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Cover of MISSION 2002 Vol.3: two men face to face, one in sunglasses, with the MISSION 2002 logo.

Album · 2004

MISSION 2002 Vol.3

MISSION 2002 Vol.3, the third and last CD of the series, was released through Ampcast on 30 April 2004, with Releases #19 to #25 and the extended mix of Unicorn R.I.P.1,2

Released
30 April 2004
Label
trance[]control Productions
Format
CD
Tracks
8
Length
1:01:26

About the release

Its tracks went online between September 2003 and March 2004, after donations from listeners had paid for a new studio computer, and by November 2003 the band's MP3.com page already tagged Lobotomized Unicorn, Imported Nightmare, Unicorn R.I.P and Small Drops of Acid with the CD MISSION 2002 Vol.3. MP3.com stopped selling CDs that month, and the album came out through Ampcast, where the band had begun recreating its earlier CDs in January 2004.3,4,5,6,7

Announcing it on 30 April 2004, Alexander counted the three CDs together as 26 songs, 25 plus one mix, and showed the artwork: the disc, the front, the inside cover and back panel, and the back of the tray. The CD cost $13, and he wrote that Ampcast would be the band's outlet for CDs for now. The discs were duplicated CD-Rs, and, as Alexander found when his sample copy arrived, Ampcast printed the disc label in black and white, as its specification said.1,8

The band's own dates for the CD differ: its music page of June 2004 dated the Ampcast CDs 30 May 2004, and from July 2004 its discography gave 30 May 2003, months before the first of the album's tracks went online. The page of the 2012 remaster said the album was originally released early in 2004.9,10,3,2

On 19 December 2006 the band reissued it through Cafepress, at $7.99, and in May 2012 it was remastered for a digital release.11,12,2

In their words

“I'm proud to announce that M2002 Vol.3 was released today!”

Alexander Carlborg, 30 April 20041

“We've slowed down the pace of creation, taking more time to complete and perfect each production to it's fullest.”

trance[]control, 17 August 200413

Tracklist

1Lobotomized Unicorn07:25140 BPM
2Imported Nightmare07:51140 BPM
3Unicorn R.I.P06:12140 BPM
4Small Drops of Acid07:34140 BPM
5Anticlimax07:25140 BPM
6Riding Mary-Jane07:00140 BPM
7Peak Time07:34140 BPM
8Unicorn R.I.P [Extended]10:25140 BPM

On the band's forum

Sources

  1. Band, at the time Forum news: "MISSION 2002 Vol.3 RELEASED!" (30 April 2004)
  2. Band, at the time Album page "Mission 2002, Vol 3 (Remastered)", trancecontrol.com (July 2012) · view preserved page
  3. Band, at the time Forum news: "MISSION 2002 Release #19" (Lobotomized Unicorn, 24 September 2003)
  4. Band, at the time Forum news: "MISSION 2002 Release #25" (Peak Time, 5 March 2004) · view preserved page
  5. Independent, at the time MP3.com artist page trance_control, November 2003 · view preserved page
  6. Band, at the time Forum news: "MP3.com is going down..." (14 November 2003)
  7. Band, at the time Forum news: "JAN 30, 2004 - NEW UPDATE!"
  8. Band, at the time Forum news: "OUT THERE [REISSUED]" (Ampcast, 30 April 2004) · view preserved page
  9. Band, at the time "Music" page, trancecontrol.com (June 2004): CD releases, compilations, vinyl · view preserved page
  10. Band, at the time Discography (music.php), the new trancecontrol.com of July 2004 · view preserved page
  11. Band, at the time trancecontrol.com home page, January 2007 (news list to 19 December 2006) · view preserved page
  12. Band, at the time Web shop page, trancecontrol.com (March 2007): the CDs at Cafepress · view preserved page
  13. Band, at the time Web shop item "MISSION 2002 Vol. 3", trancecontrol.com (August 2004) · view preserved page

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