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Book of Horizons

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Released
  
May 25, 2004

Artist
  
Secret Chiefs 3

Producer
  
Trey Spruance

Genre
  
Avant-garde music

Length
  
52:56

Release date
  
25 May 2004

Label
  
Web of Mimicry

Book of Horizons wwwprogarchivescomprogressiverockdiscography

Book of Horizons (2004)
  
Path of Most Resistance (2007)

Similar
  
Secret Chiefs 3 albums, Avant-garde music albums, Other albums

Secret chiefs 3 forms the end times


Book of Horizons is the fourth studio album by Secret Chiefs 3, released May 25, 2004. Book of Horizons was the first Secret Chiefs 3 album to reveal the satellite bands that form the actual band under their own names. Out of the seven bands only one, NT Fan, was not heard on the album at all. The other six are The Electromagnetic Azoth, UR, Ishraqiyun, Traditionalists, Holy Vehm and FORMS. Since the release of Book of Horizons the satellite bands have seen several releases of their own.

Contents

Secret chiefs 3 forms the end times


Content

"The Owl in Daylight" is inspired by the final, unfinished novel of the same name by renowned science fiction writer Philip K. Dick before his death. The song "Book T: Exodus" is the theme of the 1960 film The Exodus composed by Ernest Gold.

Track listing

All tracks written by Trey Spruance (credited as "The Enemy" on Holy Vehm tracks), except where noted.

Personnel

  • Trey Spruance – guitars (electric guitar, bass guitar, microtonal guitar, sympitar), keyboards (keyboard, electric piano, acoustic piano, tack piano, clavinet, organ), percussion (dumbek, shaker, tambourine, add'l daf, etc.), santur, rabab, banjo, saz, sheng, synthesizer, sampler, soundscape, Foley sound effects, electroacoustic treatment, vocals, producer, engineer
  • Mike Bennewitz – layout design, illustrations
  • Thom Canova – engineer
  • Jennifer Cass – harp
  • Rich Doucette – esraj, sarangi
  • Enemy – bass guitar, guitar, sampling
  • Fatima – santur
  • Jesse Greere – vocals
  • Timb Harris – violin, viola
  • Danny Heifetz – drums
  • Shahzad Ismaily – percussion (dhol, mridangam, ghatam, zil, etc.)
  • Eyvind Kang – viola
  • Jai Young Kim – post producer
  • Jessica Kinney – vocals
  • Kevin Kmetz – shamisen
  • Ursula Knudson – bowed saw
  • John Merryman – drums
  • Chris Parsons – engineer
  • Jesse Quattro – vocals
  • Jason Schimmel – acoustic guitar
  • Ches Smith – drums
  • Tim Smolens – bass, engineer
  • William Winant – drums, percussion (tabla, marimba, shaker, glockenspiel, gong, tubular bell, timpani, etc.)
  • Songs

    1The End Times4:58
    2The 4 (Great Ishraqi Sun)3:37
    3The Indestructible Drop1:09

    References

    Book of Horizons Wikipedia