Electric Sea

Electric Sea
Electric Sea
Studio album by Buckethead
Released	February 21, 2012
Studio	Santa Barbara Sound Design
Genre	Ambient, classical, folk
Length	48:05
Label	Metastation; MT 0025
Producer	Buckethead; Janet Rienstra-Friesen
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Electric Sea is the thirty-fifth studio album by guitarist Buckethead. It is the sequel to his 2002 release Electric Tears.

The album was announced on December 20, 2011 via City Hall Records, and contains 11 tracks.^[2] The album was scheduled to be released on February 21, 2012 but fans started receiving their copies more than a month early.

"Beyond the Knowing" is a re-working of "What Kind of Nation" and is recognized as the oldest song on the album as Buckethead's earliest known performances of it date back to 2001 on-stage with Guns N' Roses.

Track listing[]

All tracks are written by Buckethead, except where noted.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Electric Sea"	6:26
2.	"Beyond the Knowing"	3:54
3.	"Swomee Swan"	4:43
4.	"Point Doom"	5:15
5.	"El Indio"	7:20
6.	"La Wally" (Alfredo Catalani)	3:46
7.	"La Gavotte" (Johann Sebastian Bach)	2:53
8.	"Bachethead" (Bach)	2:05
9.	"Yokohama"	2:52
10.	"Gateless Gate"	1:58
11.	"The Homing Beacon"	6:53
Total length:		48:05

Credits[]

Produced by Buckethead and Janet Rienstra-Friesen
Written, Composed and Arranged by Buckethead
Production assistance by Dom Camardella
Engineered, edited and mixed by Dom Camardella at Santa Barbara Sound Design.
Mastered by Robert Hadley at the Mastering Lab in Ojai, CA
Art & Design by Russell Mills
Design assistance: Michael Webster (storm)
Cover photograph: Breaking Ocean Wave, Baja California Sur, Mexico, by Mark A. Johnson.
Meta Support: Bella Rienstra
Made by Meta: Janet Rienstra -Friesen
Publishing: (Katella Music/BMI) all by Buckethead, except for La Gavotte and Bachethead composed by Johann Sebastian Bach and La Wally (act 1) composed by Alfredo Catalani
Buckethead thanks: My parents, Michael Jackson, Theo, Uma, Janet, and Lakshmi chicken

Notes[]

"Beyond the Knowing" is an instrumental re-release of "What Kind Of Nation" from the album Intelligence Failure, a collaboration with Viggo Mortensen.
"La Wally" is a composition by Alfredo Catalani.
"La Gavotte" and "Bachethead" are movements (Gavotte I & II) from Suite No. 6 for solo Cello (BWV 1012) by Johann Sebastian Bach.
"The Homing Beacon", was originally released exclusively on Buckethead's official website in 2009 without an album. It is a tribute by Buckethead to Michael Jackson after hearing the news of his death.^[3]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Electric Sea - Buckethead - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic.
^ Demmers, Mike. "Cityhall:Electric Sea". www.cityhallrecords.com.
^ Chashmere, Paul (7 July 2009). "Buckethead Releases Song for Michael Jackson". undercover.com.au. Archived from the original on 18 October 2009. Retrieved 26 December 2009.

[AM-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Electric Sea - Buckethead - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic.

[2] Demmers, Mike. "Cityhall:Electric Sea". www.cityhallrecords.com.

[3] Chashmere, Paul (7 July 2009). "Buckethead Releases Song for Michael Jackson". undercover.com.au. Archived from the original on 18 October 2009. Retrieved 26 December 2009.

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