Low on Ice (The Iceland Sessions)

Low on Ice (The Iceland Sessions)
Low on Ice (The Iceland Sessions)
Studio album by Alec Empire
Released	18 December 1995
Recorded	4–7 August 1995, Iceland
Genre	Ambient techno; experimental;
Length	59:59
Label	Mille Plateaux
Producer	Alec Empire
Alec Empire chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

Low on Ice (The Iceland Sessions) (commonly known as just Low on Ice) is the second solo studio album by German electronic artist Alec Empire, the third of five of his to be released on the Mille Plateaux label. Issued in 1995, Empire recorded the album over three days in August that same year during a tour of Iceland with his band Atari Teenage Riot.^[2] Primarily written outdoors in tents and recorded onto analog tapes,^[3]^[4] the record is noted for its ambient overtone,^[1]^[4]^[5] something not commonly associated with Empire's music.

Plans were announced of a triple-CD reissue containing unreleased archive material,^[6] this deluxe reissue was released in December 2020. "22:24", "Low on Ice", "metall Dub" and both untitled tracks would later be included on the compilation album The Geist of Alec Empire.^[7]

Track listing[]

All tracks are written by Alec Empire.

Disc One: Low On Ice
No.	Title	Length
1.	"37.2 Pt.1"	7:23
2.	Untitled	6:44
3.	"20 (1)"	4:09
4.	"20 (2)"	2:17
5.	"22:24"	6:24
6.	Untitled	6:24
7.	"Low on Ice"	7:55
8.	"Metall Dub"	7:00
9.	"2572"	4:20
10.	"We Were Burnt"	4:13
11.	"37.2 Pt.2"	0:56

Disc Two: The Precipice
No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Report"
2.	"her shadows"
3.	"ce:isir"
4.	"d ew"
5.	"Metall Dub Zwei"
6.	"8:03am"
7.	"Eruption"
8.	"wolfs mensch"
9.	"error control"

Disc Three: The White Zone
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Verusche Radio Signal"
2.	"icicles"
3.	"as the temperature decreased"
4.	"Todesstarre"
5.	"it found a host"
6.	"Verloren"

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b AllMusic review
^ The Mille Plateaux Years [https://web.archive.org/web/20070310220906/http://www.alecempirefansite.com/mp/mille_plateaux_notes.html Archived 2007-03-10 at the Wayback Machine, AlecEmpireFansite.com, last accessed 2007-10-12.
^ Walters, Sarah (2015-02-20). "High on innovation: Alec Empire debuts his seminal Low On Ice album in Manchester". www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk. Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 2018-12-25.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b n/a. "Alec Empire Talks". theransomnote.com. The Ransom Note. Retrieved 2018-12-25.
^ Richter, Andreas (2015-01-08). "Alec Empire verweigert den quality content". noisey.vice.com. Vice. Retrieved 2018-12-25.
^ Jacquet, Marianne (2018-02-03). "Breaking the Ice with Alec Empire - An Interview". kaltblut-magazine.com. Kaltblut Magazine. Retrieved 2018-12-25.
^ Bush, John. "Review of The Geist of Alec Empire". allmusic.com. Allmusic Guide. Retrieved 2018-12-25.

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[AMG-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b AllMusic review

[fansite-2] The Mille Plateaux Years [https://web.archive.org/web/20070310220906/http://www.alecempirefansite.com/mp/mille_plateaux_notes.html Archived 2007-03-10 at the Wayback Machine, AlecEmpireFansite.com, last accessed 2007-10-12.

[MEN-3] Walters, Sarah (2015-02-20). "High on innovation: Alec Empire debuts his seminal Low On Ice album in Manchester". www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk. Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 2018-12-25.

[TRN-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b n/a. "Alec Empire Talks". theransomnote.com. The Ransom Note. Retrieved 2018-12-25.

[vice-5] Richter, Andreas (2015-01-08). "Alec Empire verweigert den quality content". noisey.vice.com. Vice. Retrieved 2018-12-25.

[KM-6] Jacquet, Marianne (2018-02-03). "Breaking the Ice with Alec Empire - An Interview". kaltblut-magazine.com. Kaltblut Magazine. Retrieved 2018-12-25.

[AMG2-7] Bush, John. "Review of The Geist of Alec Empire". allmusic.com. Allmusic Guide. Retrieved 2018-12-25.

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