Biota (Mnemonists) – Biota - Insanely Rare 1982 Vinyl LP w/Inserts
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Description
Biota – Biota
Hardly ever offered first outing by our favorite
Colorado boyz!
Beautiful condition (near mint) with amazing inserts.
Truly an Art Package.
Biota was founded in 1979 in Fort Collins, Colorado, as the Mnemonist Orchestra. Over the years, the Mnemonist Orchestra developed into Biota (the musical contingent) and
Mnemonists (the visual contingent). Both Biota and Mnemonists work as one on productions of musical and visual components.
The group has released nine LPs, one EP, one Tape, and four CDs on both their own Dys label and Recommended Records UK.
Label:
Dys – DYS 07
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Limited Edition
Country:
US
Released:
1982
Genre:
Electronic
Style:
Experimental
Tracklist
A1 Biota
A2 Biohazards
Music By – Biota
B1 Marshland
B2 Loop-Dance
B3 Beasts
B4 The Magi
Music By – Goranson*, Emmons*
B5 Insect Dialogue
B6 Cavernicoles
B7 Chamer
B8 Krill
Credits
Alto Saxophone, Electric Guitar, Organ, Tape, Effects [Processing] – Steve Scholbe
Artwork By [Inserts] – Tom Katsimplais
Artwork By [Out + Inner Jacket/labels] – James Dixon
Artwork By [This Insert] – Joy Froding
Electric Bass – Karen Nakai
Electric Bass, Voice, Tape, Performer [S B-p Devices] – Rolf Goranson
Mastered By [Cutting] – Richard Donaldson
Mastered By [Tape Mastering] – Derbyshire*, Sharp*
Music By – Scholbe* (tracks: A1, B1 to B8), Sharp* (tracks: A1, B1 to B8)
Other [Assistance] – K. Hotchkiss, M. O'Day
Percussion – Bill Burgess (3)
Percussion, Voice, Tape, Performer [S B-p Devices] – Steve Emmons
Performer [Small Battery-powered Devices], Tape, Clarinet, Percussion, Effects [Processing] – William Sharp
Producer [Production] – Scholbe*, Sharp*
Recorder, Effects [Processing] – Mark Derbyshire
Notes
Packaged in folder sleeve with 6 inserts plus a small card advertising "The Dys boo, a miniature volume containing 14 previously unpublished pieces of Mnemonist visual matter".
Limited to 1000 copies.
Production: summer 1980—summer 1982
Tape mastering: Pendragon Ft. Collins CO
Cutting: I.A.M. Irvine CA
Pressing: R.T.I Camarillo CA
Printing: Pioneer Ft. Collins CO
The spatial processing employed in these recordings is optimally reproduced by loudspeakers positioned 1 meter or more from the walls of the listening room.
© 1982 Dys/manufactured in U.S.A.
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