Atlas Sound/Mexcellent Split

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Atlas Sound/Mexcellent Split
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EP by
Atlas Sound/Mexcellent
ReleasedMarch 10th, 2007 [1]
RecordedPark Avenue, Grant Park, Atlanta, 2006
Genre Ambient, indie rock
Label HOSS Records HOSS008
Opposite Side
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Mexcellent Side

Atlas Sound/Mexcellent Split was released in 2007 on 12" vinyl. Only 500 copies were pressed on 180g vinyl. The Atlas Sound side is called Fractal Trax and the Mexcellent side is called Cornbread Jungle. [2]

Contents

Track listing

Atlas Sound - Fractal Trax

  1. "Axis I (F.Grey)"
  2. "Axis II"
  3. "Inhalents"
  4. "'I Know, I Know'"

Mexcellent - Cornbread Jungle

  1. "Rhonda Price"
  2. "Blackface"
  3. "RGDWTJPM"

Credits

Atlas Sound

Mexcellent

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References

  1. "Atlas Sound - Axis I (F. Grey) by HOSS Records".
  2. "ATLAS SOUND "Fractal Trax"/MEXCELLENT "Cornbread Jungle"". HOSS Records. Archived from the original on 4 August 2007. Retrieved 2007-07-26.