Astrological Straits is a 2008 album by Zach Hill

Zach Hill

Zach Hill is a musician residing in Sacramento, California. Primarily known for his drumming, he performs/has performed in numerous Pacific Coast based groups, including his primary group, Hella, as well as Holy Smokes, Nervous Cop, and a diverse range of others including El Grupo Nuevo de Omar...

. It features instrumentation by and collaboration with a vast array of contemporary musicians including Chino Moreno

Chino Moreno

Chino Moreno is an American musician. He is best known as the lead singer and contributing guitarist of Deftones. He is also a member of the side-project bands Team Sleep and Crosses....

 of Deftones

Deftones

Deftones are an American alternative metal band from Sacramento, California, founded in 1988. The band consists of Chino Moreno , Stephen Carpenter , Chi Cheng , Frank Delgado , and Abe Cunningham . Currently Sergio Vega is standing in on bass while Cheng recovers from a car accident...

, Les Claypool

Les Claypool

Leslie Edward "Les" Claypool is an American musician and writer, best known as the lead vocalist and bassist in the band Primus. Claypool's playing style on the electric bass mixes tapping, flamenco-like strumming, whammy bar bends and slapping.Claypool has also self produced and engineered his...

 of Primus

Primus (band)

Primus is an American rock band based in San Francisco, California, currently composed of bassist/vocalist Les Claypool, guitarist Larry "Ler" LaLonde and drummer Jay Lane. Primus originally formed in 1984 with Claypool and guitarist Todd Huth, later joined by Lane, though the latter two departed...

, Randy Randall

Randy Randall

Randy Randall is a guitarist in the band No Age. He was formerly in the band called Wives in which he played guitar and sang with No Age band member Dean Allen Spunt on bass and Jeremy Villalobos on drums. Randy Randall is vegan....

 and Dean Spunt of No Age

No Age

No Age is a two-person American indie rock group consisting of guitarist Randy Randall and drummer/vocalist Dean Allen Spunt. The band is based in Los Angeles and is currently signed to Sub Pop records...

, Tyler Pope of LCD Soundsystem

LCD Soundsystem

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 and !!!

!!!

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, and Robby Moncrief of the Advantage

The Advantage

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, among others. Included as a second disc to the album is a 32-minute piece titled "Necromancer" featuring a brief narration by Marnie Stern

Marnie Stern

Marnie Stern is an American musician, songwriter, and guitarist. She has garnered acclaim for her technical skill and tapping style of guitar play.- Musical career :...

, followed by an intense free-form jazz duet between Hill on drums and Marco Benevento

Marco Benevento

Marco Benevento is a pianist, organist and composer from Brooklyn, New York. Benevento is known for his effected piano work with his trio as well as his Hammond Organ and Wurlitzer Electric Piano work with the Benevento Russo Duo...

 on piano. It was released on August 4, 2008 on Ipecac Records.

Disc: 1

• 1. Iambic Strays
• 2. Toll Road
• 3. Street People
• 4. Dark Art
• 5. Keep Calm and Carry On
• 6. Hindsight Is Nowhere
• 7. Ummer
• 8. Stoic Logic
• 9. Uhuru
• 10. Momentum
• 11. Unseen Forces
• 12. Tick On
• 13. Astrological Straits

Sources

• http://www.pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/12127-astrological-straits/
• http://dic.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enwiki/11441389
• The album jacket.