electro-chemical messenger

This 18 track cd marks the step into the digital production world for fissure shaft.. Recorded between 1998-2000.

John Jude Windland plays: bass, guitar, ¼ in. reel to reel tape recorders, positive-negative feedback controls, Commodore 64, Juno 60, Boss 550 Dr. Rhythm, turntables, Yamaha MD-8, effects processors including: ART multi-verb, Zomm 9000, Tranor digital delay, and Yamaha REX.

Dennis Beery plays: metal dumbek with tambourine on synaptic rhythms.

No MIDI, digital samplers, sequencers, or PC's(save for Commodore 64) were used in the making of this recording.

Track Listing:

1. Wormmaker

2. Truth Persists

3. Drift

4. Food For Thought

5. Nerves And Wires

6. Slowly Incinerating

7. Tape

8. Relax, This Won't Hurt A Bit

9. Ion Pond

10. Electric Toads

11. Circuit Currant

12. Winding Up

13. Mecanical Monster

14. Synaptic Rhythem

15. Mutating A Friend

Release Date: July 4th 2000
Produced, Engineered, Mixed, and Mastered by John Jude Windland @ Studio Io.
© 2000 Platter Sliced Records
DAD - Digital/Analog/Digital

Thanks to: my wife, Life 9 Productions (including Sterling, Mr. Pressure, and Reasonbeing), Chris Davis, Dennis Beery, Joe Reale, and psychdelic freaks everywhere.