Object Holder

by Biota

Object Holder cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1995
  • Label: ReR Megacorp
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:10:16
  • Community rating: 3.81/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Operating distinctly as the musical offshoot of the Mnemonists visual arts collective, Biota continuously constructs impossibly dense, highly abstract audio landscapes. 'Object Holder' acts as a bewildering, studio-as-instrument assemblage of heavily processed folk instrumentation, avant-garde rock, and highly fragmented sound collage. It completely defies traditional musical categorization, prioritizing surreal sonic texture over discernible melody.

Genres

Descriptors: Avant Garde, progressive, avant-garde, experimental, atmospheric, diverse, instrumental

Tracklist

  1. Bumpreader
  2. Spillway
  3. Eavesdrop
  4. Blind Corner
  5. Under The Hat
  6. Flatwheel
  7. Reckoning Falls
  8. Swallow
  9. Move (2:56)
  10. Steam Trader
  11. Understander
  12. Private Wire
  13. Cinder
  14. Distraction
  15. Signal
  16. This Ridge
  17. Idea For A Wagon
  18. More Silence
  19. Coat
  20. Gate Climbing
  21. Protector
  22. Visible Gap
  23. The Trunk
  24. Untitled

Credits

  • Biota - primary artist
  • Gordon H. Whitlow - accordion, electric piano [rhodes], harmonium [pump organ], guitar, mandolin, xylophone, whistle, effects [processing]
  • Larry Wilson - drums [kit], madal, tar (drum), bongos, congas, painting [paintings], illustration [drawings], artwork [collages]
  • James Gardner - flugelhorn, ney [nae], toy piano
  • Andy Kredt - guitar
  • Tom Katsimpalis - guitar, keyboards [clavioline], harmonium [pump organ], effects [processing], painting [paintings], illustration [drawings], artwork [collages]
  • Steve Scholbe - guitar, rabab [rubab], marxophone, guitar [hawaiian tremoloa], clarinet, saxophone, reeds [arabic reed], effects [processing], hurdy gurdy
  • Randy Yeates - keyboards [keyboard controller], painting [paintings], illustration [drawings], artwork [collages], kalimba

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