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Chaosphere

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"Finally available for the very first time, exactly 15 years after its completion, here it is T.A.C.'s lost album Chaosphere. Recorded between November 1997 and February 1998 in New York City, Chaosphere was planned to be the sequel of Apotropaismo (also out on OEC) disclosing, in typical T.A.C. style, the "other side" of that album: gone were the lush and variated instrument array leaving room to a grey and menacing cloud of analogue electronics and sparse ambient samples. For this realization T.A.C. consisted of band mastermind Simon Balestrazzi alone, working mostly on his freshly rescued VCS3 synthesizer and a few other devices and under the heavy influence of Andrej Tarkovskij's masterpieces Solaris and Stalker. Due to Balestrazzi sudden relocation back to Italy the master tapes lay in a box for several years and after that even some format issues prevented them to be retrieved. Till now. So finally here is Chaosphere and you can hear once again T.A.C. visionary and evocative signature sound again."

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Cat. number: OECD 170
Year: 2013

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Release notes

Released in Digipak. Recorded between November 1997 and February 1998 at 234E4, NYC, except zinc metal sheet and ARP Odyssey samples recorded in Parma, early 1997. Mixed at Step Three, Brooklyn, February 1998. Original master tape transferred to digital at the Creepy Cottage, Newark (NJ), August 2012. Mastered at NeuroHabitat by Simon Balestrazzi.

Tracklist
1Despite4:03
2The Sluggish Larvae Of An Antique Syntax5:02
3Non-Form7:55
4Ocèan Sonique5:11
5Nodal Points8:13
6As It Is4:18
7Collision2:54
8Imperceptibly5:28
9This Language Of Flesh And Blood4:05
10Crystallize6:54
Credits
T.A.C. (Tomografia Assiale Computerizzata)
Composed By, Performer
Ultra
Design [Sleeve Design]
Simon Balestrazzi
Mastered By, Performer [For This Project T.A.C. Was], Synthesizer [EMS VCS3, Ensoniq ASR-10, Korg DW 8000, ARP Odyssey, Korg MS-10], Effects [MAM RS3 Resonator, Alesis Quadraverb], Performer [Zinc Metal Sheet], Electronics [Radio], Tape [Tapes], Producer
Edward Campbell
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