Various - Mesmer Variations

Label: Ash International
Catalog#: ASH 1.8CD²
Format: 2 x CD, Compilation
Country:UK
Released:Oct 1995
Genre: Electronic
Style: Abstract, Experimental
Credits: Artwork By [Magda Typeface Designed By] - Cornel Windlin
Executive Producer - MH²
Mastered By - Denis @ Porky's*
Notes:Double CD in oversized plastic wallet with 8 card inserts. Various original compositions influenced by the work of Friedrich Mesmer.

From an inlay card: "The artists featured on this release were given a copy of the vinyl recording 'Mesmer' (Ash 1.8) and asked to compose a piece influenced by the work of Friedrich Mesmer the animal magnetist. The brief was – there is no brief; method and style were left entirely to the discretion of the composer."


1-10: the Ryoji Ikeda track lasts for 5:05. It is followed by 16mins of silence, then a lengthy unlisted reprise of 1-7, Mozart vs. Mesmer.
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Tracklisting:

1-1 Put Put Scheme Of Consciousness (12:28)
    Written-By - A. Jacques* , A. Diagram* , H. Jacques* , J. Wall* , S. Thrower*
1-2 Koji Marutani 15 Shots (4:12)
1-3 Bruce Gilbert Remesmer (2:05)
1-4 Daniel Menche A Hollow Mesmer (3:36)
1-5 Drome Mesmerized (6:48)
    Written-By - Bernd Friedmann
1-6 CM Von Hausswolff* Mesmer (7:02)
1-7 Mozart* vs. Mesmer Mozart vs. Mesmer (2:05)
1-8 René Hassinger Dust (9:09)
1-9 Steve Williams (15) Hired Gun (4:51)
1-10 Ryoji Ikeda / Mozart* vs. Mesmer Headphonics 1/1 / Mozart vs. Mesmer (23:41)
2-1 Koji Marutani Heavenly Bodies Control Everything (4:30)
2-2 Edvard Graham Lewis* Threw Her Gewgaw (10:30)
    Engineer - M. Tegnér*
2-3 S.E.T.I. Urban Storm Observation (5:11)
    Sampler [Storm / Vlf Sampling] - Disinformation
2-4 Gescom Tony LeMesmer (11:14)
2-5 Quest (2) Come Out (5:49)
2-6 Robert Hampson Electron Transport Chain (10:31)
2-7 Resolution Treatment (4:05)
2-8 Pita Mesmer (21:04)
    Producer - Pita , Ramon*
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