X-Communication Explained

X-communication
Type:	Album
Artist:	Brand X
Cover:	Brand X - Xcommunication.jpg
Border:	yes
Released:	1992
Recorded:	1992
Studio:	Grampa Studios (New York, NY)
Genre:	Jazz fusion^[1]
Length:	45:38
Label:	Ozone Records
Producer:	John Goodsall and Percy Jones
Prev Title:	Is There Anything About?
Prev Year:	1982
Next Title:	Manifest Destiny
Next Year:	1997

X-communication is the seventh studio album by jazz fusion band Brand X, released in 1992.^{[2] [3]} It was the band's first studio release in more than a decade.^[4]

Track listing

All tracks written by John Goodsall, except where noted.

1. "Xanax Taxi" – 5:57
2. "Liquid Time" – 4:39
3. "Kluzinski Period" (Percy Jones) – 7:00
4. "Healing Dream" – 3:51
5. "Mental Floss" – 3:17
6. "Strangeness" (Jones) – 3:23
7. "A Duck Exploding" (Goodsall, Jones) – 6:47
8. "Message to You" – 0:25
9. "Church of Hype" (Jones) – 5:54
10. "Kluzinski Reprise" (Goodsall, Jones) – 4:25

Personnel

• John Goodsall – guitars, MIDI guitar
• Percy Jones – fretless bass, keyboards (6)
• Frank Katz – drums

Additional personnel

• Danny Wilding – flute (3, 10)

Production

• Gilad Amarillo – executive producer
• Doran Scarf – executive producer
• John Goodsall – producer
• Percy Jones – producer
• Mick Cantarella – engineer (1, 2, 3, 5-10), mixing
• Franz Pusch – engineer (4)
• Keith Lewis – second engineer (4)
• Jim Shelton – mastering at Europadisk (New York, NY)
• Laurence Horvitz – art direction, design
• Naomi Kaneda – cover photography
• Isaac Silman – design, inside and back photography

Notes and References

1. News: Balsamini . Dean . Brand X and acoustic guitarist... . Staten Island Advance . June 20, 1993 . E2.
2. Web site: Grass Route. Billboard. June 13, 1992. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. Google Books.
3. Book: Smith . Bradley . The Billboard Guide to Progressive Music . 1997 . Billboard Books . 37.
4. Book: Jisi, Chris. Bass Player Presents The Fretless Bass. July 1, 2008. Rowman & Littlefield. 9781617808135. Google Books.