''Burning Empires'' is an
EP from
VNV Nation
VNV Nation is an Irish alternative electronic project led by Ronan Harris in the roles of singer, songwriter, and producer. VNV Nation's sound combines lyrics with sounds that ranges from melodic industrial dance anthems, to haunting ballads ...
. It contains remixes and alternate versions of tracks from their popular album ''
Empires'', plus the "Standing" single. It is a limited edition release of 4,700 copies.
The album was made available on the
iTunes Music Store
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, as well as on
Napster
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and
Amazon MP3 Downloads
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.
"Further" and "Radius²" were the only entirely new tracks on ''Burning Empires''. "Lastlight" was a remix of "Firstlight"/"Arclight" from ''Empires''. The exclusive version of "Savior" has a full vocal track (the previously released album version is an instrumental).
A
cover of "Further" by the band LifeForce was used in the video game
Iji
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, and while not released on any CD, it was made available for public download.
"Standing" was ranked #1 on the German Alternative Charts (DAC) Top 100 Singles of 2000.
Track listing
References
VNV Nation albums
2000 EPs
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