Released 1997
Experimental instrumentals from Mike Griffith, Chris Tench and John Trevethan.
Drawing from such diverse styles such as ambient, dub, tribal, cinematic, avant-garde and of course rock , the music of Element 115 features a variety of textures such as aboriginal chanting (50,000 Years), hip-hop loops (Kali Yuga), middle-eastern flavorings (Ra Is My Copilot), Indian tones and drones (A Lost Science) and industrial noise (Gravity Hand). Element 115 blends electronic and found sounds with distorted guitar, treated saxophone, and exotic percussion. Guitars and guitar synths, woodwinds and midi wind controllers, real and artificial percussion all trade places and turn the listener’s point of view inside out. Elements of chance were also utilized in the creation of the music via Brian Eno’s Oblique Strategies cards.
A Lost Science
