Substrata

Product Description
Debut Release for Japan to Contain Exclusive Bonus Tracks. No Additional Information Available at this Time. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Substrata,Biosphere,Thirsty Ear,Ambient Techno,Dance Music,Electronica,Pop,Popular Music,Techno

Average customer rating: This One is Really Creepy! :O Ambient music with a total sound experience Seamless ambient Great Intoduction to Ambient Carefull where you buy this

Substrata 2 Biosphere Manufacturer: Touch ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ambient | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Techno | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Norway | Scandinavia | Europe | International | Styles | Music Dance & DJ | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Shenzhou Dropsonde 76:14 Autour de la Lune Cirque ASIN: B00008BXFD Release Date: 2003-09-22

Tracks:

1. As the Sun Kissed the Horizon
2. Poa Alpina
3. Chukung
4. Things I Tell You
5. Times When I Know You'll Be Said
6. Hyperborea
7. Kobresia
8. Antennaria
9. Uva-Ursi
10. Sphere of No-Form
11. Silene

Tracks:

1. Prologue
2. Silent Orchestra
3. City Wakes Up
4. Freeze-Frames
5. Manicure
6. Club
7. Ballerina
8. Eye of the Cyclone
9. Endurium

Customer Reviews:

This One is Really Creepy! :O.......2007-06-05

I realize I may get a few "unhepfuls" for this one, but...Substrata 2 is SO not like the original "Substrata" by Geir Jennsen. "Substrata 2" is so off the wall, like a Tool video taken to extreme, or Robert Rich's "Stalker" and Steve Roach's "Well of Souls." While some listeners may arbitrarily and automatically mark this type of ambience as genius per se, the fact is there is little redeeming quality to "Substrata 2." Bent pitches and creepy minor chords would make this a great Halloween backdrop for something, but definitely not as something to listen to while unwinding from a busy, stressful day. I look for something--anything--with a melody or harmony to it just for that purpose; otherwise, it can factually be called "noise."

All of my reviews are composed strictly without emotions, but fairly with regard only for their artistic merit. I don't listen to fifteen seconds of a disc or read two lines of a book and rush to review it. On the contrary, I give equal and sufficient time to prove worth. Instead of "Substrata 2", I highly recommend Freedom's "76:14" or Chuck Wild's Liquid Mind Series (although they are for the most part the same), or at the very least, Steve Roach's "Dreamtime Return" [1988]) or one of Tangerine Dreams older recordings ("Phaedra," "Stratosfear," "Rubycon", or perhaps "Tyranny of Beauty"). Melody and music structure are everything. Twisting knobs, bending pitches and twanging chords into something evil sounding is definitely not my idea of "music."

With ambience, electronica or abstract "new age" recordings, there is little middle ground. You either love it or you hate it. The only redeeming value I received from my purchase of "Substrata 2" is that the original remastered "Substrata" disc is included with it. That's really all I have to say about it, because at this point, "Substrata 2" left me with a huge void.

Ambient music with a total sound experience.......2007-05-26

The original Substrata by Biosphere was their first truly ambient album. The theme is Antarctica, imagining desolate plains of ice, snow-covered, windswept peaks and vicious crystalline glaciers. There are actual glacial sounds (creaks of ice) and wind in this stunning ambient, almost environmental album. It is great for relaxation and setting a mood as the music is hardly interrupted. The vocal sampling is from "Twin Peaks", the cult TV series by David Lynch.

This album is a remix of the orignal Substrata and includes a bonus cd of a soundtrack from "Man with a Camera", a Russian silent film.

The most interesting thing about this album is the environmental nature of the sound. A very soothing but sometimes unsettling experience. If you like Brian Eno and Harold Budd, this is less instrumental but just as mysterious sounding. I love listening to it in a darkened room or with an eyemask and headphones. Great for relaxation.

Seamless ambient.......2007-01-29

I have many ambient albums, starting with Brian Eno's releases and branching into more current artists. I discovered this album on Amazon and listened to song samples at another website. I was instantly hooked. The songs seamlessly morph together/apart and form some of the most interesting soundscapes I've had the pleasure to listen to. This ambient music doesn't put you in one place--it moves you in and out of spaces across the globe. I realize that doesn't quite describe it to the uninitiated, but just listen and try to figure out where you would hear this..and this..and that..

