Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage in the Milky Night

Pop · 1999 · 19 tracks

Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage in the Milky Night

September 15, 1999 · Elektra

A restless and intellectually curious exploration of sound that balances cold precision with warm analog textures.

Tracklist · 19 Tracks

01

Fuses

3:41

02

People Do It All the Time

3:42

03

The Free Design

3:48

04

Blips Drips and Strips

4:29

05

Italian Shoes Continuum

4:36

06

Infinity Girl

3:56

07

The Spiracles

3:41

08

Op Hop Detonation

3:33

09

Puncture in the Radax Permutation

5:49

10

Velvet Water

4:25

11

Blue Milk

11:30

12

Caleidoscopic Gaze

8:09

13

Strobo Acceleration

3:56

14

The Emergency Kisses

5:54

15

Come and Play in the Milky Night

4:42

16

Galaxidion

3:15

17

Escape Pod (From the World of Medical Observations)

3:58

18

With Friends Like These

5:50

19

Les Aimies des memes

3:54

Moments Worth Listening For

The sudden shift into a brass-led jazz breakdown halfway through The Free Design

The hypnotic, eleven-minute rhythmic lock-in of Blue Milk that feels like a slow-motion train ride

The way the vocals interlock in complex counterpoint during the climax of Fuses

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