Effector (album)

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Field	Value
name	Effector
type	Album
artist	Download
cover	Effector-Download.jpg
released	October 23, 2000
recorded	1999–2000
(Subconscious Studios, Hollywood)
genre	IDM
length	46:03
label	Nettwerk, Subconscious Communications
producer	cEvin Key, Phil Western
prev_title	III
prev_year	1997
next_title	Inception: The Subconscious Jams 1994-1995
next_year	2002
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| name = Effector | type = Album | artist = Download | cover = Effector-Download.jpg | alt = | released = October 23, 2000 | recorded = 1999–2000 (Subconscious Studios, Hollywood) | venue = | studio = | genre = IDM | length = 46:03 | label = Nettwerk, Subconscious Communications | producer = cEvin Key, Phil Western | prev_title = III | prev_year = 1997 | next_title = Inception: The Subconscious Jams 1994-1995 | next_year = 2002

Effector is an electronica album by Canadian electronic music group Download.

| rev1 = Allmusic | rev1Score = [ link] | noprose = yes

Track listing

1. "Carrier Tone" – 4:02
2. "Muscaria" – 5:09
3. "Vagator" – 6:12
4. "Ego Dissolve" – 5:31
5. "The Guide" – 5:27
6. "Chrysanthemum" – 5:03
7. "Ayahuasca" – 3:55
8. "Two Worlds Collide" – 6:44
9. "Affirmed" – 4:04

All songs by cEvin Key & Phil Western, except for "Ego Dissolve" and "Ayahuasca" by Key, Western & Van Rooy.

Personnel

• cEvin Key
• Phil Western

Guests

• William van Rooy - additional electronics (4, 7)

Notes

The cover is a photograph of an amusement ride in Dresden, taken by Anthony Valcic using a very slow shutter speed.

"Muscaria" begins with a backwards-masked sample from Quebec blues-rock band Offenbach's "Promenade sur Mars".

Reference List

References

1. "Download - Effector (album review ) {{!}} Sputnikmusic".
2. "Effector - Download {{!}} Credits {{!}} AllMusic".
3. "Anthony Valcic {{!}} Credits {{!}} AllMusic".

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