Transmissions (album)
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Transmissions is the 1993 debut album by the multi-genre encompassing trance group Juno Reactor
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Juno Reactor
Juno Reactor is a musical and performing act known for the cinematic fusion of electronic, orchestral, and global music. Central to the project is Ben Watkins and his collaborations with a constantly changing ensemble of musicians from across the world, including percussionist Mabi Thobejane from...
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Tracklists
- "High Energy Protons" (Watkins/Maguire) 6:33
- "The Heavens" (Watkins/Holweck) 6:27
- "Luna-Tic" (Watkins/Waldeback) 9:01
- "Contact" (Watkins/Holweck) 5:53
- "Acid Moon" (Watkins/Waldeback) 8:39
- "10,000 Miles" (Watkins/Holweck) 5:55
- "Laughing Gas" (Watkins/Holweck) 8:05
- "Man To Ray" (Watkins/Maguire/Holweck) 6:43
- "Landing" (Watkins/Waldeback/Maguire) 8:42
Samples
- The samples on "High Energy Protons" ("Everything is going extremely well. You are the brain and central nervous system") are from the film 2001: A Space Odyssey2001: 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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- The sample "High energy protons spilling over into our atmosphere" - from "High Energy Protons" - is spoken by the character Marina in the film Local HeroLocal HeroLocal Hero is a 1983 Scottish comedy-drama film starring Peter Riegert and Burt Lancaster. It was directed by Bill Forsyth and produced by David Puttnam....
in reference to the aurora borealis.
- The sample "You know the moon ... you know the star" from "Man to Ray" is taken from a scene set in Australia in the film The Right Stuff.
- The sample "I was walking on the moon one day..." from "Luna-Tic" is the voice of astronaut Harrison SchmittHarrison SchmittHarrison Hagan "Jack" Schmitt is an American geologist, a retired NASA astronaut, university professor, and a former U.S. senator from New Mexico....
during a moonwalk on the Apollo 17Apollo 17Apollo 17 was the eleventh and final manned mission in the American Apollo space program. Launched at 12:33 a.m. EST on December 7, 1972, with a three-member crew consisting of Commander Eugene Cernan, Command Module Pilot Ronald Evans, and Lunar Module Pilot Harrison Schmitt, Apollo 17 remains the...
lunar mission in December 1972.
Credits
- All tracks produced and mixed by Juno Reactor
- Engineered by Otto The Barbarian, assisted by Nahoko Sadada
- Edit man Neal Snyman