Environments

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Album Info

Release Date: 2018

Labels: Syntonic Research Inc., Numero Group

Compilation of all 11 Environments albums in one app, available for macOS/iOS and Android.

While 1, 2, 3 and 10 were given alternate playback speed options on vinyl, all songs here are presented as if played at 33⅓ RPM, except for 4, which was specifically played at half-speed. All songs have the option to loop indefinitely as part of the app.

Track 4 was included in an update to the app in April 2019, the same day that the Android version was released. It is subtitled with "Low Frequency Version" in the liner notes and with "16 RPM" on the song's page.
17 is listed with a duration of 32:33 but actually runs for 48:05; it is unknown if this was an update to the app or originally released this way.
21 is listed as "Night in the Country" but is actually "Crickets", a cassette-only song that was later included in the digital version of Environments 10.

1, 2: from Environments (Totally New Concepts In Sound - Disc 1)
3, 5: from Environments (New Concepts In Stereo Sound) (Disc 2)
4: edited version originally from Environments (Tintinnabulation - Special Low Frequency Version - 2)
6, 7: from Environments (Totally New Concepts In Stereo Sound - Disc 3)
8, 9: extended versions originally from Environments (New Concepts In Stereo Sound - Disc 4 - Ultimate Thunderstorm / Gentle Rain In A Pine Forest)
10, 11: from Environments (Totally New Concepts In Sound - Disc 5); 10 is an edited version
12, 13: from Environments (Totally New Concepts In Sound • Disc 6 / Dawn And Dusk In The Okefenokee Swamp)
14, 15: from Environments - Induced Meditation (A New Easy Method Of Relieving Tension - Disc 7)
16, 17: from Environments (Totally New Concepts In Sound - Disc 8); 17 is an extended version
18, 19: from Environments 9 Pacific Ocean / Caribbean Lagoon
20: from Environments (The Magic of Psychoacoustic Sound - Disc 10)
21: from Environments 5 (The Music Of The Future / The Magic Of Psycho-Acoustic Sound) - Crickets
22, 23: from Environments Disc 11 (Alpine Blizzard / Country Thunderstorm)

From the press release:
"Environments is a historic catalog of long form field recordings created for the way you live. Whether you need to work, meditate, sleep, or any other use, Environments is the only ambient sound app based on extended recordings created in the 1960s and 70s on analog tape. Environments began as an unprecedented series of vinyl records, garnering widespread acclaim and selling millions of units. Now Environments steps into the mobile age as an invaluable and unique sonic tool for the way YOU live."