Released 11 November 2011 Length 23:01 Release date 11 November 2011 | Recorded 2011 Artist Cynic Label Season of Mist | |
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Carbon-Based Anatomy
(2011) Kindly Bent to Free Us
(2014) Genres Progressive metal, Jazz fusion, Ambient music Producers Paul Masvidal, Sean Reinert | ||
Cynic carbon based anatomy
Carbon-Based Anatomy is an EP by the experimental metal band Cynic. It was released through Season of Mist on 11 November 2011.
Contents
History
Carbon-Based Anatomy EP is composed of six previously unheard tracks. However, the song "Carbon-Based Anatomy" is a reinterpretation of an older unreleased Æon Spoke single, "Homosapien". This was also done on Cynic's last LP, Traced In Air, as the track "Integral Birth" was an interpretation of Æon Spoke's "When Sunrise Skirts the Moor." The artwork was done by Robert Venosa, the artist who was responsible for all previous Cynic artworks. Venosa died shortly before the release of Carbon-Based Anatomy.
Three of six tracks are short, ambient-oriented pieces ("Amidst the Coals", "Bija!", and "Hieroglyph"), and represent an unprecedented musical direction for Cynic. Since the two previous hired musicians, Tymon Kruidenier and Robin Zielhorst, were let go by Masvidal and Reinert, all guitar parts for this EP were recorded by Paul Masvidal. Bass parts were composed and recorded by Sean Malone, who had recorded on every Cynic release, with the exception of 2010's Re-Traced.
The artwork was designed by Robert Venosa, who designed previous works for Cynic including: Focus, Traced in Air and Re-Traced.
Personnel
Songs
1Amidst the Coals2:11
2Carbon-Based Anatomy6:24
3Bija!2:27