These Humble Machines

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These Humble Machines
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Compilation album by
BT
ReleasedApril 26, 2011
Genre Trance, electronica, glitch, breakbeat
Length57:49
Label Nettwerk
405 Recordings
Black Hole Recordings
New State Recordings
Producer BT
BT chronology
These Hopeful Machines
(2010)
These Humble Machines
(2011)
These Re-Imagined Machines
(2011)
Singles from These Humble Machines
  1. "Always"
    Released: April 25, 2011
  2. "A Million Stars"
    Released: July 19, 2011

These Humble Machines is a compilation album by American electronic musician BT, composed of edited versions of songs from his album These Hopeful Machines . Released on April 26, 2011, [1] the album was released with the intention of making the album more accessible for newer listeners while still displaying the same technical prowess found in its predecessor. [2] The album features some radio edits ("Suddenly", "Always") while also liberally using splice editing and fade-outs to edit down songs ("The Emergency", "Every Other Way", "Le nocturne de lumière").

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Suddenly" BT, Christian Burns 4:28
2."The Emergency"BT, Christian Burns, Andrew Bayer 4:27
3."Every Other Way"BT, JES 4:03
4."The Light in Things"BT, JES5:47
5."The Rose of Jericho"BT4:06
6."Forget Me"BT, Christian Burns5:10
7."A Million Stars"BT, Kirsty Hawkshaw, Ulrich Schnauss 6:38
8."Love Can Kill You"BT4:07
9."Always"BT, Rob Dickinson 4:29
10."Le Nocturne de Lumière"BT4:42
11."The Unbreakable"BT, Rob Dickinson6:51
12."The Ghost in You" The Psychedelic Furs 4:51
Total length:59:39

Personnel

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References

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  2. "BT Releases Two New Versions Of His Grammy-Nominated These Hopeful Machines". Nettwerk. Archived from the original on 17 August 2011. Retrieved 17 May 2011.