Telecommunication Breakdown is an album by Emergency Broadcast Network. It was released in 1995 by TVT Records. The CD includes three video tracks in addition to the audio, and a floppy disc includes an interactive press kit.
The music was produced by Jack Dangers, as a side project from his group Meat Beat Manifesto. The album features a number of guest performers: Brian Eno on "Homicidal Schizophrenic," with Jamie West-Oram of The Fixx on guitar; Bill Laswell contributed to "Shoot the Mac-10," with Grandmaster Melle Mel rapping."[ Telecommunication Breakdown > Overview]". Allmusic. Retrieved December 16, 2009.
Critical reception The New York Times wrote: "Outrageous and aggressive, Breakdown is guaranteed to have you either laughing, dancing or running from the room in terror ... Emergency Broadcast Network has a CD-ROM vision that matches and, to an extent, deepens its sonic attack."
Track listing "search" – 0:59 "Electronic Behavior Control System" – 4:33 "go to" – 0:12 "Sexual Orientation" – 3:06 "Station Identification" – 4:40 "Get Down Ver. 2.2" – 3:45 "Shoot the Mac-10" – 4:03 "You Have 5 Seconds to Complete This Section" – 3:06 "Super Zen State (Power Chant No.3)" – 6:50 "State Extension" – 1:15 "interruption" – 0:23 "Dream Induction" – 3:20 "transition" – 0:06 "Electronic Behavior Control System Ver. 2.0" – 2:24 "We Must Have the Facts" – 3:05 "interference" – 0:14 "3:7:8" – 3:43 "Beginning of the End" – 2:45 "Homicidal Schizophrenic (A Lad Insane)" – 4:08 "end of audio program" – 0:45
Video track listing "Electronic Behavior Control System" - 5:33 "3:7:8" – 3:42 "Homicidal Schizophrenic (A Lad Insane)" – 4:17
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