The term "Biological Radio" is also used by Russian scientists to mean telepathy

Telepathy

Telepathy , is the induction of mental states from one mind to another. The term was coined in 1882 by the classical scholar Fredric W. H. Myers, a founder of the Society for Psychical Research, and has remained more popular than the more-correct expression thought-transference...

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Biological Radio is the third album by the British band Dreadzone

Dreadzone

Dreadzone are a British band whose music is an eclectic fusion of dub, reggae, techno, folk and rock. They have so far produced six studio albums and two live albums.-Career:...

, released in 1997 by Virgin Records

Virgin Records

Virgin Records is a British record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell in 1972. The company grew to be a worldwide music phenomenon, with platinum performers such as Roy Orbison, Devo, Genesis, Keith Richards, Janet Jackson, Culture Club, Lenny...

. Although less successful than its predecessor, Biological Radio represents a mellowing of style, none of the tracks being as energetic as, say "Little Britain".

Track listing

All tracks credited to Greg Roberts & Leo Williams except where noted

1. "Biological Radio" (plus Dan Donovan, Earl Daley) (6:19)
2. "Moving On" (6:35) (charted at #58)
3. "Third Wave" (8:09)
4. "The Lost Tribe" (6:09)
5. "Earth Angel" (7:04) (charted at #51)
6. "Messengers" (6:59)
7. "Heat the Pot" (6:11)
8. "Ali Baba" (John Holt
   John Holt (singer)
   John Holt is a reggae singer and songwriter.-Biography:Holt was born in Kingston in 1947. By the age of 12, he was a regular entrant in talent contests run at Jamaican theatres by Vere Johns...
   
   ) (5:01)
9. "Dream Within a Dream" (6:10)

Samples and influences

The timings above are those listed on the sleeve, however the tracks tend to flow sometimes without obvious boundaries and some of the samples listed below may relate to the preceding or following track.

• Biological Radio contains a sample from "Lightning Flash" by Big Youth
  Big Youth
  Manley Augustus Buchanan , better known as Big Youth , is a Jamaican deejay, mostly known for his work during the 1970s....
  
  ; the quotation "this is ZQI" is a sample from the 1982 film Countryman
  Countryman (film)
  Countryman is an independent action/adventure film directed by Dickie Jobson. It tells the story of a Jamaican fisherman whose solitude is shattered when he rescues two Americans from the wreckage of a plane crash. The fisherman, called Countryman, is hurled into a political plot by the...
  
  . The "Yabby Yabby You" chant is from "Conquering Lion" by Yabby You
  Yabby You
  Vivian Jackson , better known as Yabby You , was a reggae vocalist and producer, who came to prominence in the early 1970s through his uncompromising, self-produced work.-Biography:...
  
  .
• Moving On samples "Daisy, Daisy" 'sung' by the computer HAL in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey
  2001: A Space Odyssey (film)
  2001: A Space Odyssey is a 1968 epic science fiction film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick, and co-written by Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke, partially inspired by Clarke's short story The Sentinel...
  
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• Third Wave includes a sample of dialogue ("a new electric dimension") from the 1992 film The Lawnmower Man.
• The Lost Tribe contains the quotation "Earth, a biosphere; a complex, subtly balanced life support system" from Enigma
  Enigma (musical project)
  Enigma is an electronic musical project founded in Germany by Michael Cretu, David Fairstein and Frank Peterson in 1990. The Romanian-born Cretu conceived the Enigma project while working in Germany, but has based his recording studio A.R.T. Studios in Ibiza, Spain, since the early 1990s until May...
  
  's 1996 track "Morphing Thru Time".
• Earth Angel: "Look! Way up there in the sky!" is a snatch of dialogue from the 1975 film Picnic at Hanging Rock
  Picnic at Hanging Rock (film)
  Picnic at Hanging Rock is a 1975 Australian feature film directed by Peter Weir and starring Anne-Louise Lambert, Helen Morse, Rachel Roberts and Vivean Gray. The film is adapted from the novel of the same name, by author Joan Lindsay....
  
