Pivot (album)
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Pivot is an album by the American
experimental pop music
group Amoeba
. The style of this album is similar to that of Amoeba’s previous album Watchful
(1997) except with a somewhat more active and direct approach. The lyrics are also more literal and emotional than those of Watchful.
United States
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experimental pop music
Art rock
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group Amoeba
Amoeba (band)
Amoeba is an experimental music group that fuses the pop and ambient music genres. They formed in California, USA in 1992. The core members of the group are ambient musician Robert Rich and guitarist/bassist Rick Davies....
. The style of this album is similar to that of Amoeba’s previous album Watchful
Watchful
Watchful is an album by the American experimental pop music group Amoeba. This is the first Amoeba album to feature the classic lineup of Robert Rich and Rick Davies. The style of this album consists of subtle and largely acoustic pop compositions with heavy ambient textures.Work on this album...
(1997) except with a somewhat more active and direct approach. The lyrics are also more literal and emotional than those of Watchful.
Track listing
- ”Fireflies” - 3:47
- ”No Empty Promises” - 4:34
- ”Traces” - 4:43
- ”Pivot” - 4:24
- ”Moonlight Flowers” - 3:40
- ”House of Rust” - 1:17
- ”Harvest” - 4:42
- ”Miniature” - 2:09
- ”Seasons Passing” - 5:01
- ”Underground” - 5:30
- ”Sparks” - 4:34
- ”To Other Days” - 4:15
Personnel
- Robert RichRobert Rich (musician)Robert Rich is an ambient musician and composer based in California, United States. With a discography spanning over 30 years, he is widely regarded as a figure whose sound has greatly influenced today's ambient, New Age, and even IDM music.-Early life:At an early age he thought he disliked music...
- vocals, piano, harmoniumHarmoniumA harmonium is a free-standing keyboard instrument similar to a reed organ. Sound is produced by air being blown through sets of free reeds, resulting in a sound similar to that of an accordion...
, synthesizerSynthesizerA synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing sounds by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played through a loudspeaker or set of headphones...
s, lap steel guitarLap steel guitarThe lap steel guitar is a type of steel guitar, an instrument derived from and similar to the guitar. The player changes pitch by pressing a metal or glass bar against the strings instead of by pressing strings against the fingerboard....
, flutes - Rick Davies - electric and acoustic guitars
- with:
- Don Swanson - drums
- Andrew McGowan - bass
- Hans ChristianHans ChristianHans Christian is a German-born musician and producer now based in the U.S. in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. Christian is a multi-instrumentalist usually associated with Indian world music, ethnic fusion, chamber jazz, and sometimes New Age music, but who also plays classical music...
- cello - BobDog Catlin - megaptera vina (track 10)
- Forrest Fang - violin (track 11)
- Tom Heasley - tuba (tracks 3 and 11)