Biota
Half A True Day
FormatCDLabelReR MegacorpGenreFolk & Traditional
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Six years in the making, the visual/sonic art group Biota have finally completed their Sixth CD for ReR. Unique in their history and method, Biota painstakingly construct complex, organic structures that mix extensive studio processing and musique concréte techniques with a highly eclectic orchestra of acoustic and electronic resources – from kit drums, through mediaeval winds, strings and barrel organs to early experimental electronic instruments. Their works are always performance driven and interleaved with successive stages of lamination, imbrication, and radical pre- and post-processing, Quietly ploughing their own furrow for decades, Biota resemble no one, follow no one and, if the sonic arts were like the visual arts, would by now be a national treasure
Release notes
Packaged in a clear-tray jewel case with an illustrated 12-page booklet that includes artwork, credits, release information, and tracklist. Recorded and mixed between Fall 2002 & Summer 2007 In Memoriam Rolf Goranson 1957-2004 Andrew Kredt 1961-2006 Recorded & mixed: Dys Studio (Bellvue, Colorado) Edited & mastered: Eye In The Sky (Fort Collins, Colorado) Additional guitar recording: Blue Mango (Kailua-Kona, Hawaii) For generous technical support, we thank Mark Derbyshire - Pendragon For…
| 1 | Figure Question | 1:46 | |
| 2 | Pack-and-Penny Day | 1:36 | |
| 3 | Hidden Compartment | 1:33 | |
| 4 | Angle Of Doubt | 2:55 | |
| 5 | Proven Within Half - Half A True Day | 8:19 | |
| 6 | Accidental Photograph | 2:44 | |
| 7 | Winding Nth | 10:30 | |
| 8 | Moth Across | 2:56 | |
| 9 | Silent Grove | 2:42 | |
| 10 | Just Now Maybe | 2:22 | |
| 11 | Another Name | 3:53 | |
| 12 | Turn The Moon | 3:11 | |
| 13 | Globemallow, Left Untold | 3:03 | |
| 14 | Cloud Chamber | 2:38 | |
| 15 | Where No One Knows | 2:29 | |
| 16 | Antimagnet | 2:26 | |
| 17 | Passerine | 14:37 |
- Gordon Whitlow
- Accordion, Performer [Pennycorn], Horn [Kaen], Autoharp, Keyboards [Rhodes]
- Larry Wilson
- Artwork [Booklet & Tray Backgrounds, Design], Artwork [Graphics Concept], Artwork [Page Background Source Materials], Artwork [Paintings, Drawings, Woodcuts], Drums [Kit], Congas, Tabla, Kalimba [Mbira], Performer [Renad], Percussion, Mixed By
- William Sharp
- Artwork [Graphics Concept], Artwork [Page Background Source Materials], Engineer [Dys], Mixed By, Electronics [Electronic Processing], Edited By, Tape [Tapework]
- James Dixon
- Artwork [Page Background Source Materials], Artwork [Paintings, Drawings, Woodcuts]
- Stephen Wilson
- Artwork [Page Background Source Materials]
- Steve Emmons
- Artwork [Page Background Source Materials], Electronics [Small Battery-Powered Devices]
- Tom Katsimpalis
- Artwork [Page Background Source Materials], Artwork [Paintings, Drawings, Woodcuts], Guitar, Bass [Crown], Keyboards [Clavioline], Ektare [Gopichand], Musical Box [Prepared Music Boxes], Tape [Tapework], Mixed By
- Ann Stretton
- Artwork [Paintings, Drawings, Woodcuts]
- Bill Ellsworth
- Artwork [Paintings, Drawings, Woodcuts]
- Dana Sharp
- Artwork [Paintings, Drawings, Woodcuts]
- Dirk Vallons
- Artwork [Paintings, Drawings, Woodcuts]
- Heidi Eversley
- Artwork [Paintings, Drawings, Woodcuts]
- James Gardner
- Artwork [Paintings, Drawings, Woodcuts], Flugelhorn
- Ken DeVries
- Artwork [Paintings, Drawings, Woodcuts]
- Randy Yeates
- Artwork [Paintings, Drawings, Woodcuts], Keyboards [Biomellodrone], Synthesizer [Micromoog]
- Simon Abbate
- Artwork [Paintings, Drawings, Woodcuts]
- Stan Starbuck
- Artwork [Paintings, Drawings, Woodcuts]
- Mnemonists
- Artwork [Visuals]
- Rolf Goranson
- Electronics [Small Battery-Powered Devices], Voice, Tape [Tapework]
- Jerry Schneyer
- Engineer [Blue Mango]
- Randy Miotke
- Engineer [Eye In The Sky], Keyboards [Fender Rhodes], Edited By, Mastered By
- Andy Kredt
- Guitar
- Mark Piersel
- Guitar
- Biota
- Music By (1, 3 to 17), Producer [Production], Arranged By, Mixed By [Mixdown]
- Charles O'Meara
- Piano
- Steve Scholbe
- Strings [Rubab], Guitar, Bass
- David Zekman
- Violin [Electric], Mandolin
- Kristianne Gale
- Voice, Guitar
