Released August 19, 1997 Transmission
(1997) Triptych
(1999) Release date 19 August 1997 Genre Rock music | Length 49:34 Artist The Tea Party Producer Jeff Martin | |
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Recorded Alkemical Studios (Montreal), NRG Studios (Los Angeles), Studio Morin Heights (Morin Heights) Label EMI Music Canada
Atlantic Records Nominations Juno Award for Rock Album of the Year Similar Triptych, The Interzone Mantras, Seven Circles, Splendor Solis, The Edges of Twilight |
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Transmission is the fourth album recorded by the Canadian band The Tea Party, released in 1997. The band expanded on the mix of rock, blues and world music found in their previous albums by adding electronic instruments and recording techniques to their repertoire.
Contents
- The tea party transmission album a4 432hz
- The tea party transmission
- Hidden tracks
- Singles
- Recording personnel
- Art details
- Songs
- References
While still using several exotic instruments and maintaining the "eastern" influence in the recording, many songs also include samples, sequencers and loops alongside the traditional acoustic instruments. The result is a harder, industrial sound. The album makes lyrical references to the afterlife ("Psychopomp"), the dystopian works of Aldous Huxley, George Orwell, Yevgeny Zamyatin ("Army Ants") and Giovanni Piranesi's 'Imaginary Prisons' ("Alarum").
Transmission continued to build on the momentum generated by The Edges of Twilight, reaching #3 on the Canadian album chart, double platinum status in Canada and receiving a 1998 Juno nomination for "Blockbuster Rock Album of the Year". An edited version of the song "Temptation", as well as an instrumental version of "Babylon", can be found on the PlayStation game Road Rash 3D, from the same year.
The tea party transmission
Hidden tracks
Transmission contains two hidden pieces of music, both hidden in the pregap:
Singles
Recording personnel
Art details
Songs
1Temptation3:25
2Army Ants3:35
3Psychopomp5:17