Frances the Mute

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Annotation

There are only two Frances the Mute entries. One with five tracks, and one with 12 with the last 8 labeled as Cassandra Gemini I, Cassandra Gemini II, etc. ("Cassandra Gemini" is misspelled on the CD as "Cassandra Geminni". See the official spelling on the TMV site: http://www.themarsvolta.com/albums). The movements listed for Miranda That Ghost Just Isn't Holy Anymore (A. Vade Mecum, B. Pour Another Icepick, etc.) and Cassandra Gemini (A. Tarantism, B. Plant a Nail in the Navel Stream, etc.) do not correlate with the actual tracks on the CD. The only reason for the song Cassandra Gemini being split like this is because if they did not, this album would technically be considered an EP.

Annotation last modified on 2010-04-02 15:15 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼CD
#TitleRatingLength
1Cygnus....Vismund Cygnus
engineered in:
Burbank, California, United States, Byron Bay (Byron Bay, New South Wales), New South Wales, Australia, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States, Los Angeles, California, United States, New York, New York, United States, San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States and Van Nuys, California, United States
assistant engineer:
Claudius Mittendorfer (engineer, producer, mixer) and Paul Pilsneniks
engineer:
Jon Debaun, Omar A Rodriguez-Lopez, Andrew Scheps and David Schiffman (American producer/audio engineer)
producer:
Omar A Rodriguez-Lopez
mixer:
Rich Costey
additional guest percussion:
Lenny Castro
drums (drum set):
Jon Theodore
electric bass guitar:
Juan Alderete de la Peña (American bassist)
guitar, sampler [field recordings] and synthesizer:
Omar A Rodriguez-Lopez
keyboard:
Isaiah “Ikey” Owens and Marcel Rodriguez‐Lopez
percussion:
Marcel Rodriguez‐Lopez
vocals:
Cedric Bixler‐Zavala
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Mars Volta (in 2005)
mixed at:
Avatar Studios (Power Station at BerkleeNYC, fka Power Station 1977–1996, then Avatar Studios 1996–2017) in Hell's Kitchen, New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Cygnus....Vismund Cygnus
lyricist:
Cedric Bixler‐Zavala
composer:
Omar A Rodriguez-Lopez
publisher:
Amputekthure, EMI April Music Inc. and Hija de lola
4.5513:02
2The Widow
engineered in:
Burbank, California, United States, Byron Bay (Byron Bay, New South Wales), New South Wales, Australia, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States, Los Angeles, California, United States, New York, New York, United States, San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States and Van Nuys, California, United States
assistant engineer:
Claudius Mittendorfer (engineer, producer, mixer) and Paul Pilsneniks
engineer:
Jon Debaun, Omar A Rodriguez-Lopez, Andrew Scheps and David Schiffman (American producer/audio engineer)
producer:
Omar A Rodriguez-Lopez
mixer:
Rich Costey
additional guest percussion:
Lenny Castro
drums (drum set):
Jon Theodore
electric bass guitar:
Juan Alderete de la Peña (American bassist)
guest trumpet:
Flea (US bassist)
guitar, sampler [field recordings] and synthesizer:
Omar A Rodriguez-Lopez
keyboard:
Isaiah “Ikey” Owens and Marcel Rodriguez‐Lopez
percussion:
Marcel Rodriguez‐Lopez
vocals:
Cedric Bixler‐Zavala
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Mars Volta (in 2005)
mixed at:
Avatar Studios (Power Station at BerkleeNYC, fka Power Station 1977–1996, then Avatar Studios 1996–2017) in Hell's Kitchen, New York, New York, United States
recording of:
The Widow
lyricist:
Cedric Bixler‐Zavala
composer:
Omar A Rodriguez-Lopez
publisher:
Amputekthure, EMI April Music Inc. and Hija de lola
4.155:51
3L’Via L’Viaquez
engineered in:
Burbank, California, United States, Byron Bay (Byron Bay, New South Wales), New South Wales, Australia, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States, Los Angeles, California, United States, New York, New York, United States, San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States and Van Nuys, California, United States
assistant engineer:
Claudius Mittendorfer (engineer, producer, mixer) and Paul Pilsneniks
engineer:
Jon Debaun, Omar A Rodriguez-Lopez, Andrew Scheps and David Schiffman (American producer/audio engineer)
producer:
Omar A Rodriguez-Lopez
mixer:
Rich Costey
additional guest percussion:
Lenny Castro
drums (drum set):
Jon Theodore
electric bass guitar:
Juan Alderete de la Peña (American bassist)
