Labyrinth (Juno Reactor album)

Labyrinth is the sixth album released by the multi-genre emcompassing trance group Juno Reactor.

Overview

The album contains several pieces that hold various forms of sound ranging from orchestral, industrial, and techno as well as containing Juno Reactor's trademark tribal sound (possibly as best featured in Conquistador II). The album also features two songs from Watkins' collaboration with The Matrix composer Don Davis on the films The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions, Mona Lisa Overdrive (from Reloaded) and Navras (from Revolutions). The version of Mona Lisa Overdrive is different from that featured on the film's soundtrack. It is shortened from its original time of 10:08 to 4:45 and there are easily noticeable differences in the sound of the bass and tone of the songs. Navras is a loose remix of Davis' song Neodämmerung, yet length remains the same on both soundtracks. One known single of Zwara was released in Japan on November 26, 2003 as a promo.

Track listing

All tracks made by Ben Watkins with collaborators mentioned on the tracklist.

1. "Conquistador I" – 6:02 _{(with Eduardo Niebla)}
2. "Conquistador II" – 5:06 _{(with Mabi Thobejane and Nick Burton)}
3. "Giant" – 4:00 _{(with Diane Charlemagne)}
4. "War Dogs" – 5:00 _{(with Budgie, Niebla, and Burton)}
5. "Mona Lisa Overdrive" – 4:45 _{(with Don Davis)}
6. "Zwara" – 6:35 _{(with Susan Hendricks)}
7. "Mutant Message" – 6:10 _{(with Xavier Morel)}
8. "Angels and Men" – 7:07 _{(with Taz Alexander)}
9. "Navras" – 9:06 _{(with Don Davis)}

Personnel

• Produced by Juno Reactor
• Taz Alexander - Vocals
• Azam Ali - Vocals
• Toto Annihilation - Engineering
• Budgie - Drums
• Nick Burton - Percussion, drum editing
• Don Davis - Orchestration and conductor
• Calina De La Mare - Violin
• Greg Ellis - Percussion, drums
• Mike Fisher - Percussion
• Gocoo - Taiko drums
• Zig Gron - Music editor
• Hollywood Film Chorale - Choir, chorus
• Greg Hunter - Engineering, bass guitar, mixing
• Victor Indrizzo - Drums
• Susan Hendricks - Vocals
• Risenga Makondo - Percussion
• Simpiwe Matole - Percussion
• Kevin Metcalfe - Mastering
• Xavier Morel - Sonic forager
• Eduardo Niebla - Guitar
• Scott Oyster - Engineering
• Deepak Ram - Vocals, flute
• Scarlet - Guitar
• Lakshmi Shankar - Vocals
• Mabi Thobejane - Percussion, vocals
• Tigram - Ney
• Simon Watkins - Album art/photography
• Adam Wren - Mixing
• Youth - Bass guitar

References

• ReactorLeak.com profile of Labyrinth
• Review of the album on about.com
• Review of the album on side-line.com
• Review of the album on allmusic.com