The Increased Difficulty of Concentration

The Increased Difficulty of Concentration
Studio album by Air Liquide
Released	October 25, 1994
Recorded	Various Ocean Blue Elektronisches Klanglabor (Cologne, Germany) Airbase 6000 (Frankfurt, Germany)
Genre	Ambient techno, acid house
Length	140:19
Label	Sm:)e
Air Liquide chronology
Nephology (1993) The Increased Difficulty of Concentration (1994) Red (1995)

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic	[1]

The Increased Difficulty of Concentration is the fourth studio album by Air Liquide, independently released on October 25, 1994 by Sm:)e Communications.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Mary Susan Applegate, all music composed by Ingmar Koch and Cem Oral.

Disc one – Air Disc
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Things Happen"	2:14
2.	"Unraveling My Curls"	7:43
3.	"Ballad of the Nameless Guitar Player"	7:19
4.	"Synsonic"	9:45
5.	"Im Erlenmeyerkolben Part I"	2:27
6.	"Cassiopeia"	6:09
7.	"Gelb (Remix II)"	3:30
8.	"Robot Wars Symphony" (Part I – System Engaged)	14:01
9.	"Robot Wars Symphony" (Part II – Unlocked)	4:12
10.	"Robot Wars Symphony" (Part III – Psychocandies)	6:39
11.	"Robot Wars Symphony" (Part IV – One Below Zero)	2:12

Disc two – Liquid Disc
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Liquid Air" (Bionaut mix)	5:29
2.	"This Is Not a Mind Trip" (Live at Love Parade '94)	6:05
3.	"Mandragora" (Part I)	6:10
4.	"Imago"	4:29
5.	"The Increased Difficulty of Concentration"	6:36
6.	"Sonority Cannon"	4:05
7.	"Ek-Stasis"	6:02
8.	"Tongues Of Fire"	4:21
9.	"Liquid Men With Liquid Hearts"	5:55
10.	"Space Brothers"	12:36
11.	"Stratus Static"	8:10
12.	"Theme From Robot Wars"	4:10

Personnel

Adapted from The Increased Difficulty of Concentration liner notes.^[2]

Air Liquide Mary Susan Applegate – spoken word Ingmar Koch (as Dr. Walker) – electronics, programming Cem Oral (as Jammin' Unit) – electronics, programming

Production and additional personnel Air Liquide – production Craig Bevan – mastering Yorck Dertinger – photography Rebecca Meek – art direction, design

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	1994	Sm:)e	CD	SM-8004

References

1. Cooper, Sean. "Air Liquide: The Increased Difficulty of Concentration > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved March 13, 2016.
2. The Increased Difficulty of Concentration (booklet). Air Liquide. New York City, New York: Sm:)e Communications. 1994.

External links

• The Increased Difficulty of Concentration at Discogs (list of releases)