guest clavinet and piano:
Larry Harlow
guest solo electric guitar:
John Frusciante
guitar, sampler [field recordings] and synthesizer:
Omar A Rodriguez-Lopez
keyboard:
Isaiah “Ikey” Owens and Marcel Rodriguez‐Lopez
percussion:
Marcel Rodriguez‐Lopez
vocals:
Cedric Bixler‐Zavala
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Mars Volta (in 2005)
mixed at:
Avatar Studios (Power Station at BerkleeNYC, fka Power Station 1977–1996, then Avatar Studios 1996–2017) in Hell's Kitchen, New York, New York, United States
recording of:
L’Via L’Viaquez
lyricist:
Cedric Bixler‐Zavala
composer:
Omar A Rodriguez-Lopez
publisher:
Amputekthure, EMI April Music Inc. and Hija de lola
4.4512:22
4Miranda That Ghost Just Isn’t Holy Anymore
engineered in:
Burbank, California, United States, Byron Bay (Byron Bay, New South Wales), New South Wales, Australia, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States, Los Angeles, California, United States, New York, New York, United States, San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States and Van Nuys, California, United States
assistant engineer:
Claudius Mittendorfer (engineer, producer, mixer) and Paul Pilsneniks
engineer:
Jon Debaun, Omar A Rodriguez-Lopez, Andrew Scheps and David Schiffman (American producer/audio engineer)
producer:
Omar A Rodriguez-Lopez
mixer:
Rich Costey
additional guest percussion:
Lenny Castro
drums (drum set):
Jon Theodore
electric bass guitar:
Juan Alderete de la Peña (American bassist)
guest trumpet:
Flea (US bassist)
guitar, sampler [field recordings] and synthesizer:
Omar A Rodriguez-Lopez
keyboard:
Isaiah “Ikey” Owens and Marcel Rodriguez‐Lopez
percussion:
Marcel Rodriguez‐Lopez
vocals:
Cedric Bixler‐Zavala
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Mars Volta (in 2005)
mixed at:
Avatar Studios (Power Station at BerkleeNYC, fka Power Station 1977–1996, then Avatar Studios 1996–2017) in Hell's Kitchen, New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Miranda That Ghost Just Isn’t Holy Anymore
lyricist:
Cedric Bixler‐Zavala
composer:
Omar A Rodriguez-Lopez
publisher:
Amputekthure, EMI April Music Inc. and Hija de lola
4.1513:10
5Cassandra Gemini I
engineered in:
Burbank, California, United States, Byron Bay (Byron Bay, New South Wales), New South Wales, Australia, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States, Los Angeles, California, United States, New York, New York, United States, San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States and Van Nuys, California, United States
assistant engineer:
Claudius Mittendorfer (engineer, producer, mixer) and Paul Pilsneniks
engineer:
Jon Debaun, Omar Rodríguez‐López, Andrew Scheps and David Schiffman (American producer/audio engineer)
mixer:
Rich Costey
additional guest percussion:
Lenny Castro
drums (drum set):
Jon Theodore
electric bass guitar:
Juan Alderete de la Peña (American bassist)
guest clavinet and piano:
Larry Harlow
guest flute and tenor saxophone:
Adrián Terrazas‐González (Mexican multi-instrumentalist)
guitar, sampler [field recordings] and synthesizer:
Omar Rodríguez‐López
keyboard:
Isaiah “Ikey” Owens and Marcel Rodriguez‐Lopez
percussion:
Marcel Rodriguez‐Lopez
vocals:
Cedric Bixler‐Zavala
conductor:
David Campbell (US‐based Canadian violinist, composer, conductor and arranger)
mixed at:
Avatar Studios (Power Station at BerkleeNYC, fka Power Station 1977–1996, then Avatar Studios 1996–2017) in Hell's Kitchen, New York, New York, United States
partial recording of:
Cassandra Gemini
lyricist:
Cedric Bixler‐Zavala
composer:
Omar A Rodriguez-Lopez
publisher:
Amputekthure, EMI April Music Inc. and Hija de lola
4.254:46
6Cassandra Gemini II
engineered in:
Burbank, California, United States, Byron Bay (Byron Bay, New South Wales), New South Wales, Australia, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States, Los Angeles, California, United States, New York, New York, United States, San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States and Van Nuys, California, United States
assistant engineer:
Claudius Mittendorfer (engineer, producer, mixer) and Paul Pilsneniks
engineer:
Jon Debaun, Omar Rodríguez‐López, Andrew Scheps and David Schiffman (American producer/audio engineer)
mixer:
Rich Costey
additional guest percussion:
Lenny Castro
drums (drum set):
Jon Theodore
electric bass guitar:
Juan Alderete de la Peña (American bassist)
guest clavinet and piano:
Larry Harlow
