Cryogenic Studios

{{Infobox album

| name = Cryogenic Studios

| type = compilation

| artist = Front Line Assembly, Equinox, Delerium, Pro>Tech and Synæsthesia

| cover = VariousArtistsCryogenicStudiosFrontCover.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|1998|8|11}}{{AllMusic | class=album | id=cryogenic-studios-mw0000045459 | label=Front Line Assembly: Cryogenic Studios > Overview | last=Huey | first=Steve | accessdate=July 12, 2014}}

| recorded = Cryogenic Studio, Vancouver, B.C., Hyposonic Studio

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Electro-industrial, electronic, ambient house, drum and bass, big beat, ambient

| length = {{Duration|m=71|s=15}}

| label = Cleopatra, Zoth Ommog

| producer = Bill Leeb, Chris Peterson, Rhys Fulber, Michael Balch

| chronology = Front Line Assembly

| prev_title = [FLA]vour of the Weak

| prev_year = 1997

| next_title = Re-Wind

| next_year = 1998

| misc = {{Extra chronology

| artist = Delerium

| type = compilation

| prev_title = Karma

| prev_year = 1997

| title = Cryogenic Studios

| year = 1998

| next_title = Cryogenic Studio, Vol. 2

| next_year = 2000

}}

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}

| rev2 = Ink 19

| rev2Score=Favorable{{cite web | url=http://www.ink19.com/issues_F/98_09/wet_ink/music_ac/029_cryogenic_studios_nf.html | title=Cryogenic Studios - Various Artists | work=Ink 19 |publisher=Ian Koss |location=Melbourne, Florida | last=West | first=Andrew | date=September 1998 | accessdate=July 12, 2014}}

| rev3 = Sonic Boom Magazine

| rev3Score = Favorable{{cite web | url=http://www.sonic-boom.com/review/cryogenic.studios-1.html | title=Various Artists: Cryogenic Studios | publisher=Sonic Boom Magazine | accessdate=July 12, 2014}}

| noprose = yes

}}

Cryogenic Studios is a compilation album that contains songs from several of Canadian electronic musician Bill Leeb's projects including Front Line Assembly, Equinox, Delerium, Pro>Tech, and Synæsthesia. It was released by Cleopatra in 1998. The album title refers to the name of Cryogenic Studio in Vancouver that serves as headquarters studio for Front Line Assembly and related side projects.{{cite web | url=http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/1995_articles/jan95/frontlineassembly.html | title=Bill Leeb: Front Line Assembly | publisher=Sound On Sound | last=Humberstone | first=Nigel | date=January 1995 | accessdate=July 12, 2014}}{{cite web | url=http://www.darkwaver.com/eklectique/two/frontline.html | title=Front Line Assembly | publisher=Eklectique Magazine | last=Porter | first=Alicia | date=November 8, 1998 | accessdate=July 12, 2014}} The Zoth Ommog release for the European market came with a different artwork.{{cite web | url=http://mindphaser.com/index.php?page_id=280 | title=Mindphaser > Projects > Front Line Assembly > Discography > Cryogenic Studios | work=Mindphaser 3.0 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050218041256/http://mindphaser.com/index.php?page_id=280 | archivedate=February 18, 2005 | accessdate=July 12, 2014}} All tracks except for "Infra Stellar (Remix)" were re-released in 2005 by Cleopatra on the compilation album The Best of Cryogenic Studio.{{AllMusic | class=album | id=the-best-of-cryogenic-studios-mw0000262678 | label=Front Line Assembly: The Best of Cryogenic Studios > Overview | accessdate=July 13, 2014}}

Track listing

{{Track listing

| all_writing = Bill Leeb and Chris Peterson, except where noted

| extra_column = Artist

| title1 = Contact (Remix)

| extra1 = Equinox

| length1 = 7:38

| title2 = Nova Man (Remix)

| extra2 = Equinox

| length2 = 7:46

| title3 = Equilibrium

| extra3 = Front Line Assembly

| length3 = 7:04

| title4 = Transmutation

| note4 = Written by Bill Leeb and Michael Balch

| extra4 = Front Line Assembly

| length4 = 4:53

| title5 = Infra Stellar (Remix)

| note5 = Written by Bill Leeb and Rhys Fulber

| extra5 = Delerium

| length5 = 8:18

| title6 = Desert (Remix)

| note6 = Written by Bill Leeb and Rhys Fulber

| extra6 = Delerium

| length6 = 10:26

| title7 = Thread-Dead (Remix)

| extra7 = Pro>Tech

| length7 = 8:41

| title8 = Erotic Onthology (Remix)

| extra8 = Pro>Tech

| length8 = 7:14

| title9 = The Flood

| extra9 = Synæsthesia

| length9 = 9:15

}}

"Equilibrium" and "The Flood" are previously unreleased.

Personnel

=Front Line Assembly=

  • Bill Leeb – production, mixing (2–9)
  • Chris Peterson – production (1–3, 7–9), mixing (2, 3, 7–9)
  • Rhys Fulber – production (5, 6), mixing (5, 6)
  • Michael Balch – production (4), mixing (4)

=Technical personnel=

References