The version of this album I own is the limited edition, double clear vinyl, which includes a booklet and is housed in a gatefold sleeve. There is also a download code included in the package which I seem to remember offered mp3, FLAC or WAV file types.
Three of the tracks here, "Debris" "Static Emotion" and "Satori" were all omitted from the LP "Electro Soma" but will be well known to anyone who owns the CD. There are also a significant number of tracks on this album that were released as part of the "B12 Records Archives" series of CDs; which means that less than half of the tracks on this album were new to me. Therefore this album largely represents an opportunity to own tracks on vinyl rather than hearing them for the first time.
Those tracks that are new are experimental and more ambient in nature. There is nothing here that makes you think: "They should have put this on the first album." These are clearly those tracks that remained once Warp cherry picked all of the best tunes for "Electro Soma". That's not to say there is nothing here without merit. "Fear of Expression", "Bubbles" and "Kaxaia-80" are all credible techno tracks, but they just lack that crucial edge. So this is a collection for completists or those who have an obsession with vinyl. The average listener can be satisfied with "Electro Soma" and move on. 2/5
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