Gyroscope (song)

"Gyroscope"

Promo CD Single, PRCD 8224-2, USA
Single by The Tea Party
from the album Transmission
A-side "Babylon", "Gyroscope", "Temptation (edit)", "Temptation"
Released 1998
Format CD
Recorded Alkemical Studios (Montreal)
Genre Rock
Label EMI Music Canada
Writer(s) The Tea Party
Producer(s) Jeff Martin
The Tea Party singles chronology
"Psychopomp"
(1998)
"Gyroscope"
(1998)
"Heaven Coming Down"
(1999)

"Gyroscope" is a song by Canadian rock band The Tea Party. It was released as a promotional single in Australia, Canada and the USA.[1] It received airplay on Australian radio station Triple J.

"Gyroscope" started off as just a Middle Eastern-styled riff on a saz, and that is what the bass line became; it started with an Edges of Twilight feel, then the beat was completely reversed and a lot of electronics were added. The band wrote also a Middle Eastern version of the song without words.[2]

Black metal band Melechesh recorded a cover version for their 2006 album Emissaries.

Track listing

  1. "Babylon"
  2. "Gyroscope"
  3. "Temptation (edit)"
  4. "Temptation"

References

  1. transmission era The Tea Party a visual discography Accessed 18 May 2007
  2. Stuart Chatwood, The Tea Party 1997, Jam! Showbiz Canada.