Techno Animal: 1995 - 1998 Track Details

After the release of Re-Entry and its counterpart Babylon Seeker, Techno Animal entered a highly-prolific era, issuing five limited 12"s and a pair of LPs in less than two years. Much of this material was reworked renditions of music found on compilation tracks, many by Mille Plateaux's Electric Ladyland series.

In late 2023, informed and inspired by a detailed breakdown by Matt Viola, I present a comprehensive breakdown of these tracks, their sources & relationships. This is all done to the best of our knowledge and there very well may be errors contained within.

In all cases, the original version may not necessarily be just that. At least by track title, we'll assume they are.

Cyborg Dread Year Appears On Duration Notes
* Cyborg Dread 1996 Axiom Dub 5:39 Original version
* Cyborg Dread Invokes The Phantom Priest 1995 Electric Ladyland II 5:19
* Spectro Morphology (The Resurrection Of Dr. Israel) 1995 Mind The Gap: Volume 7 5:15
* Phantom Tribe 1998 Radio Hades 4:53
* Interplanetary War Chant 1998 Radio Hades 5:41
  • Track name changes makes it hard to recognize all are renditions of Cyborg Dread.
  • While the original version appeared on Axiom Dub, note that two other versions pre-date it by a year.
Lost Transmission Of The Ill Saint
* Lost Transmission Of The Ill Saint (Low-Tech Resistance Mix) 1996 Electric Ladyland III 5:37
* Lost Transmission Of The Ill Saint (Ultrasonic) 1996 Unmanned 5:35 45rpm
* Lost Transmission Of The Ill Saint (Anti-Body) 1996 Unmanned 5:56 33rpm
* Ill Sinner 1998 Radio Hades 3:39
* The Disciples Of Dark 1998 Radio Hades 5:14 Anti-Body @33rpm, other changes
  • There is no known original version of this track.
  • The B-side of Unmanned features two versions of this song.
  • The Ultrasonic rendition is cut at 45rpm while Anti-Body is at 33rpm, known best by comparing against both Radio Hades and ELIII.
Intercranial
* Intercranial 1996 Rauschen 12 6:10 Original version
* Intercranial (Robosapien) 1996 Unmanned 6:09 33rpm
* Intercranial (Anti-Matter) 1996 Unmanned 6:13 33rpm
* Intercranial (Ejector Mix) 1996 Electric Ladyland III 6:11
* Intercranial 1998 Radio Hades 6:41 Ejector Mix with a 30-second outro & some instrumentation additions
* Mindbender 1997 Demonoid 6:28 Same as original with additional vocal tracks, slightly longer version
* Beheaded 1998 Radio Hades 4:01 Edited rendition of Anti-Matter, different outro, other elements
  • Unmanned features tracks at different rpm speeds.
The Myth/Illogical
* The Myth/Illogical 1997 Electric Ladyland IV 4:49 Original version
* The Myth/Illogical 1998 Radio Hades 5:35 45-second extended outro
* The Myth/Illogical (Version) 1997 Phobic 5:15
* The Myth/Illogical (Dub) 1997 Phobic 5:50
* The Myth/Illogical (Beatbox) 1997 Phobic 3:01
Fistfunk
* Fistfunk 1997 Electric Ladyland IV 4:01
* Fistfunk (Molecular) 1997 Phobic 4:49
* Fistfunk 1998 Radio Hades 3:58 Molecular version, edited, different outro, 1 minute shorter
Return Of The Venom
* Return Of The Venom 1995 Electric Ladyland II 6:11
* Return Of The Venom 1998 Radio Hades 7:00 50-second extended outro
Dread Time Warp
* Dread Time Warp 1998 Cyclops 4:36
* Dread Time Warp 1998 Radio Hades 5:15 Extended intro & outro
Toxicity
* Toxicity 1997 Phobic 4:50
* Toxicity 1998 Radio Hades 4:54 Different outro
Bass Concussion
* Bass Concussion 1998 Cyclops 4:27
* Bass Concussion 1998 Radio Hades 5:11 Omits 10-second intro, adds vocals & 1-minute outro