Steve Watts – LIVE ARCHIVES - No.22 - Purposeful Meaning For Lobotomised Ants (1998)

PURPOSEFUL MEANING FOR LOBOTOMISED ANTS (1998) - Live Archives Tape 22 (41.00)

Prt. 1 – LEMMINGS* (00:00)

i. Cog (00:05)
ii. Razors Edge/The Drop (04:10)

Prt. 2 – HIRAETH**(07:40)

i. Landscape in the Mist (07:56)
ii. That Which Is Lost - That Which Is Found (11:00)

Prt. 3 – PHASE IV (22:44)

i. Prognosis Death Trip (22:46)
ii. An Extra Squeeze of Amorphous Goo (25:23)
iii. Pheromones to the Rescue (26:15)
iv. Radio Blast: Attack !! (27:35)
v. Abyss of the Formicarium (28:29)
vi. Necrophoresis (30:23)
vii. Surrender to the Numinous (32:07)
viii. Grooving on the Eternal Now (34:05)
ix. Unearth (35:57)

Original live improvisations composed, performed, recorded and produced at The Workshop of Filthy Creation Recording Studio 1998, direct to *TDK Cassette Tape.

Steve Watts plays - Roland D70 Synthesizer, Korg MS20 Synthesizer, Korg Lambda Synthesizer, Teisco 110F Synthesizer, Akai S612 Sampler, Roland R8M Percussion Module, Boss SX-700 Effects Processor, Akai Dr4d Hard Disk Recorder, and Atari Ste Computer running Fractal Music Generator and Steinberg Pro24 Sequencing Software.

* 'Lemmings' - with acknowledgment and respect to the influence of Peter Hammill/Van der Graaf Generator.

** ‘Hiraeth’ - features a lecture extract, ‘What Happens After We Die?’, by the great 'philosophical entertainer ' - Alan Watts.

Digital Remaster - (c) Steve Watts Music /(p) The Workshop of Filthy Creation (2024)

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