Pearl + Umbra

~ Release by Russell Mills / Undark (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

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1Canyon: Split Asunder
engineer:
Tom Smyth (engineer and musician)
co-producer:
Tom Smyth (engineer and musician)
producer:
Russell Mills (UK visual / sound artist)
lead vocals [quicksilver vocals]:
Emma Townshend (writer and journalist)
recording of:
Canyon: Split Asunder
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships)
6:06
2Swallow Crystals
engineer:
Tom Smyth (engineer and musician)
co-producer:
Tom Smyth (engineer and musician)
producer:
Russell Mills (UK visual / sound artist)
drums (drum set) [cruising drums]:
John Aitken (drummer)
recording of:
Swallow Crystals
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships)
5:07
3Rooms of the Sixteen Shimmers
engineer:
David Kent (engineer) (lead vocals) and Tom Smyth (engineer and musician)
co-producer:
Tom Smyth (engineer and musician)
producer:
Russell Mills (UK visual / sound artist)
harmonium [pearl river harmonium]:
Sam Mills (appears on Pearl + Umbra)
keyboard [desert keyboards]:
Harold Budd
musical box [music boxes]:
Ann Mills and Sam Mills (appears on Pearl + Umbra)
other instruments [cloud bowls]:
Ann Mills
background vocals [mirror vocals]:
Hamish MacKintosh
lead vocals [shimmer vocals]:
David Sylvian
recorded at:
Prairie Sun Recording Studios in Cotati, California, United States (lead vocals)
recording of:
Rooms of the Sixteen Shimmers
writer:
Russell Mills (UK visual / sound artist), Tom Smyth (engineer and musician) and David Sylvian
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships) and Opium (Arts) Ltd.
4:29
4All Wise Fly (Pneuma)
engineer:
Tom Smyth (engineer and musician)
co-producer:
Tom Smyth (engineer and musician)
producer:
Russell Mills (UK visual / sound artist)
cornet [ribbon cornet]:
Graham Haynes (American cornetist, trumpeter and composer)
percussion [tonge drums]:
Derek Hook
recording of:
All Wise Fly (Pneuma)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships)
3:49
5Shed Lustre
engineer:
Tom Smyth (engineer and musician)
co-producer:
Tom Smyth (engineer and musician)
producer:
Russell Mills (UK visual / sound artist)
lead vocals [lucent vocals]:
Ali Foster
recording of:
Shed Lustre
writer:
Robin Guthrie (guitarist in Cocteau Twins), Russell Mills (UK visual / sound artist) and Tom Smyth (engineer and musician)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships) and Sony ATV Music
6:27
6A Swoon in Amber
engineer:
Tom Smyth (engineer and musician)
co-producer:
Tom Smyth (engineer and musician)
producer:
Russell Mills (UK visual / sound artist)
harmonium [pearl river harmonium]:
Sam Mills (appears on Pearl + Umbra)
musical box [music boxes]:
Ann Mills and Sam Mills (appears on Pearl + Umbra)
other instruments [cloud bowls]:
Ann Mills
recording of:
A Swoon in Amber
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships)
5:49
7Causes Cause Causes
engineer:
Tom Smyth (engineer and musician)
co-producer:
Tom Smyth (engineer and musician)
producer:
Russell Mills (UK visual / sound artist)
bass [curve bass]:
Huw Costin
guitar [root guitar]:
Thurston Moore (US guitarist, singer and songwriter; Sonic Youth)
lead vocals [muted howls]:
Peter Gabriel (formerly of Genesis)
recording of:
Causes Cause Causes
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships)
5:53
8Heaven Dips
engineer:
Tom Smyth (engineer and musician)
co-producer:
Tom Smyth (engineer and musician)
producer:
Russell Mills (UK visual / sound artist)
guitar [lava guitar]:
Ildefonso Aguilar
Moog [murmur Moog]:
Samuel Aguilar
synthesizer:
Declan Colgan
lead vocals [wind vocals]:
Sussan Deyhim
recording of:
Heaven Dips
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships)
5:24
9Cage of Air
engineer:
Tom Smyth (engineer and musician)
co-producer:
Tom Smyth (engineer and musician)
producer:
Russell Mills (UK visual / sound artist)
guitar [exocet guitar]:
Mitsuo Tate
organ [Thomas Californian (Plank) organ]:
Ian Walton (UK artist)
recording of:
Cage of Air
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships)
3:36
10Golden Hair
engineer:
Tom Smyth (engineer and musician)
co-producer:
Tom Smyth (engineer and musician)
producer:
Russell Mills (UK visual / sound artist)
harmonium [pearl river harmonium] and lead vocals [golden vocals]:
Clodagh Simonds
cover recording of:
Golden Hair (Syd Barrett song)
lyricist:
James Joyce (Irish writer)
composer:
Syd Barrett
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships) and Lupus Music
is based on:
Chamber Music V (“Lean out of the window, Goldenhair…”)
5:43
11All Wise Fly (Grapes and Bones)
engineer:
Tom Smyth (engineer and musician)
co-producer:
Tom Smyth (engineer and musician)
producer:
Russell Mills (UK visual / sound artist)
cornet [ribbon cornet]:
Graham Haynes (American cornetist, trumpeter and composer)
percussion [tonge drums]:
Derek Hook
recording of:
All Wise Fly (Grapes and Bones)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships)
4:11
12Gleam and Drag
engineer:
Tom Smyth (engineer and musician)
co-producer:
Tom Smyth (engineer and musician)
producer:
Russell Mills (UK visual / sound artist)
keyboard [shining keyboards]:
Jonny Tomlinson
recording of:
Gleam and Drag
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships)
4:44

