| Circadian | |
|---|---|
| Studio album by 5th Projekt | |
| Released | August 29, 2006 |
| Recorded | May 2005 - November 2005 at Chemical Sound in Toronto, Ontario |
| Genre | Neo-classical romanticism, neo-shoegazer, cinematic rock, progressive rock, psychedelic rock, alternative rock, art rock, folk |
| Length | 62:09 |
| Label | Organik Rekords (Independent) |
| Producer | 5th Projekt |
Circadian is a concept album and the first full length studio album by 5th Projekt. It was released on August 29, 2006 on 5th Projekt's Organik Rekords. It explores the metaphysical relationship of humanity as it coexists with its environment and the cycles of which both partake and create. Music and lyrics were written by Tara Rice and/or Sködt D. McNalty.
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It was a deep interest in the effects of cycles and in the ways human individual rhythms interact with nature that ignited 5th Projekt's debut album Circadian. Produced by 5th Projekt, recorded from May-November 2005 at Toronto's Chemical Sound with James Heidebrecht, mixed by Ken Andrews (formerly of the band Failure) and mastered by Juno nominee João Carvalho, the album takes on the themes of balance and discovery.
The journey begins "In a Coma," "inspired by Yevgeny Zamyatin's 1924 novel We, a precursor to such dystopian classics as Brave New World and Nineteen Eighty-Four, this haunting, relentlessly propulsive track could be an instrumental and it would still manage to articulate the essence of the lyrics: muffled panic, emotional numbness and an unvanquished longing for a better world." [1] The opening piece sets the pace for the dreamlike lyrical exploration and the atmospheric compositions that characterize the album. The goal of the album is to capture humanity in all its diverse facets. The images that the music invokes are as various as the individuals who listen.
In "One to Throw Away," the central theme of disdain for the blatant disregard of ecosystems, both within ourselves and in the world around us, comes to light while the music paints a backdrop of darkness.
As the multi-layered "Resistance" tells us "they appear as quickly as they escape, these dreams and revelations." And so do the images conjured up by the songs, elusive as déja vu. If any of it rings true or strikes a chord in the psyche of any one listener, then Circadian's cycle is complete.
The CD album was hand packaged in circular aluminum tins reminiscent of old cinema reel canisters, symbolic for the bands' cinematic sound and also for the conceptual approach to infinite cycles as they are influenced by the heavenly orbs of the sun and moon. The lid of the tin displays an ambigram of the title "Circadian," further emphasizing the predominant themes of unity and balance. Reinforcing these themes, the liner notes are also bound in a circular booklet depicting a clear glossed graphic interpretation of an eclipse on the front and back covers. The CD album face is silkscreened in an homage to the vinyl 45s that were instrumental in leading each member to fall in love with music as young children, and complete the cycle by becoming the music maker later in their lives.
In the Spring of 2007, Broken Like This was entered in the Universal Music Canada & Yahoo! Canada Up Your music video contest where it placed in the Top 10.
| Country | Chart (2006) | Peak position |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | !earshot Top 200 | 93[2] |
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