Emergent (album)

Infobox Album | Name = Emergent
Type = Album
Artist = Gordian Knot
Released = January 14, 2003
Genre = Progressive rock
Label = Sensory
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:bkuvad1kq8w8 link]
Last album = Gordian Knot
(1999)
This album = "Emergent"
(2003)
Next album =

"Emergent" was a 2003 album by Gordian Knot.

Track listing

#"Arsis" – 1:59
#"Muttersprache" – 6:26
#"A Shaman's Whisper" – 6:33
#"Fischer's Gambit" – 5:43
#"Grace" (Live) – 8:27
#"Some Brighter Thing" – 7:34
#"The Brook The Ocean" – 4:06
#"Singing Deep Mountain" – 9:00
#"Surround Me" (Japan Bonus Track) – 5:28

Personnel

*Sean Malone (Cynic) - bass, stick, guitar, keyboards, Ebow, loops, Echoplex, vocal
*Jim Matheos (Fates Warning, OSI) - guitar, vocals
*Jason Gobel (Cynic) - guitar
*Steve Hackett (Genesis) - guitar
*Sean Reinert (Cynic) - drums, V-Drums
*Bill Bruford (King Crimson, Yes, Genesis) - drums, slit drum
*Paul Masvidal (Cynic) - guitar
*Sonia Lynn - additional vocal

Miscellanea

* First time all former members of Cynic perform together since they disbanded in 1994.

* On all typesetting of the title of the album, the M is italicized (E"M"ERGENT)

* "A Shaman's Whisper" was originally entitled "Whispers at Gesthemane" [http://smgk.blogspot.com/] but was renamed because Sean Malone wanted a more general title that others could share and interpret themselves.

* "Code/Anticode" from the first Gordian Knot album (Gordian Knot) was spawned from a bridge section of "A Shaman's Whisper". [http://smgk.blogspot.com/]

* "Muttersprache" means "mothertongue" or native language in German. "Muttersprache" is the lingua franca of Emergent. [http://smgk.blogspot.com/]

* The CD packaging included a cardboard overlay. On the front it featured a description of the members of the band and blurb about the "type" of music contained. On the back side were four lines which have the appearance of a list of songs, though only the last one is featured on the album.
** Front side: sean malone's second gordian knot project unites members of cynic, king crimson, genesis and fates warning. On E"M"ERGENT these icons of diverse genres weave a common fabric, forging a daring new direction for progressive rock and metal.
** Back side: the purest heartbeat drowned in oceans of nearness uncoiled singing deep mountain

References

# From a blog posted on February 26, 2006
# From a blog posted on February 26, 2006
# From a blog posted on February 26, 2006