Rackabones Explained

Rackabones
Type:	album
Artist:	Biota
Cover:	Mnemonists - Rackabones.jpg
Recorded:	Spring – Winter
Studio:	Pendragon
Genre:	Free improvisation
Length:	88:44
Label:	Dys
Producer:	Carol Heineman, Tom Katsimpalis, Mark Piersel, Steve Scholbe, William Sharp, Randy Yeates
Prev Title:	Gyromancy
Prev Year:	1984
Next Title:	Bellowing Room
Next Year:	1987

Rackabones is the sixth studio album by the free improvisation ensemble Biota, released in 1985 by Dys Records.^[1] The album marked the official beginning of Biota as an ensemble separate from the Mnemonists name. (The name Mnemonists has continued to be retained for the group's visual output.)

Personnel

Adapted from the Rackabones liner notes.^[2]

Biota

• Carol Heineman – instruments, production
• Tom Katsimpalis – instruments, production, illustrations
• Mark Piersel – instruments, production, mixing
• Steve Scholbe – instruments, production, mixing
• William Sharp – instruments, production, mixing
• Randy Yeates – instruments, production

Production and additional personnel

• George Harms – photography
• Carol Heineman – design
• Tom Katsimpalis – illustrations
• Bruce Leek – engineering

External links

• Rackabones 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. Rackabones . . 1985 . sleeve . Dys Records . Fort Collins, Colorado.