Tumble (album) explained

Tumble
Type:	album
Artist:	Biota
Cover:	Biota - Tumble.jpg
Recorded:	Autumn – Spring
Studio:	Dys Studios
Genre:	Avant-prog, Experimental music
Length:	73:50
Label:	ReR
Producer:	Tom Katsimpalis, Mark Piersel, Steve Scholbe, William Sharp, Gordon H. Whitlow, Larry Wilson, Randy Yeates
Prev Title:	Awry
Prev Year:	1988
Next Title:	Almost Never
Next Year:	1992

Tumble is the ninth studio album by the experimental electronic music ensemble Biota, released in 1989 by ReR Megacorp.^[1]

Background

The album was commissioned by the ReR label for the purposes of "using the maximum available parameters offered" by the nascent compact disc recording medium.

Personnel

Adapted from the Tumble liner notes.^[2]

Biota

• Tom Katsimpalis – organ, guitar, bass guitar, banjo, harmonica, flute, cover art, design
• Mark Piersel – trumpet, guitar, bass guitar, banjo, sheng, psaltery, ukulele, recorder, balafon, organ, tape, engineering
• Steve Scholbe – alto saxophone, bass clarinet, flute, guitar, organ, autoharp, bells
• William Sharp – tape, engineering, design
• Gordon H. Whitlow – bass guitar, guitar, piano, organ, accordion, engineering
• Larry Wilson – drums, bongos, bodhrán, bells
• Randy Yeates – concertina

Additional musicians

• Deborah Fuller – violin (5)
• C.W. Vrtacek – piano and ukulele (9)

Production and additional personnel

• Biota – production, mixing, arrangements
• Mark Derbyshire – engineering
• Dick Kezlan – photography
• Richard Pena – engineering
• Bill Tindall – engineering

External links

• Tumble 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. Tumble . . 1989 . booklet . . Surrey, UK.