While purists would say the first CD (a remastered version of Substrata) is the better ambient album, I have to say I prefer the 2nd one. It has some of the same uttered phrases (one from the US TV show Twin Peaks!) it ends with two extra Japanese tracks that are ultimately danceable in a chillout way.

CD1 is 58-1/2 minutes; CD2 is 53-1/2 minutes. I easily could have handled an additional 20 minutes on both! You won't be sorry, this is excellent stuff.

Great Intoduction to Ambient.......2006-08-08

This is widely regarded as the "must have". And I agree it is, a perfect blend. Track 8 and up are what did it for me.

As said this is a re-release, and you do get a bonus CD, which I am listening to now, and it ALSO is wonderful!

If you have the original, and want to get the new CD, if you find it cheap get it, if you don't have the original , then I cannot stress enough how good this CD is.

GET IT. That being said, don't get ripped off either, I found it fairly cheap on Ebay for only 15.99 + shipping (used)

Jim

Carefull where you buy this.......2006-05-16

Excellent album.

I noticed that there are several copies for sale on this site starting at $40. Yesterday (05/14/06) I bought a new copy at Amoeba Music in Hollywood for $17, and they had at least three more. So look around, you might find a copy at a normal price.

Average customer rating: Wonderful Ambient Work of Art Icy Xstacy: Sets The Standard For Atmospheric Ambient! Incredible Hasn't aged a bit in 9 years Ambient to keep you awake

Substrata Biosphere Manufacturer: Thirsty Ear ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ambient | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Techno | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Norway | Scandinavia | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music Ambient | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music Techno-House | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: 76:14 Shenzhou Autour de la Lune Chill Out The Ballasted Orchestra ASIN: B0000057OQ Release Date: 1997-10-21

Tracks:

1. As The Sun Kissed The Horizon
2. Poa Alphia
3. Chukhung
4. The Things I Tell You
5. Times When I Know You'll Be Sad
6. Hyperborea
7. Kobresia
8. Antennaria
9. Uva-Ursi
10. Sphere Of No-Form
11. Silence

Album Details

Debut Release for Japan to Contain Exclusive Bonus Tracks. No Additional Information Available at this Time.

Customer Reviews:

Wonderful Ambient Work of Art.......2007-05-15

I am a devout listener of ambient/electronic/new age music since 1987, when my first album of this genre was Steve Roach's "Dreamtime Return." I first heard Biosphere on channel 932 Comcast, Music Choice, when they played "the things I tell you" from substrata. At first, I couldn't believe what I was hearing, because I was so used to the mundane commercial tracks of mainstream artists. I tried to find this disc at my local music store, only to be disappointed that it was out of print. I found it on Amazon.com and put it in my shopping cart.

I received it today in the mail. I was like a little kid with a new train set. The pure genius of this album comes through with the first track, "As the sun kissed the horizon," where instantly I was teleported to the year 2341, or some time in the distant future. I actually felt like, finally, some music that was so far ahead of its time that I could become instantly attuned to the vibrant, melodic vibrations and flowing waveforms, and ereatheral pings that instilled the vastness of space, not unlike John Serrie's "And the stars go with you". By the time I got to track 8, "Atennaria" I forgot about the Suns/Spurs basketball game I was watching--20 minutes went by like it was ten seconds--where I reached the dark but haunting beauty of "Uva-Ursi." "Sphere of No-Form" and "Silene" have no sufficient words to describe the utter beauty and soundscape of the composition.

My album has the last track as "Silene" but the list above here has it as "Silence." Is this a typo on the production side, or does Amazon.com have it wrong and assume that it is "Silence" and not "Silene"?

There is just no way to measure the quality of this unsurpassed ambient sound recording. And it's no coincidence that my birthday is the release date. I am just so blown away by the technological proficiency of producer Geir Jenssen that I now have to bump Tangerine Dream, John Serrie and even my prior favorite Steve Roach down a notch, surpassed only by "76:14" by Dedicated. "Substrata" will probably be too hard to top, when your best work comes out first, so I will cherish it. The sheer brilliance emanating from my speakers right now is amazing to say the least.

