Of Heliotaxis and Cosmic Knifing

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Of Heliotaxis and Cosmic Knifing
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EP by
ReleasedOctober 14, 2013 (2013-10-14)
Genre Industrial
Length30:30
Abu Lahab chronology
Supplications of the Last Gyrosophist
(2013)
Of Heliotaxis and Cosmic Knifing
(2013)

Of Heliotaxis and Cosmic Knifing is an EP by Abu Lahab, independently released on October 14, 2013. Quotes from Nico's Desertshore album serve as appendixes for Of Heliotaxis and Cosmic Knifing, with samples of "Le petit chevalier" used prominently in the opening and closing tracks. [1]

Contents

Track listing

All music is composed by Abu Lahab.

No.TitleLength
1."Ignite the Solar Abdomen"2:05
2."Cynocephalic Torments"5:40
3."Tyranny of a Suspended Dawn"6:30
4."Prostrate Exenterate"3:13
5."A Thousand Plateaus"6:17
6."Shatter the Gyre (Hermineusis of an End)"6:47

Personnel

Adapted from the Of Heliotaxis and Cosmic Knifing liner notes. [2]

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References

  1. DeReviùer (November 10, 2013). "Il cielo stellato sopra di me, ma nemmeno quello: Of Heliotaxis and Cosmic Knifing (2013) di Abu Lahab" (in Italian). DeReviùer. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  2. Of Heliotaxis and Cosmic Knifing (digital). Abu Lahab. 2013.CS1 maint: others (link)