Cracen (90s electronica)

CRACEN (pron. kra’ ken). English eletronica duo, active from 1989 to 2003. Discography mostly taken from "Radiophonic Dreams (a Biography of Cracen)" by Danny Wallace-Gorman (Hoxton Press, 2nd edition, 2003)

ALBUMS:

11/90
"Cracen" (BIGCD/LP3)
Intro/ Radiophonic Dreams/ Alaska/ Alternating Current/ E=MC2 (New Dimensions)/ Midnight Islands/ Bounces/ Waveform/ Sleeping in the Van/ Bravenger's Dog/ Pulses/ Outro/ The Guilty/ God Bless America (US-only track, USLP7CD)

06/92
"Cracen II" (aka " ... Wakes") (BIGCD/LP11)
Theopolis on the Pitch/Meritocracy (with Chuck E)/ Kalm Kalm Kalm/ Verdant Works/ The Free Thinkers/ Bubble Rap/ Wesley Crusher/ Perfect/ Twelve Days of MayDay/ More Guilt/ A Roar and Whoosh of Spray/ On the Moor/ Les Dawson

03/94
"Out of Our Tiniest Minds" (298989CD/LP)
Crash Decision/ Polar Dispolarity/ Shotgun Shack/ Symbiosis/ Applies and Bandanas/ Snake of Dust/ Mount Doom/ 2 Feet 7 inches/ Misisipi Spelling Bee/ Synth Plynth/ Love Hertz/ Carl Sagan & Onions/ Crash Incision

12/94
"Apples and Bananas" (IIOJASJCD Japan)
Sine Kamera/ Meritocracy/ Flight Path/ Theodore on the Pitch (New Edit)/ Apples/ Bananas/ The Guilty/ E=MC3/ Downpatrick/ Bravenger's Dog (Audrey Forbes Hamilton Mix)/ Midnight Islands (John Peel)/ Waveform (Original)/ Love Hertz (Pet Shop Boys Love Mix)/ Crash Decision/ Symbiosis/ South of the Pole (Eighteen Months Early Mix)

07/96
"South of the Pole" (387287CD/LP)
Aldo Zilli/ Out of Our Tiniest Minds/ Amish III/ Callisto and Europa/ Achieve/ Party Down (Album Mix)/ A Clockwork Apple/ Amrag Im Kort/ Hattifattner Barbeque/ South of the Pole (Album Mix)/ Amish V/ Flourescent Markers/ Achieve (Cracen Vs. Philip Schofield Mix)
LP includes extra tracks: Extra Million Dollar Movie/ Amrag Im Kort (4-Track Demo)

10/96
"The Best of Cracen" (387339CD)
Waveform '96/ Aldo Zilli/ Amish McBeth (Highland Games)/ Pulses/ Theodore on the Pitch/ South of the Pole (Amundsen's Mix)/ E=MC2 (New Dimensions)/ Love Hertz (Pet Shop Boys Hurt Mix)/ We Are the Chocolatiers (Unreleased 1989 Demo)/ Bananas/ Perfect/ Snake of Dust (Cheshire Oats' Halogen Mix)/ Polar Dispolarity/ Achieve/ The Guilty

11/96
"Cracen Remixes" (387340CD/LP - incl. vinyl only club edition, on 6x12" singles)
Waveform (Cheshire Oats' Lifeboat Mix)/ Aldo Zilli (James Earl Jones' Windmill Mix)/ Amish McBeth (Irn Bru Mix)/ Pulses (Slim Boy's Mexican Stew Mix)/ Theodore On The Pitch (Own Goal Mix)/ South of the Pole (Scott's Mix)/ Love Hertz (Megahertz Mix)/ Bananas (Fielding Mellish's Hand-Rolled Mix)/ Perfect (Imperfecto Mix)/ Snake of Dust (Shakey Start, Snakey End)/ The Guilty (Cheshire Oats' Guilt-Free Mix)/ On the A303 (Original)

08/97
"Hawaii 5-0" OST (398289CD/LP)
Theme/ Danno's Hometime/ "Twelve Minutes and Still No Burger" (Dialogue)/ Murder at Pier Point/ Underwater Cello/ Danno's Worktime/ McGarrett is Angry/ "Dude, This Disco is Rad" (Dialogue)/ Che Fong/ Skateboard Time/ Doc's Hideout/ The Final Fight/ "Can We Go For a Burger Now?"/Sting in the Tail/ Here Comes the Weeping Widow/ Kung Fu Fighting (Carl Douglas)/ Theme (End Credits)

