Breaking the Ethers
Breaking the Ethers is the debut album from collaborative group Tuatara. Released on Epic Records, it was an attempt by members of Luna, the Screaming Trees and R.E.M. to try their hand at experimental, multi-ethnic music.
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Released | April 1, 1997[1][2] | |||
Genre | World music | |||
Label | Epic | |||
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Track listing and Personnel
- "Breaking the Ethers/Serengeti" - (Justin Harwood, Barrett Martin, Skerik) - 6:25
- Skerik - saxophone, didgeridoo, steel drums, temple gong, bombard, percussion
- Justin Harwood - double bass
- Barrett Martin - drums, percussion, marimba, tabla, congas, Tibetan horns, bullroarer, steel drums, Taos thunder drum, steel drums, acoustic guitar
- Elliot Haas - bullroarer
- "Dark State of Mind" - (Harwood, Martin, Skerik) - 4:02
- Skerik - saxophone
- Justin Harwood - acoustic guitar, bowed bass, double bass
- Barrett Martin - drums, percussion, vibraphone, marimba, cello
- "Saturday Night Church" - (Harwood, Martin) - 4:26
- Skerik - saxophone
- Steve Berlin - bass penny whistle
- Justin Harwood - acoustic guitar, piano, double bass
- Peter Buck - electric six string bass
- Barrett Martin - drums, percussion, vibraphone
- "Dreamscape" - (Harwood, Martin) - 4:04
- Justin Harwood - bowed bass
- Peter Buck - electric six string bass
- Barrett Martin - drums, marimba, bass marimba, steel drums
- Skerik - vibraphone
- "The Desert Sky" - (Peter Buck, Harwood, Martin, Skerik) - 5:35
- Peter Buck - dulcimer
- Justin Harwood - steel drums
- Skerik - udu
- Barrett Martin - percussion, taos thunder drum, tabla, bass marimba, sitar
- "Goodnight la Habana" - (Harwood, Martin) - 4:49
- "Smoke Rings" - (Harwood, Martin) - 3:24
- Skerik - saxophone
- Justin Harwood - slide guitar, vibraphone
- Barrett Martin - marimba, bass marimba, steel drums
- "The Getaway" - (Harwood, Martin) - 5:04
- "Eastern Star" - (Buck, Harwood, Martin) - 4:20
- Skerik - saxophone
- Peter Buck - dulcimer
- Justin Harwood - bowed bass
- Barrett Martin - percussion, udu, dumbeck, bass marimba
- Scott McCaughey - steel drums
- "Burning the Keys" - (Harwood, Martin, Skerik) - 6:34
- Skerik - saxophone, piano
- Peter Buck - electric six string bass
- Justin Harwood - double bass, vibraphone
- Barrett Martin - drums, congas, djembe, marimba, bass marimba
- "Land of Apples" - (Buck, Harwood, Martin, Skerik) - 5:38
- Skerik - harmonium
- Justin Harwood - bowed bass, double bass
- Peter Buck - slide guitar
- Barrett Martin - congas, tabla, djembe, vibraphone, marimba, bass marimba, piano
- "Breaking the Ethers/Serengeti (Reprise)" - (Harwood, Martin, Skerik) 1:42 [3]
gollark: This actually looks 3D, which is very cool.
gollark: I don't know how that "self-organizes" into a fairly pleasant image, but generally it produces several regions containing bands of color going in the same direction, meeting at the starting point.
gollark: There are some minor additional complexities in mine, such as reducing it from 16-bit to 8-bit color.
gollark: It *continues* doing that until the ring is entirely offscreen.
gollark: It moves outward from that in concentric square "rings", and sets each pixel in that to a randomly selected adjacent pixel plus some random adjustments.
References
- Rosen, Craig (1997-03-01). "Epic's Tuatara Breaks Boundaries: Band would rather bebop than modern rock". Billboard. 109 (9): 15.
Tuatara, whose Epic debute, "Breaking The Ethers," is due April 1
- Takiff, Jonathan (1997-04-01). "Entertainment / New Releases". The Ledger. Lakeland, Florida, USA. p. D5.
Today: Screaming Trees' Barrett Martin, R.E.M.'s Peter Buck, Luna's Justin Harwood and multi-instrumentalist Sherik offer an instrumental blend of world music and jazz as Tuatara on "Breaking The Ethers" (Epic).
- https://www.discogs.com/it/Tuatara-Breaking-The-Ethers/release/715084
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