Wow!

Icy Xstacy: Sets The Standard For Atmospheric Ambient!.......2007-04-20

Granted I have just began my journey through the ambient music genre, but this was one of the first artists I checked out, and boy am I glad I did! Biosphere in general is my favorite artist in the genre of ambient/space music or whatev they call it. This album has got to be the number 1, with the only serious competition coming from "Stalker" by Robert Rich and Brian Lustmord. I usually dont write reviews and I pretty much believe the people who do are usually loner dorks, but these guys deserve it!
This is the next best thing to a real expedition to Antartica, my dream vacation to Iceland, or being rich enough to enjoy the new space tourism craze!

Incredible.......2007-03-16

After listening to so many ambient artists and albums, Biosphere comes out on top with Substrata. The album captures that strange sense of being half awake and half asleep. Simply amazing.

Hasn't aged a bit in 9 years.......2006-08-11

I only got my hands on substrata today and I have to say that its fantastic. If your'e looking for a TRUE ambient masterpiece look no further. The album is silence in its most beautifull form ... haunting ... emotional ... soothing.

After listening to the album for a whole day i cannot get the music out of my head and to top it off, there is no way to sing it , or even whistle it ... its pure audio bliss ...



Its been 9 years since the first release of Substrata and it sounds perfect!

Ambient to keep you awake.......2006-07-09

It is difficult for me to encapsulate in words the depth, the texture, the feeling and the soul of this album. Don't be put off by the genre of "ambient"-- this is certainly not music to act as a sleep aid. Instead, this is some of the most powerful and gripping soothing music. Each time I listen I unravel a new layer and interesting layer in the structures of the album-- how can I fall asleep with something this interesting?

Average customer rating:

Substrata 2 Manufacturer: Touch UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Electronic | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music | Computer Ambient | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Techno | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Norway | Scandinavia | Europe | International | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Similar Items: Structures from Silence 76:14 Music Has The Right To Children ASIN: B00005CBVV Release Date: 2004-01-01

Tracks:

1. As the Sun Kissed the Horizon
2. Poa Alpina
3. Chukung
4. Things I Tell You
5. Times When I Know You'll Be Said
6. Hyperborea
7. Kobresia
8. Antennaria
9. Uva-Ursi
10. Sphere of No-Form
11. Silene

Tracks:

1. Prologue
2. Silent Orchestra
3. City Wakes Up
4. Freeze-Frames
5. Manicure
6. Club
7. Ballerina
8. Eye of the Cyclone
9. Endurium

Average customer rating: Stunning double CD release

Substrata 2 Biosphere Manufacturer: Touch Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Techno | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Techno-House | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00005KJ22 Release Date: 2001-06-06

Customer Reviews:

Stunning double CD release.......2001-10-14

Containing 2 discs, one being the original 'Substrata' album re-released and the other being a soundtrack composed by Geir Jennsen for a Russian silent movie of 1929.

What else can be said of 'Substrata' than it's the best album in the field of ambient music. For me it surpasses the best of Eno and others. From its opening chimes of arctic winds, it leads the listener on a beatless, ambient journey through soundscapes of wind, tinkering electronics and distant, almost medieval, noises. If you don't have it, get it now while you can, particularly when you get another new Biosphere CD with it.

The second CD has much the same feel. But although ambient, it ditches the arctic landscape in favour of an urban one and there are more industrial hisses and textures to certain tracks. The final two tracks, taken from the Japanese version of 'Substrata', sound like Biosphere circa the 'Microgravity' era and are probably the best tracks on the second CD.

If you like ambient music, or you want a relaxing record, or even if you're just interested in electronic music, get this record now, you won't be disappointed.

Average customer rating: Wonderful Ambient Work of Art Icy Xstacy: Sets The Standard For Atmospheric Ambient! Incredible Hasn't aged a bit in 9 years Ambient to keep you awake

Substrata Biosphere Manufacturer: All Saints ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ambient | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Norway | Scandinavia | Europe | International | Styles | Music Dance & DJ | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: 76:14 Shenzhou Autour de la Lune Chill Out The Ballasted Orchestra ASIN: B000024EQ7 Release Date: 1997-01-01

Tracks:

1. As the Sun Kissed the Horizon
2. Poa Alpina
3. Chukhung
4. Things I Tell You
5. Times When I Know You'll Be Sad
6. Hyperborea
7. Kobresia
8. Antennaria
9. Uva-Ursi
10. Sphere of No-Form
11. Silene

Album Details

Debut Release for Japan to Contain Exclusive Bonus Tracks. No Additional Information Available at this Time.

