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Waveform Transmission Vol. 2

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{{Infobox album

| name = Waveform Transmission Vol. 2

| type = studio

| artist = The Vision

| cover = File:The Vision - Waveform Transmission Vol 2.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{start date|1993||}}

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Detroit techno

| length = 32:44

| label = Tresor

| producer = Vision

| prev_title = Toxin 12 EP

| prev_year = 1992

| next_title = Spectral Nomad

| next_year = 1996

| misc = {{Extra chronology

| artist = Waveform Transmission

| type = studio

| prev_title = Waveform Transmission Vol. 1

| prev_year = 1993

| title = Waveform Transmission Vol. 2

| year = 1993

| next_title = Waveform Transmission Vol. 3

| next_year = 1994

}}

}}

Waveform Transmission Vol. 2 is an album by American electronic musician and record producer Robert Hood, released under the alias The Vision. Issued in 1993 via Tresor record label, it is the second instalment of the Waveform Transmission series. Featuring a different style from Hood's future releases, the record attributes influences to his collective Underground Resistance and Jeff Mills.

Critical reception

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|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{rating|2.5|5}}

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AllMusic critic Jason Birchmeier found the record to be "nowhere near as realized as his [Hood's] later Tresor recordings such as Internal Empire and Minimal Nation." Birchmeier further stated: "With the syncopated pounding and the maelstrom of looped laser sounds, a stark, austere motif pervades throughout these eight songs; unfortunately, the variety of experimental song ideas so common to his later work is notably absent." Ruaridh Law of Fact described the tracks as "heavy, atonal DJ workouts with plenty of rattling percussion and relatively high BPMs," while comparing them to the "noisy, fast, unrefined-sounding techno" that Hood released on Hard Wax label. Techno: The Rough Guide author Tim Barr thought that the record "demonstrates a distinctive and restless creativity that was all his own."

Track listing

All tracks composed by Vision.

  1. "K-Force" — 4:21
  2. "Liquification" — 2:01
  3. "Weapons" — 2:41
  4. "Gamma Scale" — 5:47
  5. "Chrome" — 3:23
  6. "Projectile Darts" — 5:06
  7. "The Protector" — 3:28
  8. "Magnetic Storm" — 5:41

Personnel

Album credits as adapted from CD liner notes.

  • Vision — producer, mixing
  • Krypton — graphic design

References

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{{cite web |url=https://www.residentadvisor.net/news/42701 |title= Tresor to reissue Jeff Mills' seminal 1994 album, Waveform Transmission Vol. 3 |last= Cetin |first=Marissa |date=October 24, 2018 |website= residentadvisor.net |publisher=Resident Advisor |access-date=February 17, 2020 }}

{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-vision-mn0002152683/biography |title=The Vision |last= Birchmeier |first=Jason |website=allmusic.com |publisher=AllMusic |access-date= February 17, 2020 }}

{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/waveform-transmission-vol-2-mw0000244899 |title=The Vision - Waveform Transmission, Vol. 2 |last= Birchmeier |first=Jason |website=allmusic.com |publisher=AllMusic |access-date= February 17, 2020}}

{{Cite AV media notes |title= Waveform Transmission Vol. 2 |others=Robert Hood |year=1993 |type=CD liner notes |publisher=Tresor }}

{{cite web |url=https://www.factmag.com/2010/06/30/the-essential-robert-hood/ |title=The Essential… Robert Hood |last= Law |first=Ruaridh |date=June 30, 2010 |website=factmag.com |publisher=Fact |access-date= May 8, 2020 }}

{{cite book |last=Barr |first=Tim |date=2000 |title= Techno: The Rough Guide |publisher=Rough Guides |page=173 |isbn= 1858284341 }}

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External links

  • {{Discogs master|5590|type=album}}

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Category:1993 albums

Category:Robert Hood albums

Category:Album series