Quiver (KTU album)

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Quiver
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Studio album by
KTU
Released2009
Recorded2007–2008
StudioThe Zone, Dripping Springs, Texas; 7Directions, Seattle; Seawolf Studios, Helsinki.
Genre Progressive rock, experimental music
Length45:32
Label Rockadillo
Producer KTU
KTU chronology
8 Armed Monkey
(2005)
Quiver
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Quiver is the second studio album of the band KTU. Songs from this album were performed at the "Creating of Peace" festival in Kazan, Russia, in late 2008.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Fragile Sun" – 1:40
  2. "Kataklasm" – 5:08
  3. "Nano" – 4:43
  4. "Quiver" – 3:15
  5. "Purga" – 5:44
  6. "Womb" – 3:43
  7. "Wasabi Fields" – 4:01
  8. "Jacaranda" – 4:01
  9. "Aorta" – 2:51
  10. "Miasmaa" – 4:53
  11. "Snow Reader" – 5:41
  12. "Frankenstein" * – 4:06
  13. "Saffron Tears" * – 5:30

Personnel

Technical details

Engineered by Pat Manske.

Mixed by KTU and Petri Majuri at Seawolf Studios, Helsinki, August - September 2008.

Samuli Kosminen - additional beats and noises, Kosminization.

Steven Wilson - additional mixing of Kataklasm, Jacaranda and Miasmaa at No Man's Land Studios, Hemel Hempstead, UK.

Mastered by Petri Majuri and Kimmo Pohjonen, Seawolf, October 2008.

Executive producer, various orifices and appendages: Philip Page.

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References

  1. Nickson, Chris. Quiver review allmusic.com. Retrieved on 2009-12-26.