Substrata (album)

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Substrata
Studio album by Biosphere
Released	1997
Genre	Ambient
Length	58:33
Label	All Saints Records
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Biosphere chronology
Insomnia (1997)	Substrata (1997)	Cirque (2000)

Substrata is an ambient music album by Biosphere, released in 1997 by All Saints Records. It is considered to be a classic ambient album, consistently in the top 5 in surveys on the Hyperreal ambient mailing list [1] [2] [3].

[edit] Overview

It was Biosphere's first truly ambient album, and has a theme of cold, mountains and glaciers running through it. Sounds of howling wind and creaking glaciers are frequently employed to create a chilling soundscape, interrupted by generally soothing but occasionally tense music. Most of the vocal samples employed are taken from the TV series "Twin Peaks" by David Lynch.

[edit] Track listing

1. "As The Sun Kissed The Horizon" – 1:47
2. "Poa Alpina" – 4:10
3. "Chukhung" – 7:34
4. "The Things I Tell You" – 6:28
5. "Times When I Know You'll Be Sad" – 3:44
6. "Hyperborea" – 5:45
7. "Kobresia" – 7:12
8. "Antennaria" – 5:05
9. "Uva-Ursi" – 3:00
10. "Sphere Of No-Form" – 5:47
11. "Silene" – 7:54