Trainer (album)

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Trainer
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Compilation album by
Released10 July 2000 (2000-07-10)
Genre IDM, electronic, techno
Length145:14
Label Warp Records
Producer Plaid
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Alternative Press 4/5 [2]
Muzik 4/5 [3]
NME 8/10 [4]
Pitchfork 8.5/10 [5]

Trainer is a two-disc compilation released in 2000 by Plaid. It includes the group's rare 1991 debut Mbuki Mvuki , as well as other hard-to-find or unreleased material. Some of the tracks were recorded under Plaid's aliases Atypic, Balil and Tura.

Contents

Track listing

Disc one

  1. "Uneasy Listening" – 5:37
  2. "Anything" – 5:01
  3. "Slice of Cheese" – 6:00
  4. "Link" – 6:04
  5. "Perplex" – 4:05
  6. "Summit" – 4:38
  7. "Bouncing Checks" – 5:29
  8. "Yak" – 5:51
  9. "Scoobs in Columbia" – 5:34
  10. "Chirpy" – 4:47
  11. "Prig" (as 'Atypic') – 4:52
  12. "Eshush" (as 'Balil') – 4:42
  13. "Blah" (as 'Atypic') – 4:47
  14. "Norte Route" (as 'Balil') – 4:31

Disc two

  1. "Fly Wings" – 4:06
  2. "Whirling of Spirits" (as 'Balil') – 5:55
  3. "Choke and Fly" (as 'Balil') – 5:51
  4. "Small Energies" (as 'Balil') – 6:09
  5. "Jolly" (as 'Atypic') – 6:07
  6. "Letter" (as 'Tura') – 5:20
  7. "Soft Key" (as 'Tura') – 5:18
  8. "Reishi" (as 'Tura') – 9:01
  9. "Uland" (as 'Balil') – 4:09
  10. "Tan Sau" – 6:07
  11. "Android" – 7:00
  12. "Angry Dolphin" – 8:13 [6]

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