Okay, here is the "beta" version of the Apollo discography. If you have
any releases not shown below, PLEASE email the details to me. My address
is at the bottom of this post.
Thanks!
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Apollo Records : Discography
Last updated : 25.4.94
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BRIEF INTRODUCTION
The Apollo label is the ambient division of R&S Records based in Belguim.
Whilst it has artists who only release on the Apollo label (e.g. Biosphere)
it also features releases from R&S artists issuing ambient LP/12"/EP's
(e.g. Robert Leiner, Ken Ishii).
Apollo 12" releases have a catalogue number in the form of APOLLO <number>.
Album catalogue numbers currently take the form AMB <number> LP/CD/MC/..
At the moment, the <number> in the album releases is 39xx where the xx
is the issue number of that album.
This format is likely to change, especially if there are many more releases
in the future.
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CONTACT
R&S Records,
Limburgstraat 82,
9000 Gent,
Belgium.
Tel. 32.91.24.21.48
Fax. 32.91.23.73
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DISCOGRAPHY
The discography will attempt to be in order of catalogue number. As a rule,
the catalogue numbers follow each other chronologically. Each release will
contain the following information;
Artist : The name of the artist/act for this release. This could well be
an alias for an artist who might release material under a
number of different names.
Release : The name of the album/12"/EP released.
Format : The media that the release was issued on (usually vinyl, compact
disc and occasionally cassette).
Cat. no : The catalogue number of the release.
Tracks : The list of tracks appearing on the release. Where available,
track playing times and remix names are given.
Notes : Any relevent information about the artist or release.
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Apollo : 12"/EP Releases
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This includes all 12" releases in Belgium only or in Europe on general
release. There are also 2x12" release packs, some of which include a 12"
on R&S (usually techno/dance related) with the other disc being ambient
material. The general releases are sometimes issued as a CD single.
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Artist : Juan Atkins
Release: ?
Format : 12"
Cat. no: APOLLO 3 [?]
Tracks: [Side A]
The Passage
[Side B]
Mind Changes
Vessels in Distress
Artist : Electrotete
Release: I Love You (Original & Remixes)
Format : 12"
Cat. no: APOLLO 4
Tracks: [Red Rose Side]
I Love You (Peter Ramson & Danny Van Wauwe remix) [5.34]
I Love You (Original Version) [4.34]
[Black Rose Side]
I Love You "The Deeper The Deeper" (Toney Thorpe remix) [11.30]
Notes : The Orb remix of "I Love You" can be found on the Apollo
Compilation (AMB 926).
Artist : Dave Angel
Release: The Family EP
Format : 12"
Cat. no: APOLLO 5
Tracks: [Logo side]
Great Daine
Brother From Jazz
[Info side]
Patrice
Artist : Biosphere
Release: Baby Interphase
Format : 12"
Cat. no: APOLLO 7
Tracks: Baby Interphase (Remix)
Baby Interphase (Remix II)
Baby Interphase (Original)
Artist : Ken Ishii
Release: Deep Sleep
Format : 12"
Cat. no: APOLLO 8
Tracks: [Logo side]
Kala
Floater
[Info side]
Naiad
Artist : Robert Leiner
Release: Dream Or Reality
Format : 12"
Cat. no: APOLLO 9
Tracks: [Side A]
Dream Or Reality (Original)
Dream Or Reality (Into The Dream mix)
[Side B]
Dream Or Reality (Out Of Reality mix)
Artist : The Fires Of Ork
Release: The Fires Of Ork
Format : 12"
Cat. no: APOLLO 11
Tracks: The Fires Of Ork I
The Fires Of Ork II
Notes : The Fires Of Ork are Geir Jenssen (Biosphere) and Pete Namlook,
owner of acclaimed trance/ambient label Fax +49-69/450464. This
collaboration also produced an album "The Fires Of Ork" which
was released on Fax records as well as on Apollo.
Artist : Biosphere
Release: Seti Project
Format : CD/?
Cat. no: APOLLO 12 [CD]
Tracks: Seti Project [5.58]
The Fairy Tale (Remix) [5.59]
Seti Project (Remix) [6.31]
Cloud X-3 [6.18]
Notes : "Seti Project" can also be found on the second Biosphere album
"Patashnik". The original mix of "The Fairy Tale" is on
Biosphere's debut album "Microgravity".
