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. Released on 16 October 2006, the album was released by

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, the band's final release before signing with

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. Three of the tracks, "4 Horsemen of 2012", "

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" and " Atlantis to Interzone" would appear as re-recorded versions on the band's debut album, '' Myths of the Near Future''. Following this EP, the band re-released "Gravity's Rainbow" on 9 April 2007. The two remix tracks, "Gravity's Rainbow" and "Atlantis to Interzone", were made by fellow

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Track listing

# "

" - 2:34 # " Atlantis to Interzone" - 3:18 # "4 Horsemen of 2012" - 2:29 # " The Bouncer" - 2:14 # "Gravity's Rainbow" (

Remix) - 5:24 # "Atlantis to Interzone" (

Remix) - 4:12

References

2006 debut EPs Klaxons albums Modular Recordings EPs Albums produced by James Ford (musician) {{ep-stub