02/99
"Four-Minute Morning" (BIGCD/LP 109)
Four-Minute Minute/ The Inability of a Small To Dog To Pass a Large Hedge/ F. U. B. A. R./ Love Song For Krakatoa/ Ferry to New Jersey/ Diction-Dislocation/ Scales From My Eyes/ Treading Water/ Dom Deluise/ Wonderlust/ Another Sunday Morning Ends/ Eight-Minute Morning

02/02
"Cracen Live at MayDay 1994" (MegaBIGCD201)
78-minute live DJ set featuring Crass, Booker T & The MGs, Lord of the Rings radio broadcasts and the Stone Roses.

03/04
"Leg Before Cricket!" OST (LTRYFUND1CD)
Theme ("Sunny Afternoon")/ LBW Radio FM/ The Sun & The Reign/ Lady Sarah Finds Her Legs/ First Eleven/ Rain Stops Play/ "Fiddling with your middle bail"(dialogue)/ Mr Charteris Is Out For a Duck/ The Walkman Bowler/ Rising From the Ashes/ Land of Hope and Gloria/ Edgar's Theme/ "Stop mucking about!" (dialogue)/ In Ten Days They Close Us Down/ Miracle at St. John's Wood/ Lady Sarah's Wedding/ "So, Same Again Next Year?" (dialogue)/ End credits ("Dreadlock Holiday")

06/07
"Wakes!" (Greatest Hits) (MegaBIGCD323)
Waveform (Funk Edit)/ Pulses/ Alaska/ The Guilty (feat. Chuck E)/ Theodore on the Pitch/ Perfect/ Apples/ Bananas/ Polar Dispolarity/ Snake of Dust (Cheshire Oats' Halogen Mix)/ Love Hertz (Pet Shop Boys Hurt Mix)/ Amish McBeth/ South of the Pole (Amundsen's Mix)/ Achieve/ Aldo Zilli/ Flourescent Marker/ Theme to "Hawiian 5-0"/ Four-Minute Morning (3' 59")/ Dom Deluise (Carry On Camping Mix)/ Love Song For Krakatoa (feat. Sarah Brightman Edit)/ Waveform '07 (Radio Edit)/ MacArthur Park

04/09
The Cracen Collection (MegaCHEAPCD5)
Waveform (Funk Edit)/ Amish McBeth/ Theodore on the Pitch/ Misisipi Spelling Bee/ Bounces/ Fruit Valid/ MacArthur Park/ Cascade of Beauty/ The Inability of a Small Dog to Pass a Large Hedge/ Book 'Em, Danno!/ Pulses/ Beatsons Per Minute/ Garnish and Reasoning/ Amrag Im Kort/ Kalm Kalm Kalm/ Midnight Islands

SINGLES:

09/89
CRA001T Waveform (Original)/ Ghosts in the Room
02/90
BIG23P Waveform/ E=Mc2/ Bounces/ Waveform (Funk Radio Edit) (Promo)
03/90
BIG23T Waveform/ E=Mc2/ Ghost Jokes/ Waveform (Funk Edit)
BIG23R Waveform (Funk Extended)/ Nu Elektisity/ E=MC3/ Find Your Own Way Home
08/90
BIG23CD Waveform (Funk Edit)/ E=Mc2/ Nu Elektisity/ E=MC3
12/90
USCD9LP Waveform/ Ghosts in the Room/ Bounces/ Ghost Jokes/ US Elektisity/ Find Your Own Way Home/ E=MC2/ E=MC3 (US-only mini album)
SLP9CD (US-only CD, as above but "Ghost Jokes" mislabeled as "MacArthur Park")

06/90
BIG27 Pulses/ Alaska
BIG27T Pulses/ Alaska/ Pulses (White Van Manurine Mix)
BIG27R Pulses (In the Grain Mix)/ Murder in Alaska
BIG27CD Pulses/ Alaska/ Pulses (White Van Manurine Edit)
BIG27S Pulses (In the Grain Mix) (one-sided shaped 7")

