Time Tourist

B12 | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 23, 1996)
• Original Release Date: April 23, 1996
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Tvt
• ASIN: B000003RHF
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #217,418 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #65 in Music > Indie Music > Dance & DJ > IDM

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Exotic biology meets exotic physics, March 28, 2000

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loteq (Regensburg/Germany) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Time Tourist (Audio CD)

The most innovative time was pretty much over for the Warp label in 1996, and this album basically sounds like an afterthought on the famous "Artificial Intelligence" series. While "Time tourists" isn't a big departure from B12's first album "Electro-Soma", it remains more consistent and melodic. On the other hand, some tracks like "Infinite lites" and "Scriptures" (taken from the collection "Artificial Intelligence II") are surprisingly club-oriented and percussive. Highlights are "Gimp" and "Phettt", both driven by superb, mysterious, and melancholic melodies. In my opinion, "Time tourist" is one of the most beautiful and enjoyable albums coming from Warp artists and it's a must-have for all fans of mellow techno soundscapes. Other available efforts by B12 include some tracks on Warp's label compilations and a new CD-single release called "3EP". "3EP" rather leans towards drum 'n' bass and shows that there's still some creative fire in this band.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Music!!!, May 3, 2004

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Olaf Johnson (Anchorage, AK 99505) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Time Tourist (Audio CD)

This is the kind of music your great grand children will find in the attic 200 years from now and will be jamming to at a nightclub hidden on the back of one of Saturn's moons. This CD is a few millenia ahead of everything with in the electronica genre and everything outside. So do your descendants a favor and get this now. Very well orchestrated sound effects and breaks as well as groovy baseline. Techno heads be warned these tunes, in my opinion, are on the intellectual side. However, one can shake it to some of the tracks.
Enjoy!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not as great as his debut "Electro-Soma", but it's still a good electronica album, December 29, 2005

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C. Cross - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Time Tourist (Audio CD)

Nothing B12 did could really trump "Electro-Soma", but that's not to say "Time Tourist" is bad. In fact, Time Tourist probably has cooler songs then "Electro-Soma" did, but it has too few of them. Whereas most every track on "Electro-Soma" is fantastic, "Time Tourist" suffers from obvious filler. A lot of the tracks also sound pretty similar to the musical style found on "Electro-Soma". Most of the tracks make GREAT background music ("Phettt" especially). Tracks like the first one, "VOID/Comm", however, are so awe-inspiring (it gives me goosebumps every time I listen to it) that it makes this album a worthy purchase if you like this genre. Recommended.

Highlights include:
"VOID/Comm"
"DB5"
"Phettt"
"Epilion"
"Scriptures"
"The Silicon Garden"