Artist : Aedena Cycle
Release: The Travellers Dream
Format : 12"
Cat. no: APOLLO 13
Tracks: [Side A]
The Travellers Dream
The Dreamshadow
[Side B]
Ciguri
Pharagonesia
Artist : Sun Electric
Release: Pitcheon/Sarotti
Format : 2x12"
Cat. no: RS 93019
Tracks: [Side A]
Osram 418 [4.17]
Osram 527 [5.27]
[Side B]
Pitcheon [6.33]
O'Locco (Beyond) [5.02]
[Side C]
Sarotti [6.20]
Up The Drain [8.54]
[Side D]
O'Locco (Beauty) [5.51]
O'Locco (Australiana) [6.39]
Notes : Double 12" pack with the first 12" on R&S and the second 12" on
Apollo (in clear vinyl).
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Apollo : Album releases
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Artist : -
Release: Apollo Compilation "File Under Ambient"
Format : LP/CD/?
Cat. no: AMB 926 [CD]
Tracks: Kinetic : Golden Girls (David Morley remix) [8.14]
Model 500 : The Passage [7.26]
David Morley : Evolution [8.19]
Biosphere : Cloudwalker [4.54]
Aphex Twin : X-tal [4.50]
Atlantis : Paradise (Part 1) [10.30]
Electrotete : I Love You (Orb remix) [9.47]
David Morley : Calibration [7.22]
Love Craft : Intelligent Universe [9.27]
Neuro : Mama (Justin London mix) [6.04]
Notes : Compilation album of Apollo acts and also ambient remixes of
R&S releases (e.g. "Kinetic").
Artist : Biosphere
Release: Microgravity
Format : CD/LP
Cat. no: AMB[CD] 3921
Tracks: Microgravity [5.12]
Baby Satellite [5.04]
Tranquilizer [8.08]
The Fairy Tale [4.53]
Cloudwalker II [5.26]
Chromosphere [3.28]
Cygnus-A [5.02]
Baby Interphase [5.07]
Biosphere [4.41]
Notes : Debut album. As with Biosphere's second album "Patashnik", this
album was previously released (in 1991) on a small Norwegian label
Origo Sound (OCD 9105).
Artist : Aphex Twin
Release: Selected Ambient Works 85-92
Format : LP/CD/?
Cat. no: AMB 3922 [CD]
Tracks: Xtal [4.51]
Tha [9.01]
Pulsewidth [3.47]
Ageispolis [5.21]
i [1.13]
Green Calx [6.02]
Heliosphan [4.51]
We Are The Music Makers [7.42]
Schottkey 7th Path [5.07]
Ptolemy [7.12]
Hedphelym [6.02]
Delphium [5.36]
Actium [7.35]
Notes : Originally released on R&S, it was re-issued on Apollo.
Artist : Robert Leiner
Release: Visions Of The Past
Format : LP/CD/?
Cat. no: AMB 3925 [CD]
Tracks: Out Of Control [9.51]
Visions Of The Past [9.11]
Interval [0.35]
To Places You've Never Been [8.11]
Aqua Viva [12.21]
Full Moon Ritual [7.03]
Zenit [4.02]
Dream Or Reality [7.32]
From Beyond And Back [6.49]
Northern Dark [6.44]
Artist : Biosphere
Release: Patashnik
Format : LP/CD/MC/Limited CD
Cat. no: AMB 3927 [LP/CD/MC/CDX]
Tracks: Phantasm [4.50]
Startoucher [5.02]
Decryption [6.04]
Novelty Waves [6.27]
Patashnik [6.13]
Mir [5.18]
The Shield [8.54]
Seti Project [5.58]
Mestigoth [1.43]
Botanical Dimensions [5.43]
Caboose [5.12]
En-Trance [4.40]
Notes : Limited CD version (limited to 1000 copies) comes in a special fold-
out box and booklet with Biosphere logos and album credits on it.
"Patashnik" was also released on a small Norwegian label called
Origo Sound before the Apollo release with a different cover design.
