Music From the Eather

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Music from the Eather
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Studio album by
Mentallo & The Fixer
ReleasedOctober 26, 2012 (2012-10-26) [1]
RecordedAmplified Intuitive State / Deep Eddy, Austin, Texas
Genre Electro-Industrial
Length147:12
Label Alfa Matrix
Producer Gary Dassing
Mentallo & The Fixer chronology
A Collection of Rare, Unreleased & Remastered
(2012)		Music from the Eather
(2012)		 4.4U (2012.11)
(2012)

Music from the Eather is the ninth studio album by Mentallo & The Fixer, released on October 26, 2012 by Alfa Matrix. The album was released as a two CD standard version [2] and a limited edition box set [3] containing an additional third CD, a sticker, a postcard and a poster.

Contents

Background

The album keeps "the theme developed on the last conceptual Enlightenment Through a Chemical Catalyst album, dealing with higher or altered states of consciousness-experiences Gary Dassing has personally gone through." [2] "I just wanted to work on music that would stimulate my ears. I wanted to do things that would trip me out!", explains Dassing. [2] The warning on the album cover Be cautious using this substance refers to this theme. Music from the Eather completely avoids vocals. [4] However, voice and other samples are frequently used. Several tracks are remixes or appear to be reworks of songs of the same album and of Enlightenment Through a Chemical Catalyst. The track Opening the Bandwidth for the Cosmic Signal was first released as a reworked version on the EP Commandments for the Molecular Age. [5]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Brutal ResonanceMixed [6]
I Die: You DieFavorable [7]
Santa SangreFavorable [8]
Side-Line8/10 [4]

Critics noted the experimental nature of Music from the Eather. Music magazine I Die: You Die wrote, "With Music From The Eather Dassing has, in a way, progressed into crafting the industrial equivalent of fusion jazz." [7] The album's "complexity has reached an untouchable degree of perfection", wrote music magazine Side Line. [4] Amy Nekrotique of Brutal Resonance described Music from the Eather as "absolutely exhausting to listen to". [6] "You really have to be a fan of Mentallo And The Fixer to fully enjoy this album", concludes Side Line. [4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Gary W. Dassing.

Disc one: Good News and Warnings
No.TitleLength
1."Disturbing the Priest"2:06
2."Metaphysical Agents"10:16
3."Warrior Within"4:38
4."Prelude to a Plateshift"5:32
5."Holywar in My Head"1:41
6."Untapped Regions"8:04
7."Watching the Stars Fall"3:29
8."Shadow of My Former Self"7:43
9."Penicillin for the Soul"5:07
10."Wandering off in the Dark"12:11
11."Becoming the Candle Light (Defining Moment)"6:45
12."Sensory Illusion Destroyed"3:16
13."First Flower"2:40
Total length:73:33
Disc 2: Altered Everything Forever
No.TitleLength
1."Riding the Razors Edge"3:49
2."Perma Fried"3:47
3."Sensory Illusion Destroyed (Equivica Mix)"3:50
4."Shaking, Seizures and Aftereffects"2:12
5."Frankenstein Molecule"2:23
6."Chakras and Studdering"3:11
7."Beginning of the End"5:08
8."Perma Fried (Tantric Mix)"3:31
9."Occult Genetic Code"3:55
10."Amigdula Sharp Bender"1:20
11."Shadow of My Former Self (Ego Shredder)"10:36
12."Complete Loss of Reality"2:35
13."Clarity of Perception"4:43
14."Shortcut to Self Harm"3:55
15."Dark Perceptions Unfolding"7:00
16."Everything Went Wrong"2:44
17."My Night Under the Crushing Mattress"3:09
18."Untapped Regions (A New Alloy Blooms in the Crucible)"5:42
Total length:73:39
Disc three: The Golden Thread Which Binds Them
No.TitleLength
1."Riding the Razors Edge (Empty Vial)"1:10
2."Complete Loss of Reality (Mescalito Mix)"3:01
3."Beginning of the End (Etheric Mix)"4:34
4."Spanning the Bandwidth"3:59
5."Tektonik Plates"5:29
6."Opening the Bandwidth for the Cosmic Signal"5:18
7."Solar Flower"5:33
8."Wonderful World of Nausea"7:26
9."Warrior Within (Etheric Mix)"2:19
10."Complete Loss of Reality (Candyflip)"8:15
11."Tactile Mayhem"2:31
12."Holywar in My Head (Hyperaware)"2:02
13."Riding the Razors Edge (Datura Blackout)"5:20
14."Brief but Violent Illness (Silent Curandero)"5:39
15."Untapped Regions (Loops and Illusions)"5:45
16."Shortcut to Self Harm (4AM Fire Alarm)"4:55
Total length:73:20

Personnel

Adapted from the Arrange the Molecule liner notes. [9]

Mentallo & The Fixer

Production and design

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
Belgium2012 Alfa Matrix CD, DL AM1186DCD
2015DLAM 2186DJ

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References

  1. ↑ "Alfa Matrix latest releases". alfa-matrix.com. October 26, 2012. Archived from the original on October 17, 2013. Retrieved October 17, 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 "Mentallo & the Fixer - 'Music From The Eather' 2CD". alfa-matrix.com. October 26, 2012. Archived from the original on October 18, 2013. Retrieved October 17, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Mentallo & the Fixer - 'Music From The Eather' 3CD (limited)". alfa-matrix.com. October 26, 2012. Archived from the original on October 18, 2013. Retrieved October 17, 2013.
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  5. ↑ "Mentallo And The Fixer - "Commandments For The Molecular Age" EPCD". alfa-matrix.com. April 21, 2006. Archived from the original on October 18, 2013. Retrieved November 1, 2013.
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