Soli Deo Gloria

by Apoptygma Berzerk

Soli Deo Gloria cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 11 December 1993
  • Label: Tatra
  • Country: Norway
  • Length: 58:31
  • Community rating: 3.25/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Stephan L. Groth, Erik W酶llo

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'Soli Deo Gloria' is an ambitious debut that significantly broadened the scope of traditional electronic body music by integrating lush, melodic darkwave atmospheres. The Norwegian project utilizes relentless mechanical rhythms and depressive, occult-themed sampling, laying essential groundwork for the subsequent futurepop subgenre.

Genres

Descriptors: rhythmic, occult, melodic, sampling

Tracklist

  1. Like Blood From The Beloved (Part 1) (1:31)
  2. Bitch (4:24)
  3. Burnin' Heretic (5:34)
  4. Stitch (3:07)
  5. Walk With Me (1:40)
  6. Backdraft (4:20)
  7. ARP (808 Edit) (2:09)
  8. Spiritual Reality (4:40)
  9. Skyscraping (4:26)
  10. All Tomorrow's Parties (5:05)
  11. The Sentinel (1:13)
  12. Ashes To Ashes '93 (4:18)
  13. Like Blood From The Beloved (Part 2) (1:53)
  14. Burnin' Heretic - Rock Furore Version (5:34)
  15. Electronic Warfare - Full Speed Ahead Version (4:55)
  16. ARP - Lo-Fi Version (3:37)

Credits

  • Apoptygma Berzerk - primary artist
  • Albrecht D眉rer - artwork [soli deo gloria woodcut]
  • Christian Bloom - logo [apoptygma logo created by]
  • Anders Odden - guitar [additional]
  • Alice In Chains - performer [sampled to create skyscraping]
  • Angst Pop - performer [sampled to create skyscraping]
  • Biosphere - performer [sampled to create skyscraping]
  • Die Krupps - performer [sampled to create skyscraping]
  • Entombed - Performer [Sampled To Create Skyscraping]
  • Front 242 - Performer [Sampled To Create Skyscraping]
  • Germ - Performer [Sampled To Create Skyscraping]
  • PJ Harvey - Performer [Sampled To Create Skyscraping]
  • Pixies - Performer [Sampled To Create Skyscraping]
  • Ride - Performer [Sampled To Create Skyscraping]
  • Sonic Youth - Performer [Sampled To Create Skyscraping]
  • The Fair Sex - Performer [Sampled To Create Skyscraping]
  • Vomito Negro - Performer [Sampled To Create Skyscraping]
  • Yello - Performer [Sampled To Create Skyscraping]
  • Lou Reed - Written-By

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