Mesmer Variations

Artists

Album Info

Release Date: 1995-10-24

Label: Ash International

Double CD in oversized plastic wallet with 8 card inserts. Various original compositions influenced by the work of Friedrich Mesmer.

From an inlay card: "The artists featured on this release were given a copy of the vinyl recording 'Mesmer' (Ash 1.8) and asked to compose a piece influenced by the work of Friedrich Mesmer the animal magnetist. The brief was – there is no brief; method and style were left entirely to the discretion of the composer."

The total duration of track 1-10 is 23:41. It consists of the Ryoji Ikeda track (5:06), followed by 4:18 of silence, 1:40 of intermittent line noise, 2:41 of silence, 0:26 of intermittent line noise, 2:29 of silence, and finally an unlisted reprise of track 1-7, Mozart vs. Mesmer (7:01).

Mastered @ Porky's.