Substrata 2 Explained

Substrata 2
Type:	Studio album
Artist:	Biosphere
Cover:	Biosphere album cover Substrata2.jpg
Released:	6 June 2001
Genre:	Ambient
Length:	112:00
Label:	Touch Records
Prev Title:	Cirque
Prev Year:	2000
Next Title:	Man with a Movie Camera
Next Year:	2001

Substrata 2, also written as Substrata², is a double album by ambient musician Biosphere which was released on 6 June 2001.^[1]

The first disc is a remastered version of Substrata, and the second disc is a soundtrack for Dziga Vertov's 1929 film Man with a Movie Camera, commissioned by the Tromsø International Film Festival in 1996, plus two bonus tracks from the Japanese version of Substrata (the last two tracks).

The cover image is a photograph of Taormina railway station, Sicily.

Track listing

Disc one

1. "As the Sun Kissed the Horizon" – 1:47
2. "Poa Alpina" – 4:11
3. "Chukhung" – 7:34
4. "The Things I Tell You" – 6:28
5. "Times When I Know You'll Be Sad" – 3:44
6. "Hyperborea" – 5:45
7. "Kobresia" – 7:12
8. "Antennaria" – 5:04
9. "Uva-Ursi" – 3:01
10. "Sphere of No-Form" – 5:47
11. "Silene" – 7:53

Disc two

1. "Prologue" – 0:19
2. "The Silent Orchestra" – 7:52
3. "City Wakes Up" – 5:58
4. "Freeze-Frames" – 6:46
5. "Manicure" – 4:43
6. "The Club" – 1:57
7. "Ballerina" – 7:50
8. "The Eye of the Cyclone" – 7:22
9. "Endurium" – 10:47

Notes and References

1. Web site: Substrata V.2.