More than a year before Aphex Twin released his legendary debut LP, Selected Ambient Works 85-92, Biosphere, the often unsung hero of ambient techno, ambient and IDM released his pioneering debut effort, which might be the work of a stuttering genius, but it's a momentous one in all three of these genres.

Microgravity didn't really age well - not nearly as much, as Selected Ambient Works did, or indeed Geir Jenssen's magnum opus, Substrata. It's techno is often empty, even ... read more

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Dreamyreviews

EDIT: 80–90, nah this lowkey goated…
Extremely inconsistent but man some of the tracks off of the Artificial Intelligence compilation feel like they take some sort of inspiration from this album. Biosphere shows off his creativity with this album, very good ambient techno cuts but the actual ambient tracks are just average to me except for Cloudwalker li that was pretty good. A very huge landmark for ambient techno though.
My favorite tracks: Baby Satellite, Baby Interphase, ... read more

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homuli

While techno music is rooted deep in the 80's, it was the 90's when the genre really started to take shape. Biosphere's debut effort 'Microgravity' may not be the best example of 90's electronic music, but it's still a very solid one. Whether it'd be the rock-steady rhythm of 'The Fairy Tale' or the entrancing synths of the self-titled track, the norwegian musician successfully lays down the groundwork for a very healthy career to come. I do sometimes find these early techno albums to be a bit ... read more

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Track List

1	Microgravity 5:12	81
2	Baby Satellite 5:04
3	Tranquillizer 8:08
4	The Fairy Tale 4:53
5	Cloudwalker II 5:26
6	Chromosphere 3:28
7	Cygnus-A 5:02
8	Baby Interphase 5:07
9	Biosphere 4:41