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It's Understood is Estradasphere's first studio album. A studio album is an original collection of new tracks by a recording artist Estradasphere is an experimental band that originated in Santa Cruz California during the late 1990s Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian is killed during the retreat from the Sassanid Empire. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Experimental music is a term introduced by composer John Cage in 1955 In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Mimicry Records is an independent Record label currently based in San Francisco California founded by Trey Spruance of Mr In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing Tim Smolens is most notably a contributor to the artistic output of bands such as Estradasphere and Secret Chiefs 3, primarily as a bassist and songwriter allmusic (previously All Music Guide) is a Metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. Estradasphere is an experimental band that originated in Santa Cruz California during the late 1990s The Silent Elk of Yesterday is an EP by Estradasphere, released in 2001 Estradasphere is an experimental band that originated in Santa Cruz California during the late 1990s It was released on Mimicry Records on June 26, 2000. Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian is killed during the retreat from the Sassanid Empire. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar.

Notably, the first track on the album, "Hunger Strike", sets the tone of Estradasphere by covering a wide range of musical genres. The song is just less than twenty minutes long and is the longest studio recording of an Estradasphere song.

Tracks 6-9 are songs that form the four part composition titled "The Princes of Xibalba".

Tracks 2 and 11 are not performed, but electronically sequenced by Tim Smolens and parody the music from popular video games such as Super Mario Bros. Tim Smolens is most notably a contributor to the artistic output of bands such as Estradasphere and Secret Chiefs 3, primarily as a bassist and songwriter is a Platform game developed by Nintendo in late 1985 and published for the Nintendo Entertainment System, a sequel to the 1983 game Mario

Track 12 was recorded at a violin recital for Estradasphere member Timb Harris. Timb Harris is a talented violinist best known for his work with the eclectic Santa Cruz-based band Estradasphere (Violin Trumpet Mandolin Guitar Vocals All other tracks were recorded at ROHYPONOL_Studios911 in 1999.

1 Track listing
2 Album credits
3 Miscellanea

Track listing

"Hunger Strike" (Jason Schimmel and Estradasphere) – 19:30
"Cloud Land" (Tim Smolens) – 1:04
"The Transformation" (Schimmel) – 8:25
"Danse of Tosho and Slavi/Randy's Desert Adventure" (John Whooley and Schimmel) (Lyrics by David Murray) – 7:29
"The Trials and Tribulations of Parking On Your Front Lawn" (Public Domain) – 4:14

"The Princes of Xibalba" – 11:28
"The Princes" (Smolens) – 2:24
"Los Dias Sin Dias" (Smolens) – 2:52
"XQuiQ" (Smolens) – 2:43
"Hunnahpu and Xbalanque" (Smolens) – 3:29
"Spreading The Disease" (Murray, Smolens and G. Jason Schimmel is best known as the guitarist and co-founder of the eclectic Santa Cruz band Estradasphere. John Whooley, now John Whoolilurie, is a California -based musician easily recognized by his superior height and red hair David Murray may refer to David Murray 1st Viscount of Stormont (d Light) – 8:10
"Planet Sparkle/Court Yard Battle 1" (Smolens) – 2:21
"D♭ Hell" (Whooley and Schimmel) – 12:16

Album credits

The band

David Murray – drums, didgeridoo, flute, jaminator, vocals
Tim Smolens – bass, throat, vocals, keyboard
Jason Schimmel – guitars, banjo, piano, vocals
John Whooley – saxophones, vocals, percussion
Timb Harris – violin, trumpet, mandolin, vocals

Additional musicians

Aaron Seeman – accordion on tracks 1, 4, 5
MonoMan (TM) – positive feedback on track 12
Joel Robinow – lead vocals on track 3
Luke Kirley – trombone on track 3
George – mystery rap on track 3

Estradasphere circus

Atrocity & the Death Metal Cheerleaders
Gren Enyan – Yoga & Spiritual Advisor
David Poznanter – Balloons, Unicycle & Juggling
MonoMan (TM) – Disease Transmission
Soren – Gorilla Suit Guy
Kim – Chair Massage
Erin Wood – Pentagram & Sword
James Vergon – Fan That Wouldn't Go Away
Iris – Belly Dancing
George – Book
Isaac & Jessica – Fire Dancers

Other contributions

Audio

Produced and Engineered by Tim Smolens
Mixed by Tim Smolens and Trey Spruance
Mastered by George Horn, February 2000

Various

Art Direction – David Murray
Cover Design – Arena Reed
Design Assist – Margaret Murray
Cover Photo – Joey Ryken
Burning Man Stage – James Vergen
Group Photos – Greg Enyart & Janette Jancovicova
MonoMan (TM) – David Murray
Death Metal Cheerleaders – Naiya C. David Murray may refer to David Murray 1st Viscount of Stormont (d The didgeridoo (also known as a didjeridu or didge) is a wind instrument of the Indigenous Australians of northern Australia. Tim Smolens is most notably a contributor to the artistic output of bands such as Estradasphere and Secret Chiefs 3, primarily as a bassist and songwriter Jason Schimmel is best known as the guitarist and co-founder of the eclectic Santa Cruz band Estradasphere. John Whooley, now John Whoolilurie, is a California -based musician easily recognized by his superior height and red hair Timb Harris is a talented violinist best known for his work with the eclectic Santa Cruz-based band Estradasphere (Violin Trumpet Mandolin Guitar Vocals Preston Lea Spruance III or "Trey Spruance" (born 1969 in Eureka California) is an American composer producer and musician
Spreading the Disease – David Murray

Miscellanea

The "mystery rap" George performs on track 3 ("The Transformation") can be seen on Estradasphere's video release These Are the Days as George is sitting in a hot tub. These Are the Days is a concert video featuring Estradasphere. For the track, these vocals were heavily filtered and barely understandable, but in the video, the original vocals are clear.
The introduction and title to "The Transformation" come from a home video made by members of the Estradasphere circus. The video can be seen on These Are The Days.
The sound clip at the end of "The Transformation" comes from the Rob Reiner mockumentary film This Is Spinal Tap. Robert "Rob" Reiner (born March 6, 1947) is an American Actor, director, producer, Writer, and This Is Spın̈al Tap (officially spelled with a non-functional umlaut over the letter 'n' and dotless 'i' is a 1984 mock Rockumentary The clip is heard after Dave Murray performs a drum solo while the clip itself refers to one of many drummers from the fictional band Spinal Tap who seemingly and spontaneously combust. Spın̈al Tap is a semi-fictional heavy metal band the subject of the 1984 Rockumentary / Mockumentary film This Is {{Unicode|Spın̈al

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