Explore The Outer Reaches Of Trance & Techno With British Electronic Pioneers EAT STATIC On Two Monster Box Set Collections!
Formed out of the fertile ground of psychedelic rock collective Ozric Tentacles, Eat Static is the brainchild of drummer Merv Pepler and keyboardist Joie Hinton. Sensing a seismic shift in the late ‘80s/early ‘90s British music scene, these two intrepid spirits began exploring the electronic soundscapes of early rave and DJ culture with the idea of bringing their own rock and psychedelic influences to bear on the new sounds. The result was a truly groundbreaking project that persisted through 3 decades with multiple full-length albums as well as numerous EPs and singles, which helped build the group a solid reputation and sizable fanbase around the globe.
Now, two massive CD box sets are bringing a substantial chunk of Eat Static’s vast and incredible catalog back to planet Earth as both a celebration of their legacy as well as an opportunity for those who missed the ship the first time to jump onboard. Ecstatic Collection 1 features over 50 tracks of studio recordings, live tracks, alternate versions and more, covering some of the group’s earliest singles through to their 1992 debut album and beyond. The music comes packaged in 6 discs with each disc in its own wallet that recreates the original artwork.
Chapter 2 ups the ante with a mind-blowing 7 discs, picking up just after the turn of the century and covering several of the band’s most popular studio albums including 2008’s Back To Earth, which features a special guest appearance of Gong guitarist Steve Hillage, and 2015’s Dead Planet, which features guest Robert Smith of The Cure, plus loads of live tracks and rarities.
Each box set also comes with a full color booklet that includes an in-depth interview with Pepler and liner notes written specifically for these collections. So whether you’re an avid collector or just curious, these two box sets are well worth checking out!
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TRACK LIST
ECSTATIC COLLECTION VOL. 1
DISC 1: The Alien EPs
1. Almost Human
2. Mother Planet
3. Pupae
4. The Fourth Dimension (12″ Version)
5. Monkey Man
6. Habibeep
7. Inaana
8. Medicine Wheel
9. Alien
10. Mondo a Go-Go! (Radio Edit)
11. Bondo Mondage
12. Wall Banger
DISC 2: Prepare Your Spirit
1. Hallucinate
2. Fudge
3. Worm Lips
4. Instinct
5. Eat Static
6. Destiny
7. Raga
8. The Plot
9. Kinesis
DISC 3: Prepare Your Spirit 2
1. Almost Human
2. Om Machine
3. Cyber Funk
4. The Watcher
5. Higher State
6. Woman Is Life
7. Medicine Wheel
8. The Fourth Dimension
9. Humm II
10. The Element
DISC 4: Alien Homecoming (Live at Frome 1994)
1. The Crackle
2. Lost in Time
3. Carnyx
4. Dionysiac
5. Abnormal Interface
6. Peeow
7. Uforic Undulance
8. The Brain
9. The 4th Dimension
10. Cydonia
DISC 5: Decadance
1. Helios
2. Elephant Man
3. Inferno
4. Synapse
5. Outpost
6. Peristalsis
7. Primitive Art
8. Lost in Time
9. Kazmir
DISC 6: Crash & Burn
1. Crash and Burn
2. Love Truncheon
3. Holy War
4. Dervish Funk
5. Nocturnal Umbra
6. Mondo a Go-Go!
7. The Curious Dr. Hump
8. Heaven Scent
9. Elixir
ECSTATIC COLLECTION VOL. 2
DISC 1: In The Nude
1. Salon Kitty
2. Epidemic
3. Follow That Camel
4. Monstro
5. Our Man in Nirvana
6. In the Nude
7. Byronic
8. Temponaut
9. Moonbeat
10. Mandrake
11. Critical Mass (Kinetic Overflow Mix)
DISC 2: Alien Artifacts
1. Gimme Some Drugs
2. Tantroid
3. Into a Dance
4. Clash of the Titans
5. Dance Your Sex
6. Technophobe
7. Neck Tar
8. Alien (1992 Version)
9. More Than Flesh
10. Ganesha
DISC 3: De-Classified
1. Invasion
2. Sucker Unit
3. Trantaloid
4. Deadly Amphibian
5. Sin-Quest
6. Tractor Beam
7. Pachama
8. Visitors
9. Brassneck
10. De-Classified
DISC 4: Back To Earth
1. Tuned Mass Damper
2. Pharaoh
3. Lo-Ride Sloucher
4. Flippity Flippity
5. Epoch Calypso
6. Holy Stone
7. Pearl of Wisdom feat. Steve Hillage
8. Up, Periscope
9. Dune Rider feat. Steve Hillage
10. Valley of the Moon
11. The Wreckage
DISC 5: Dead Planet
1. System Static feat. Steve Hillage
2. Parallel World
3. Dragon’s Breath
4. In All Worlds feat. Robert Smith
5. Irritant
6. Sea of Dreams feat. Laughing Buddha
7. Ringlefinch
8. Odious Odium
9. In My Dreams
10. Voodoo Doll
DISC 6: Dead Planet 2 (Human Upgrade)
1. Frozen in Time
2. Dead Planet
3. Daemon Song
4. Near Future Myth
5. Fistful of Shekels
6. Sacred Key of Kalfu
7. Cavok No Sig
8. Thoraxian
9. 7 Pillars of Wisdom
10. Where Ghosts Lay
DISC 7 Xtra Static (Rarities)
1. Qedarite
2. Agitator
3. Scavenger
4. Yiraka
5. Mondo a Go-Go! (Radio Edit)
6. Bondo Mondage
7. Wall Banger
8. Nucleus Trance
9. Area 51 (Live at Solfest 2010)
