The Focusing Blur

by Vintersorg

The Focusing Blur cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 16 February 2004
  • Label: Napalm Records
  • Country: Sweden
  • Length: 53:53
  • Community rating: 3.31/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The conceptual album on which Andreas Hedlund and guitarist Mattias Marklund organized their songs around scientific and metaphysical themes, 'The Focusing Blur' pairs the duo with session players Steve DiGiorgio on bass and Asgeir Mickelson on drums. Solefald's Lars "Lazare" Nedland contributes narration and Hammond on "Star Puzzled"; the twelve tracks were recorded across three studios between 2002 and 2003, mixed at TopRoom Studio in September 2003 and mastered at Masterhuset.

Genres

Descriptors: progressive, melodic, existential

Tracklist

  1. Prologue Dialogue - The Reason (2:14)
  2. The Essence (5:54)
  3. The Thesis Seasons (4:47)
  4. Matrix Odyssey (4:39)
  5. Star Puzzled (5:48)
  6. A Sphere in a Sphere (To Infinity) (5:35)
  7. A Microscopical Macrocosm (4:37)
  8. Blindsight Complexity (4:52)
  9. Dark Matter Mystery - Blackbody Spectrum (5:03)
  10. Curtains (4:45)
  11. Artifacts of Chaos (2:37)
  12. Epilogue Metalogue - Sharpen Your Mind Tools (2:59)

Credits

  • Asgeir Mickelson - drums, membranophone
  • Lars Nedland - narrator [storytelling], organ [hammond]
  • Jeff Wagner - other [grammatical corrections and suggestions]
  • Steve Di Giorgio - other [grammatical corrections and suggestions]
  • Andreas Enqvist - design [booklet and cd design]
  • Nils Johansson - engineer [at ballerina audio ab]
  • B酶rge Finstad - engineer [at toproom]
  • Nina Muhonen - photography by
  • The Vintersorgs - producer

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