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ian and record producer

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, released under the alias The Vision. Issued in 1993 via Tresor record label, it is the second instalment of the ''Waveform Transmission'' series. Featuring a different style from Hood's future releases, the record attributes influences to his collective

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Critical reception

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critic Jason Birchmeier found the record to be "nowhere near as realized as his ood'slater Tresor recordings such as '' Internal Empire'' and ''

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''." Birchmeier further stated: "With the syncopated pounding and the maelstrom of looped

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sounds, a stark, austere motif pervades throughout these eight songs; unfortunately, the variety of experimental song ideas so common to his later work is notably absent." Ruaridh Law of ''

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'' described the tracks as "heavy, atonal DJ workouts with plenty of rattling percussion and relatively high BPMs," while comparing them to the "noisy, fast, unrefined-sounding

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" that Hood released on

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label. ''Techno: The Rough Guide'' author Tim Barr thought that the record "demonstrates a distinctive and restless creativity that was all his own."

Track listing

All tracks composed by Vision. # "K-Force" — 4:21 # "Liquification" — 2:01 # "Weapons" — 2:41 # "Gamma Scale" — 5:47 # "Chrome" — 3:23 # "Projectile Darts" — 5:06 # "The Protector" — 3:28 # "Magnetic Storm" — 5:41

Personnel

Album credits as adapted from CD liner notes. * Vision — producer, mixing * Krypton — graphic design

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1993 albums Robert Hood albums Album series