Album: Industry; Tension
Artist: various artists
1985 Atmosphere
LP: ATMOS 003
Tracks:
Side A
Machinery, Technology, Computers
1. Martin Cook: "Satanic Mills" (2:21) Heavy, mechanical,
historical feel, industrial revolution, progression. [These
are the notes on the album.]
2. Robert Painter, Terence Jenkins: "Machine" (3:10) Harsh
machinery, industrial scenery, rock-based rhythm.
3. Robert Painter, Terence Jenkins: "Mechanoid" (2:16) BT-Heavy
menacing underscore.
4. Robert Painter, Terence Jenkins: " Moleculum" (2:09) BT-Fast
motion, tense, eerie, expectant.
5. Robert Painter, Terence Jenkins: "Fantastic Voyage" (2:33) Light,
high-tech, flowing.
6. Robert Painter, Terence Jenkins: "Fantastic Voyage" (0:57)
(Arpeggios' only).
7. Geoff Leach: "Fortran" (1:35) Electronic activity,
mysterious.
8. Geoff Leach: "Read Out" (1:22) Electronic activity, fast.
9. Luis Jardim: "Dramatic Break 1" (0:49) Percussive.
10. Geoff Downes, Linda Jardim, Luis
Jardim, Tom Blades: "Dramatic Break 3" (0:28) Very fast
activity.
11. Gil Slavin: "Dramatic Opening" (0:30) Dramatic annoucement.
12. Carlos Miranda: "Start" (0:30) Flowing movement, driving.
13. Robert Painter, Terence Jenkins: "Hi-Tech" (0:30) Dramatic
electronic effects.
14. Rob Lumley: "Light Beam" (0:28) Future technology.
15. Ken Elliott: "Power" (0:30) Menacing machinery.
Tension, Mystery
16. Robert Painter, Terence Jenkins: "Electron" (2:47) Strange,
creepy, sudden shocks.
17. Robert Painter, Terence Jenkins: "Mysterion" (2:58) Slow,
mysterious underscore.
18. Jan Pulsford: "Sunken Cathedral's Hymn" (2:17) Slow, eerie.
19. Jan Pulsford: "Sunken Cathedral's Hymn" (0:37) (Bass only).
20. Geoff Downes: "Dark Nights" (1:55) Modern, rhythmic,
slightly sinister.
21. Steve Everitt: "Horrorscope" (1:14) Electronic, tense, alien
worlds.
22. Steve Everitt: "Twa Brigs" (1:51) Electronic, rhythmic,
sinister.
23. Steve Everitt: "Other Worlds" (1:40) Electronic, rhythmic,
eerie, strange.
24. Tom Blades: "Macabre" (0:45) Slow, tense, eerie.
25. Jan Pulsford: "Funeral" (0:45) Slow, eerie march,
doom-laden.
26. Adrian Lee: "Aftermath" (0:45) Heavy, resonant chord.
27. Geoff Downes: "Re-Emerge" (0:36) Heavy bass swell, rippling
piano.
28. Jamie Kaleth, Martin Lawrence, Richard Thomas: "Tension Beat"
(0:43) High tension, horror, heartbeat.
29. Jamie Kaleth, Martin Lawrence, Richard Thomas: "Metamorphosis"
(1:00) Tension, building to open rhythm.
Notes: This is an album of library music from Atmosphere. You can
find it on YouTube. Downes contributed work to a number of their
releases. I believe he recorded these pieces in the late 1970s.
The most notable Downes piece here is "Dark Nights", which was the
basis for Asia's "Only Time will Tell". It was previously on Electronic Themes 2, a
prior Atmosphere release, but in this form and as a 30 second edit.
(HP, 24 Dec 24; updated 25 Dec 24)
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