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Biota |
| Biota was founded in 1979 in Fort Collins, Colorado, as the Mnemonist Orchestra. Over the years, the Mnemonist Orchestra developed into Biota (the musical contingent) and Mnemonists (the visual contingent). Both Biota and Mnemonists work as one on productions of musical and visual components. |
| | Members: Mark Piersel, William Sharp, Steve Scholbe, Randy Miotke, Larry Wilson, Randy Yeates, Gordon H. Whitlow, Tom Katsimpalis, James Gardner, Karen Nakai, Charles O'Meara, Steve Emmons, David Zekman, Kristianne Gale, Rolf Goranson, Bill Burgess |
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| Albums |
| Rackabones (2xVinyl) |
Dys |
1985 |
Track Listing |
| Vagabones | | | | A | | 26:31 | | B | | 26:26 | | Rackabones | | | | A | | 18:01 | | B | | 17:46 |
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| Tumble (CD) |
ReR Megacorp |
1989 |
Track Listing |
| New Lookout | | 2:58 | | One Eye Open | | 3:17 | | Things Seem Like Just Happen | | 5:16 | | Wire Talker | | 6:32 | | Shadows Appear To Do | | 7:05 | | Picture By Accident | | 7:21 | | House Of Suitcase | | 4:58 | | Finder | | 1:22 | | ...Buffalo Come Back | | 5:44 | | Operator For Cataract | | 6:39 | | When They Know | | 5:55 | | The Less Said | | 7:14 | | (silence) | | 0:14 | | Ghost Shirt | | 9:15 |
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| Almost Never (CD) |
ReR Megacorp |
1992 |
Track Listing |
| Burn Daylight | | 16:27 | | Untitled | | 4:01 | | Untitled | | 3:24 | | Untitled | | 3:07 | | Untitled | | 2:31 | | Untitled | | 2:06 | | Untitled | | 1:18 | | Circling These | | 18:09 | | Untitled | | 0:45 | | Untitled | | 3:50 | | Untitled | | 3:09 | | Untitled | | 2:20 | | Untitled | | 3:43 | | Untitled | | 1:32 | | Untitled | | 0:41 | | Untitled | | 2:08 | | Old Reason Road | | 17:35 | | Untitled | | 2:08 | | Untitled | | 0:40 | | Untitled | | 4:09 | | Untitled | | 5:37 | | Untitled | | 3:30 | | Untitled | | 1:27 |
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| Object Holder (3 Versions) |
ReR Megacorp |
1995 |
Track Listing |
| Bumpreader | | 7:52 | | Spillway | | 4:15 | | Eavesdrop | | 1:46 | | Blind Corner | | 2:22 | | Under The Hat | | 1:33 | | Flatwheel | | 2:08 | | Reckoning Falls | | 2:40 | | Swallow | | 0:39 | | Move | | 1:15 | | Steam Trader | | 2:49 | | Understander | | 2:43 | | Private Wire | | 3:03 | | Cinder | | 1:26 | | Distraction | | 5:41 | | Signal | | 3:33 | | This Ridge | | 0:44 | | Idea For A Wagon | | 3:21 | | More Silence | | 4:03 | | Coat | | 1:58 | | Gate Climbing | | 5:31 | | Protector | | 3:03 | | Visible Gap | | 1:39 | | The Trunk | | 4:03 | | Untitled | | 2:09 |
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| Invisible Map (CD) |
ReR Megacorp |
2001 |
Track Listing |
| Moment | | 0:44 | | The Rapid Color | | 3:46 | | Port | | 2:59 | | Call | | 2:36 | | Landless | | 2:39 | | Air On Water | | 0:29 | | Mineral | | 3:19 | | Common Broom | | 2:12 | | Birthday | | 3:29 | | Dustman | | 0:52 | | Sleeping Car | | 2:25 | | Snake Out | | 3:21 | | Occurrence | | 1:36 | | Top Ray Done | | 1:58 | | Glass Lizard | | 2:08 | | Telegraph Plant | | 0:56 | | Spoonbender's Visit | | 0:54 | | Remodel A Whisper | | 0:32 | | Measured Not Found | | 3:22 | | The Slow Forest | | 4:30 | | Canopy | | 0:46 | | Red's Big Day | | 1:32 | | Lampblack | | 1:33 | | There Is Probably Something | | 0:37 | | Worry Hill | | 1:28 | | Olive Drab Marionette | | 1:15 | | Invisible Gap | | 1:19 | | Yarn | | 3:18 | | Words Disappear | | 1:22 | | Ballad Of | | 2:05 | | Soil & Taken | | 1:37 | | Glazed Paper | | 3:21 | | Paste | | 3:08 | | Truth Table | | 0:56 | | Dual | | 3:23 | | Flicker | | 2:38 | | Presto The Human | | 1:03 |
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| Musique Actuelle 1990 (CD) |
Anomalous Records |
2004 |
Track Listing |
