Classic Erasmus Fusion

by Volcano the Bear

Classic Erasmus Fusion cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: March 2006
  • Label: Beta-Lactam Ring
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:28:21
  • Community rating: 3.73/5 from 5 ratings

Artists on this release: Emma Goodliman, Matthew John, Kev Reverb, Daniel Padden

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The eccentric British collective delivers a bizarre, sprawling double album filled with surreal folk instrumentation, primal chanting, and abrasive noise improvisations. The project is fiercely avant-garde, defying conventional categorization with its deeply weird, theatrical soundscapes.

Genres

Descriptors: Avant Garde, noisy, atmospheric, dissonant, avant-garde, experimental, theatrical, male-vocals, improvisation, lo-fi

Tracklist

  1. Classic Erasmus Fusion (4:56)
  2. Did You Ever Feel Like Jesus? (2:38)
  3. The Merry Potter (5:06)
  4. Ong Pat茅 (5:37)
  5. Russian Milk (4:44)
  6. Baroque Sensation (2:54)
  7. Sharp As The Queens Teeth (4:33)
  8. Hey Judo (4:52)
  9. Baltic Minor (1:06)
  10. Lifetime (5:12)
  11. Classic Autumn Fusion (3:54)
  12. Hail The New Mephisto (10:58)
  13. The Last Song Of Norway (5:47)
  14. Shadowfishing (1:04)
  15. My Favourite Tongues (2:50)
  16. Erasmus, The Queens Dentist (12:14)
  17. See Me Now (9:56)

Credits

  • Clarence Manuelo - artwork [artwork outside], composed by, performer [volcano the bear are]
  • Aaron Moore - artwork [insert], composed by, performer [volcano the bear are], words by
  • Nick Mott - artwork [inside], composed by, performer [volcano the bear are]
  • Daniel Padden - composed by, performer [volcano the bear are]
  • John Freer - performer [motorcycles & geese]
  • Matthew John - piano, voice
  • Emma Goodliman - violin
  • Heather Trost - handclaps

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