Waveform Transmission Vol. 2

1993 studio album by The Vision

Waveform Transmission Vol. 2

Studio album by

The Vision

Released| 1993 (1993)
Genre| Detroit techno
Length| 32:44
Label| Tresor
Producer| Vision
The Vision chronology
| Toxin 12 EP
(1992)  | Waveform Transmission Vol. 2
(1993)  | Spectral Nomad
(1996)

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Waveform Transmission chronology
| Waveform Transmission Vol. 1
(1992)  | Waveform Transmission Vol. 2
(1993)  | Waveform Transmission Vol. 3
(1994)

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Waveform Transmission Vol. 2 is an album by American electronic musician and record producer Robert Hood, released under the alias The Vision.[1] Issued in 1993 via Tresor record label, it is the second instalment of the Waveform Transmission series.[2] Featuring a different style from Hood's future releases, the record attributes influences to his collective Underground Resistance and Jeff Mills.[3]

## Contents

* 1 Critical reception
* 2 Track listing
* 3 Personnel
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## Critical reception[edit]

Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [3]

AllMusic critic Jason Birchmeier found the record to be "nowhere near as realized as his [Hood's] later Tresor recordings such as Internal Empire and Minimal Nation." Birchmeier further stated: "With the syncopated pounding and the maelstrom of looped laser sounds, a stark, austere motif pervades throughout these eight songs; unfortunately, the variety of experimental song ideas so common to his later work is notably absent."[3] Ruaridh Law of Fact described the tracks as "heavy, atonal DJ workouts with plenty of rattling percussion and relatively high BPMs," while comparing them to the "noisy, fast, unrefined-sounding techno" that Hood released on Hard Wax label.[4] Techno: The Rough Guide author Tim Barr thought that the record "demonstrates a distinctive and restless creativity that was all his own."[5]

## Track listing[edit]

All tracks composed by Vision.

1. "K-Force" — 4:21
2. "Liquification" — 2:01
3. "Weapons" — 2:41
4. "Gamma Scale" — 5:47
5. "Chrome" — 3:23
6. "Projectile Darts" — 5:06
7. "The Protector" — 3:28
8. "Magnetic Storm" — 5:41

## Personnel[edit]

Album credits as adapted from CD liner notes.[6]

* Vision — producer, mixing
* Krypton — graphic design

## References[edit]

1. ^ Birchmeier, Jason. "The Vision". allmusic.com. AllMusic. Retrieved February 17, 2020.
2. ^ Cetin, Marissa (October 24, 2018). "Tresor to reissue Jeff Mills' seminal 1994 album, Waveform Transmission Vol. 3". residentadvisor.net. Resident Advisor. Retrieved February 17, 2020.
3. ^ a b c Birchmeier, Jason. "The Vision - Waveform Transmission, Vol. 2". allmusic.com. AllMusic. Retrieved February 17, 2020.
4. ^ Law, Ruaridh (June 30, 2010). "The Essential… Robert Hood". factmag.com. Fact. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
5. ^ Barr, Tim (2000). Techno: The Rough Guide. Rough Guides. p. 173\. ISBN 1858284341.
6. ^ Waveform Transmission Vol. 2 (CD liner notes). Robert Hood. Tresor. 1993.`{{cite AV media notes}}`: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

## External links[edit]

* Waveform Transmission Vol. 2 at Discogs (list of releases)