PTOLEMAIC TERRASCOPE: THE 26TH COMMANDMENT - THOU SHALT EXPAND THY MIND (PHIL. CHAPT. 26 VS. 1) Various Artists 1998

 

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Compilation on Ptolemaic Terrascope 

Tracklist

1	Pat Orchard–	Jacob	2:55
2	Fit & Limo–	Open Scene	5:32
3	The Linus Pauling Quartet–	Cole Porter	5:33
4	The Sanctions–	You Can Help Yourself	3:03
5	Mirza–	A Bower In The Arsacides	7:45
6	The Conrad Hopkins Set–	Theme For An Unwritten Spy	3:40
7	The Supreme Dicks*–	The Mighty Euphrades 1247 B.C	6:06
8	Simeon (3) & The Alchemysts*–	Oscillator Manual	5:27
9	Kieran White–	Hummingbird	3:45
10	The Flyte Reaction–	3 O'Clock	5:25
11	Azusa Plane*–	Implications Of Holomovement	11:10
12	Mourning Cloak–	How The Earth Bleeds When The Stars Turn	2:45
13	Hood–	For A Moment, Lost	2:30
14	Pat Orchard–	Answers On A Postcard	1:57
15	The Loud Family–	Asleep And Awake On The Man's Freeway	2:31
16	The Green Pajamas–	Emma Is Crying	6:00

 

MOURNING CLOAK In Dreams You See 1996

 

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AllMusic Review by Ned Raggett  

One of the more surprising and fascinating releases from a younger band in the mid-'90s, Mourning Cloak eschewed nearly all open connections to rock to explore a rich, varied background in folk and roots musics of many different traditions. Even the start of the CD gives a hint at the roots of things -- the first thing one hears on the lengthy, elegantly dark "Honey Mushrooms and the Nature of Darkness" is a record needle spinning in a vinyl side's end groove. That Timothy Renner would go on to found and lead Stone Breath is perfectly obvious, not merely from the impressive list of instruments he plays (everything from Tibetan bells to zitherlins; bandmates Paul Chavez and Alison Renner also perform with an equally varied selection), but from his obsession with poetic, mysterious imagery, lyrically and visually. The partially whispered apocalyptic folk of bands like Current 93 is a logical touchstone for the music on In Dreams You See, as is the accomplished cross-cultural experimentation of the Incredible String Band and Dead Can Dance, plus any number of earlier and later inspirations. "The Eleventh Letter" most consistently ranges far afield, with a variety of percussion instruments mixing with sitar to create an unsettled, dreamy mood that then expands into an extended jam (of sorts) before concluding on the notes of a music box winding down. Certainly Renner and company aren't interested in simply recreating the pre-Industrial Revolution past, though. Backwards guitar and sudden, harsh distortion bursts form the basis of "The Secret Path," while the blend of acoustic and electric drones on "Butterly Sleeping Wind" and, especially, the astonishingly beautiful pinnacle "The Space Between Everything" are utterly captivating. Alison's singing provides a gentler balance to Renner's sometimes darker approach, though she can be just as apt to hauntedly whisper than directly sing.

Tracklist

1	Honey Mushrooms And The Nature Of Darkness	9:39
2	Darkened Day's Memory	1:17
3	The Secret Path	2:13
4	Chrysalis Repose	2:24
5	Mistbreather	2:25
6	Butterfly Sleeping Wind	5:55
7	Incantation	2:36
8	Entelekia	0:49
9	The Space Between Everything	6:56
10	Dreamlines	4:11
11	Moth's Wing	1:34
12	The Eleventh Letter	13:33
13	Bright	6:01

FOR THE DEAD IN SPACE Various Artists 1997

 A collection of re-interpretations of the work of Tom Rapp and Pearls Before Swine.

 

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Tracklist

1	–Tono-Bungay	Morning Song / Footnote	6:11
2	–Flying Saucer Attack	Space (The Man Who Fell To Earth)	3:24
3	–Metronome (4)	Green And Blue	1:32
4	–Fit & Limo	Surrealist Waltz	3:33
5	–Carl Edwards	There Was A Man	3:44
6	–Townies	(Oh Dear) Miss Morse	3:31
7	–Masaki Batoh	Images Of April	3:10
8	–Alchemysts	Drop Out!	4:10
9	–Damon & Naomi	Translucent Carriages	4:17
10	–The Bevis Frond	Lepers And Roses	5:03
11	–Kitchen Cynics	Stardancer	5:29
12	–The Tower Recordings	I Saw The World	4:23
13	–Shy Camp	Love / Sex	2:09
14	–Mourning Cloak	I Shall Not Care	5:49
15	–Tom Rapp	Hopelessly Romantic	3:27
16	–Half Calf With Plexorjet	For The Dead In Space	4:20
17	–Shy Camp	Another Time	3:23