Ima (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Ima
Type = Album
Artist = BT

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Released = November 1995
Recorded =
Genre = Electronica
Length = 78:40 (CD)
62:08 (vinyl)
138:39 (2CD)
Label = Reprise
Producer = BT
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:g9dsyl5oxpmb~T1 link]
Last album =
This album = "Ima"
(1995)
Next album = "ESCM"
(1997)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Type = studio

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Lower caption = 2CD re-release Singles
Name = Ima
Type = studio
single 1 = Nocturnal Transmission
single 1 date = 1994
single 2 = Divinity
single 2 date = 1995 (promo only)
single 3 = Loving You More
single 3 date = 1995
single 4 = Quark
single 4 date = 1995 (promo only)
single 5 = Tripping the Light Fantastic
single 5 date = 1995 (promo only)

nihongo|"Ima" |今|ima|"Now" is the debut album by electronica artist BT. It was released in 1995. The album is considered a major stepping stone in trance music, popularizing a more progressive approach. A portion of "Nocturnal Transmission" is featured in the film "The Fast and the Furious", for which BT also composed the score.

"Ima" was re-released in 1996 in a double disc format, featuring the single "Blue Skies", with vocals by Tori Amos, as well as its remix, "The Delphinium Days Mix". "Blue Skies" was previously featured in edited form on the soundtrack for the TV show "Party of Five". This package also includes several singles released prior to the album, (several of which were originally mixed together in "Sasha's Voyage of Ima") as well as the b-sides to "Embracing the Sunshine" and "Nocturnal Transmission". Several of the tracks were edited to fit the format, and all songs segue into the next to create a non-stop mix.

Track listing

Except where otherwise noted, all songs by Brian Transeau.
#"Nocturnal Transmission" – 9:36
#"Quark" – 8:07
#"Tripping the Light Fantastic" – 7:15
#"Sasha's Voyage of Ima" – 42:45
#*"Embracing the Future (Embracing the Sunshine Mix)"
#*"Quark"
#*"Deeper Sunshine"
#*"Loving You More (BT's Garden of Ima Dub / BT's Final Spiritual Journey)" (Vincent Covello, Transeau)
#*"Nocturnal Transmission"
#*"Tripping the Light Fantastic"
#*"Divinity"
#"Divinity" – 10:57

Vinyl

ide one

#"Divinity" – 10:57
#"Loving You More (Radio Edit)" - 4:29

ide two

#"Nocturnal Transmission" – 9:36
#"Embracing the Future" - 5:11

ide three

#"Quark" – 8:07
#"Deeper Sunshine" – 7:05

ide four

#"Tripping the Light Fantastic" – 7:15
#"Poseidon" – 9:28

2CD re-release

Disc one

#"Nocturnal Transmission" – 8:37
#"Quark" – 6:28
#"Tripping the Light Fantastic" – 6:44
#"Embracing the Future (Embracing the Sunshine Mix)" – 5:16
#"Deeper Sunshine" – 7:00
#"Loving You More (BT's Garden of Ima Dub)" (Vincent Covello, Transeau) – 9:31
#"Loving You More (BT's Final Spiritual Journey)" (Covello, Transeau) – 3:29
#"Poseidon" – 8:58
#"Embracing the Sunshine" – 10:57

Disc two

#"Blue Skies" – 5:04
#"The Delphinium Days Mix" – 12:52
#"Sasha's Voyage of Ima" – 42:45
#*"Embracing the Future (Embracing the Sunshine Mix)"
#*"Quark"
#*"Deeper Sunshine"
#*"Loving You More (BT's Garden of Ima Dub / BT's Final Spiritual Journey)" (Vincent Covello, Transeau)
#*"Nocturnal Transmission"
#*"Tripping the Light Fantastic"
#*"Divinity"
#"Divinity" – 10:58