Kaleidoscalp

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Kaleidoscalp
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Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 22, 2005
Genre Experimental metal, industrial metal, alternative metal
Length53:31
Label Tzadik
Producer Dan Monti and Albert
Buckethead chronology
Enter the Chicken
(2005)
Kaleidoscalp
(2005)
Inbred Mountain
(2005)
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Kaleidoscalp is the fifteenth studio album by avant-garde guitarist Buckethead. The album is notable for its use of circuit bent instruments and effects, creating an overall sound that is both bizarre and unique.

Contents

Released on John Zorn's Tzadik label, the album features Zorn as an executive producer. Although a predominantly studio-based release, a number of these songs have been performed live, with Buckethead often improvising and extending over a drum track.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Buckethead and Dan Monti

No.TitleLength
1."Frankenseuss Laboratories"4:33
2."Stun Pike and the Jack in the Box Head"4:12
3."Music Box Innards"3:46
4."Breakfast Cyborg"4:22
5."The Bronze Bat"0:38
6."The Last Ride of the Bozomobile"2:03
7."Rack Maintenance"4:35
8."The Sticker on Hallucinogens"1:41
9."Pylon Shift"4:32
10."Citadel"3:29
11."The Slunk, the Gutter and the Candlestick Maker"4:18
12."The Android of Notre Dame"3:39
13."She Sells Sea Shells by the Slaughterhouse"11:43
Total length:53:31

Notes

Credits

Special thanks to: Zorn, Bill Laswell, Frankenseuss, Dell Rey Brewer, Jodorowsky's Holy Mountain, Family, Friends, Slunks and Chickens.

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