01. lento
featuring the 1st half of Henryk Górecki’s “Symphony No. 3: I. Lento”
includes tracks by Nine Inch Nails, Sigur Rós, Biosphere, and
“Philosophy of Time Travel” from Donnie Darko
readings of W.H. Auden’s “Musee de Beaux Arts”
and an excerpt of a reading of William Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 64”
audio excerpts from There Will Be Blood, The Princess Bride, A.I.,
The Sheltering Sky, Portal 2, and David Lynch’s “Catching the Big Fish”
with excerpts from and/or references to three Alan Black albums:
Cripple Crab Crutch — Set 02: Incubation — Totemic I: The Love of Opiates
02. mab
featuring the vocal middle of Henryk Górecki’s “Symphony No. 3: I. Lento”
and a remix of Nine Inch Nails’ “All the Love in the World”
includes tracks by Beck, The Police, Biosphere, and “Clock Tick” from A Single Man
readings of Robert Herrick’s “The Beggar to Mab”
and Geoffrey Chaucer’s “General Prologue” from The Canterbury Tales
audio excerpts from There Will Be Blood, and BioShock 1 & 2, plus sound effects
with excerpts from and/or references to three Alan Black albums:
Ruin — Set 01: Beginning — Totemic II: The Opiates of Love
03. piece
includes tracks by Nero, Johnny Cash, Kromestar, Britney Spears,
Nine Inch Nails, The Flaming Lips, Tomahawk, Garbage, Peter Gabriel,
and “Full Circle” from Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
audio excerpts from the exorcism of Anneliese Michel, Casablanca,
Portal 2, 2010: Odyssey Two, David Lynch’s “Catching the Big Fish”,
2001: A Space Odyssey, Citizen Kane, and Apocalypse Now
with excerpts from and/or references to four Alan Black albums:
Chaos — Totemic I: The Love of Opiates
Totemic II: The Opiates of Love — Set 03: Parturition
04. collapse
includes tracks by Ministry, Nine Inch Nails, Brian Eno, Frank Black, Muhr,
Ensemble Zado, Imogen Heap, and “Dream is Collapsing” from Inception
audio excerpts from Rabbits, 2010: Odyssey Two, 2001: A Space Odyssey,
Hamlet, Miller’s Crossing, plus sound effects
with excerpts from and/or references to four Alan Black albums:
The Fount — Aquatica — Inception/Excerption — Chaos
05. temple
includes tracks by Sufjan Stevens, Biosphere, Nine Inch Nails,
Underworld, Carbon Based Lifeforms, I.T.B.A., and Eluvium
reading of Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “Kubla Khan”
audio excerpts from the Indiana Jones Adventure at Disneyland and BioShock 2
with excerpts from and/or references to three Alan Black albums:
Set 03: Parturition — The Desert Fathom — The Atrocities
06. nothing
featuring Alberto Ginastera’s “Malambo: Danza final” and
Bachman Turner Overdrive’s “You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet”
includes tracks by Nine Inch Nails, The Chemical Brothers, Spiritualized, Pixies,
Frank Black, M.I.A., “Don’t Think About Elephants” from Inception,
“Guild Report” from Dune, and three tracks from The Shining
audio excerpts from Portal 2 (“GlaDOS Reawakened,” Wheatley, turrets,
and the space sphere) and Dr. Strangelove
with excerpts from and/or references to four Alan Black albums:
Set 01: Beginning — Ruin — Set 02: Incubation — Cripple Crab Crutch
07. sleep
includes tracks by SleepResearch_Facility, I.T.B.A., Pink Floyd, Peter Gabriel,
Carbon Based Lifeforms, Polmo Polpo, The Flaming Lips, Jónsi & Alex,
Monolake, Brian Eno, Demdike Stare, and eight tracks by Biosphere
audio excerpts from 2001: A Space Odyssey and The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
with excerpts from and/or references to three Alan Black albums:
Aquatica — The Fount — The Ortica
08. black
featuring the 2nd half of Henryk Górecki’s “Symphony No. 3: I. Lento”
and Luigi Boccherini’s “La Musica Notturna Delle Strade Di Madrid”
includes tracks by Winifred Atwell, Muse, Sufjan Stevens, Fatboy Slim,
Carbon Based Lifeforms, Sigur Rós, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson,
Kronos Quartet, Underworld, Garbage, Isan, Kingston Trio,
Beck, Hallucinator, Biosphere, Antony and the Johnsons,
Nina Simone, This Mortal Coil, Andy Partridge & Harold Budd,
Nine Inch Nails, and “The Surface of the Sun” from Sunshine
readings of William Shakespeare’s “Fear No More the Heat of the Sun”
and William Butler Yeats’ “Sailing to Byzantium”
and William Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 30”
audio excerpts from Portal 2, BioShock 2, The Empire Strikes Back,
There Will Be Blood, 2010: Odyssey Two, and Thich Nhat Hanh
with excerpts from and/or references to all fifteen Alan Black albums:
The Desert Fathom
Set 01: Beginning
Set 02: Incubation
The Atrocities
The Ortica
The Fount
Set 03: Parturition
Cripple Crab Crutch
Aquatica
Totemic I: The Love of Opiates
Totemic II: The Opiates of Love
Inception/Excerption
Chaos
Ruin
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09. the end
include tracks from Biosphere, Sigur Rós, Nine Inch Nails,
Brian Eno, Kudsi Erguner, Shriekback, and Disinformation
audio excerpts from The West Wing and Six Feet Under, plus sound effects
reading of an excerpt of a Gary Johnson poem: “You made crusty bread rolls...”
with excerpts from and/or references to four Alan Black albums:
The Ortica — Atrocities — Inception/Excerption — The Desert Fathom
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