Customer Reviews:

Wonderful Ambient Work of Art.......2007-05-15

I am a devout listener of ambient/electronic/new age music since 1987, when my first album of this genre was Steve Roach's "Dreamtime Return." I first heard Biosphere on channel 932 Comcast, Music Choice, when they played "the things I tell you" from substrata. At first, I couldn't believe what I was hearing, because I was so used to the mundane commercial tracks of mainstream artists. I tried to find this disc at my local music store, only to be disappointed that it was out of print. I found it on Amazon.com and put it in my shopping cart.

I received it today in the mail. I was like a little kid with a new train set. The pure genius of this album comes through with the first track, "As the sun kissed the horizon," where instantly I was teleported to the year 2341, or some time in the distant future. I actually felt like, finally, some music that was so far ahead of its time that I could become instantly attuned to the vibrant, melodic vibrations and flowing waveforms, and ereatheral pings that instilled the vastness of space, not unlike John Serrie's "And the stars go with you". By the time I got to track 8, "Atennaria" I forgot about the Suns/Spurs basketball game I was watching--20 minutes went by like it was ten seconds--where I reached the dark but haunting beauty of "Uva-Ursi." "Sphere of No-Form" and "Silene" have no sufficient words to describe the utter beauty and soundscape of the composition.

My album has the last track as "Silene" but the list above here has it as "Silence." Is this a typo on the production side, or does Amazon.com have it wrong and assume that it is "Silence" and not "Silene"?

There is just no way to measure the quality of this unsurpassed ambient sound recording. And it's no coincidence that my birthday is the release date. I am just so blown away by the technological proficiency of producer Geir Jenssen that I now have to bump Tangerine Dream, John Serrie and even my prior favorite Steve Roach down a notch, surpassed only by "76:14" by Dedicated. "Substrata" will probably be too hard to top, when your best work comes out first, so I will cherish it. The sheer brilliance emanating from my speakers right now is amazing to say the least.

Wow!

Icy Xstacy: Sets The Standard For Atmospheric Ambient!.......2007-04-20

Granted I have just began my journey through the ambient music genre, but this was one of the first artists I checked out, and boy am I glad I did! Biosphere in general is my favorite artist in the genre of ambient/space music or whatev they call it. This album has got to be the number 1, with the only serious competition coming from "Stalker" by Robert Rich and Brian Lustmord. I usually dont write reviews and I pretty much believe the people who do are usually loner dorks, but these guys deserve it!
This is the next best thing to a real expedition to Antartica, my dream vacation to Iceland, or being rich enough to enjoy the new space tourism craze!

Incredible.......2007-03-16

After listening to so many ambient artists and albums, Biosphere comes out on top with Substrata. The album captures that strange sense of being half awake and half asleep. Simply amazing.

Hasn't aged a bit in 9 years.......2006-08-11

I only got my hands on substrata today and I have to say that its fantastic. If your'e looking for a TRUE ambient masterpiece look no further. The album is silence in its most beautifull form ... haunting ... emotional ... soothing.

After listening to the album for a whole day i cannot get the music out of my head and to top it off, there is no way to sing it , or even whistle it ... its pure audio bliss ...



Its been 9 years since the first release of Substrata and it sounds perfect!

Ambient to keep you awake.......2006-07-09

It is difficult for me to encapsulate in words the depth, the texture, the feeling and the soul of this album. Don't be put off by the genre of "ambient"-- this is certainly not music to act as a sleep aid. Instead, this is some of the most powerful and gripping soothing music. Each time I listen I unravel a new layer and interesting layer in the structures of the album-- how can I fall asleep with something this interesting?

