Crystal clear guided tour from US label Instinct into the state of ambient music in 2002 in it s many strains and strands. Rightfully giving full exposure to the underground and seemingley currated by Taylor Deupree so you know it s a winner all the way. Ten exclusive tracks amongst the thirty nine on offer. Artists appearing include Taylor himself in many guises (the set opener The Glow Of Red Hydrogen is a killer starting point), Terre Thaemlitz, Shuttle 358, Mitchell Akiyama and many more known and unknown future stars. Each CD is set as a continous mix and the packaging is lushness and space like the finest visual work of Raster-Noton. Lovely.


Tracklist:

Disc: 1

1. The Glow Of Red Hydrogen - Human Mesh Dance
2. Slowly In - Shuttle358
3. Giertunn - Ralf Schneeberg
4. Zed - Sutekh
5. 2am On A Silo - Terre Thaemlitz
6. Guten Tag, Herr Stockhausen - Mysteries Of Science
7. Remote/Beauty - Tetsu Inoue/Taylor Deupree
8. Bubbledub - Flowchart
9. Caterpillar To Butterfly - Omicron
10. Meridial - Mitchell Akiyama
11. Bonus Track - Ambient Boxed
12. Bonus Track - Ambient Boxed
13. Bonus Track - Ambient Boxed

Disc: 2

1. Azul - Electric Birds
2. Water - Reade White
3. 4546345 - Facil
4. Organism - Selway
5. Dubs Of Hazzard - Carlito Verde
6. Countless Ancient Races - Susanne Duque
7. Drifting - Sub Dub
8. Patriotic Hiss - Rudy Hill
9. First Fragment - Seti
10. Text Frequency - Dietrich Schoenemann
11. Bonus Track - Ambient Boxed
12. Bonus Track - Ambient Boxed
13. Bonus Track - Ambient Boxed

Disc: 3

1. Myopia - Moby
2. Entropy - Greg Long
3. Blossom Tranq D - Mothering Noise
4. 5N9 - MD
5. OM - Deep Space Network
6. Journey To The Sun - Adham Shaikh
7. Convex - Evolve Now
8. Se Prendre - Ghislain Poirier
9. Dimitra s Bedroom - Futique
10. Symphony #1 Excerpt - The Super Secret Symphony
11. Bonus Track - The Super Secret Symphony
12. Bonus Track - The Super Secret Symphony

Disc: 4

1. Occur.9 - Taylor Deupree
2. Understand - Prototype 909
3. Mirage - Klip
4. E.P.L. (Famme Machine) - Drum Komputer
5. Leftside - Casey Hogan
6. Mood Swing - Tetsu Inoue
7. Escape From What? Excerpt - Escape Tank
8. October 8 1997 - Ken Kirschner
9. North Twin - Adham Shaikh/Tim Floyd
10. Bonus Track - Ambient Boxed
11. Bonus Track - Ambient Boxed
12. Bonus Track - Ambient Boxed