| Half a True Day | ||||
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| Released | November 26, 2007 | |||
| Recorded | Fall 2002 – Summer 2007 | |||
| Studio | Dys Studios (Bellvue, CO) | |||
| Genre | Experimental music, electroacoustic music, musique concrète | |||
| Length | 69:31 | |||
| Label | ReR | |||
| Producer | Biota | |||
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Half a True Day is the thirteenth studio album by experimental music ensemble Biota, released on November 26, 2007 by ReR Megacorp.
All music is composed by Biota.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Figure Question" | 1:45 |
| 2. | "Pack-and-Penny Day" | 1:35 |
| 3. | "Hidden Compartment" | 1:32 |
| 4. | "Angle of Doubt" | 2:54 |
| 5. | "Proven Within Half; Half a True Day" | 8:19 |
| 6. | "Accidental Photograph" | 2:44 |
| 7. | "Winding Nth" | 10:30 |
| 8. | "Moth Across" | 2:56 |
| 9. | "Silent Grove" | 2:41 |
| 10. | "Just Now Maybe" | 2:21 |
| 11. | "Another Name" | 3:53 |
| 12. | "Turn the Moon" | 3:11 |
| 13. | "Globemallow, Left Untold" | 3:02 |
| 14. | "Cloud Chamber" | 2:37 |
| 15. | "Where No One Knows" | 2:28 |
| 16. | "Antimagnet" | 2:26 |
| 17. | "Passerine" | 14:37 |
Adapted from the Half a True Day liner notes. [2]
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| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
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| United States | 2007 | ReR | CD | RēRBCD6 |
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