Navigator (Forma Tadre album)
Encyclopedia
Navigator is the debut album of Forma Tadre
, a German
musical project that can best be described as electronic body music
but has also been categorized as Industrial
or Ambient
. The main theme of the album is connected to writer HP Lovecrafts books on the Cthulhu Mythos
Forma Tadre
Forma Tadre is a German musical project that can best be described as electro with a feel of soundtracks and ambient but has also been categorized as industrial or electronic body music...
, a German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
musical project that can best be described as electronic body music
Electronic body music
Electronic body music or industrial dance is a music genre that combines elements of industrial music and electronic dance music...
but has also been categorized as Industrial
Industrial music
Industrial music is a style of experimental music that draws on transgressive and provocative themes. The term was coined in the mid-1970s with the founding of Industrial Records by the band Throbbing Gristle, and the creation of the slogan "industrial music for industrial people". In general, the...
or Ambient
Ambient music
Ambient music is a musical genre that focuses largely on the timbral characteristics of sounds, often organized or performed to evoke an "atmospheric", "visual" or "unobtrusive" quality.- History :...
. The main theme of the album is connected to writer HP Lovecrafts books on the Cthulhu Mythos
Cthulhu Mythos
The Cthulhu Mythos is a shared fictional universe, based on the work of American horror writer H. P. Lovecraft.The term was first coined by August Derleth, a contemporary correspondent of Lovecraft, who used the name of the creature Cthulhu - a central figure in Lovecraft literature and the focus...
Sampling
- The song name FX On A Human Subject comes from a sound sample that is used in that song. The sample is from the 1992 movie The Lawnmower Man.
- Plasmasleep starts with a sample from Star Trek IV: The Voyage HomeStar Trek IV: The Voyage HomeStar Trek IV: The Voyage Home is a 1986 American science fiction film released by Paramount Pictures. It is the fourth feature film based on the Star Trek science fiction television series and completes the story arc begun in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and continued in Star Trek III: The...
and contains multiple samples from AlienAlien (film)Alien is a 1979 science fiction horror film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm and Yaphet Kotto. The film's title refers to its primary antagonist: a highly aggressive extraterrestrial creature which...
. - The 1982 movie Blade RunnerBlade RunnerBlade Runner is a 1982 American science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, and Sean Young. The screenplay, written by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples, is loosely based on the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K...
is the source of quite a few samples in the song Looking Glass Men.
Track listing
- "Navigator" (Part 1) – 4:51
- "FX On A Human Subject" – 4:47
- "Plasmasleep" – 4:04
- "Date Unknown" – 5:21
- "Navigator" (Part 2) – 2:20
- "Serpent Charmer" – 5:57
- "Looking Glass Men" – 4:54
- "Mezoic Tree Ferns" – 6:24
- "Gates" – 4:27
- "Celebrate the Cult" – 5:03
- "Navigator" (Part 3) – 3:24