Form & Function
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Form & Function is the second album by British drum and bass
artist Photek
. It was released on September 14, 1998 on the Virgin Records
sublabel Science Records in Europe and on Astralwerks
in the US. The album is made up of older Photek tracks that were previously only available on 12" vinyl. The first six tracks of the album are remixes by Photek himself and other drum and bass artists, while the second six tracks are the original versions. The last track on this album (no. 12) contains samples of the so-called "Halt Tape", recorded at the occasion of the Rendlesham Forest incident
.
Drum and bass
Drum and bass is a type of electronic music which emerged in the late 1980s. The genre is characterized by fast breakbeats , with heavy bass and sub-bass lines...
artist Photek
Photek
Photek is Rupert Parkes , a Los Angeles-based British record producer and DJ. He joined the drum and bass scene relatively early , and is still one of its most respected players...
. It was released on September 14, 1998 on the Virgin Records
Virgin Records
Virgin Records is a British record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell in 1972. The company grew to be a worldwide music phenomenon, with platinum performers such as Roy Orbison, Devo, Genesis, Keith Richards, Janet Jackson, Culture Club, Lenny...
sublabel Science Records in Europe and on Astralwerks
Astralwerks
Astralwerks is a New York-based record label that releases primarily electronic music. It is owned by Virgin Records/EMI and distributed by Caroline Distribution in the United States....
in the US. The album is made up of older Photek tracks that were previously only available on 12" vinyl. The first six tracks of the album are remixes by Photek himself and other drum and bass artists, while the second six tracks are the original versions. The last track on this album (no. 12) contains samples of the so-called "Halt Tape", recorded at the occasion of the Rendlesham Forest incident
Rendlesham Forest Incident
The Rendlesham Forest Incident is the name given to a series of reported sightings of unexplained lights and the alleged landing of a craft or multiple craft of unknown origin in Rendlesham Forest, Suffolk, England, in late December 1980, just outside RAF Woodbridge, used at the time by the U.S....
.
Track listing
- "The Seven Samurai (Photek remix)" – 6:59
- "The Lightening (Digital remix)" – 5:50
- "Rings Around Saturn (Peshay & Decoder remix)" – 8:02
- "The Margin '98 (Doc Scott remix)" – 6:54
- "Resolution (Photek remix)" – 6:39
- "UFO (J MajikJ MajikJ Majik has been a drum and bass DJ since his early teens in the early 1990s. He released his first track in 1992 on the Planet Earth record label...
remix)" – 6:15 - "Knitevision" – 6:40
- "Santiago" – 6:09
- "The Seven Samurai" – 6:51
- "Rings Around Saturn" – 7:24
- "The Water Margin" – 5:29
- "UFO" – 6:16