Music From the Eather explained

Music from the Eather
Type:	studio
Artist:	Mentallo & The Fixer
Cover:	Mentallo_and_the_fixer_music_from_the_eather.jpg
Alt:	Cover of album Music from the Eather
Released:	^[1]
Recorded:	Amplified Intuitive State / Deep Eddy, Austin, Texas
Genre:	Electro-Industrial
Label:	Alfa Matrix
Producer:	Gary Dassing
Prev Title:	A Collection of Rare, Unreleased & Remastered
Prev Year:	2012
Next Title:	4.4U (2012.11)
Next Year:	2012

Music from the Eather is the ninth studio album by Mentallo & The Fixer, released on October 26, 2012 by Alfa Matrix. The album was released as a two CD standard version^[2] and a limited edition box set^[3] containing an additional third CD, a sticker, a postcard and a poster.

Background

The album keeps "the theme developed on the last conceptual Enlightenment Through a Chemical Catalyst album, dealing with higher or altered states of consciousness-experiences Gary Dassing has personally gone through." "I just wanted to work on music that would stimulate my ears. I wanted to do things that would trip me out!", explains Dassing. The warning on the album cover Be cautious using this substance refers to this theme. Music from the Eather completely avoids vocals.^[4] However, voice and other samples are frequently used. Several tracks are remixes or appear to be reworks of songs of the same album and of Enlightenment Through a Chemical Catalyst. The track Opening the Bandwidth for the Cosmic Signal was first released as a reworked version on the EP Commandments for the Molecular Age.^[5]

Critical reception

Critics noted the experimental nature of Music from the Eather. Music magazine I Die: You Die wrote, "With Music From The Eather Dassing has, in a way, progressed into crafting the industrial equivalent of fusion jazz." The album's "complexity has reached an untouchable degree of perfection", wrote music magazine Side Line. Amy Nekrotique of Brutal Resonance described Music from the Eather as "absolutely exhausting to listen to". "You really have to be a fan of Mentallo And The Fixer to fully enjoy this album", concludes Side Line.

Personnel

Adapted from the Arrange the Molecule liner notes.^[6]

Mentallo & The Fixer

• Gary Dassing (as Mentallo) – programming, arrangements, producer

Production and design

• Gary Dassing (as Mentallo) – musical assistance
• Oliver Haecker – Cover art, illustrations, design

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
Belgium	2012	Alfa Matrix	CD, DL	AM1186DCD
	2015		DL	AM 2186DJ

External links

• • Music From the Eather at Bandcamp
• Music From the Eather at iTunes

Notes and References

1. Web site: Alfa Matrix latest releases . alfa-matrix.com . October 26, 2012 . October 17, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131017212058/http://www.alfa-matrix.com/releasedates.php . October 17, 2013 . dead .
2. Web site: Mentallo & the Fixer - 'Music From The Eather' 2CD . alfa-matrix.com . October 26, 2012 . October 17, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131018005640/http://www.alfa-matrix.com/shop_comments.php?id=2243_0_8_0_C . October 18, 2013 . dead .
3. Web site: Mentallo & the Fixer - 'Music From The Eather' 3CD (limited) . alfa-matrix.com . October 26, 2012 . October 17, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131018005315/http://www.alfa-matrix.com/shop_comments.php?id=2244_0_8_0_C . October 18, 2013 . dead .
4. Web site: Mentallo And The Fixer - Music From The Eather (3CD - Alfa Matrix) . Side-Line . P. . D. . October 21, 2012 . October 28, 2013.
5. Web site: Mentallo And The Fixer - "Commandments For The Molecular Age" EPCD . alfa-matrix.com . April 21, 2006 . November 1, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131018013727/http://www.alfa-matrix.com/shop_comments.php?id=906_0_8_0_C . October 18, 2013 . dead .
6. Arrange the Molecule . Arrange the Molecule . . 2017 . booklet . . Brussels, Belgium.