Tumble

by Biota

Tumble cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1989
  • Label: Recommended
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:13:50
  • Community rating: 3.21/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Mark Piersel, Gordon H. Whitlow, Deborah Fuller, Steve Scholbe, technician

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Functioning as a highly experimental offshoot of the Mnemonists collective, the ensemble utilizes rigorous studio manipulation to construct surreal musical collages. 'Tumble' warps traditional acoustic instruments into deeply abstract, electroacoustic shapes, defying any conventional rock structure.

Genres

Descriptors: Avant Garde

Tracklist

  1. New Lookout
  2. One Eye Open
  3. Things Seem Like Just Happen
  4. Wire Talker
  5. Shadows Appear To Do
  6. Picture By Accident
  7. House Of Suitcase
  8. Finder
  9. ...Buffalo Come Back
  10. Operator For Cataract
  11. When They Know
  12. The Less Said
  13. (silence)
  14. Ghost Shirt

Credits

  • Larry Wilson - artwork [disc face], artwork [page 10], drums [kit, side], bongos, bodhr谩n, bells
  • Ken DeVries - artwork [page 11]
  • Ann Stretton - artwork [page 4]
  • Stan Starbuck - artwork [page 5]
  • Kay Tuttle - artwork [page 8]
  • Dana Sharp - artwork [page 9]
  • Heidi Eversley - artwork [pages 2 & 3]
  • Mareye Yeates - artwork [pages 6 & 7]
  • Biota - Primary Artist, Composed By, Percussion, Producer, Arranged By, Mixed By [Mixdown]
  • Steve Scholbe - Alto Saxophone, Bass Clarinet, Flute, Guitar, Autoharp, Bells, Technician [Processing], Organ [Pump, Electric, Rhodes]
  • Tom Katsimpalis - Artwork [Box Card], Artwork [Front & Back Covers], Artwork [Layout], Bass Guitar, Guitar, Banjo, Harmonica, Flute, Organ [Pump, Electric, Rhodes]
  • William Sharp - Artwork [Layout], Engineer [Dys], Technician [Processing], Tape
  • Randy Yeates - Artwork [Pages 6 & 7], Concertina
  • Mnemonists - Artwork [Paintings, Drawings, Collages]
  • Gordon H. Whitlow - Bass Guitar, Organ [Pump, Electric, Rhodes], Piano, Accordion, Guitar, Technician [Processing]
  • Mark Piersel - Bass Guitar, Engineer [Dys], Guitar, Psaltery, Banjo, Ukulele, Recorder, Trumpet, Percussion [Balafon], Tape, Technician [Processing], Organ [Pump, Electric, Rhodes]
  • Bill Tindall - Engineer [Savour]
  • Richard Pena - Engineer [Source]
  • Dick Kezlan - Photography By [Color]
  • Mark Derbyshire - Technician [Technical Assistance]
  • Deborah Fuller - Composed By, Violin
  • C.W. Vrtacek - Composed By, Piano, Ukulele [Baritone]

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