08/90
BIG30T Sine Kamera/ I Have You In My Sight/ On the A303

01/91
BIG31 The Guilty (feat. Chuck E)/ The Guilty (12" edit)
BIG31T The Guilty (12" Mix)/ The Guilty (Dreamwaver's Dreams Mix)/The Guilty (Nigel Havers Mix)/ The Guilty (Solemn Pride)
BIG31R The Guilty (Vs. Chuck E)/ Flight Path/ Crazy Paving/Downpatrick
BIG31CD The Guilty (feat. Chuck E)/ The Guilty (Solemn Pride)/ Crazy Paving/ Downpatrick
BIG31DD The Guilty (31' 28") (Ltd. edition remix CD)
03/91
USLP8CD The Guilty (30 Crazy English Minutes!) (as above, US-only CD)

09/91
BIG45 Theodore on the Pitch/ Meritocracy
BIG45T Theodore on the Pitch/ Meritocracy/ MacArthur Park
BIG45R Theodore Bends the Pitch/ Theodore Takes the Pith/ Theodore is a Bitch/ Cascade of Beauty
BIG45CD Theodore on the Pitch/ MacArthur Park/ Meritocracy/ Cascade of Beauty
10/91
BIG45P Theodore is a Bitch/ Theodore Bends the Pitch (ltd. pink vinyl 12")

05/92
BIGPRO "Reawakes" (7-track radio promo)
Waveform/ Pulses/ The Guilty/ Theodore on the Pitch/ Perfect (Promo-Only Mix)/ Pulses (Live at the Sugared Pill 06/03/92)

06/92
BIG51 Perfect/ Pitch Perfect (Edit)
BIG51T Perfect (Van Buren's Nite Mix)/ Perfect (Pimple of Dreams)/ Calm Calm Calm/ A Roar and Whoosh of Spray
BIG51R Perfect (Custard Cream Mix)/ Pitch Perfect/ A Roar and Whoosh of Spray (Teddy Ruskin Mix)
B1G51CD Perfect/ Pitch Perfect/ A Roar and Whoosh of Spray/ Calm Calm Calm
B2G51CD Perfect (Van Buren's Night Mix)/Sine Kamera/ I Have You In My Sight/ On the A303 (Unreleased "rarities" CD part 2)

11/92
BIG58T Apples/ Fruit Valid/ Garnish & Reasoning/ Apples (St Clement's Mix)
BIG58CD Apples (Radio Mix)/ Fruit Valid/ Garnish & Reasoning/Apples Of Our Eye

03/93
BIG56T Bananas/ Dessert Storm/ Beatons Per Minutes/ No Bananas
BIG56CD Bananas (Digest Mix)/ Dessert Storm/ Beatons Per Minute (Too Many Cooks Edit)/ Bananas (Brown Melt And Mix)
05/93
MMAPP1 No Bananas Unplugged (blank flexi disc free with "NME")

01/94
7801812 Polar Dispolarity/ $$ (Extended)
78018CD Polar Dispolarity/ Dutch Elm Disease/ $$/ Polar Dispolarity (Willie Carson Mix)/ Polar Dispolarity (Aurora Borealis Mix)/ Polar Dispolarity (I May Be Some Time Mix)

04/94
78067PP Snake of Dust (Full Mix)/ Snake of Dust (Cheshire Oats' Halogen Mix)/ Snake of Dust (Eye of Newt) (promo)
78067CD Snake of Dust (Edit)/ Snake of Dust (Full Mix)/ Snake of Dust (Cheshire Oat's Halogen Mix)/ Snake of Dust (Eye of Newt)/ Snake of Dust (Ride the Possibility)/ Snake of Dust (Shakey Start, Snakey End)

07/94
78088PP Love Hertz (Pet Shop Boys Hurt Mix)/ Love Hertz (Pet Shop Boys Love Mix) (promo)
78088CD Love Hertz (Cheshire Oats' Radio Edit)/ Love Hertz (Pet Shop Boys Hurt Mix)/ Love Hertz (Cheshire Oats' Mix)/ Love Hertz (Album Mix) (some with poster pack)

12/95
78098PP Amish McBeth/ Bagpipe Blues (tartan vinyl promo)
01/96
7809812 Amish McBeth/ Amish McBeth (Let's Get This Year Started)
78098CD Amish McBeth/ Amish McBeth (Denmark) / Amish McBeth (Skull)/ Amish McBeth (Highland Games)
78099CD Amish McBeth (Let's Get This Year started)/ The Blue Coat Of Neverwas/ When The Mackerel Come Home

