Radio is a psychedelic trance

Psychedelic trance

Psychedelic trance, psytrance or just psy is a form of electronic music characterized by hypnotic arrangements of synthetic rhythms and complex layered melodies created by high tempo riffs. It appeared in the mainstream in 1995 as with reporting of the trend of Goa trance. The genre offers variety...

 album released by X-Dream

X-Dream

X-Dream are Marcus Christopher Maichel and Jan Müller ; they are also known as Rough and Rush. They are producers of psychedelic trance music and hail from Hamburg, Germany...

 in 1998. Widely considered one of the most successful albums in the genre, this was one of the first albums to introduce a darker, more minimal sound which was later emulated by other artists. The album is mixed with radio static sounds between tracks giving it a consistent theme throughout.

Several tracks (notably 1 and 8) use voice samples from Dialogues with Madwomen

Dialogues with Madwomen

Dialogues with Madwomen is a 1993 documentary by Allie Light focusing on mental illness in women.In Dialogues with Madwomen, filmmakers Allie Light and Irving Saraf have coaxed seven "madwomen" — including Light herself — into telling their stories...

, a documentary on mental illness

Mental illness

A mental disorder or mental illness is a psychological or behavioral pattern generally associated with subjective distress or disability that occurs in an individual, and which is not a part of normal development or culture. Such a disorder may consist of a combination of affective, behavioural,...

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Track listing

1. "Radio" – 9:53
2. "Freak" – 9:31
3. "Electromagnetic" – 8:34
4. "Telegram" – 9:28
5. "The Frog" – 7:59
6. "Psychomachine" – 8:03
7. "Oscillator" – 10:11
8. "Out Of Your Control" – 8:00