Past Is Prologue (album)

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Past Is Prologue
Tycho Past is Prologue Cover.jpg
Studio album by
Released
  • September 24, 2004 (2004-09-24)(Sunrise Projector)
  • October 25, 2006 (Past Is Prologue)
  • January 23, 2007 (EP)
  • June 1, 2010 (Reissue)
Genre Downtempo
Length63:22
Label
  • Gammaphone (Sunrise Projector)
  • Merck (Past Is Prologue & EP)
  • Ghostly (Reissue)
Tycho chronology
Sunrise Projector
(2004)
Past Is Prologue
(2004)
Dive
(2011)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Past Is Prologue is the debut studio album by the American ambient music project Tycho. It was originally released under the title Sunrise Projector in 2004, before being re-released by Merck Records in 2006 (and 2007 as an EP sampler), and reissued by Ghostly International in 2010. The album title is a reference to a famous line from Shakespeare's The Tempest . [1]

Contents

Track listing

Sunrise Projector (2004 original)

No.TitleLength
1."Sunrise Projector"3:03
2."Dictaphone's Lament"5:09
3."PBS / KAE"4:39
4."Phoenix Cylinder"1:26
5."Overlook"5:42
6."Lapse"5:20
7."Send and Receive"4:46
8."Past Is Prologue"5:47
9."You Should Be More Like Your Brother"1:43
10."A Circular Reeducation"5:18
11."Cloud Generator"4:19
12."Sunrise Calendar"3:09
13."Send and Receive" (Chachi Jones Remix)5:56
Total length:56:17

Past Is Prologue (2006 re-release)

No.TitleLength
1."From Home"6:31
2."Sunrise Projector"3:04
3."Dictaphone's Lament"5:10
4."PBS"4:40
5."Send and Receive"4:53
6."Brother"1:42
7."A Circular Reeducation"5:26
8."Past Is Prologue"5:50
9."Cloud Generator"4:21
10."The Disconnect"6:11
11."A Circular Reeducation" (Dusty Brown Remix)5:42
12."Send and Receive" (Chachi Jones Remix)5:57
13."Sunrise Projector" (Nautilis Remix)3:55
Total length:63:22

Past Is Prologue (Sampler) (2007 EP)

No.TitleLength
1."From Home"6:30
2."The Disconnect"6:13
3."PBS"4:41
4."A Circular Reeducation" (Dusty Brown Remix)5:26
5."Sunrise Projector" (Nautilis Remix)3:55
Total length:26:45

Past Is Prologue (2010 reissue)

No.TitleLength
1."From Home"6:31
2."Sunrise Projector"3:04
3."Dictaphone's Lament"5:10
4."PBS"4:40
5."Send and Receive"4:53
6."Brother"1:42
7."A Circular Reeducation"5:26
8."Past Is Prologue"5:50
9."Cloud Generator"4:21
10."The Disconnect"6:11
11."Cascade"3:58
12."Phoenix"1:26
13."Send and Receive" (Chachi Jones Remix)5:42
14."Sunrise Projector" (Nautilis Remix)5:57
15."From Home" (Mux Mool Remix)3:55
16."A Circular Reeducation" (Dust Brown Remix)3:59
Total length:72:45

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References

  1. 1 2 Monger, Timothy. "Past Is Prologue - Tycho | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic . Retrieved March 9, 2017.