An Electric Storm
| An Electric Storm | ||||
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| Studio album by White Noise | ||||
| Released | June 1969 | |||
| Recorded | 1968 | |||
| Genre | Psychedelic rock, electronic, experimental | |||
| Length | 35:06 | |||
| Label | Island | |||
| Producer | A Kaleidophon Production, David Vorhaus (production coordinator) | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   link |
| Pitchfork Media | (8.6/10) link |
An Electric Storm is the debut album by electronic music group White Noise. The band recorded the first two tracks with the intention of producing a single only, but were then persuaded by Chris Blackwell of Island Records to create an entire album. At this point the group set up the Kaleidophon Studio in a flat in Camden Town, London, and spent a year creating the next four tracks. The last track was put together in one day when Island demanded the completion of the album.[1]
A brief extract from the track "The Black Mass: An Electric Storm in Hell" can be heard in the Hammer Film Productions film Dracula AD 1972.
Track listing
Phase-In:
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Love without Sound" | Delia Derbyshire, David Vorhaus | 3:07 | |
| 2. | "My Game of Loving" | Duncan, Vorhaus | 4:10 | |
| 3. | "Here Come the Fleas" | McDonald, Vorhaus | 2:15 | |
| 4. | "Firebird" | Derbyshire, Vorhaus | 3:05 | |
| 5. | "Your Hidden Dreams" | McDonald, Vorhaus | 4:58 |
Phase-Out:
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6. | "The Visitation" | McDonald, Vorhaus | 11:14 | |
| 7. | "Black Mass: An Electric Storm in Hell" | White Noise (Duncan, Derbyrshire, Vorhaus, Lytton, Hodgson[2]) | 7:22 |
Personnel
The following people contributed to An Electric Storm:[3]
- Kaleidophon – production
- David Vorhaus – production co-ordinator
- Delia Derbyshire, Brian Hodgson – electronic sound realisation
- Paul Lytton – percussion
- John Whitman, Annie Bird, Val Shaw – vocals
Releases
- June 1969 - LP, Island Records, catalog number ILPS 9099
- 27 March 1995[4] - CD, "3D Island" label, Island Records, 3DCID 1001; deleted 1996[5]
- 9 July 2007[6] - CD re-released, Island Remasters
References
- ↑ An Electric Storm, sleeve notes, 1995 CD version, 3DCID 1001, Island Records
- ↑ White Noise: An Electric Storm (Island, 2007)
- ↑ An Electric Storm - Credits. Allmusic. Retrieved 27 June 2011
- ↑ An Electric Storm, amazon.com
- ↑ An Electric Storm, review at Groove Unlimited
- ↑ An Electric Storm, CD Universe product information
External links
- Head Heritage Review by Julian Cope