Emotional Technology

Emotional Technology

ASIN: B0000A5A0K

Track Listings

1. Intro

2. Knowledge of Self

3. Superfabulous

4. Somnambulist

5. Force of Gravity

6. Dark Heart Dawning

7. The Great Escape

8. Paris

9. Circles

10. Last Moment of Clarity

11. Communicate

12. Animals

13. The Only Constant is Change

Editorial Reviews
From URB Magazine
Structurally, BT's fourth album plays like a classic rock mishmash of yesteryear. The sounds are all over the map, from the breakbeats on "Knowledge of Self" to the dance invite, "Force of Gravity," featuring a gleefully distorted vocal by ‘N Sync's JC Chasez. Emotional Technology's centerpiece and soul come in the form of "Dark Heart Dawning" and "The Great Escape," two of his more abstract pieces. The former quivers with a droning, Radioheadish sense of adventure (with instrumental backing provided by Guns N' Roses' rhythm section) slowly yielding to an unexpected gospel coda. The latter goes almost gothic with layers of cello (provided by Fortus) cushioning a reverberating piano line and Caroline Lavelle's lush vocal. Ninety seconds in, the song takes a left-hand turn into uptempo territory with sparkling computerized embellishment. Lest the proceedings get too arcane, BT returns to earth with the playful "Paris," which features a raspier, untethered vocal. Actually, it's the singing on Emotional Technology that lingers longest. BT lets loose on several tracks, gleefully strutting his stuff as a frontman singing with hard rock abandon on "Circles." Despite the Stones jones, BT doesn't exile his classical breeding, which is too embedded to be completely buried beneath his rawk inklings. At seventy-eight minutes, Emotional Technology gets a bit long in the tooth, but you get the feeling that the myriad streams of sound -- high and low, organic and digital -- that pass between (and through) his ears, have finally nestled together in a grandiose manner he envisioned.

Andrew Dansby

Product Description
Aussie edition of the electronica/dance star's 2003 album features exclusive artwork. 13 tracks including 'Simply Being Loved (Somnambulist)'. Festival/Mushroom Records.

Tracks:

Intro
Knowledge of Self
Superfabulous
Somnambulist
Force of Gravity
Dark Heart Dawning
The Great Escape
Paris
Circles
Last Moment of Clarity
Communicate
Animals
The Only Constant is Change

Album Description

Aussie edition of the electronica/dance star's 2003 album features exclusive artwork. 13 tracks including 'Simply Being Loved (Somnambulist)'. Festival/Mushroom Records.

Customer Reviews:

Superb CD that gets better and better.......2006-09-11

I initially bought this CD for one song, "Somnambulist", which I'd initially heard in the DDR Extreme game. I'm so glad I bought the entire CD rather than purchasing the one song online. The entire CD is fantastic, although I will admit upon first listen, not all of the tracks appealed to me. But after a few weeks I can now say that nearly all of the tracks have something rich to offer. My favorites are "Somnambulist", which I have listened to countless times, "The Force of Gravity," "Dark Heart Dawning," and "The Great Escape." At first I wasn't too fond of "Paris" but now it's grown on me. As well as the other tracks.

I'd never heard of BT before so I can't compare to earlier works so of course this did not disappoint. I love the electronic feel of this, the vocal samples, and the great variation throughout each track. I see other reviews that call this very "pop" but personally it does not feel that "pop" to me (and I like "pop" anyway, so no matter.)

Great, great work.

seriously people.......2006-08-07

yes this is a great album..

but as for the people saying its all about love and whatnot.. Its called EMOTIONAL technology people.. what did you expect.. its based all around emotion. could you be any more DUH.

Really grows on you.......2006-05-23

BT is an incredible electronic musician, one of the best these days, if not the. When I first listened to this album, it was a bit of a letdown, the only song which really stood out for me was Somnambulist. After having the album come up once in awhile in the playlist, I really started to dig the songs. Some of my favorites are Force of Gravity, Paris, Circles and Great Escape. Give it some time, and it will grow on you.

One thing I have to say is that this version lacks a song called "Love in the Time Of Thieves" ... this is incredible track. Its from the japanese special release CD, and its worth getting that version just for that song. If you can find a clip of it, you will agree with me...

BT = the shiz.......2006-02-05

This is one of my favorite albums of all time. This man's got insane talent. It is alittle poppy, but still great songs. very different from his older work though, So i can see why some people maybe alittle disappointed with this CD.

Very Disappointing!.......2006-01-18

I have been a fan of BTs for years and have all his CDs. I bought this album when it was first released in 2003. After much anticipation I was greatly disappointed with what I heard. His previous works I love and can play again and again but this abortion of pop rock is just not the BT that I and other fans were expecting. I will now not blindly purchase one of BTs works until I have fully listened to it incase of further disappointment.

If you want to listen to Drum and Base with a mixture if techno/trance done just right I recommend Pendulums "Hold Your Colour".

Average customer rating:

Tracklisting totally wrong

Emotional Technology
BT
Manufacturer: Black Hole
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 2007-04-09

Tracks:

Meeting of a Hundred Yang
Knowledge of Self
Superfabulous
Somnambulist
Force of Gravity
Dark Heart Dawning
Great Escape
PARIS
Circles
Last Moment of Clarity
Communicate
Animals
Only Constant Is Change

Album Details

Brian Transeau is a Creative Force Driving Digital Songwriting and Soundscaping in Its Evolution Into the Audio-visual-spiritual Art-form that Will Define and Inspire the Human Narrative of the 21st Century. He is Remastering the Obsolete Soundtrack of Our Late Analog Planet, Reassembling from the Chaos of Smashed Bytes Blurring Our Sampled Lives a New Paradigm of Beauty for this Binary Universe.

