Biota (album) explained

Biota
Type:	album
Artist:	Mnemonists
Cover:	Mnemonists - Biota.jpg
Recorded:	Summer – Summer
Studio:	Pendragon
Genre:	Drone, ambient
Length:	40:25
Label:	Dys
Producer:	Steve Scholbe, William Sharp
Chronology:	Biota
Prev Title:	Roto-Limbs
Prev Year:	1981
Next Title:	Gyromancy
Next Year:	1984

Biota is the fourth studio album by the free improvisation ensemble Mnemonist Orchestra, released in 1982 by Dys Records.^[1]

Personnel

Adapted from the Horde liner notes.^[2]

Mnemonists

• Mark Derbyshire – recorder, electronics, mastering
• Steve Emmons – tape, percussion, spoken word
• Rolf Goranson – bass guitar, tape, spoken word
• Steve Scholbe – alto saxophone, electric guitar, organ, electronics, tape, production
• William Sharp – tape, clarinet, percussion, electronic, production, mastering

Additional musicians

• Bill Burgess – percussion
• Karen Nakai – bass guitar

Production and additional personnel

• James Dixon – cover art, illustrations
• Richard Donaldson – mastering
• Tom Katsimpalis – illustrations, design

External links

• Biota at Discogs (list of releases)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Beppe . Colli . An Interview With Bill Sharp/Biota (1994) . CloudsandClocks.net . March 8, 2005 . October 10, 2016.
2. Horde . . 1981 . sleeve . Dys Records . Fort Collins, Colorado.