Trans-Love Energies (album)

Trans-Love Energies

Studio album by Death in Vegas

Released

26 September 2011

Recorded

Metrosonic Studios, New York City

Genre

Electronica^[1]

Length

54:09 (Standard Edition)
108:11 (Deluxe Edition)

Label

Portobello

Producer

Richard Fearless

Death in Vegas chronology

Satan's Circus
(2004)

Trans-Love Energies
(2011)

Trans-Love Energies is the fifth album by British electronica band Death in Vegas. It was released on 26 September 2011 in the United Kingdom via Portobello Records. The track "Your Loft My Acid", featuring guest vocals by Katie Stelmanis, was released as a digital-only single on 18 September 2011. This is the first album in 7 years since 'Satan's Circus.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Silver Time Machine"	Richard Fearless	5:09
2.	"Black Hole"	Fearless	4:54
3.	"Your Loft My Acid"	Fearless, Katie Stelmanis	7:31
4.	"Medication"	Fearless	5:06
5.	"Coum"	Fearless	4:41
6.	"Witchdance"	Fearless, Stelmanis	4:42
7.	"Scissors"	Fearless	4:50
8.	"Drone Reich"	Fearless	4:26
9.	"Lightning Bolt"	Fearless	5:57
10.	"Savage Love"	Fearless	6:58

Deluxe Edition bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
11.	"Your Loft My Acid" (Fearless' Trans-House Mix)	Fearless, Stelmanis	5:06
12.	"Medication" (Fearless' Nightcrawler Mix)	Fearless	7:00
13.	"I.W.Y.L.A"	Fearless	3:56
14.	"Fur 74"	Fearless	5:47
15.	"Heroes"	Fearless	5:17
16.	"Coum" (Instrumental)	Fearless	4:46
17.	"Lightning Bolt" (Instrumental)	Fearless	6:01
18.	"Come Ride With Me"	Fearless	4:26
19.	"Enforced Peace" (Fearless' Michigan Militia Mix)	Fearless	5:05
20.	"Moe Tucker"	Fearless	6:46

Singles

"Your Loft My Acid" (digital only, 18 September 2011)

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	72/100^[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
BBC Music	(positive)^[3]
Clash	(7/10)^[1]
Drowned in Sound	(8/10)^[4]
The Independent	^[5]
musicOMH	^[6]
NME	(7/10)^[7]
The Quietus	(average)^[8]
Resident Advisor	^[9]
Slant	^[10]
Uncut	^[2]

Personnel

Richard Fearless – production, vocals (tracks 1, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10), synthesizer (tracks 1, 4, 5, 8, 9), guitar (track 2), drum programming (tracks 6, 9), keyboards (tracks 3, 6), photography
James Greenwood – programming, synthesizers (tracks 1, 3–5, 8, 9), drum programming (tracks 6, 9), keyboards (tracks 3, 6)
Katie Stelmanis – vocals (track 3)
Travis Caine – vocals & guitar (track 10)
Bill Skibbe – mixing (tracks 1, 3–10), synthesizers (tracks 5 and 8)
Ian Button – guitar (tracks 2, 9, 10)
M. Sord – drums (tracks 2, 4, 5, 9)
Shahzad Ismaily – bouzouki & banjo (track 1), percussion (track 2), bass (tracks 2, 9)
Morgan Wiley – synthesizers (track 1), keyboards (track 10)
Tim Fairplay – Roland TR-808 synthesizers (tracks 3–7)
Brent Arnold – cello (track 1)
Terry Miles – keyboards (track 10)
Doug Marvin – drums (track 10)
FearlessBeaven – design

Additional credits for the Deluxe Edition

Richard Fearless – production, vocals (tracks 12, 15, 18–20), synthesizer (tracks 12–20), guitar (track 2), drum programming (tracks 13, 17, 18), keyboards (tracks 3, 6), photography
James Greenwood – programming, synthesizers (tracks 12, 20), drum programming (tracks 13, 17), keyboards (track 1)
Katie Stelmanis – vocals (track 11, 18)
Angela Boyle – vocals (track 19)
Travis Caine – guitar (track 17), bass (track 15)
Bill Skibbe – mixing (tracks 15, 20), synthesizers (track 16), guitar & piano (track 20)
Finn Eiles – mixing (tracks 11, 12, 15, 20)
Steve Dub – mixing (tracks 13, 14)
Ian Button – guitar (track 17)
M. Sord – drums (tracks 16, 17, 20)
Shahzad Ismaily – bouzouki & banjo (track 15), percussion (track 2), bass (tracks 17)
Morgan Wiley – synthesizers (track 15)
Tim Fairplay – Roland TR-808 synthesizers (tracks 11, 12, 16, 20)
Brent Arnold – cello (track 15)
Jessica Ruffins – bass (track 20)

References

1 2 Aaron, David (22 September 2011). "Death in Vegas – Trans-Love Energies". Clash. Retrieved 2013-06-30.
1 2 "Critic Reviews for Trans-Love Energies". Metacritic. Retrieved 2011-10-31.
↑ Wade, Ian (15 September 2011). "Review of Death in Vegas – Trans-Love Energies". BBC Music. Retrieved 2011-10-31.
↑ Lucas, Dan (21 September 2011). "Death in Vegas – Trans-Love Energies". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved 2011-10-31.
↑ Gill, Andy (9 September 2011). "Album: Death in Vegas, Trans-Love Energies". The Independent. London.
↑ Hogwood, Ben (26 September 2011). "Death in Vegas – Trans-Love Energies". musicOMH. Retrieved 2013-06-30.
↑ Richards, Sam (20 September 2011). "Album Review: Death In Vegas – 'Trans-Love Energies'". NME. Retrieved 2011-10-31.
↑ Kennedy, Joe (28 September 2011). "Death in Vegas: Trans-Love Energies". The Quietus. Retrieved 2013-06-30.
↑ Girard, Stephane (7 October 2011). "Death in Vegas – Trans-Love Energies". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 2013-06-30.
↑ Cataldo, Jesse (4 October 2011). "Death in Vegas: Trans-Love Energies". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 2011-10-31.

External links

Trans-Love Energies at Metacritic

Death in Vegas
Richard Fearless Terry Miles Danny Hammond Seamus Beaghen Mat Flint Dave Neale Simon Hanson Ian Button Tim Holmes Steve Hellier Dominic Keane
Studio albums	Dead Elvis (1997) The Contino Sessions (1999) Scorpio Rising (2002) Satan's Circus (2004) Trans-Love Energies (2011)
Compilation albums	Milk It: The Best of Death in Vegas (2005) FabricLive.23 (2005) The Best of Death in Vegas (2007)

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