B.P. Empire
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B.P. Empire is the third album by Israel
i Psychedelic Trance
duo Infected Mushroom
, released in May 2001 on Yoyo Records. This album represented a change in the sound and the style of Infected Mushroom, and has influences of industrial and ambient music.
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
i Psychedelic Trance
Psychedelic trance
Psychedelic trance, psytrance or just psy is a form of electronic music characterized by hypnotic arrangements of synthetic rhythms and complex layered melodies created by high tempo riffs. It appeared in the mainstream in 1995 as with reporting of the trend of Goa trance. The genre offers variety...
duo Infected Mushroom
Infected Mushroom
Infected Mushroom is an Israeli psychedelic trance DJ act and electronic group originally formed in late 1997 as a duo by producers Erez Eisen and Amit Duvdevani in Haifa...
, released in May 2001 on Yoyo Records. This album represented a change in the sound and the style of Infected Mushroom, and has influences of industrial and ambient music.
Track listing
- "Never Ever Land" – 7:47
- "Unbalanced (Baby Killer Rmx)" – 7:16
- "Spaniard" – 7:38
- "B.P. Empire" – 7:26
- "Funchameleon" – 6:55
- "Tasty Mushroom" – 6:56
- "Noise Maker" – 7:39
- "P.G.M. (Prehistoric Goa Mood)" – 7:22
- "Dancing with Kadafi" – 10:23
Samples
- On B.P Empire (Rough Mix), the opening quote "It is a good viewpoint to see the world as a dream..." is Forest Whitaker's line from Jim Jarmusch's 1999 film Ghost Dog: The Way of the SamuraiGhost Dog: The Way of the SamuraiGhost Dog: The Way of the Samurai is a 1999 American crime action film written and directed by Jim Jarmusch. Forest Whitaker stars as the title character, the mysterious "Ghost Dog", a hitman in the employ of the Mafia, who follows the ancient code of the samurai as outlined in the book of Yamamoto...
. The quote itself is taken from Hagakure: The Book of the SamuraiHagakureHagakure , or is a practical and spiritual guide for a warrior, drawn from a collection of commentaries by the samurai Yamamoto Tsunetomo, former retainer to Nabeshima Mitsushige, the third ruler of what is now the Saga prefecture in Japan...
, written from 1710-1716 by Yamamoto TsunetomoYamamoto Tsunetomo, also read Yamamoto Jōchō was a samurai of the Saga Domain in Hizen Province under his lord Nabeshima Mitsushige. For thirty years Yamamoto devoted his life to the service of his lord and clan...
, a former samurai turned Buddhist monk.
- On Noise Maker, the break down quote "So play your music, play it so loud that nobody can sleep...Noisemaker!" is from Janusz Kaminiski's 2000 film Lost Souls starring Winona Ryder.