| Movement 1 | | 25:39 | | Movement 2 | | 8:10 | | Movement 3 | | 10:02 | | Movement 4 | | 22:41 |
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| Half A True Day (CD) |
ReR Megacorp |
2007 |
Track Listing |
| Figure Question | | 1:46 | | Pack-and-Penny Day | | 1:36 | | Hidden Compartment | | 1:33 | | Angle Of Doubt | | 2:55 | | Proven Within Half - Half A True Day | | 8:19 | | Accidental Photograph | | 2:44 | | Winding Nth | | 10:30 | | Moth Across | | 2:56 | | Silent Grove | | 2:42 | | Just Now Maybe | | 2:22 | | Another Name | | 3:53 | | Turn The Moon | | 3:11 | | Globemallow, Left Untold | | 3:03 | | Cloud Chamber | | 2:38 | | Where No One Knows | | 2:29 | | Antimagnet | | 2:26 | | Passerine | | 14:37 |
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| Cape Flyaway (2 Versions) |
ReR Megacorp |
2012 |
Track Listing |
| Evening Full (The Lake Isle Of Innisfree) | | 0:36 | | Every Day Is Not Its Day | | 2:01 | | Flee And Wander | | 1:26 | | A Few Short Lines (Black Is The Color) | | 9:26 | | Clock Of Keys | | 4:21 | | The Bonny Boy / Bruton Town | | 6:50 | | Yet Untold | | 1:23 | | Life Like Our Own | | 1:34 | | Ran To Look | | 6:01 | | Lantern | | 2:02 | | Probably In The Sea | | 1:14 | | Valley Of Late | | 5:42 | | Rosemary Lane | | 5:29 | | Remember Another Name | | 5:01 | | Drawn Scarcely | | 2:11 | | Somewhere When | | 4:16 | | Arboreal | | 1:14 | | Of The Linnet's Wings (Innisfree) | | 4:42 | | Scatter Tree | | 2:41 | | On This The Other | | 1:44 | | Once More | | 4:18 |
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| Funnel To A Thread (CD) |
ReR Megacorp |
2014 |
Track Listing |
| Falling In Wood | | 3:07 | | Receptor | | 1:29 | | Double Unfound | | 1:27 | | Hearsay | | 4:03 | | Half Dwelling | | 3:04 | | Shed | | 1:34 | | Misnoticed | | 3:29 | | Understory | | 2:34 | | Numberless Years | | 3:28 | | A Dozen Moons | | 3:15 | | Winder | | 2:42 | | Not A Single Thing | | 4:03 | | More Than Say | | 1:34 | | Take Warning | | 4:15 | | The Land Away | | 3:39 | | Whirl Round | | 1:33 | | Hand Nor Glove | | 1:40 | | High Painted Streets | | 1:13 | | Till Time And Times | | 5:01 | | Usually The Guesser | | 2:20 | | Choosehow | | 1:35 |
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| The Biota Box (Box Set, CD, CD, CD, CD, CD, CD) |
ReR Megacorp |
2019 |
Track Listing |
| Object Holder | | | | Bumpreader | | 7:52 | | Spillway | | 4:15 | | Eavesdrop | | 1:46 | | Blind Corner | | 2:22 | | Under The Hat | | 1:33 | | Flatwheel | | 2:08 | | Reckoning Falls | | 2:40 | | Swallow | | 0:39 | | Move | | 1:15 | | Steam Trader | | 2:49 | | Understander | | 2:43 | | Private Wire | | 3:03 | | Cinder | | 1:26 | | Distraction | | 5:41 | | Signal | | 3:33 | | This Ridge | | 0:44 | | Idea For A Wagon | | 3:21 | | More Silence | | 4:03 | | Coat | | 1:58 | | Gate Climbing | | 5:31 | | Protector | | 3:03 | | Visible Gap | | 1:39 | | The Trunk | | 4:03 | | Unknown Title | | 2:09 | | Invisible Map | | | | Moment | | 0:44 | | The Rapid Color | | 3:46 | | Port | | 2:59 | | Call | | 2:37 | | Landless | | 2:39 | | Air On Water | | 0:29 | | Mineral | | 3:20 | | Common Broom | | 2:12 | | Birthday | | 3:30 | | Dustman | | 0:52 | | Sleeping Car | | 2:25 | | Snake Out | | 3:21 | | Occurrence | | 1:36 | | Top Ray Done | | 1:59 | | Glass Lizard | | 2:09 | | Telegraph Plant | | 0:56 | | Spoonbender's Visit | | 0:55 | | Remodel A Whisper | | 0:33 | | Measured Not Found | | 3:22 | | The Slow Forest | | 4:30 | | Canopy | | 0:46 | | Red's Big Day | | 1:32 | | Lampblack | | 1:34 | | There Is Probably Something | | 0:38 | | Worry Hill | | 1:28 | | Olive Drab Marionette | | 1:15 | | Invisible Gap | | 1:19 | | Yarn | | 3:18 | | Words Disappear | | 1:23 | | Ballad Of | | 2:06 | | Soil & Token | | 1:38 | | Glazed Paper | | 3:21 | | Paste | | 3:09 | | Truth Table | | 0:57 | | Dual | | 3:24 | | Flicker | | 2:39 | | Presto The Human | | 1:03 | | Gyromancy | | | | Gyromancy