Quadropus

Quadropus

Infobox Album |
Name = Quadropus
Type = Album
Artist = Estradasphere


Released = October 28, 2003
Genre = Experimental music
Length = 62:37
Label = Mimicry
Producer = Tim Smolens
Jason Schimmel
Andrew Kapner
Reviews =
Last album = "Buck Fever"
(2002)
This album = "Quadropus"
(2003)
Next album = "Passion for Life"
(2004)

"Quadropus" is the third full length album by Estradasphere. It was released on October 28, 2003.

For "Quadropus", Estradasphere made a conscious decision to isolate the genres for each track, instead of including many genres in a single song. For example, "Mekapses Yitonisa" doesn't stray far from its Greek gypsy roots while "Crystal Blue" is purely Beach Boys-esque rock music. For this reason, "Quadropus" is considered Estradasphere's most accessible album.

The CD is enhanced and contains a video of the song "Body Slam" being performed live and can be accessed by most computers. This video would later be used for the live DVD Passion for Life (at the end of the video it hints that an Estradasphere DVD would be released in February 2004).

Track listing

#"Mekapses Yitonisa" – 4:22
#"Dubway" – 3:39
#"King Krab Battle" – 8:31
#"Speck" – 4:34
#"Hardball" – 13:40
#"A Car Ride In Idealistic Ethiopia (Part 1)" – 5:47
#"Crystal Blue" – 3:40
#"Jungle Warfare" – 5:42
#"Body Slam" – 3:09
#"At Least We'd Have Today" – 9:40

Album Credits

The band

*Timb Harris – violin, viola, trumpet, guitar, mandolin, Turkish mandolin, vocals, percussion
*Jason Schimmel – guitars (electric, acoustic, baritone), banjo, organ, piano, synths, harpsichord, vocals, percussion, beatboxing
*Tim Smolens – bass (electric, upright), bari guitar, piano, synths, violin/viola/cello, vocals, percussion
*John Whooley – saxophones, flute, vocals, beaboxing, organ

Additional musicians

*String quartet on "At Least We'd Have Today" and "Speck"
**Violins – Timb and Ben Blechman
**Viola – Sarah Hart
**Cello – Aria DiSalvio
*Horn section on "King Krab Battle"
**Trumpets – Timb, Val Hall, Richard Karst
**Trombone – Scott Harris
**Bass trombone – Luke Kirley
**Saxes – John Whooley, Joel Ford, Scott Norgren, Paul Tarantino, Wes Anthony
**Tuba – John Thomas

Album Personnel

*Produced by Tim Smolens with help from Jason Schimmel except for:
**"Speck" – produced by Jason Schimmel
**"Dubway" – produced by Andrew Kapner
*Recorded mostly in our living rooms (George's too), plus Bear Creek Stuidios, Pine Forest studios, CC's recording studio and Angelhouse Studios
*Engineered by Tim Smolens, Jason Schimmel, Chris Parsons and Trey Spruance
*Mixed by Tim Smolens, Timb Harris and Jason Schimmel
**"Dubway" mixed by Andrew Kapner
**"Bodyslam" mixed by Chris Parsons
**"Jungle Warfare" and "Speck" mixed by Trey Spruance
*Additional engineering by Chris Parsons
*Artwork and layout by Mike Bennewitz

Dedication

"Quadropus" was created in loving memory of Mary Aquinas McClafferty Whooley and John Patrick Whooley Sr.

ong information

Mekapses Yitonisa

*Composition – Greek traditional
*Arranged and transcribed by Tim and Timb
*Drums – Dave Murray
*Dombeks and percussion – Mike Shannon

Dubway

*Composition – Estradasphere
*Acapellarrangement – John and Jason

Trivia

*Absolutely no keyboards, drum machines, guitars or bass were used in the recording of this song.
*A live music video for the song is included on the DVD of "Passion for Life".

King Krab Battle

*Composition – Iron Chef Whooley
*Horn arrangement by John and Tim
*Drums – Theo Mordey

peck

*Composition – Schimmel
*Lyrics by Schimmel, Smolens
*Lead vocals – Jason
*String arrangement by Trey Spruance
*Piano – Jeff Attridge
*Drums – Theo Mordey

Hardball

*Composition – Schimmel, Whooley, Harris
*Drums – Theo Mordey
*Percussion – Doug Smolens

A Car Ride in Idealistic Ethiopia (Part 1)

*Composition – Smolens
*Drums – Dave Murray

Crystal Blue

*Composition – Whooley
*Lead vocals – John
*Organ and piano – Dale Ockerman
*Drums and tambourine – Mike Shannon

Jungle Warfare

*Composition – Schimmel, Smolens
*Lyrics by Dave Murray
*Vocals – Dave Murray and Youri Raymond of Unhuman
*Drums – John Merryman of Cephalic Carnage
*Guitar solo – Kevin Kmetz

Bodyslam

*Composition – Estradasphere, Dave Murray
*Lyrics and lead vocals – John
*Drums – Dave

At Least We'd Have Today

*Composition – Smolens
*Lead vocals – Tim
*Vocal bridge – Joel Robinow


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Estradasphere — est un groupe indépendant de musique multi genre de Santa Cruz en Californie. Le collectif balaie une multitude de genres musicaux, principalement la musique tzigane, le metal, le rock progressif et la musique de jeux vidéo. Le nom du groupe est… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Passion for Life — Infobox Album | Name = Passion for Life Type = Live album Longtype = DVD Artist = Estradasphere Released = March 9, 2004 Recorded = November 11, 2000 to November 15, 2003 Genre = Experimental music Length = 73:45 (CD section only) Label = Mimicry …   Wikipedia

  • Estradasphere — Infobox Musical artist Name = Estradasphere Img capt = The current Estradasphere lineup. From left to right, standing: Jason Schimmel, Adam Stacey, Lee Smith, Kevin Kmetz and Tim Smolens. Sitting: Timb Harris. Background = group or band Years… …   Wikipedia

  • The Silent Elk of Yesterday — Infobox Album | Name = The Silent Elk of Yesterday Type = EP Artist = Estradasphere Released = September 18, 2001 Recorded = ? Genre = Experimental music Length = 74:54 Label = Mimicry Producer = Estradasphere Stephen Reysen Reviews = Last album …   Wikipedia

  • Buck Fever — Infobox Album | Name = Buck Fever Type = Album Artist = Estradasphere Released = 2002 Recorded = Genre = Experimental music Length = 72:24 Label = Mimicry Producer = Tim Smolens Reviews = Last album = The Silent Elk of Yesterday (2001) This album …   Wikipedia

  • David Murray (drummer) — David Murray is a Californian musician, best known for his career as a drummer, although he is also a composer and didjeriduist. He was the original drummer for Estradasphere and both performed and composed on all of the band s albums up until… …   Wikipedia

  • John Whooley — John Whooley, now John Whoolilurie, is a California based musician, easily recognized by his superior height and red hair. He is best known for playing saxophone, among other instruments, for the band Estradasphere. In addition to performing, he… …   Wikipedia

  • Jesse Houts — Jesse Houts, born on March 16th, 1975 in Santa Cruz, California, is a prominent physically disabled musician, manager, promoter, and activist in the Bay Area. Born with a rare non progressive form of muscular dystrophy, Jesse has strived to be… …   Wikipedia

  • Estradasphere — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Estradasphere es una agrupación musical independiente originaria de Santa Cruz (California), Estados Unidos que surgió hacia fines de los 1990s. Formándose alrededor de los miembros principales Tim Smolens (bajo),… …   Wikipedia Español

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”