Motorlab #3

Barry Adamson & Pan Sonic - Motorlab #3

CD released in 2001

The idea of Motorlab is to create a new kind of electricity between musicians/artists by introducing them to elements they had previously left untouched. The result is then documented during intimate live performances or as in the case of Motorlab #3 by throwing ideas between artist's studios.

The Hymn of the 7th Illusion composed by Barry Adamson & Pan Sonic

choir: Hljomeyki, conducted by Horour Bragason

vocal arrangements & additional treatments: Barry Adamson

electronics: Pan sonic

choir recorded by Halldor Vikingsson at Digraneskirkja, April 6, 2001

mastered & mixed at Thule Musik

About the cover and artwork: Magnus Blondal Johannsson the pioneer composer of electronic music in Iceland was kind enough to let Kitchen Motors perform a brain scan on him while listening to the music contained on this CD. While most people would find the sterile hospital environment unnerving - not to mention the strangeness of having twelve "brain wave pick-ups" taped to their head - Magnus softly drifted into a completely relaxed alpha state similar to being in-between sleep and wakefuloness. One could therefore look at the brain waves printed on the inside of this CD sleeve as being representative of this landscape of hidden dimension that lies between the illsory and the concrete.


Tracklisting:

1. The Hymn of the 7th Illusion {12:23}

2. "" {0:25}

3. The Illusion of the 7th Hymn (remix by Hafler Trio) {23:03}

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