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This vinyl LP features a hand-letterpress printed die cut jacket in a numbered edition of 600 copies, and includes a set of 4 insert cards sealed in a glassine envelope with a unique Exploratorium sticker, plus an oversized download card for a free digital download of the album. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRecorded in July 1997 on a cassette 4-track, and consisting of layered effected guitars and bass, these recordings sat unreleased for almost a decade. Transferred to digital and mixed in April 2006 by Michael Krassner and Bruce Licher, these tracks were originally released as a mini-CDr format in a signed and numbered edition of 300 copies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd the music? It consists of three instrumental tracks totaling 22:22 minutes, all layers of heavily effected guitars and bass. “Peak” opens the proceedings, a 9 1\/2 minute atmospheric dronefest with shimmering guitars floating in liquid space, exploring territory similar to the closing number on Scenic’s ”The Acid\u003cspan\u003e Gospel Experience” CD, “A Journey Through The Outer Reaches Of Inner Space.” “Going Home” is another shimmering dronefest, with some shoegaze-style guitar sounds and sublime melodic structures. The EP ends with “The Penstemon Field,” a 7+ minute epic sounding like something Ennio Morricone might have written for an Antarctic Western, with liberal fuzz guitar and haunting melodies. 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