Panopticon (album)
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| Studio album by Isis | |||||
| Released | October 19, 2004 | ||||
| Recorded | Paramount Studios, Los Angeles, California, June–July 2004 | ||||
| Genre | Post-metal | ||||
| Length | 57:04 | ||||
| Label | Ipecac Recordings (CD) (IPC-057) Trust No One (vinyl) (TNO027) (Europe) Robotic Empire (vinyl) (US) |
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| Producer | Isis, Matt Bayles | ||||
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The cover of Robotic Empire's vinyl edition.
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Panopticon is the third full-length album by Los Angeles, California, USA-based post-metal band Isis, released on October 19, 2004 by Ipecac Recordings.[1]
The album's title derives from philosopher Jeremy Bentham's panopticon prison ideal and philosopher/historian Michel Foucault's later allegorical appropriation of the concept. The liner notes also include quotes from technology writer Howard Rheingold and futurist Alex Steffen. The album artwork shows an almost isometric aerial photograph of a city, reinforcing the notion of "being watched", or omniscience. This reintroduces the tower theme of past releases through convention; the center of the circular panopticon was designed either for a lone guard or a central tower, with which the surrounding cells/rooms/etc. are governed. The tower links to a major theme of Celestial, which also links to a female character (as featured in the story of Oceanic). Note, however, that the themes and their connections are merely conjecture, and are open to interpretation.
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[edit] Track listing
All songs written by Isis.
- "So Did We" – 7:30
- "Backlit" – 7:43
- "In Fiction" – 8:59
- "Wills Dissolve" – 6:47
- "Syndic Calls" – 9:40
- "Altered Course" – 9:58 (sample )) Features Justin Chancellor of Tool on bass.
- "Grinning Mouths" – 8:27
[edit] Personnel
[edit] Band members
- Jeff Caxide – bass guitar
- Aaron Harris – drums
- Michael Gallagher – guitar
- Bryant Clifford Meyer – electronics, guitar
- Aaron Turner – vocals, guitar, photography and design
[edit] Other personnel
- Justin Chancellor – additional sounds/bass guitar on "Altered Course"
- Matt Bayles – audio engineering, audio mixing and production
- Greg Moss – live sound
- Jason Hellmann – website design
[edit] References
- ^ Ipecac Recordings - Isis. Ipecac Recordings. Retrieved on 2008-01-23.
[edit] See also
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