Breaking the Ethers
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Breaking the Ethers is the debut album from collaborative group Tuatara
. Released on Epic Records, it was an attempt by members of Luna
, the Screaming Trees
and R.E.M. to try their hand at experimental, multi-ethnic music.
Tuatara (band)
Tuatara is a Seattle-based instrumental music group featuring members of R.E.M., The Minus 5, Critters Buggin, and the Screaming Trees.-History:...
. Released on Epic Records, it was an attempt by members of Luna
Luna (band)
Luna was a dream pop/indie pop band formed in 1991 by Dean Wareham after the breakup of Galaxie 500, with Stanley Demeski and Justin Harwood...
, the Screaming Trees
Screaming Trees
Screaming Trees was an American rock band formed in Ellensburg, Washington in 1985 by vocalist Mark Lanegan, guitarist Gary Lee Conner, bass player Van Conner and drummer Mark Pickerel. Pickerel had been replaced by Barrett Martin by the time the band reached its most successful period...
and R.E.M. to try their hand at experimental, multi-ethnic music.
Track listing
- Breaking the Ethers/Serengeti (Justin HarwoodJustin HarwoodJustin Harwood is a New Zealand-born bass guitarist, notable for his work with several indie rock bands of the 1980s and 1990s, The Chills, Luna, and Tuatara...
, Barrett MartinBarrett MartinBarrett Martin , is an American drummer, upright bassist, composer, producer, writer, and Zen artist. He was the drummer for the Seattle, Washington groups Skin Yard and Screaming Trees, as well as the supergroups Mad Season and Tuatara...
, and SkerikSkerikSkerik is an American saxophonist from Seattle, Washington. Performing on the tenor and baritone saxophone, often with electronics and loops, Skerik is a pioneer in a playing style that has been dubbed saxophonics. He is a founding member of Critters Buggin, Garage a Trois and Skerik's Syncopated...
) - 6:25 - Dark State of Mind (Harwood, Martin, and Skerik) - 4:02
- Saturday Night Church (Harwood and Martin) - 4:26
- Dreamscape (Harwood and Martin) - 4:04
- The Desert Sky (Peter BuckPeter BuckPeter Lawrence Buck , is an American rock guitarist who is best known for playing in and co-founding alternative rock band R.E.M....
, Harwood, Martin, and Skerik) - 5:35 - Goodnight la Habana (Harwood and Martin) - 4:49
- Smoke Rings (Harwood and Martin) - 3:24
- The Getaway (Harwood and Martin) - 5:04
- Eastern Star (Buck, Harwood and Martin) - 4:20
- Burning the Keys (Harwood, Martin, and Skerik) - 6:34
- Land of Apples (Buck, Harwood, Martin, and Skerik) - 5:38
- Breaking the Ethers/Serengeti (Reprise) (Harwood, Martin, and Skerik) 1:42