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B12 - B12 Records Archive Volume 1

Musician: B12
Album title: B12 Records Archive Volume 1
Style: Techno, IDM
Released: 2008
Size MP3 version: 1568 mb
Size APE version: 1635 mb
Size WMA version: 1429 mb
Rating ✫: 4.8
Votes: 259
Format: AU VOC MPC AUD APE ADX WAV
Genre: Electronic

B12 - B12 Records Archive Volume 1 mp3 album

B12 Techno IDM 2008

Tracklist Hide Credits

1-1	–Musicology	Metropolis	4:58
1-2	–Musicology	Obsessed	5:50
1-3	–Musicology	Fear Of Expression	5:19
1-4	–Musicology	Telefone 529	4:12
1-5	–B12	Ming	2:13
1-6	–B12	Eiyla	6:31
2-1	–2001	Space Age	9:28
2-2	–2001	Rings Of Saturn	5:23
2-3	–2001	Future Bass Seven	5:20
2-4	–2001	Weightless Condition	7:36
2-5	–B12	Don't Always Look At The Rain Written-By [Uncredited] – Howard Jones	2:25
2-6	–B12	Colloid	5:10

Companies, etc.

Remastered At – Precise Mastering
Copyright (c) – B12 Records
Copyright (c) – B12 Music
Copyright (c) – Mainframe Music
Pressed By – Riviera Multimedia Ltd – RMK4493

Credits

Artwork – Mike Golding*
Written-By, Producer [Constructed By], Concept By [Album Concept By] – Mike Golding*, Steve Rutter

Notes

Comes in thick digipak sleeve.

All tracks written and constructed at The Epicentre Studios London, UK.

The B12 Records Archive™ is a complete retrospective of B12 Records 1990-1996, the entire back catalogue spanning seven volumes. The series contains the tracks that shaped Warp Records' Artificial Intelligence Series and every highly collected vinyl EP that came out before and after.

Tracks 1-1 to 1-4 originally released Sept 1991 as limited edition vinyl as MUSICOLOGY (Cat. No. B1201)
Tracks 2-1 to 2-4 originally released Jan 1992 as limited edition vinyl as 2001 (Cat. No. B1202)

Tracks 1-1, 1-2, 1-4: Previously released on the B12 Album "Electro-Soma" on Warp Records 1993
Tracks 1-5, 1-6: Previously unreleased - Recorded 1991
Tracks 2-5, 2-6: Previously unreleased - Recorded 1992

Digitally remastered by Precise Mastering, UK.

All music, logos and artwork © B12 Records/B12 Music/Mainframe Music 1990-2008 All rights reserved.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (Text): 6 66017 19532 2
Barcode (UPC): 666017195322
Barcode (EAN): 0666017195322
Matrix / Runout (Disc 1): CA www.rivieramultimedia.co.uk RMK4493CD1 @@ 10/24/2008 2:49:48 PM 0000423645
Matrix / Runout (Disc 2): CA www.rivieramultimedia.co.uk RMK4493CD2 @@ 10/24/2008 3:34:24 PM 0000423646
Mastering SID Code: IFPI LY88
Mould SID Code: IFPI 1286

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
none	B12	B12 Records Archive Volume 1 ‎(12xFile, FLAC, Comp, RM)	B12	none	2008

Efmprof

Not a comment on the music here, but to these ears they have been mastered far too loud?!? And this is aimed at the whole series not just this release. This is not "club" music yet it has been mastered so loud that it is almost distorting! Shame as this music really deserves to have its subtleties and depths on display, not pushed into your face with a blunt trowel.......

snowball

I find it hard to believe that the producers behind the B12 label would do a poor mastering job.

Ber

I love this release and i love the idea of making all the old tracks and unreleased tracks available. B12 are a very important part of the history and beginings of techno/idm/electronica. If you are a fan of electronic music i highly encourage you to purchase this and every volume to come. My only complaint is that cd one is just under thirty minutes long and cd two is right around thirty-five. Was it really necessary to make it a double disc?

Rich Vulture

Music that hasn't dated at all, B12's first release from the archives is outstanding and timeless music. From "Metropolis" pulsing sweep and strings to the funk of "Telefone 529", the first B12 12" gets freshly remastered and it is LOUD but crystal clear. How "Eiyla" never got released is beyond me; its delicate percussion agrees perfectly with the lush harmonics - it is breathtaking in its beauty and sensibility. The 2nd B12 12" gets lovingly remastered as well. "Rings of Saturn" wouldn't sound misplaced in a broken beat dj set, and the hesitant "Weightless Condition" swirls as it patiently unfurls. Again the bonus tracks astound. "Don't Always Look at the Rain" shows the boys' tastefully relaxed (albeit brief) side, like Sunday morning bird-watching. "Colloid" almost sounds like a stripped-down version of a B12 track: skipping beats, swelling bass, and a slight melody make it sound eerily skeletal, as if the obsession with cosmic space has truly penetrated their sound. B12 always produced music that sounded equally informed to the dance floor and the headphones. This release defines and validates that approach in a way that few artists have. It may have been released in the past ... but it is definitely still the music of the future.

Jugore

Couldn't have said it better myself.