Ima (BT album)

Ima

Studio album by BT

Released

October 9, 1995 (original release)
November 5, 1996 (2 CD re-release)^[1]

Genre

Trance

Length

1:18:40 (CD)
1:02:08 (vinyl)
2:18:39 (2 CDs)

Label

Producer

BT chronology

Ima
(1995)

ESCM
(1997)

Alternative cover

2CD re-release

Singles from Ima

"Nocturnal Transmission"
Released: 1994
"Divinity"
Released: 1995 (promo only)
"Loving You More"
Released: 1995
"Quark"
Released: 1995 (promo only)
"Tripping the Light Fantastic"
Released: 1995 (promo only)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Alternative Press	^[3]

Ima (今, ima, now) is the debut studio album by electronica artist BT. It was released in 1995. The album is considered a major stepping stone in trance music, popularizing a more progressive approach. A portion of "Nocturnal Transmission" is featured in the film The Fast and the Furious, for which BT also composed the score.

Ima was re-released in 1996 in a double disc format, featuring the single "Blue Skies", with vocals by Tori Amos, as well as its remix, "Blue Skies (The Delphinium Days Mix)". "Blue Skies" was previously featured in edited form on the soundtrack for the TV show Party of Five. This package also includes several singles released prior to the album, (several of which were originally mixed together in "Sasha's Voyage of Ima") as well as the B-sides to "Embracing the Sunshine" and "Nocturnal Transmission". Several of the tracks were edited to fit the format, and all songs segue into the next to create a non-stop mix.

The cover art is a photograph of the Christ of the Abyss.

Track listing

All songs written by Brian Transeau, except where noted.

CD pressing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Nocturnal Transmission"	9:07
2.	"Quark"	7:22
3.	"Tripping the Light Fantastic"	6:31
4.	"Sasha's Voyage of Ima"	42:31
5.	"Divinity"	10:59

Vinyl pressing

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Divinity"	10:57
2.	"Loving You More (Radio Edit)"	4:29

Side two
No.	Title	Length
3.	"Nocturnal Transmission"	9:36
4.	"Embracing the Future"	5:11

Side three
No.	Title	Length
5.	"Quark"	8:07
6.	"Deeper Sunshine"	7:05

Side four
No.	Title	Length
7.	"Tripping the Light Fantastic"	7:15
8.	"Poseidon"	9:28

2CD re-release

Disc one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Nocturnal Transmission"	9:07
2.	"Quark"	7:22
3.	"Tripping the Light Fantastic"	6:31
4.	"Embracing the Future (Embracing the Sunshine Mix)"	5:16
5.	"Deeper Sunshine"	7:00
6.	"Loving You More (BT's Garden of Ima Dub)" (Vincent Covello, Transeau)	9:31
7.	"Loving You More (BT's Final Spiritual Journey)" (Covello, Transeau)	3:29
8.	"Poseidon"	8:58
9.	"Embracing the Sunshine"	10:57

Disc two

Disc two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Blue Skies"	5:04
2.	"Blue Skies (The Delphinium Days Mix)"	12:52
3.	"Sasha's Voyage of Ima"	42:45
4.	"Divinity"	10:58

※ "Sasha's Voyage of Ima" is a mix that contains these songs in order:

"Embracing the Future (Embracing the Sunshine Mix)"
"Quark"
"Deeper Sunshine"
"Loving You More (BT's Garden of Ima Dub / BT's Final Spiritual Journey)" (Vincent Covello, Transeau)
"Nocturnal Transmission"
"Tripping the Light Fantastic"

Personnel

Roger Lyons – engineering on "Quark"
Aiden Love – additional engineering on "Tripping the Light Fantastic"
Vincent Covello – vocals on "Loving You More"
Tori Amos – vocals on "Blue Skies"
Sasha – DJ mix ("Sasha's Voyage of Ima")
BT – all other vocals, instruments and programming

References

BT
Studio albums	Ima ESCM Movement in Still Life Emotional Technology This Binary Universe These Hopeful Machines If the Stars are Eternal So are You and I Morceau Subrosa A Song Across Wires Untitled album
Compilation albums	R&R Still Life in Motion 10 Years in the Life These Humble Machines These Re-Imagined Machines Laptop Symphony
Extended plays	Turn Me On EP Extended Movement Movement E.P. The Technology EP Human Technology EP
Singles	"Embracing the Future" "Embracing the Sunshine" "Nocturnal Transmission" "Divinity" "Loving You More" "Quark" "Tripping the Light Fantastic" "Blue Skies" "Remember" "Flaming June" "Love, Peace and Grease" "Godspeed" "Dreaming" "The Hip Hop Phenomenon" "Mercury and Solace" "Namistai" "Fibonacci Sequence" "Never Gonna Come Back Down" "Shame" "Smartbomb" "Break on Through (To the Other Side)" "The Force of Gravity" "Superfabulous" "The Great Escape" "Somnambulist (Simply Being Loved)" "Love in the Time of Thieves" "The Rose of Jericho" "Suddenly" "Every Other Way" "Forget Me" "The Emergency" "Le nocturne de lumière" "Always" "A Million Stars" "Tomahawk" "Must Be the Love" "Skylarking" "Surrounded"
Related articles	Discography Soundtracks

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