Initiation Tape
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{{Infobox album
| name = Initiation Tape - Part One
| type = studio
| artist = New Dreams Ltd.
| cover = Initation_tape_part_one_coverart.jpeg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2011|8|2}}
| recorded = 2011
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = {{hlist|Vaporwave|ambient|new-age}}
| length = 28:55 • 66:04 (Reissue)
| label = PrismCorp
| producer = Ramona Xavier
| chronology = Vektroid
| prev_title = New Dreams Ltd.
| prev_year = 2011
| next_title = Black Horse / MIDI Dungeon
| next_year = 2011
| misc = {{Extra album cover
| header = Initiation Tape: Isle of Avalon Edition
| type = studio
| cover = Initiaton_Tape_Isle_of_Avalon_coverart.jpg
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}} {{Extra chronology
| artist = Vektroid
| type = studio
| prev_title = ClearSkies™
| prev_year = 2013
| title = Initiation Tape: Isle of Avalon Edition
| year = 2014
| next_title = Sleepline
| next_year = 2016
}}
}}
Initiation Tape - Part One is the fourth studio album by American electronic musician Vektroid under her New Dreams Ltd. alias.{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/New-Dreams-Ltd-Initiation-Tape-Part-One/release/4150520|title=New Dreams Ltd. - Initiation Tape - Part One|website=Discogs}} The album has mixed reviews{{cite web|url=https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/new-dreams-ltd/initiation-tape/|title=Initiation Tape by New Dreams Ltd.|publisher=}}{{cite web|url=https://www.tinymixtapes.com/chocolate-grinder/listen-new-dreams-ltd-initiation-tape-isle-of-avalon-edition|title=♫ Listen: New Dreams Ltd. - Initiation Tape: Isle of Avalon Edition|publisher=}} but is still popular among Vektroid fans. The album was reissued in 2014 as Initiation Tape: Isle of Avalon Edition, featuring a different tracklist as well as new artwork (an image of the 'King Corner Suite' at the ANA InterContinental Hotel located in Minato, Tokyo, Japan{{cite web|url=https://anaintercontinental-tokyo.jp/en/stay/suites/corner-suites/|title=ANA InterContinental Tokyo Corner Suite}}). This version was uploaded to Vektroid's Bandcamp page, however it has since been removed.{{cite web|url=http://vektroid.bandcamp.com:80/album/initiation-tape-isle-of-avalon-edition|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104133250/http://vektroid.bandcamp.com/album/initiation-tape-isle-of-avalon-edition|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 November 2016|title=Initiation Tape: Isle of Avalon Edition - Vektroid|date=4 November 2016|publisher=|access-date=5 September 2020}} The album samples music from the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s.{{cite web|url=https://www.whosampled.com/album/New-Dreams-Ltd./Initiation-Tape:-Isle-Of-Avalon-Edition/|title=Initiation Tape: Isle of Avalon Edition by New Dreams Ltd.: Album Samples, Covers and Remixes|website=WhoSampled}}[https://www.popmatters.com/new-dreams-ltd-initiation-tape-isle-of-avalon-edition-2495632045.html PopMatters]
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing =
| headline = Initiation Tape - Part One
| extra_column = Samples used
| title1 = Forever? (Introduction, Pt. 1)
| length1 = 2:05
| extra1 = "I Loves You, Porgy (Live)" by Nina Simone (1962)
| title2 = Midnight Luvr (Introduction, Pt. 2)
| length2 = 2:48
| extra2 = "Intro" by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (1984) and "CBC Radio Commercial" by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (1986)
| title3 = Timecop
| length3 = 2:10
| extra3 = "Too Shy" by Kajagoogoo (1983)
| title4 = Neu Fatale
| length4 = 1:52
| extra4 = "My Love Is Waiting" by Marvin Gaye (1982)[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGo8vjhf0XA My Love Is Waiting by Marvin Gaye on YouTube]
| title5 = Drftrzz / Dstryrzz
| length5 = 2:11
| extra5 = "All of You" by Don Felder (1981)[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ysh4kcrTM5Q All of You (Soundtrack Version) by Don Felder - Topic on YouTube]
| title6 = Camaro
| length6 = 1:34
| extra6 = "I Want to Know What Love Is" by Foreigner (1984)
| title7 = PSR41
| length7 = 0:55
| extra7 = "Africa" by Toto (1982)
| title8 = Hydrocodone / Prom Night
| length8 = 3:35
| extra8 = "Lost in Love" by Air Supply (1979)
| title9 = You Appeared / You Didn't
| length9 = 1:44
| extra9 = "Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes (1981)
| title10 = Yr Slave
| length10 = 2:36
| extra10 = "Voices Carry" by 'Til Tuesday (1985)
