''Substrata 2'', also written as ''Substrata²'', is a
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by
ambient
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musician
Biosphere
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which was released on 6 June 2001.
The first disc is a remastered version of ''
Substrata'', and the second disc is a soundtrack for
Dziga Vertov
Dziga Vertov (russian: Дзига Вертов, born David Abelevich Kaufman, russian: Дави́д А́белевич Ка́уфман, and also known as Denis Kaufman; – 12 February 1954) was a Soviet pioneer documentary film and newsre ...
's 1929 film ''
Man with a Movie Camera
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'', 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
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railway station, Sicily.
Track listing
Disc one
# "As the Sun Kissed the Horizon" – 1:47
# "Poa Alpina" – 4:11
# "Chukhung" – 7:34
# "The Things I Tell You" – 6:28
# "Times When I Know You'll Be Sad" – 3:44
# "Hyperborea" – 5:45
# "Kobresia" – 7:12
# "Antennaria" – 5:04
# "Uva-Ursi" – 3:01
# "Sphere of No-Form" – 5:47
# "Silene" – 7:53
Disc two
# "Prologue" – 0:19
# "The Silent Orchestra" – 7:52
# "City Wakes Up" – 5:58
# "Freeze-Frames" – 6:46
# "Manicure" – 4:43
# "The Club" – 1:57
# "Ballerina" – 7:50
# "The Eye of the Cyclone" – 7:22
# "Endurium" – 10:47
References
2001 albums
Biosphere (musician) albums
Touch Music albums
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