Music from the Eather is the ninth studio album by Mentallo & The Fixer, released on October 26, 2012 by Alfa Matrix. The album was released as a two CD standard version[2] and a limited edition box set[3] containing an additional third CD, a sticker, a postcard and a poster.
Background
The album keeps "the theme developed on the last conceptual Enlightenment Through a Chemical Catalyst album, dealing with higher or altered states of consciousness-experiences Gary Dassing has personally gone through."[2] "I just wanted to work on music that would stimulate my ears. I wanted to do things that would trip me out!", explains Dassing.[2] The warning on the album cover Be cautious using this substance refers to this theme. Music from the Eather completely avoids vocals.[4] However, voice and other samples are frequently used. Several tracks are remixes or appear to be reworks of songs of the same album and of Enlightenment Through a Chemical Catalyst. The track Opening the Bandwidth for the Cosmic Signal was first released as a reworked version on the EP Commandments for the Molecular Age.[5]
Critics noted the experimental nature of Music from the Eather. Music magazine I Die: You Die wrote, "With Music From The Eather Dassing has, in a way, progressed into crafting the industrial equivalent of fusion jazz."[7] The album's "complexity has reached an untouchable degree of perfection", wrote music magazine Side Line.[4] Amy Nekrotique of Brutal Resonance described Music from the Eather as "absolutely exhausting to listen to".[6] "You really have to be a fan of Mentallo And The Fixer to fully enjoy this album", concludes Side Line.[4]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Gary W. Dassing
Disc one: Good News and Warnings
No.
Title
Length
1.
"Disturbing the Priest"
2:06
2.
"Metaphysical Agents"
10:16
3.
"Warrior Within"
4:38
4.
"Prelude to a Plateshift"
5:32
5.
"Holywar in My Head"
1:41
6.
"Untapped Regions"
8:04
7.
"Watching the Stars Fall"
3:29
8.
"Shadow of My Former Self"
7:43
9.
"Penicillin for the Soul"
5:07
10.
"Wandering off in the Dark"
12:11
11.
"Becoming the Candle Light (Defining Moment)"
6:45
12.
"Sensory Illusion Destroyed"
3:16
13.
"First Flower"
2:40
Total length:
73:33
Disc 2: Altered Everything Forever
No.
Title
Length
1.
"Riding the Razors Edge"
3:49
2.
"Perma Fried"
3:47
3.
"Sensory Illusion Destroyed (Equivica Mix)"
3:50
4.
"Shaking, Seizures and Aftereffects"
2:12
5.
"Frankenstein Molecule"
2:23
6.
"Chakras and Studdering"
3:11
7.
"Beginning of the End"
5:08
8.
"Perma Fried (Tantric Mix)"
3:31
9.
"Occult Genetic Code"
3:55
10.
"Amigdula Sharp Bender"
1:20
11.
"Shadow of My Former Self (Ego Shredder)"
10:36
12.
"Complete Loss of Reality"
2:35
13.
"Clarity of Perception"
4:43
14.
"Shortcut to Self Harm"
3:55
15.
"Dark Perceptions Unfolding"
7:00
16.
"Everything Went Wrong"
2:44
17.
"My Night Under the Crushing Mattress"
3:09
18.
"Untapped Regions (A New Alloy Blooms in the Crucible)"
5:42
Total length:
73:39
Disc three: The Golden Thread Which Binds Them
No.
Title
Length
1.
"Riding the Razors Edge (Empty Vial)"
1:10
2.
"Complete Loss of Reality (Mescalito Mix)"
3:01
3.
"Beginning of the End (Etheric Mix)"
4:34
4.
"Spanning the Bandwidth"
3:59
5.
"Tektonik Plates"
5:29
6.
"Opening the Bandwidth for the Cosmic Signal"
5:18
7.
"Solar Flower"
5:33
8.
"Wonderful World of Nausea"
7:26
9.
"Warrior Within (Etheric Mix)"
2:19
10.
"Complete Loss of Reality (Candyflip)"
8:15
11.
"Tactile Mayhem"
2:31
12.
"Holywar in My Head (Hyperaware)"
2:02
13.
"Riding the Razors Edge (Datura Blackout)"
5:20
14.
"Brief but Violent Illness (Silent Curandero)"
5:39
15.
"Untapped Regions (Loops and Illusions)"
5:45
16.
"Shortcut to Self Harm (4AM Fire Alarm)"
4:55
Total length:
73:20
Personnel
Adapted from the Arrange the Molecule liner notes.[9]