| title11 = Meditations Save Me O Lord
| length11 = 2:04
| extra11 = "Kyrie" by Mr. Mister (1985)
| title12 = Upper Spheres Of Consciousness
| length12 = 1:20
| title13 = Rationalization
| length13 = 1:57
| extra13 = "Silver Springs" by Fleetwood Mac (1976)[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rOLgZvF-nw Silver Springs (2001 Remaster) by Fleetwood Mac on YouTube]
| title14 = New Life Now! Please
| length14 = 2:01
| extra14 = "The Silent Chorus" by John Maus (2007)
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| total_length = 28:55
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{{Track listing
| headline = Initiation Tape: Isle of Avalon Edition
| extra_column = Samples used
| title1 = Forever
| length1 = 4:52
| extra1 = "I Loves You, Porgy (Live)" by Nina Simone (1962), "Intro" by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (1984) and "CBC Radio Commercial" by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (1986)
| title2 = Timecop
| length2 = 1:45
| extra2 = "Too Shy" by Kajagoogoo (1983)
| title3 = Fatal
| length3 = 2:22
| extra3 = "My Love Is Waiting" by Marvin Gaye (1982)[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGo8vjhf0XA My Love Is Waiting by Marvin Gaye on YouTube]
| title4 = Drftrzz
| length4 = 2:01
| extra4 = "All of You" by Don Felder (1981)[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ysh4kcrTM5Q All of You (Soundtrack Version) by Don Felder - Topic on YouTube]
| title5 = Dedication
| length5 = 2:25
| extra5 = "I Want to Know What Love Is" by Foreigner (1984) and "Africa" by Toto (1982)
| title6 = Cold Water
| length6 = 4:56
| extra6 = "Lost in Love" by Air Supply (1979) and "Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes (1981)
| title7 = Slave
| length7 = 2:36
| extra7 = "Voices Carry" by 'Til Tuesday (1985)
| title8 = Meditations
| length8 = 5:16
| extra8 = "Kyrie" by Mr. Mister (1985)
| title9 = Cast
| length9 = 1:56
| extra9 = "Silver Springs" by Fleetwood Mac (1976)[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rOLgZvF-nw Silver Springs (2001 Remaster) by Fleetwood Mac on YouTube]
| title10 = Feel
| extra10 = "Fire on the Water" by Chris de Burgh (1986)
| length10 = 2:15
| title11 = Sky Nouveau
| length11 = 4:51
| extra11 = "Fatal Hesitation" by Chris de Burgh (1986) and "Any Love" by Luther Vandross (1988)
| title12 = Harem
| length12 = 1:41
| extra12 = "Miranova" by David Lanz and Paul Speer (1985)
| title13 = Pine Forest Surf
| length13 = 6:36
| extra13 = "Faces of the Forest Part 1", "Mountain" by David Lanz and Paul Speer (1985) and "Remembrance" by Jonn Serrie (1990)
| title14 = Nimbus Lab After Hours
| length14 = 6:40
| extra14 = "Mountain", "Lento/984" by David Lanz and Paul Speer (1985) and "Remembrance" by Jonn Serrie (1990)
| title15 = Asleep In The Ice Cave
| length15 = 5:33
| extra15 = "Iridani" by Jonn Serrie (1990)
| title16 = Aurora 3D
| length16 = 9:19
| extra16 = "Iridani", "Winter's Chapel", and "Tingri Maiden" by Jonn Serrie (1990)
| total_length = 66:04
}}Notes
- The introduction tracks from Part One, "Forever? (Introduction, Pt. 1)" and "Midnight Luvr (Introduction, Pt. 2)" were combined into the track "Forever", as seen in the reissue.
- The tracks from Part One, "Camaro" and "PSR41" were combined into the track "Dedication", as seen in the reissue.
- The tracks from Part One, "Hydrocone / Prom Night" and "You Appeared / You Didn't" were combined into the track "Cold Water", as seen in the reissue.
- The tracks from Part One, "Meditations Save Me O Lord" and "Upper Spheres Of Consciousness" were combined into the track "Meditations", as seen in the reissue.
- The last track from Part One, "New Life Now! Please" was never used in the reissue, unlike the rest of the tracks.
- The tracks from the reissue, "Feel" (which sampled "Fire on the Water" (1986) by Chris De Burgh), "Sky Nouveau" (sampled "Any Love" (1988) by Luther Vandross), "Harem", "Pine Forest Surf", "Nimbus Lab After Hours", "Asleep In The Ice Cave", and "Aurora 3D" are actually different titled and combined tracks from the albums Black Horse and MIDI Dungeon, both released by Vektroid under the alias esc 不在.
References
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External links
- [https://vektroid.bandcamp.com/album/initiation-tape-isle-of-avalon-edition Official website]
- [https://archive.org/details/NewDreamsLtd-InitiationTapeIsleofAvalonEdition Initiation Tape: Isle of Avalon Edition on Internet Archive]
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