Body Electric (album)

Body Electric
Studio album by Steve Roach and Vir Unis
Released	1999
Genre	Ambient
Length	56:54
Label	Projekt Records
Producer	Steve Roach and Vir Unis
Steve Roach chronology
Dreaming... Now, Then: A Retrospective 1982-1997 (1999)Dreaming... Now, Then: A Retrospective 1982-19971999 Body Electric (1999) Quiet Music: Complete Edition (1999)Quiet Music: Complete Edition1999
Vir Unis chronology
The Ambient Expanse (1998) Body Electric (1999) The Drift Inside (1999)

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Body Electric (1999) is a collaborative album by ambient artists Steve Roach and Vir Unis. The music is a unique blend of smooth ambient textures, techno rhythms and various acoustic and natural recordings.

The artwork on the album was created by computer artist Steven Rooke. Instead of a booklet, this CD comes with four cards. The first card contains the front cover and on the reverse side the liner notes while the other three cards feature a panel of artwork on each side.

Track listing

1. "Born of Fire" – 9:12
2. "Pure Expansion" – 10:16
3. "Mind Link" – 7:07
4. "Gene Pool" – 5:40
5. "Synaptic Gap" – 1:56
6. "Homunculus Within" – 4:15
7. "Bloodstreaming" – 3:10
8. "Solar Tribe" – 4:13
9. "The New Dream" – 3:58
10. "Cave of the Heart" – 7:00

Personnel

• Steve Roach – analog and digital synthesizers, percussion, voice, treatments
• Vir Unis – synthesizers, treatments
• Omar Faruk Tekbilek – ney (on "Born of Fire")
• Roger King – bass (on "Born of Fire" and "The New Dream"), EBow guitar (on "Born of Fire")
• Linda Kohanov – voices (on "Pure Expansion")