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Waveform Transmission Vol. 2

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Waveform Transmission Vol. 2
Studio album by
Released1993 (1993)
GenreDetroit techno
Length32:44
LabelTresor
ProducerVision
The Vision chronology
Toxin 12 EP
(1992)
Waveform Transmission Vol. 2
(1993)
Spectral Nomad
(1996)
Waveform Transmission chronology
Waveform Transmission Vol. 1
(1993)
Waveform Transmission Vol. 2
(1993)
Waveform Transmission Vol. 3
(1994)

Waveform Transmission Vol. 2 is an album by American electronic musician and record producer Robert Hood, released under the alias The Vision.[1] Issued in 1993 via Tresor record label, it is the second instalment of the Waveform Transmission series.[2] Featuring a different style from Hood's future releases, the record attributes influences to his collective Underground Resistance and Jeff Mills.[3]

Critical reception

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AllMusic[3]

AllMusic critic Jason Birchmeier found the record to be "nowhere near as realized as his [Hood's] later Tresor recordings such as Internal Empire and Minimal Nation." Birchmeier further stated: "With the syncopated pounding and the maelstrom of looped laser sounds, a stark, austere motif pervades throughout these eight songs; unfortunately, the variety of experimental song ideas so common to his later work is notably absent."[3] Ruaridh Law of Fact described the tracks as "heavy, atonal DJ workouts with plenty of rattling percussion and relatively high BPMs," while comparing them to the "noisy, fast, unrefined-sounding techno" that Hood released on Hard Wax label.[4] Techno: The Rough Guide author Tim Barr thought that the record "demonstrates a distinctive and restless creativity that was all his own."[5]

Track listing

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All tracks composed by Vision.

  1. "K-Force" — 4:21
  2. "Liquification" — 2:01
  3. "Weapons" — 2:41
  4. "Gamma Scale" — 5:47
  5. "Chrome" — 3:23
  6. "Projectile Darts" — 5:06
  7. "The Protector" — 3:28
  8. "Magnetic Storm" — 5:41

Personnel

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Album credits as adapted from CD liner notes.[6]

  • Vision — producer, mixing
  • Krypton — graphic design

References

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  1. ^ Birchmeier, Jason. "The Vision". allmusic.com. AllMusic. Retrieved February 17, 2020.
  2. ^ Cetin, Marissa (October 24, 2018). "Tresor to reissue Jeff Mills' seminal 1994 album, Waveform Transmission Vol. 3". residentadvisor.net. Resident Advisor. Retrieved February 17, 2020.
  3. ^ a b c Birchmeier, Jason. "The Vision - Waveform Transmission, Vol. 2". allmusic.com. AllMusic. Retrieved February 17, 2020.
  4. ^ Law, Ruaridh (June 30, 2010). "The Essential… Robert Hood". factmag.com. Fact. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
  5. ^ Barr, Tim (2000). Techno: The Rough Guide. Rough Guides. p. 173. ISBN 1858284341.
  6. ^ Waveform Transmission Vol. 2 (CD liner notes). Robert Hood. Tresor. 1993.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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