separated by wide bands etched with the title of the previous track. [2]
Notes and credits are adapted from the album liner notes. [3] [4]
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The LP version includes the following note:
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Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalogue |
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Japan | 23 November 2002 | Beat Records | CD | BRWP666 |
UK | 25 November 2002 | Warp Records | CD | WARPCD666 |
LP | WARPLP666 |
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