Discography
Introduction
Okay, I have to start this section of the site with a confession. I've pretty much lost track of which tracks have been used on compilations and samplers over the years. After the demise of the original incarnation of Thinking Metal in 1999, some of our records were lost, others were just never updated. Some tracks have been used with my permission, some without. Some I had even forgotten I'd written.
Hence, this is where we need your help. We would love to get a full discography together, just so that I have something to look back on in my fading years and perhaps tell the Grandchildren how their grandpappy nearly made it. Yeah, Dream on, Dave.
So, if you know of a track that's been used somewhere and doesn't appear in the list below then please let me know via the contact page. I'll be extremely grateful and you'll also get a mention here as an honourary archivist.
Part i) Demo tapes / early releases
Kinetic Engineering (1993, 6 copies)
- Tranquility Bass [original version]
- The Reality Engine
- Dream On
- Machine
Artix promotional video (1994, 6 copies)
- Storm Front
- Four Wheel Jive
Crash (1994, 20 copies)
- Ozone Park
- Tranquility Bass
- The Infection of Time
- Lovesong
Sampler Tape #1 (1995, 50 copies)
- Storm Front
- Tranquility Bass
- Network of the Heart
Notes
- Kinetic Engineering was the original name of the band which eventually became T-Bass UK. The name first appeared in 1993 but only on a promotional T-shirt.
- The original version of Tranquility Bass was never formally released because it used a collection of samples ahem, borrowed from a Johannes Schmoeling disc (White Out, I think). This track was later retitled Roger, Roger and should have featured on The Infection of Time but was never subsequently released.
- There are about 20 copies of Crash in circulation. This four track cassette was released to see if our music had any appeal to an EM scene saturated with Tangerine Dream wannabees. Crash does not have the name of the album on the cassette : it only aquired the name Crash when we discovered that it did not have a name... Ahem
- Sampler tape #1 was released ahead of the EMMA 3 festival in 1995 because those nice people at MCPS delay the manufacture of "The Infection of Time and meant we had nothing to sell at the event. It didn't sell anyway and we ended up giving over half of them away.
- Hang on to your copy of Sampler 1 if you have one. I heard that these were being traded at five or six quid a shot a couple of months ago - which isn't bad.
- The Artix promotional video was compiled for an engineering showcase to demonstrate the benefits of concurrent engineering in the modern workplace. Filmed in the company quarry on a shoestring budget - and in near arctic conditions too, it was later editted at Stonehills, one of Newcastle's finest studios. This project was an introduction to another world. I have two or three copies of the original tape but Lord knows where the others went.
- I've been able to dig out the source of the Artix promotional video. I'll see if I can get a copy of it on YouTube
Part ii) T-Bass UK releases
The Infection of Time (INFECT001, 1995)
- Storm Front
- Tranquility Bass
- The infection of Time
- Mariner
- Ozone Park
- Inferno
- Four Wheel Jive
- The Torch
- Network of the Heart
- Lovesong(Are you still there?
Connexion (INFECT002, 1999)
- Lovesong (live at EMMA IV)
- Tranquility Bass 1999 (live at Newcastle Arts Centre)
- 6EQUJS (Wow!)
- Gazing at the edge of forever
- Time after time
The Fabulous Neutrinos (INFECT003, 2001)
- The Fabulous Neutrinos
- Ice
- Know Fear
- The Lighthouse
- Gazing at the edge of forever
- Call from the Wild Side
- 6EQUJS(Wow!)
- 10000 Maniacs
- Memory Lingers Here
- A Question of Time
Part iii) T-Bass UK discs on MP3.com
MP3.com was one of the first sites to offer a good quality download service and all of the above T-Bass recordings were re-mastered and re-released on the MP3.com between 2000 and 2002. All are currently deleted.
- Spin Lock 7 tracks covering Connexion and Infection
- Microcosm 7 tracks covering Connexion and Infection
- Receiver? The seven post-Infection releases on one disc
- The Infection of Time (INFECT001-DAM) - re-released as a DAM CD!
- Connexion (INFECT002-DAM) - the original Connexion tracks and more!
Notes
- Microcosm was originally a pilot release of live and unreleased tracks from the archives, circa 1997. This version was never released but the title was reused later for the MP3 release which, incidentally, sold like sand in the Sahara. Subsequently deleted in May 2001. The same was true of the disc Spin Lock.
