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Ingenuity
Electronic · 1994 · 10 tracks

Ingenuity

Polished mid-90s synth-pop featuring clean digital textures and earnest vocals. A smoother, more reflective take on the classic urban electronic sound.

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It's the Ultravox sound updated for a 90s office park: clean, professional, and surprisingly melodic.

A professional and polished sense of technological optimism mixed with quiet, mature reflection.

Ingenuity · vs · Ultravox
Dusk+1.1σ

Dusk saturates this record notably more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 10 Tracks
01
Ingenuity
4:44
02
There Goes a Beautiful World
4:10
03
Give It All Back
4:21
04
Future Picture Forever
4:17
05
The Silent Cries
4:14
06
Distance
3:51
07
Ideals
4:13
08
Who’ll Save You
6:37
09
A Way Out, a Way Through
4:08
10
Majestic
4:18
Moments Worth Waiting For
The title track's opening synth swell that attempts to bridge the gap between 80s grandeur and 90s digital precision.
The rhythmic, driving guitar work on 'Future Picture Forever' that provides a rare moment of rock-oriented urgency.
The expansive, slow-burn atmosphere of 'Who’ll Save You' which stretches out as the album's longest and most ambitious piece.
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