The Last Days of Gravity

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The Last Days Of Gravity
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Studio album by
Released15 October 2007
Genre Electronica, Psybient
Length67:38
Label Twisted
Producer Simon Posford, Benji Vaughan
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The Last Days of Gravity is Younger Brother's second album. It is a collaborative downtempo psychedelic project between English psytrance Producers Simon Posford (Hallucinogen, Shpongle) and Benji Vaughan (Prometheus, Cyberbabas).

Contents

The album was positively received by critics.

Track listing

  1. "Happy Pills" - 8:49
  2. "All I Want" - 9:06
  3. "Elephant Machine" - 6:22
  4. "Your Friends Are Scary" - 6:41
  5. "I Am a Freak" - 9:00
  6. "Ribbon on a Branch" - 7:49
  7. "Sleepwalker, Part 1" - 6:18
  8. "Sleepwalker, Part 2" - 6:02
  9. "Psychic Gibbon" - 7:31

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