03/96
7810712 South of the Pole/ South of the Pole II/ South of the Pole (Amundsen's Mix)
78107CD South of the Pole (Edit)/ South of the Pole II/ South of the Pole (West of the Dial)/ South of the Pole (Amundsen's Mix)

06/96
7811112 Achieve/ Sine Kamera (Morris Dance Mix)/ I Have You In My Sight (MayDay Trumpet Version)/ On the A303 (Jeffrey Archer's Escape Route) (unreleased due to legal reasons)
78111CD Achieve/ Sine Kamera (Original)/ I Have You In My Sight (Original)/ On the A303 (Jeffrey Archer's Escape Route) (all copies melted at pressing plant following injunction)

08/96
7812812 Aldo Zilli/ Sine Camera (Morris Dance Mix)/ Party Down/Flourescent Markers (New Mix)
78128CD Aldo Zilli/ The Longest Title for the Shortest Song/Questionable Content/ Flourescent Markers (New Mix)
78129CD Flourescent Markers (Pure Mix)/ Flourescent Markers (Flipchart Mix)/ Flourescent Markers (Highlight Mix)/Flourescent Markers (Groucho Marker's Mix)

12/96
78157CD Waveform '96 (Edit)/ Waveform '96 (Cupid 'n' Fate's Golden Arrow Mix)/ Waveform '96 (ADHD's Hardcore Mix)
78158CD Waveform '96 (Full)/ Waveform '96 (Discount Disco Mix)/ Waveform '96 (Cupid 'n' Fate's Silver Bullet Mix)

08/97
78237CD Theme to "Hawaii 5-0" (Edit)/ Theme to "Hawaii 5-0"/ Book 'Em, Danno!
78238CD Theme to "Hawaii 5-0" (Edit)/ Hate the Sin But Not the Sinner/ Book 'Em, Danno (Extended) (2nd CD with poster)

01/99
BIG99T Four-Minute Morning (Six-Minute Version)/ Four-Minute Morning (Morning Glory)
B1G99CD Four-Minute Morning (Six-Minute Version)/ Four-Minute Morning (Nine-Minute Version)/ Four-Minute Morning (3' 59")
B2G99CD Four-Minute Morning (Red Dawn Mix)/ Four-Minute Morning (Shepherd's Delight)/ I Fucking Hate Prawn Cocktail!
02/99
PRAWN1 I Fucking Hate Prawn Cocktail! (Acapella) (fan-club 7")

04/99
B1G00CD Dom Deluise (Carry On Camping Mix)/ Dom Deluise (Shake and Bake Mix)/ Dom Deluise (Burt is Calling)
B2G00CD Dom Deluise/ Dom Deluise (Arthurphilipdenu Mix)/ Dom Deluise (Slim Boy's Mexican Bean Stew)

07/99
B1G07CD Love Song For Krakatoa (feat. Sarah Brightman)/ Love Song For Kraktoa (Cracen's Krystal Mix)/ Love Song For Krakatoa (Cervocian Mix)
B2307CD Love Song For Kraktoa (Dark Skies Over London)/ Love Song For Krakatoa (Coffee Table Mix "Feast of Java")/ Love Song For Krakatoa (feat. Sarah Brightman radio edit)

02/00
BIGEPCD Waveform (Live at the Leicestershire County Council Bowl, 31/12/99)/ Amish McBeth (Live at the Leicestershire County Council Bowl, 31/12/99)/ MacArthur Park (Live at the Leicestershire County Council Bowl, 31/12/99)/ Four-Minute Morning (Live at the Leicestershire County Council Bowl, 01/01/00)

07/07
BCW1T Waveform '07 (Radio Edit)/ Waveform '07 (Old School Back in the Day Mix)/ Waveform '07 (The Pips Are Squeaking)
BCW1R Waveform '07 (Full Mix)/ Waveform '07 (Ignore the Mortgage and Buy Me Mix)/ Waveform '07 (Was I Ever That Slim? Mix)
BCW1CD Waveform '07 (Radio Edit)/ Waveform '07 (Full Mix) (radio promo only)