Tales of Ephidrina is an ambient

Ambient music

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/techno album by electronica

Electronica

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 artists The Amorphous Androgynous, better known as Future Sound of London (FSOL), which was released in 1993. It was created from material the pair had been working on around the same time as their ambient FSOL title "Lifeforms", while still containing some of the techno feel of "Accelerator".

History

This album was their first one after signing with Virgin; they moved to London from Manchester and were given a free hand to do what they wanted. The album is unique, in that it is the only album they released in the 1990s that wasn't recorded at their Earthbeat studio, and is also the only release on the band's short lived stem of Virgin Records, Quigley. It was the only electronic album recorded under the name Amorphous Androgynous, before the moniker's psychedelic reappearance in 2002.

The name Ephidrina refers to a form of Amphetamine

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Track listing

1. "Liquid Insects
   Liquid Insects
   "Liquid Insects" is a single released 1993 from the Tales of Ephidrina album by the electronica group Future Sound of London under the alias 'Amorphous Androgynous'. It is a dark and moody piece; it features a sample from the movie Predator.-References:...
   
   " – 7:21
2. "Swab" – 4:17
3. "Mountain Goat" – 4:38
4. "In Mind" – 5:38
5. "Ephidrena" – 8:17
6. "Auto Pimp" – 7:20
7. "Fat Cat" – 4:04
8. "Pod Room" – 5:27

Crew

• Written by Amorphous Androgynous
• Recorded at the Analogue Room - London
• Engineered by Yage
• Produced by Philip Pin
• Directed by FSOL
• Re-worked at Earthbeat Studios - London
• Cover art by Buggy G. Riphead
• "Liquid Insects" contains samples from the movie Predator
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• "Fat Cat" contains a sample from Peter Gabriel
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  , the soundtrack to the movie The Last Temptation of Christ
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