Tracklist
| 1 | Phantasm | 4:50 | |
| 2 | Startoucher | 5:02 | |
| 3 | Decryption | 6:04 | |
| 4 | Novelty Waves | 6:27 | |
| 5 | Patashnik | 6:13 | |
| 6 | Mir | 5:18 | |
| 7 | The Shield | 8:54 | |
| 8 | Seti Project | 5:58 | |
| 9 | Mestigoth | 1:43 | |
| 10 | Botanical Dimensions | 5:43 | |
| 11 | Caboose | 5:12 | |
| 12 | En-trance | 4:40 |
Companies, etc.
- Marketed By – R & S Records
- Manufactured By – R & S Records
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – R & S Records
- Copyright © – R & S Records
- Published By – R & S Records
- Published By – Copyright Control
- Edited At – Aurora Lydstudio
- Mastered At – Foon
- Glass Mastered At – DADC Austria
Credits
- Design [Sleeve] – The Designers Republic
- Edited By [Digital Edits] – Aleksander Stojanovic*
- Producer – Geir Jenssen
- Written-By – Geir Jenssen (tracks: 1 to 9, 11, 12)
Notes
Digital edits @ Eurora, Tromso/Norway. Mastered @ Foon, Lier/Belgium.
The Shield was commissioned by Nor Concert for the multi media Project / Work In Progress.
All tracks published by R & S Records, except track 10 (Copyright Control).
℗ 1994 R & S Records. © 1994 R & S Records. Manufactured and Marketed by R & S Records/Belgium. Made In Austria.
Issued in a standard jewel case with eight page foldout booklet.
Sample sources:
Track 1 - "We had a dream last night; we had the same dream" from the movie 'The Krays'.
Track 2 - "So, you're really into this space stuff...?" from the movie 'Space Camp'.
Track 3 - "...so frightening to lose yourself..." from the movie 'Scanners'.
Track 5 - Russian speech from the movie '2010'
Track 7 - "Will I dream?" / "What do you mean?" from the movie '2010' again.
Track 8 - "Can you imagine, an extraterrestrial disc jockey..?" from the movie 'Space Camp' again.
The Shield was commissioned by Nor Concert for the multi media Project / Work In Progress.
All tracks published by R & S Records, except track 10 (Copyright Control).
℗ 1994 R & S Records. © 1994 R & S Records. Manufactured and Marketed by R & S Records/Belgium. Made In Austria.
Issued in a standard jewel case with eight page foldout booklet.
Sample sources:
Track 1 - "We had a dream last night; we had the same dream" from the movie 'The Krays'.
Track 2 - "So, you're really into this space stuff...?" from the movie 'Space Camp'.
Track 3 - "...so frightening to lose yourself..." from the movie 'Scanners'.
Track 5 - Russian speech from the movie '2010'
Track 7 - "Will I dream?" / "What do you mean?" from the movie '2010' again.
Track 8 - "Can you imagine, an extraterrestrial disc jockey..?" from the movie 'Space Camp' again.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode (Text): 5 411659 169270
- Barcode: 5411659169270
- Rights Society: SABAM™
- Matrix / Runout (Variants 1 to 4): AMB3927CD 14 [DADC Austria logo]
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 1, not mirrored, on mould): A1
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 2, mirrored, on mould): A3
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 3, mirrored, on mould): A5
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 4, not mirrored, on mould): A2
- Mould SID Code (Variant 1): none
- Mould SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI 94B3
- Mould SID Code (Variant 3): IFPI 94D0
- Mould SID Code (Variant 4): none
Other Versions (5 of 21)
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Patashnik (CD, Album, Limited Edition, Numbered) | Apollo | AMB 3927 CD X | Belgium | 1994 | ||
| Patashnik (CD, Album, Repress) | Origo Sound | SOUND 8 | Norway | 1994 | |||
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Recently Edited
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Patashnik (2×LP, Album) | Apollo | AMB 3927 LP | Belgium | 1994 | ||
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Recently Edited
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Patashnik (2×LP, Album, Limited Edition, Blue, Translucent) | Apollo | AMB 3927 X, AMB 3927 LP | Belgium | 1994 | ||
| Patashnik (CD, Album) | Apollo | AMB 3927 CD, AMB 3927CD, RTD 119.1868.2 | 1994 |
Recommendations
Reviews
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A prime slice of trippy and spacey techno; a more ambient texture than his previous release (Microgravity), and contains the hit 'Novelty waves', used in a Levi's advert on British telly. This was at the rear end of that heady period when it seemed anything was possible with ambient music and techno/dub/house- truly great times. Uplifting, and rather exciting technoid rhythms set against some rather unsettling samples, it is of it's period and still pretty fresh today. -
Biosphere's second album, PATASHNIK, opens with a creepy sample (lifted from the film THE KRAYS), dropping you immediately into a discomfiting space. And although "Startoucher" and "Decryption" (with its samples from the film _Scanners_) levy the mood somewhat, the dark thrums of "Novelty Waves" bring you back thundering into outer space. But while you're there, you can enjoy the heartbeat rhythm and lovely drive of "Patashnik," while "Mir" lets you drift further and further out, until you've reached the uneasy area of "The Shield." "Botanical Dimensions" returns us to an earth-like place, with rainforest sounds dotting the track, and "En-Trance" brings in a gentle guitar strum to take the album out. Certainly not as moody as MICROGRAVITY, but more spacious to make up for it.
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Edited 19 years agoA semi-trance, semi-ambient cosmic journey through Geir Jenssen's soundscapes. This was the first of Biosphere I've known and still is very dear for me. Great movie samples in English and Russian give me a "space-station" feeling in some moments. I have to say that this album is a bit uneven and I prefer the ambient "side", which later became Jenssen's speciality. Anyway, a great album to start your acquaintance with ambient in general and Biosphere in particular. And once you've fallen in love with that music, it stays with you...
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''We had a dream last night'..''We had the same dream'..
More spaced out ambient techno by Geir Jenssen. As good as Microgravity i think. Later on in the 90's he will make more 'abstract' ambient music. Great (listen to Substrata, really, really good) but i prefer Patashnik and Microgravity. For me they are cornerstones of the great electronica building..
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A fantastic ambient excursion into otherwordliness, from the innocenct yet somehow manacing opening track through to the delicious percussive Novelty Waves, a track made 'famous' by Levis. A benchmark album for the post-clubber.
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