The Peppermint Tree and Seeds of Superconsciousness

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The Peppermint Tree & the Seeds of Superconsciousness
Amorphous Androgynous - The Peppermint Tree & The Seeds Of Superconsciousness.jpg
Studio album by Amorphous Androgynous
Released 20 February 2008/Digital download
June 2008/CD Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
Genre Electronica, ambient, progressive rock, experimental
Length65:54
Label FSOLdigital.com(Feb)
Jumpin' & Pumpin'(June)
Producer FSOL
The Future Sound of London chronology
FSOL Digital Mix
(2007)
The Peppermint Tree and Seeds of Superconsciousness
(2008)
The Woodlands of Old
(2008)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic (?) [1]

The Peppermint Tree & the Seeds of Superconsciousness is a 2008 album by the Amorphous Androgynous, it was released on the webpage of The Future Sound of London (FSOL) to buy as a digital download and was released on CD in June 2008.[ citation needed ]

The Future Sound of London British band

The Future Sound of London is a British electronic music group composed of Garry Cobain and Brian Dougans. The duo are often credited with pushing the boundaries of electronic music experimentation and of pioneering a new era of dance music. Although often associated with ambient music, Cobain and Dougans usually resist being typecast into any one particular genre. Their work covers many areas of electronic music, such as ambient techno, house music, trip hop, ambient dub, acid techno. In addition to music composition, their interests have covered a number of areas including film and video, 2D and 3D computer graphics, animation in making almost all their own videos for their singles, radio broadcasting and creating their own electronic devices for sound making. They have released works under numerous aliases.

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Musically it is in a similar vein to the two preceding Amorphous Androgynous albums, The Isness and Alice In Ultraland, with influences of psychedelia and progressive rock, although bearing more in common with the latter's funk and blues experiments and ambient interludes between tracks.[ citation needed ]

It is described in the notes as "A collection of psychedelic relics from The Amorphous Androgynous, 1967-2007". [2]

Track listing

  1. The Peppermint Tree (5:49)
  2. Given That We've Given (3:05)
  3. I Have Loved You Into Oblivion (5:28)
  4. Light Beyond Sound (1:57)
  5. In Fear Of The Electromagnetic Machine (Part 1) (1:54)
  6. Nowhere At The Edge Of Somewhere (1:01)
  7. Riders (On The Circadian Rhythms) (4:14)
  8. Carousel (0:38)
  9. Yantra (3:54)
  10. Opus Of The Black Sun (6:29)
  11. Marylebone Road (4:12)
  12. Tiny Space Birds (5:02)
  13. Drifter (3:33)
  14. Rocket Fuel (4:41)
  15. Listen Little Man (3:54)
  16. Man Is A Virus In Shoes (2:35)
  17. Mr. Sponge's Groovy Oscillations (3:12)
  18. It's A Sunshine Day (Yeah! Yeah!) (4:25)
  19. An Absurd Consequence Of Living In Absurd Times (3:11)

Crew

FSOL

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