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Visual Audio Sensory Theater

VAST

1998 · Electronic, Rock

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Visual Audio Sensory Theater by VAST

Visual Audio Sensory Theater is an Electronic album by VAST, originally released in 1998. On Gatefold: 18 pressings tracked, owned by 5 collectors.

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Visual Audio Sensory Theater is the debut album by the band VAST. It was released on April 28, 1998. The album mixed samples of Benedictine monks of the Abbey of Saint-Maur and Le Mystère Des Voix Bulgares, with an 18-piece orchestra, guitars and electronics. The first single released from the album was "Pretty When You Cry". The second, "Touched", was featured in the Angel soundtrack, Angel: Live Fast, Die Never and the companion CD to the Everworld book series, titled The Everworld Experience. Other album tracks featured in various media include "Flames", which was used in the German movie Sommersturm, and "Here", which has been used in two episodes of Angel. Additionally, a "Q & A" audio commentary of the record was made available to VAST Fan Club members in January of 2007, akin to the Music for People audio commentary released in December of 2006.

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Tracklist

  1. 1Here4:57
  2. 2Touched3:57
  3. 3Dirty Hole5:36
  4. 4Pretty When You Cry3:50
  5. 5I'm Dying4:09
  6. 6Flames4:37
  7. 7Temptation3:09
  8. 8Three Doors5:04
  9. 9The Niles Edge4:29
  10. 10Somewhere Else To Be3:05
  11. 11Untitled3:41
  12. 12You4:58

Sound DNA

  • Electronic
  • Industrial
  • heavy
  • intense
  • groovy

Album notes

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Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.

Release is packaged in a clear jewel case with a clear disc tray. Includes a 10-page insert with lyrics and a back cover inlay.
Recorded at Chateau Chaumont, Los Angeles; Palindrome, Venice; The Chapel, Encino & Soundtrack, New York.
Orchestra recorded at Westlake, Los Angeles.
Mixed at Soundtrack, New York.
Mastered at Sterling Sound, New York.
"Touched" contains samples from "Pilentze Pee-Pilentze" by Le Mystère Des Voix Bulgares and from "Bo Go Gyaling" (listed as "Entreaty To The Three Buddha-bodies") Tibetan Buddhist Rites From The Monasteries Of Bhutan Volume 2: Sacred Dances And Rituals Of The Nyingmapa And Drukpa Orders
"Dirty Hole" contains samples from "Sounds Of The South".
"Temptation" contains samples from "Lazarski Bouenets" by Le Mystère Des Voix Bulgares.
"The Nile's Edge", "Somewhere Else To Be" and "You" contain samples from "Salve Regina" by The Benedictine Monks of the Abby Saint-Maurice and Saint-Maur, Cleraux.

Credits

The people behind it.

Performers

  • Alan ElliottCONDUCTOR ARRANGED BY ORCHESTRATED BY
  • Fred MaherPROGRAMMED BY DRUMS
  • Joel DerouinCONCERTMASTER
  • Jon CrosbyINSTRUMENTS , SONGWRITER , PROGRAMMED BY INSTRUMENTS , WRITTEN-BY , PROGRAMMED BY PROGRAMMED BY
  • James LoDRUMS
  • Sara Sant'AmbrogioCELLO
  • Steven GarverDRUMS

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