  .
• Messengers: "It's a mathematical certainty that somewhere among the millions of stars, there is another planet that speaks English" is a quote from the film if....; "there's no reason to be afraid" is a line from Gremlins
  Gremlins
  Gremlins is a 1984 American horror comedy film directed by Joe Dante, released by Warner Bros. The film is about a young man who receives a strange creature—called a Mogwai—as a pet, which then spawns other creatures who transform into small, destructive, evil monsters. It was followed by a sequel,...
  
   (1984).
• Heat The Pot: The opening "he introduced them to a strange substance that was to have an enormous effect on them: tea" is from Eric Idle
  Eric Idle
  Eric Idle is an English comedian, actor, author, singer, writer, and comedic composer. He was as a member of the British comedy group Monty Python, a member of the The Rutles on Saturday Night Live and author of the play, Spamalot....
  
  's 1978 film The Rutles (All You Need Is Cash)
  All You Need Is Cash
  All You Need Is Cash is a 1978 television film that traces the career of a fictitious British rock group called The Rutles...
  
  . "Send in a nice pot of tea and a couple of fairy cakes, will you?" is spoken by Lionel Jeffries in the 1963 film The Wrong Arm of the Law
  The Wrong Arm of the Law
  The Wrong Arm of the Law is a 1963 British comedy film directed by Cliff Owen and starring Peter Sellers, Bernard Cribbins, Lionel Jeffries, John Le Mesurier and Bill Kerr...
  
  . At the very end of the track Oliver Reed
  Oliver Reed
  Oliver Reed was an English actor known for his burly screen presence. Reed exemplified his real-life macho image in "tough guy" roles...
  
   saying "nice to have company for tea..." is extracted from The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
  The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
  The Adventures of Baron Munchausen is a 1988 British adventure comedy film directed by Terry Gilliam, starring John Neville, Sarah Polley, Eric Idle, Jonathan Pryce, Oliver Reed, Uma Thurman, and Robin Williams.-Plot:...
  
   (1988).
• Dream Within A Dream takes its title from, and quotes, the Edgar Allan Poe
  Edgar Allan Poe
  Edgar Allan Poe was an American author, poet, editor and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective...
  
   poem
  A Dream Within a Dream
  "A Dream Within a Dream" is a poem written by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1849. The poem is 24 lines, divided into two stanzas. The poem questions the way one can distinguish between reality and fantasy, asking, "Is all that we see or seem but a dream within a dream?"-Analysis:"A Dream...
  
   of the same title. The dialogue used is again from Picnic at Hanging Rock.

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Personnel

• Greg Roberts
  Greg Roberts (musician)
  Greg Roberts is a British rock drummer. He was part of Big Audio Dynamite, who had a No. 11 UK hit single with 'E=MC2', from 1984–1989....
  
   - drums, keyboards, synthesizer
• Leo Williams - bass guitar
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  
• Dan Donovan
  Dan Donovan (keyboardist)
  For other people with this name, see Dan Donovan.Daniel "Dan" Donovan is a British keyboardist probably best known for being a member of Big Audio Dynamite. Following a brief stint in 1990 with The Sisters of Mercy he became a founding member of Dreadzone...
  
   - keyboards, synthesizer
• Earl Sixteen
  Earl Sixteen
  Earl Sixteen is a reggae singer whose career began in the mid-1970s.-Biography:Daley grew up in Waltham Park Road, Kingston, and, influenced by American soul and Jamaican artists such as Dennis Brown, began his singing career by entering local talent shows...
  
   - voice
• Donna McKevitt
  Donna McKevitt
  Donna McKevitt is an English composer based in London. She studied viola with Gustav Clarkson and voice with Linda Hirst and gained a BA Hons in music at Kingston Polytechnic....
  
   - voice
• David Harrow - keyboards (additional)
• Will Parnell - percussion
• Paul Brennan - bagpipes
  Bagpipes
  Bagpipes are a class of musical instrument, aerophones, using enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag. Though the Scottish Great Highland Bagpipe and Irish uilleann pipes have the greatest international visibility, bagpipes of many different types come from...
  
  (Track 2)
• Tim Bran - additional mixing on track 2
• Jonno - technician

External links

Discography

Band site

Album Site