A | | 19:48 | | Gyromancy B | | 19:03 | | Nailed | | 4:21 | | Tic | | 4:15 | | Half A True Day | | | | Figure Question | | 1:46 | | Pack-and-Penny Day | | 1:36 | | Hidden Compartment | | 1:33 | | Angle Of Doubt | | 2:55 | | Proven Within Half - Half A True Day | | 8:19 | | Accidental Photograph | | 2:44 | | Winding Nth | | 10:30 | | Moth Across | | 2:56 | | Silent Grove | | 2:42 | | Just Now Maybe | | 2:22 | | Another Name | | 3:53 | | Turn The Moon | | 3:11 | | Globemallow, Left Untold | | 3:03 | | Cloud Chamber | | 2:38 | | Where No One Knows | | 2:29 | | Antimagnet | | 2:26 | | Passerine | | 14:37 | | Funnel To A Thread | | | | Falling In Wood | | 3:07 | | Receptor | | 1:29 | | Double Unfound | | 1:27 | | Hearsay | | 4:03 | | Half Dwelling | | 3:04 | | Shed | | 1:34 | | Misnoticed | | 3:29 | | Understory | | 2:34 | | Numberless Years | | 3:28 | | A Dozen Moon | | 3:15 | | Winder | | 2:42 | | Not A Single Thing | | 4:03 | | More Than Say | | 1:34 | | Take Warning | | 4:15 | | The Land Away | | 3:39 | | Whirl Round | | 1:33 | | Hand Nor Glove | | 1:40 | | High Painted Streets | | 1:13 | | Till Time And Times | | 5:01 | | Usually The Guesser | | 2:20 | | Choosehow | | 1:35 | | Counterbalance | | | | Lamp | | 0:44 | | Fishing Song | | 1:13 | | Droplets | | 4:46 | | By Turning | | 4:22 | | The Fowler | | 3:49 | | Only After | | 2:13 | | Alight | | 0:52 | | Buy Me A Secret | | 2:20 | | Welcome To See | | 2:15 | | Asterisk | | 5:22 |
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| Fragment For Balance (CD) |
ReR Megacorp |
2019 |
Track Listing |
| Either Without The Other | | 5:18 | | Telling | | 1:01 | | Separate Chance | | 3:23 | | Kirree/Fishing Song | | 1:47 | | The Flandyke Shore | | 3:05 | | Key Ring | | 2:29 | | Other Thing Lake | | 2:30 | | On A Level Place | | 2:38 | | Balancer | | 1:50 | | Rivers Apart | | 4:00 | | Desperate Times | | 5:11 | | Unspun | | 1:19 | | Cast Out For Light | | 4:40 | | Compass Well | | 2:26 | | Walking Is Missing | | 9:48 | | Whirl Quarter Moon | | 1:14 | | Halflight | | 2:29 | | Sender Vine | | 2:22 | | To Brigg Fair | | 2:43 | | Corner Shade | | 1:22 | | Earlier An Encounter | | 1:51 | | Rabbit In The Rain | | 1:29 | | Cloud Pale | | 1:24 | | Remember Even Though | | 1:02 | | Lost While Found | | 0:38 | | On Laurels | | 4:48 |
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| Counterbalance (CD) |
ReR Megacorp |
2019 |
Track Listing |
| Lamp | | 0:44 | | Fishing Song | | 1:13 | | Droplets | | 4:46 | | By Turning | | 4:22 | | The Fowler | | 3:49 | | Only After | | 2:13 | | Alight | | 0:52 | | Buy Me a Secret | | 2:20 | | Welcome to See | | 2:15 | | Asterisk | | 5:22 |
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| Singles & EPs |
| Awry (2 Versions) |
Bad Alchemy |
1988 |
Track Listing |
| Sfumato | | | | Rail | | | | Moom | | | | Away | | | | Tinge | | | | Hums | | | | Reveal | | | | Repairs | | | | Watch | | |
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| Compilations |
| Planeta N°4 - 1985 (Cassette) |
Planetarium |
1985 |
Track Listing |
| Interview + Music | | 14:20 | | Rhino Records : Story + Rare Collectors | | 15:03 | | Interview + Music | | 14:22 | | Interview + Music | | 13:48 |
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| Bellowing Room (2 Versions) |
Recommended Records |
1987 |
Track Listing |
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| Miscellaneous |
| Biota (Vinyl) |
Dys |
1982 |
Track Listing |
| Biota | | | | Biohazards | | | | Marshland | | | | Loop-Dance | | | | Beasts | | | | The Magi | | | | Insect Dialogue | | | | Cavernicoles | | | | Chamer | | | | Krill | | |
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| Tinct (Vinyl) |
Recommended Records |
1988 |
Track Listing |
| Tottery | | | | Motives | | | | Riddled | | | | Astray | | | | Lapse | | |
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