Emergent (album)

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Emergent
Studio album by Gordian Knot
Released	January 14, 2003
Genre	Progressive rock
Label	Sensory
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Gordian Knot chronology
Gordian Knot (1999) Emergent (2003)

Emergent was a 2003 album by Gordian Knot.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 Miscellanea 4 References

[edit] Track listing

1. "Arsis" – 1:59
2. "Muttersprache" – 6:26
3. "A Shaman's Whisper" – 6:33
4. "Fischer's Gambit" – 5:43
5. "Grace" (Live) – 8:27
6. "Some Brighter Thing" – 7:34
7. "The Brook The Ocean" – 4:06
8. "Singing Deep Mountain" – 9:00
9. "Surround Me" (Japan Bonus Track) – 5:28

[edit] Personnel

• Sean Malone (Cynic) - bass, stick, guitar, keyboards, Ebow, loops, Echoplex, vocal
• Jason Gobel (Cynic) - guitar
• Steve Hackett (Genesis) - guitar
• Sean Reinert (Cynic) - drums, V-Drums
• Bill Bruford (King Crimson, Yes, Genesis) - drums, slit drum
• Paul Masvidal (Cynic) - guitar
• Jim Matheos (Fates Warning, OSI) - guitar
• Sonia Lynn - additional vocal

[edit] Miscellanea

• First time all former members of Cynic perform together since they disbanded in 1994.

• On all typesetting of the title of the album, the M is italicized (EMERGENT)

• "A Shaman's Whisper" was originally entitled "Whispers at Gesthemane" [1] but was renamed because Sean Malone wanted a more general title that others could share and interpret themselves.

• "Code/Anticode" from the first Gordian Knot album (Gordian Knot) was spawned from a bridge section of "A Shaman's Whisper". [2]

• "Muttersprache" means "mothertongue" or native language in German. "Muttersprache" is the lingua franca of Emergent. [3]

• The CD packaging included a cardboard overlay. On the front it featured a description of the members of the band and blurb about the "type" of music contained. On the back side were four lines which have the appearance of a list of songs, though only the last one is featured on the album.
  • Front side:

sean malone's second gordian knot project
unites members of cynic, king crimson, genesis and fates warning.
On EMERGENT these icons of diverse genres weave a common fabric,  forging a daring new direction for progressive rock and metal.

• • Back side:

the purest heartbeat
drowned in oceans of nearness
uncoiled
singing deep mountain

[edit] References

1. From a blog posted on February 26, 2006
2. From a blog posted on February 26, 2006
3. From a blog posted on February 26, 2006