Wake/Lift

Infobox Album |
Name = Wake/Lift
Type = studio
Artist = Rosetta

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Released = start date|2007|10|2
Recorded = Early to mid-2007 at Jane Doll Studios
Drums: Menegroth studios [cite web | last = Weed | first = J. Matthew | title = News | publisher = Anchor States | date = 2007-03-24 | url = http://www.anchorstates.net/2007_03_01_anchorstates_archive.html | accessdate = 2007-06-23 ]
Genre = Post metalcite web | accessdate = 2008-03-25 | url = http://www.sonicfrontiers.net/php/review-107.html | title = Rosetta: "Wake/Lift" | last = Warren | first = Dave | date = 2007-09-28 | publisher = Sonic Frontiers]
Ambient metal
Post-rock
Space rock [cite web | url = http://www.musicemissions.com/artists/albums/index.php?album_id=7331 | title = Rosetta - "Wake/Lift" | last = Wood | first = Mike | publisher = Music Emissions | date = 2007-09-27 | accessdate = 2008-03-25]
Post-hardcore
Length = 64:41
Label = Translation Loss
Producer =
Reviews =
*AbsolutePunk.net (82%) [http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=318264 link]
*Allmusic (favorable) [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fifuxzyhldte link]
*Decibel Magazine (favorable) [http://www.decibelmagazine.com/reviews/nov2007/alifeoncelost/rosetta.aspx link]
*Decoy Music rating|4|5 [http://www.decoymusic.com/index.php?content=reviews&reviewid=25698 link]
*Music Emissions rating|3.5|5 [http://www.musicemissions.com/artists/albums/index.php?album_id=7331 link]
*Plug In Music (A-) [http://www.pluginmusic.com/review.php?page=rosetta link]
*Scene Point Blank (8/10) [http://www.scenepointblank.com/reviews/1607 link]
*Sonic Frontiers (9.3/10) [http://www.sonicfrontiers.net/php/review-107.html link]
*StonerRock.com (favorable) [http://www.stonerrock.com/forums2/allposts.asp?Forum=ap809241559&ID=39546&StartAt=0 link]
*Transform Online (favorable) [http://www.transformonline.com/music/reviews/006916.php link]
Last album = "Project Mercury"
(2007)
This album = "Wake/Lift"
(2007)
Next album = "The Cleansing Undertones of Wake/Lift"
(2007)

"Wake/Lift" is the second full-length album by art-metal band Rosetta. The album was released on October 2^nd through Translation Loss Records on CD, with a limited-edition double LP prepared for late 2008.

This album is the first to not be entirely engineered by the band. It is also Rosetta's first to be recorded to analog tape. Consequently, the production on "Wake/Lift" is more refined than the band's previous works.

Release

Months before the album's release, the band had been performing "Red in Tooth and Claw" at live show as far back as April 2007. [cite web | url = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAp9FTvyuJ0 | title = Rosetta live at North Street Bar, Philadelphia, April 2007 | publisher = YouTube | date = 2007-04-23]

The track "Wake" was posted on the MySpace for Translation Loss Records in a low-quality format on August 17, 2007, and again later on Rosetta's own MySpace on August 19, 2007.

A component disc, entitled "The Cleansing Undertones of Wake/Lift", was released alongside "Wake/Lift". It contains a collection of ambient samples used by Armine. It is, however, not meant to be synchronized with "Wake/Lift" (as "The Galilean Satellites" was); Armine "purposely designed "The Cleansing Undertones of Wake/Lift" to make "Wake/Lift" sound terrible if played together".cite web | last =Butze | first = Sean | coauthors = Josh Coppola | title = Rosetta: A Metal Odyssey | publisher = SonicFrontiers.net | date = 2007-09-05 | url = http://www.sonicfrontiers.net/php/story-23.html | accessdate = 2007-09-06 ]

In September 2008, the album was remastered and pressed on 180 gram vinyl. It comes in three limited-edition color combinations and is currently in pre-order, with no official release date set. [ [http://www.translationloss.com/ Translation Loss Records] ]

tyle

Guitarist J. Matthew Weed has stated that the band has taken on a more melodic, technical, and experimental sound. Rather than sounding entirely like the metal style of "The Galilean Satellites", "Wake/Lift" falls more into the post-rock genre while retaining space rock and hardcore influences.cite web | title = Translation Loss Recording artists ROSETTA complete new record entitled "WAKE/LIFT"! | publisher = Translation Loss Records | date = 2007-06-12 | url = http://www.translationloss.com/v2/news.htm | accessdate = 2007-06-23 ]

Lyrically and thematically, the album deals much less with astronomical concepts and is more influenced by vocalist Mike Armine's experiences as a teacher. He states,

Track listing

#"Red in Tooth and Claw" – 12:15
#"Lift (part 1)" – 5:06
#"Lift (part 2)" – 3:19
#"Lift (part 3)" – 6:08
#"Wake" – 9:27
#"(Temet Nosce)" – 14:56
#"Monument" – 13:30

"Temet nosce" is Latin for "know thyself".

Personnel

*Michael Armine – sound manipulation, vocals
*David Grossman – bass guitar
*Bruce McMurtrie Jr. – drums
*J. Matthew Weed – electric guitar, mixing
*Colin Marston – masteringcite web | last = Weed | first = J. Matthew | title = Rosetta junk | publisher = Anchor States | date = 2007-06-07 | url = http://www.anchorstates.net/2007_06_01_anchorstates_archive.html | accessdate = 2007-06-23 ]
*Paul Romano – cover art

References