- The track layout and timings for Microcosm and Spin Lock were never recorded anywhere. If you have a copy of either of these discs then please let us know.
Part iv) Skin Mechanix releases
The Secret Life of Angels (INFECT004, 2002)
- First Flight
- The Secret Life of Angels
- Ultravista
- Interlude at the Edge of Known Space
- ZeitGeist
- A Chromium Dark
- The Great Discovery
- Glow
- Dimension Jump
Notes
The downloadable version of this album from Magnatune features 3 additional tracks but omits track 5, ZeitGeist. The additional tracks are:
- Elementary Theory of Transfer Processes
- Overflight
- A Chromium Dark (Live at Awakenings, 2005)
Fallen Angel (INFECT006, 2005)
- Fallen Angel
- Dimension Jump
- Waving at Mono
- The Secret Life of Angels
- A Chromium Dark
- Before We Forget
- The Journey Home
- America
Part v) Ion releases
Future Forever (INFECT007, 2007)
- Future Forever
- Logoscape
- Minerva
- Evensong
- Farscape
- The Silent Scream
- Tangents
- Flying over Blue Waters
The Downloadable version of Future Forever features the following additional tracks, which were not included on the original CD release.
- Eternal Flame
- Voyager
- The Silent Scream (Part ii)
Flying Over Blue Waters (INFECT008, 2007, video download only)
Our first video project, creating using the virtual world of Second Life.
Universal (INFECT009, 2008, download only)
This release was recorded live on 14th December 2007 at Newcastle University's Symposium on Music and Machines.
- Altitude
- Sancho Panza
- Garden Party
- Aurora
- Waving at Mono
Part vi) Promotional Discs
Mediaevil (INFECT005, 2002)
- The Fabulous Neutrinos (T-Bass UK, album version)
- Tranquility Bass 2001 (T-Bass UK, Live at the BBC, 2001)
- Endura (T-Bass UK, Live at Alfa Centauri, 1999)
- Time After Time (T-Bass UK, Live at Alfa Centauri, 1999)
- Generator (T-Bass UK, Live at EMMA IV, 1997)
- Lovesong (T-Bass UK, Live at the BBC, 2001)
- Sian T-Bass UK, (Live at EMMA IV, 1997)
- Secret Life Medley (SkinMechanix, from the album The Secret Life of Angels
- OverFlight (SkinMechanix, unreleased)
- A Question of Time (T-Bass UK, Live at the BBC, 2001)
- Waving At Mono (SkinMechanix 2002, Unreleased)
Part vii) Compilation Discs
- Sequences 15 (1994, The Torch I carried burnt my hand)
- The Music of Tadream (1996, Storm Front, Tranquility Bass)
- Goldtri Disc 1 (1997, A Question of Time, live at EMMA IV)
- Is there anybody out there? (1998, Nemesis, live at EMMA IV)
- Synth Music Direct Sampler 1 (1995, Lovesong, live at EMMA IV)
- Synth Music Direct Sampler 3 (1997, Tranquility Bass)
- Scanners (1999, 4 tracks, no idea which though!)
- World Wide Kind (2000, Gazing at the Edge of Forever - Ambient Groove Mix)
- Schwingungen Radio on CD (2005-2007, Numerous tracks on numerous discs... :) )
Notes
- The version of The Torch which appears on the Sequences compilation tape is the version which was recorded at Impulse Studios in Wallsend, Newcastle. I was never happy with this mix. Recording at Impulse was a weird experience, the sort of thing which could only ever happen in the music business. Imagine the final mixdown of the album, a huge computer controlled setup, state-of-the-art digital synths crammed into every available space, a 24 track tape machine buzzing away in the corner... and the sound engineer sitting in the middle of the studio floor trying to find a puncture in a cycle tyre with a bucket of water...
- Scanners was a four track EP which I knocked up late one night to send off to a radio station the next day. I made six copies, sent the lot off in the post to various radio stations and then completely forgot which tracks were on the disc. If you have a copy of Scanners please mail me with a track listing.
- I had no idea that there was a series of discs entitled Schwingungen Radio auf CD until I started researching this Discography!