Credits

Release

art direction and design:Russell Mills (UK visual / sound artist)
photography:David Buckland (photographer)
Andrew Morris (Australian Photographer)
miscellaneous support:Robin Guthrie (guitarist in Cocteau Twins) (task: sonic mandarin)
Jody Roberts (task: studio assistant)
Mitsuo Tate (task: studio assistant)
mixer:Robin Guthrie (guitarist in Cocteau Twins)
Russell Mills (UK visual / sound artist)
Tom Smyth (engineer and musician)
Michael Webster (designer)
additional engineer:Mike Fearon (musician / engineer)
Mitsuo Tate
Michael Webster (designer)
mastering:Walter Coelho
acoustic guitar [liquid acoustic guitar]:Ian McCullough (guitarist)
bass [bear basses]:Bill Laswell (US bass guitarist and record producer)
bell [temple bells], guitar [knife guitar], musical box [music boxes], other instruments [blood], other instruments [catalytic conversions], other instruments [cloud bowls], other instruments [industrial jetsam], other instruments [nervous words], other instruments [organic flotsam], other instruments [samples], other instruments [slate blasting], other instruments [steel and skin beats], other instruments [the 'shed' method] and other instruments [uncertain wires]:Russell Mills (UK visual / sound artist)
guitar [honey guitars]:Robin Guthrie (guitarist in Cocteau Twins)
guitar [infinite guitar]:Michael Brook (Canadian guitarist)
guitar [mirage guitars] and other instruments [fulcrum beats]:Eraldo Bernocchi
guitar [stealth guitars]:Mike Fearon (musician / engineer)
other instruments [bunker emissions]:Graham Lewis (bassist in Wire)
other instruments [canine breaths]:Tony McSweeney
other instruments [chameleon drifts]:Roger Eno
other instruments [nifty digits] and other instruments [reliable surprise]:Tom Smyth (engineer and musician)
other instruments [radium samples]:Hector Zazou
other instruments [splinters]:Mark Clifford (UK musician aka Disjecta, member of Seefeel)
other instruments [touchstone sonics]:Brian Eno
other instruments [vibrating ether]:Paul Schütze
assistant design:Michael Webster (designer)
artwork:Russell Mills (UK visual / sound artist) (task: paintings)
Michael Webster (designer) (task: image melts)
copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:Bella Union Ltd. (in 1999)
artwork:Storm (Michael Webster)
design:Shed (Russell Mills)
Storm (Michael Webster)
art direction:Shed (Russell Mills)
recorded at:September Sound studios in Twickenham, Richmond upon Thames, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
the Shed studio (Ambleside)
mastered at:Masterpiece (London, UK) in Hammersmith, Hammersmith and Fulham, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
edited at:Square Centre Studios in Nottingham, England, United Kingdom
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/73175 [info]
ASIN:UK: B000025ANI [info]