Average customer rating: Wonderful Ambient Work of Art Icy Xstacy: Sets The Standard For Atmospheric Ambient! Incredible Hasn't aged a bit in 9 years Ambient to keep you awake

Substrata Biosphere Manufacturer: Import [Generic] ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ambient | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Techno | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Norway | Scandinavia | Europe | International | Styles | Music Dance & DJ | Imports | Stores | Music Pop | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: 76:14 Shenzhou Autour de la Lune Chill Out The Ballasted Orchestra ASIN: B000005RGS Release Date: 2000-08-29

Album Details

Debut Release for Japan to Contain Exclusive Bonus Tracks. No Additional Information Available at this Time.

Customer Reviews:

Wonderful Ambient Work of Art.......2007-05-15

I am a devout listener of ambient/electronic/new age music since 1987, when my first album of this genre was Steve Roach's "Dreamtime Return." I first heard Biosphere on channel 932 Comcast, Music Choice, when they played "the things I tell you" from substrata. At first, I couldn't believe what I was hearing, because I was so used to the mundane commercial tracks of mainstream artists. I tried to find this disc at my local music store, only to be disappointed that it was out of print. I found it on Amazon.com and put it in my shopping cart.

I received it today in the mail. I was like a little kid with a new train set. The pure genius of this album comes through with the first track, "As the sun kissed the horizon," where instantly I was teleported to the year 2341, or some time in the distant future. I actually felt like, finally, some music that was so far ahead of its time that I could become instantly attuned to the vibrant, melodic vibrations and flowing waveforms, and ereatheral pings that instilled the vastness of space, not unlike John Serrie's "And the stars go with you". By the time I got to track 8, "Atennaria" I forgot about the Suns/Spurs basketball game I was watching--20 minutes went by like it was ten seconds--where I reached the dark but haunting beauty of "Uva-Ursi." "Sphere of No-Form" and "Silene" have no sufficient words to describe the utter beauty and soundscape of the composition.

My album has the last track as "Silene" but the list above here has it as "Silence." Is this a typo on the production side, or does Amazon.com have it wrong and assume that it is "Silence" and not "Silene"?

There is just no way to measure the quality of this unsurpassed ambient sound recording. And it's no coincidence that my birthday is the release date. I am just so blown away by the technological proficiency of producer Geir Jenssen that I now have to bump Tangerine Dream, John Serrie and even my prior favorite Steve Roach down a notch, surpassed only by "76:14" by Dedicated. "Substrata" will probably be too hard to top, when your best work comes out first, so I will cherish it. The sheer brilliance emanating from my speakers right now is amazing to say the least.

Wow!

Icy Xstacy: Sets The Standard For Atmospheric Ambient!.......2007-04-20

Granted I have just began my journey through the ambient music genre, but this was one of the first artists I checked out, and boy am I glad I did! Biosphere in general is my favorite artist in the genre of ambient/space music or whatev they call it. This album has got to be the number 1, with the only serious competition coming from "Stalker" by Robert Rich and Brian Lustmord. I usually dont write reviews and I pretty much believe the people who do are usually loner dorks, but these guys deserve it!
This is the next best thing to a real expedition to Antartica, my dream vacation to Iceland, or being rich enough to enjoy the new space tourism craze!

Incredible.......2007-03-16

After listening to so many ambient artists and albums, Biosphere comes out on top with Substrata. The album captures that strange sense of being half awake and half asleep. Simply amazing.

Hasn't aged a bit in 9 years.......2006-08-11

I only got my hands on substrata today and I have to say that its fantastic. If your'e looking for a TRUE ambient masterpiece look no further. The album is silence in its most beautifull form ... haunting ... emotional ... soothing.

After listening to the album for a whole day i cannot get the music out of my head and to top it off, there is no way to sing it , or even whistle it ... its pure audio bliss ...



Its been 9 years since the first release of Substrata and it sounds perfect!

Ambient to keep you awake.......2006-07-09

It is difficult for me to encapsulate in words the depth, the texture, the feeling and the soul of this album. Don't be put off by the genre of "ambient"-- this is certainly not music to act as a sleep aid. Instead, this is some of the most powerful and gripping soothing music. Each time I listen I unravel a new layer and interesting layer in the structures of the album-- how can I fall asleep with something this interesting?

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