Artist : The Fires Of Ork
Release: The Fires Of Ork
Format : CD/?
Cat. no: AMB 3928 [CD]
Tracks: The Fires Of Ork I [7.45]
Gebirge [21.23]
Talk To The Stars [11.38]
The Facts Of Life [18.26]
The Fires Of Ork II [6.25]
Notes : I'm not sure whether this is the same version as The Fires Of Ork
album (released on Fax) but this album is published jointly by R&S
and Fax +49-69/450464.
Artist : Locust
Release: Weathered Well
Format : CD/?
Cat. no: AMB 3929 [CD]
Tracks: Prospero [8.44]
Moist Moss [6.58]
Xenophobe [5.41]
Weathered Gate [8.10]
Tamed [6.03]
Still [10.08]
Music About Love [9.57]
Lust [6.36]
Fawn [5.10]
Notes : Debut album
Artist : Jam & Spoon
Release: Tripomatic Fairy Tales 2002
Format : LP/CD/?
Cat. no: AMB 3930 [LP/CD]
Tracks: [Side A]
Hermaphrodite
N.A.S.A Nocturnal Audio Sensory Awakening
LSD Nikon
[Side B]
The Future Is In Small Hands
Salinas Afternoon
V. Angel Is Calling
[Side C]
Words And Dana
Ancient Dream
I Saw The Future
[Side D]
Castaneda Future Illuminations
Secret Kind Of Love
World Of XTC
Notes : "Tripomatic Fairy Tales 2001" was initially released on R&S with
"...2002" being released on Apollo. The albums were both then
re-released on Epic Records.
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ARTIST LIST
This contains some brief information (where known) about some Apollo
artists.
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APHEX TWIN
The Aphex Twin is Richard D. James from Cornwall, England. Richard has
recorded under many aliases (AFX, Polygon Window, The Caustic Window, etc)
but the Aphex Twin is his most familiar pseudonym. "Selected Ambient Works
85-92" was released following a number of R&S releases ("Analogue
Bubblebath Vol.1" and "Xylem Tube EP"). The Aphex Twin has now signed to
Warp Records but still releases material on his own Rephlex label.
ATKINS, JUAN
One of the originators of the Detroit techno sound, Juan's early works
are now being released as ambient material. R&S recently collected some
old Model 500 tracks and released "The Classics" and Juan has also been
working on new material with Thomas Fehlmann (3MB with Juan Atkins) and
released "Jazz Is The Teacher".
BIOSPHERE
Biosphere is Geir Jenssen from Tromsoe, Norway. Before his Biosphere
project, he was a member of Norwegian band Bel Canto. After he left Bel
Canto in 1990, he released some 12"s and an album under the alias of Bleep.
LEINER, ROBERT
Robert Leiner is an engineer in the R&S studios in Belgium. As well as
releasing material under his own name for Apollo, he is probably better
known for his R&S produce under the name "Source" (e.g. "Organised Noise").
LOCUST
Locust is Mark Van Hoen from England. Although having previous releases,
he is probably better known for his engineering work with ambient guitar
group Seefeel.
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CONTRIBUTIONS
Thanks to the following for contributions and/or suggestions;
Chris Fraser <ub141@freenet.victoria.bc.ca>
Stephen Punt <comms@vax.sbu.ac.uk> (?)
Joe Rice <ambient@netcom.com>
Julian Sominka <jsominka@csm.exeter.ac.uk>
Dr. Throby <bailey@ipt.unit.no>
Hans Veneman <veneman@tv99ad.hacktic.nl>
Will-E <will@panix.com>
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CONTACT
Your additions and modifications are pretty much vital to try and get this
discography to be as accurate as possible.
If you have any additions/modifications/suggestions PLEASE don't hesitate
to mail me at any of the addresses below;
email:
u9323899@sys.uea.ac.uk [UNIX]
u9323899@uea.ac.uk [VAX]
mail:
Simon Walley, Simon Walley,
The Spindles, SYS,
Cranbourne, University of East Anglia,
Sutton Scotney, Norwich,
Winchester, NR4 7TJ.
HANTS. SO21 3NA.
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