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Number 50 on The 250 Best Electronic Albums of the 20th Century20th Century

Colourform

The Higher Intelligence Agency

1993 · ambient techno · IDM · ambient · techno

Beyond · RBADCD5

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Why it's here

Birmingham's Oscillate club on record; the most underrated ambient album of the era

Colourform is Birmingham's Oscillate club on record, warm and spacious ambient techno with a quiet sophistication that never got the attention the Orb or FSOL received. The Higher Intelligence Agency soften the surfaces and sharpen the arrangements, with enough rhythmic detail underneath the calm to stop the record dissolving into background.

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Tracklist

  1. 1Delta6:19
  2. 2Speedlearn (Empathymix)7:34
  3. 3Influx6:20
  4. 4Spectral6:40
  5. 5Conoid Tone5:45
  6. 6Orange9:15
  7. 7M+T=E1:20
  8. 8Re-echo6:01
  9. 9Ketamine Entity (Axiommix)9:27