Phanerothyme

Infobox Album |
Name = Phanerothyme
Type = Album
Artist = Motorpsycho


Released = September 3, 2001
Recorded = 2000, 2001
Genre = Psychedelic
Length = 43:38
Label = Stickman Records
Producer = Motorpsycho, Deathprod
Reviews =
Last album = "Let Them Eat Cake"
(2000)
This album = "Phanerothyme"
(2001)
Next album = "It's A Love Cult"
(2002)

"Phanerothyme" is the ninth full length studio album by the Norwegian band Motorpsycho. It was released through Stickman Records (Europe) and Sony (Norway). It was also released in Japan through P-Vine.

Track listing

#"Bedroom Eyes" – 2:18
#"For Free" – 5:13
#"B.S." – 3:41
#"Landslide" – 4:38
#"Go To California" – 8:00
#"Painting The Night Unreal" – 6:35
#"The Slow Phaseout" – 4:30
#"Blindfolded" – 3:44
#"When You're Dead" – 4:52

* Nr. 1-3, 6 by Sæther.
* Nr. 4, 5, 7 by Sæther/Ryan.
* Nr. 8 by Ryan.
* Nr. 9 by Gebhardt.

Vinyl version

Due to space limitations, the tracklist got a bit alternated for the LP release.

ide A:

#Bedroom Eyes
#For Free
#B.S.
#Landslide
#The Slow Phaseout

ide B:

#Go To California
#Painting the Night Unreal
#Blindfolded
#When You're Dead

Personnel

*Bent Sæther: Vocals, bass, guitars, mellotron, guitarmando, percussion, viscount organ, drums
*Hans Magnus Ryan: Guitars, vocals, piano, viscount organ, mellotron, bass
*Håkon Gebhardt: Drums, vocals, percussion, guitars, zither, banjo, lap-steel guitar

with:

*Helge Sten (Deathprod): Audio virus, filters, ringmodulators, echoplex, theremin
*Baard Slagsvold: Piano, wurlitzer, clavinette, rhodes piano, back. vocals
*Øyvind Fossheim : violin
*Vegard Johnsen : violin
*André Orvik : violin
*Hans Morten Stensland : violin
*Jon W. Sønstebø : viola
*Anne Britt Søvig Årdal : cello
*Ketil Vestrum Einarsen : flute
*Lars Horntveth : tenor sax & bass-clarinette
*Anne-Grethe Orvik : oboe
*Even S. Andersen : trombone
*Mathias Eick : trumpet & flugelhorn
*Line Horntveth : tuba

Miscellanea

*Baard Slagsvold did all the string/reed-arrangements, except for "When You're Dead"; which was arranged by Lars Horntveth.
*The cover artwork was done by Kim Hiorthøy. The front cover shows a drawing of Bent Sæther.
*The band made videos for "The Slow Phaseout" and "Go To California", the latter showing them as Amish people walking, running and jumping through the Norwegian woods, whilst carrying surfboards around.
*There were no single/EP releases for this album, but some of the additional songs recorded during the Phanerothyme sessions surfaced on the "Serpentine" EP (2002). Also an EP named "Barracuda" was released in February 2001, containing left over songs from the Let Them Eat Cake-sessions. Still, promotional only singles of "The Slow Phaseout" and "Go To California" (edited version, 2:53 mins) were pressed and sent to radio stations.
*On the track "When You're dead" the usual line-up (Bent: Vocal & bass, H.M.Ryan: Guitar & bg. vocal, Gebhardt: drums) was reversed, as Bent Sæther played drums, "Snah" Ryan bass and Håkon Gebhardt played guitars, banjo, zither and sang.
*The recording of this album took unusually long, because so many people played on it and often it occurred that they had long gaps between the recording of a basic track and an orchestral overdub.
*The first 1500 German released had limited edition covers [http://motorpsycho.fix.no/images/limphan.jpg] .
*The word "phanerothyme" is a term coined by Aldous Huxley. He once wrote to his friend Humphrey Osmond: "To make this mundane world sublime, take half a gram of phanerothyme". To which Osmond replied: "To fathom hell or soar angelic, just take a pinch of psychedelic."