released July 15, 2019
01 BRIEFING FOR A DESCENT INTO HELL (ST REMIX) (7:30)
David Torn: electric guitar, live looping
Jon Durant: cloud guitar
Matt Tate: U8 touch guitar (bass)
Manuel Pasquinelli: drums
Stephan Thelen: fractal guitar
The title of this track is taken from Doris Lessing's book.
02 FRACTAL GUITAR (ST MIX) (9:21)
Markus Reuter: U8 touch guitar, soundscapes
Barry Cleveland: guitar atmospheres
Matt Tate: U8 touch guitar (bass)
Andi Pupato: percussion
Benno Kaiser: drums
Stephan Thelen: fractal guitar, granular loops
03 URBAN NIGHTSCAPE (BILL LASWELL REMIX) (17:33)
Bill Laswell: bass, electronics, mix translation
David Torn: electric guitar, live looping
Markus Reuter: U8 touch guitar, soundscapes
Matt Tate: U8 touch guitar (bass)
Benno Kaiser: drums
Stephan Thelen: fractal guitar, organ, samples
04 ROAD MOVIE (ST EDIT & MIX) (13:23)
Markus Reuter: U8 touch guitar, soundscapes
Matt Tate: U8 touch guitar (bass)
Manuel Pasquinelli: drums
Stephan Thelen: fractal and blue sky guitar, granular loops
05 WAVES AND PARTICLES
Markus Reuter: U8 touch guitar, soundscapes
Manuel Pasquinelli: drums
Stephan Thelen: guitar, piano, bass, mix
This is the original version of the track that was later used on the Sonar with David Torn album "Vortex".
06 HALF MOON BAY
Bill Walker: guitar, live looping
Stephan Thelen: mix and edit
07 BECKONING BELLS
Barry Cleveland: guitars, atmospheres, mix
Stephan Thelen: e-bow guitar
Original album produced by Markus Reuter & Stephan Thelen
Executive Producer: Leonardo Pavkovic for Moonjune Records
All tracks written by Stephan Thelen except:
"Briefing for a Descent into Hell" written by Stephan Thelen and David Torn
"Urban Nightscape" by Stephan Thelen, David Torn and Markus Reuter
"Half Moon Bay" written by Bill Walker
"Beckoning Bells" written by Barry Cleveland and Stephan Thelen
Recorded at various locations across Europe and North America between August 2015 and April 2018.
Cover image: RhythmiCityLights (c) by Alexandra Rangger
www.alexandrarangger.at
Bill Laswell Remix: Orange Music, West Orange NJ, February 2019. Engineer: James Dellatacoma.
Thanks to Fabio Anile, Brandy Gale, Henry Kaiser and the Prasad family.
David Torn appears courtesy of ECM Records.