Customer Reviews:

Tracklisting totally wrong.......2007-05-03

It was not possible to update the tracklist, so I'll use this review space for that purpose:

Revised version of Brian Transeau's 'Emotional Technology', originally released back in 2003. Features nine tracks from the original album on CD1, plus four previously unreleased tracks. The second CD comes with extended dance mixes of some of the tracks.

Disc 1
01. The Meeting Of A Hundred Yang
02. Knowledge Of Self
03. Simply Being Loved
04. Force Of Gravity
05. Dark Heart Dawning
06. The Great Escape
07. Paris
08. Kimosabe
09. The Revolution
10. Last Moment Of Clarity
11. Communicate
12. The Only Constant Is Change

Disc 2
01. Somnabulist (Mark Norman remix)
02. Love In The Time Of Thieves
03. Force Of Gravity (Tiesto remix)
04. Somnabulist (Junkie XL vocal mix)
05. Superfabulous (Toksin's Rawshaker mix)
06. The Force Of Gravity (Dylan Rhymes Push Up mix)
07. Kimosabe (Hyper remix)
08. Communicate (Toksin's Narcan remix)
09. Somnabulist (Sander Kleinenberg's Convertible mix)

Average customer rating:

Good, but the bonus CD makes the package
The second CD is where it`s at.
Bonus CD is worth it!

Emotional Technology
BT
Manufacturer: Jvc Victor
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0001ZX34O
Release Date: 2004-05-21

Tracks:

Meeting of a Hundred Yang
Knowledge of Self
Superfabulous
Somnambulist
Force of Gravity
Dark Heart Dawning
Great Escape
PARIS
Circles
Last Moment of Clarity
Communicate
Animals
Only Constant Is Change

Album Description

Japanese edition of 2003 album features 23 tracks including exclusive bonus CD with 10 extra rarities & remixes, 'Kimosabe', 'Tao Of The Machine', 'Love In The Time Of Thieves', 'The Revolution', 'Simply Being Loved (Somnambulist)' (Junkie XL Vocal Mix), 'Simply Being Loved (somnambulist)' (Sander Kleinenberg's Convertible Mix), 'Simply Being Loved (Somnambulist)' (Burufunk Remix), 'The Great Escape' (Attention Deficit Mix), 'The Force Of Gravity' (Dylan Rhymes Push Up Mix), 'The Force Of Gravity' (Tiesto Remix). JVC. 2004.

Customer Reviews:

Good, but the bonus CD makes the package.......2007-06-15

Good, but the bonus CD makes the package

The second CD is where it`s at........2004-10-06

The first CD is pretty weak. With the exception of a few decent tracks, most of them feature acoustic guitars backed up by BT`s electronic production and generic songs about love. Things really start to slow down near the end of the disc, but you`ll probably have lost interest by then and have yourself wondering, "Man, when is this going to end so I can go back to Flaming June"? Those whole thing feels like a flawed attempt to grab some mainstream listeners.

The second CD more than makes up for this! You get Kimosabe, a kick-ass electronic rap song that was featured in Amplitude for PS2 and Need for Speed Underground. Tao of the Machine featuring the Roots, which is a sign that rap artists need to collaborate with electronic producers more often, and a bunch of sweet remixes and previously unreleased songs! Buy this album, but only if youre willing to pay the steep cost of a 2 CD import.

Bonus CD is worth it!.......2004-06-25

People with Emotional Technology USA edition may think that this version is nothing but a waste, BUT the there are three TOP NOTCH tracks on the bonus CD that are FULL-LENGTH and UNRELEASED that may be well worth your money. Those three out of the many tracks featured on the bonus cd are:

Tao of the Machine (feat. The Roots, from Blade II soundtrack but in FULL LENGTH)
Kimosabe (Unreleased, featured on a couple of Playstation II games)
Love in the Time of Thieves (feat. Beber and Tamera, unreleased and very very nice funky breaks track)

The rest of the bonus CD you can find on the single of Somnambulist and The Technology EP.

Tracks:

The Meeting Of A Hundred Yang
Knowledge Of Self
Superfabulous
Simply Being Loved
The Force Of Gravity
Dark Lent Daning
The Great Escape
Paris
Circles
The Last Moment Of Clarity
Communicate
Animals
The Only Constant Is Change

Album Description

Asian exclusive edition of 2003 album features 19 tracks including a bonus disc ('Somnambulist' Simply Being Loved - Remixes) featuring six extra tracks, 'SBL' (Sander Kleinenberg's Convertible Mix Edit, Junkie XL Vocal Mix Edit, Sander Kleinenberg's Convertible Mix, Junkie XL Vocal Mix, Junkie XL Dub Mix, & Burufunk Remix). Avex.

Album Details

Asian Exclusive Version Featuirng a Bonus CD with Six Additional Remixes of 'simply Being Loved'.

Average customer rating:

Emotional Technology-Special Edition

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ASIN: B000N6TZG6
Release Date: 2007-04-03

Album Description

UK 'Special Collectors Edition' 2-CD set comprising the 12-track CD album plus Bonus 9-track CD including Mark Norman, Tiësto, Junkie XL, Toksin's, Dylan Rhymes & Sander Kleinenberg's remixes. Black Hole. 2007.

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