Tales of Ephidrina

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Tales of Ephidrina is an ambient and techno studio album by Amorphous Androgynous, the duo behind The Future Sound of London. It was released on July 5, 1993, on Quigley Records, a Virgin subsidiary. The music was created around the same time as Lifeforms and still has some techno influence from their earlier Accelerator work.

In 1996, Mixmag named it one of the best dance albums of all time, ranking it 27th. In 2023, the album was remastered and reissued as a 30th Anniversary Edition on vinyl and CD for Record Store Day, with four previously unreleased bonus tracks.

This was the first album after the duo signed with Virgin. They moved from Manchester to London and were given freedom to explore. Tales of Ephidrina is the only 1990s album they released not recorded at their Earthbeat studio, and the only release on the short‑lived Virgin label Quigley. It is also the only electronic album released under the Amorphous Androgynous name in the 1990s before their psychedelic return in 2002. The title Ephidrina refers to a form of Amphetamine.

Recording credits list a range of gear, including EMS Synthi AKS, ARP 2600, TB-303, SH-101, Moog synthesizers, Akai samplers, and other equipment.