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Title

Imagination Lost
 
Artist: 
Boots, Cornelius
 
 
Other Artists: 
Edmund Welles: the bass clarinet quartet
Boots, Cornelius - bass clarinet
Novik, Aaron - bass clarinet
Russell, Jonathan - bass clarinet
Anderle, Jeff - bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet
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McClain, Micah: drum set, African drums
Rathbun, Dan: percussion
Label: 
Zeroth Law
 
Binding: 
Audio CD - MP3
 
Number of discs: 
1
 
Release date: 
2011
 
 

Tracks

No. Work Instruments Composer Year Duration
1. Moira the Warrior bass clarinet quartet, contra bass clarinet, drum set, african drums, percussion arr. Cornelius Boots - 4:43
2. Watch Me Die bass clarinet quartet arr. Cornelius Boots - 7:20
3. At the Soda Shop bass clarinet quartet arr. Cornelius Boots - 2:25
4. When I Woke Up, Everyone Was Gone bass clarinet quartet arr. Cornelius Boots - 9:56
5. Separating Sanity bass clarinet quartet arr. Cornelius Boots - 3:45
6. Hallowed Be Thy Name bass clarinet quartet, vocal Steve Harris - arr. Cornelius Boots - 7:16
7. Curtains bass clarinet quartet arr. Cornelius Boots - 1:36

Music Information

Moira the Warrior
to honor the integrity & tenacity of authentic spiritual seekers: those driven towards Awareness & Realization. Also to honor the Universal Yin, the Earth Mother, the Infinite She-Dragon of the Deep

 

Watch Me Die
to honor the compositional & lyrical prowess of the band TOOL the title: the wording references lyrics to Tool’s “Vicarious,” the concept is that your small self must die so that the true You can actually live

 

At the Soda Shop
to honor the nostalgic fetishism of David Lynch’s dichotomous dream/nightmare infatuation with the American 1950’s

 

When I Woke Up, Everyone Was Gone
to honor Nils Frykdahl and his epic songs written and performed with the Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
the title: once Awakened, you cannot be alone, but there are actually no individuals due to the realization of absolute Oneness
the ending: this chord progression is a re-imagining of Pink Floyd’s “Saucerful of Secrets/Celestial Voices” filtered through the lens of Carlo Gesualdo’s Sabbato Sancto

 

Separating Sanity
to honor the unsurpassable, landmark songs of Black Sabbath and the demi-enlightened lyrics of Geezer Butler
the title: a lyric from Sabbath’s “Spiral Architect.” It is our overactive discerning mind that has led us away from Unity and into semi-pathological, paranoid Separateness

 

Hallowed Be Thy Name
to honor the vocal voice of Gene Jun and to add another title to the Edmund Welles Library of exact-transcription arrangements of classic and epic metal tunes (originally by Iron Maiden from Number of the Beast)

 

Curtains
to honor the end. All of our mundane tales share the same basic ending.

Album Information

IMAGINATION.
We must all find it again or perish.

illustrations from Ash Abdullah's Diary of a Broken Soul Tarot Deck used by permission (all rights © Ash Abdullah)

credits
released 03 August 2011
All compositions © 2010 zeroth law and Cornelius Boots except “Hallowed Be Thy Name” written by Steve Harris © 1982 Iron Maiden Holdings/Zomba Music Publishing

  • Cornelius Boots: compositions, arrangements, recording, bass clarinet, percussion, bass clarinet upper joint as end-blown flute
  • Jeff Anderle: bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet
  • Aaron Novik: bass clarinet
  • Eugene Jun: vocals
  • Micah McClain: drum set, African drums
  • Dan Rathbun: recording, percussion, mixing engineer, co-production

Ash Abdullah: illustrations from her Diary of a Broken Soul Tarot Deck used by permission (all rights © Ash Abdullah)
Theresa Wong: layout and design