guest flute and tenor saxophone:
Adrián Terrazas‐González (Mexican multi-instrumentalist)
guitar, sampler [field recordings] and synthesizer:
Omar Rodríguez‐López
keyboard:
Isaiah “Ikey” Owens and Marcel Rodriguez‐Lopez
percussion:
Marcel Rodriguez‐Lopez
vocals:
Cedric Bixler‐Zavala
conductor:
David Campbell (US‐based Canadian violinist, composer, conductor and arranger)
mixed at:
Avatar Studios (Power Station at BerkleeNYC, fka Power Station 1977–1996, then Avatar Studios 1996–2017) in Hell's Kitchen, New York, New York, United States
partial recording of:
Cassandra Gemini
lyricist:
Cedric Bixler‐Zavala
composer:
Omar A Rodriguez-Lopez
publisher:
Amputekthure, EMI April Music Inc. and Hija de lola
4.46:40
7Cassandra Gemini III
engineered in:
Burbank, California, United States, Byron Bay (Byron Bay, New South Wales), New South Wales, Australia, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States, Los Angeles, California, United States, New York, New York, United States, San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States and Van Nuys, California, United States
assistant engineer:
Claudius Mittendorfer (engineer, producer, mixer) and Paul Pilsneniks
engineer:
Jon Debaun, Omar Rodríguez‐López, Andrew Scheps and David Schiffman (American producer/audio engineer)
mixer:
Rich Costey
additional guest percussion:
Lenny Castro
drums (drum set):
Jon Theodore
electric bass guitar:
Juan Alderete de la Peña (American bassist)
guest clavinet and piano:
Larry Harlow
guest flute and tenor saxophone:
Adrián Terrazas‐González (Mexican multi-instrumentalist)
guitar, sampler [field recordings] and synthesizer:
Omar Rodríguez‐López
keyboard:
Isaiah “Ikey” Owens and Marcel Rodriguez‐Lopez
percussion:
Marcel Rodriguez‐Lopez
vocals:
Cedric Bixler‐Zavala
conductor:
David Campbell (US‐based Canadian violinist, composer, conductor and arranger)
mixed at:
Avatar Studios (Power Station at BerkleeNYC, fka Power Station 1977–1996, then Avatar Studios 1996–2017) in Hell's Kitchen, New York, New York, United States
partial recording of:
Cassandra Gemini
lyricist:
Cedric Bixler‐Zavala
composer:
Omar A Rodriguez-Lopez
publisher:
Amputekthure, EMI April Music Inc. and Hija de lola
4.42:56
8Cassandra Gemini IV
engineered in:
Burbank, California, United States, Byron Bay (Byron Bay, New South Wales), New South Wales, Australia, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States, Los Angeles, California, United States, New York, New York, United States, San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States and Van Nuys, California, United States
assistant engineer:
Claudius Mittendorfer (engineer, producer, mixer) and Paul Pilsneniks
engineer:
Jon Debaun, Omar Rodríguez‐López, Andrew Scheps and David Schiffman (American producer/audio engineer)
mixer:
Rich Costey
additional guest percussion:
Lenny Castro
drums (drum set):
Jon Theodore
electric bass guitar:
Juan Alderete de la Peña (American bassist)
guest clavinet and piano:
Larry Harlow
guest flute and tenor saxophone:
Adrián Terrazas‐González (Mexican multi-instrumentalist)
guitar, sampler [field recordings] and synthesizer:
Omar Rodríguez‐López
keyboard:
Isaiah “Ikey” Owens and Marcel Rodriguez‐Lopez
percussion:
Marcel Rodriguez‐Lopez
vocals:
Cedric Bixler‐Zavala
conductor:
David Campbell (US‐based Canadian violinist, composer, conductor and arranger)
mixed at:
Avatar Studios (Power Station at BerkleeNYC, fka Power Station 1977–1996, then Avatar Studios 1996–2017) in Hell's Kitchen, New York, New York, United States
partial recording of:
Cassandra Gemini
lyricist:
Cedric Bixler‐Zavala
composer:
Omar A Rodriguez-Lopez
publisher:
Amputekthure, EMI April Music Inc. and Hija de lola
4.47:41
9Cassandra Gemini V
engineered in:
Burbank, California, United States, Byron Bay (Byron Bay, New South Wales), New South Wales, Australia, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States, Los Angeles, California, United States, New York, New York, United States, San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States and Van Nuys, California, United States
assistant engineer:
Claudius Mittendorfer (engineer, producer, mixer) and Paul Pilsneniks
engineer:
Jon Debaun, Omar Rodríguez‐López, Andrew Scheps and David Schiffman (American producer/audio engineer)
mixer:
Rich Costey
additional guest percussion:
Lenny Castro
drums (drum set):
Jon Theodore
electric bass guitar:
Juan Alderete de la Peña (American bassist)
guest clavinet and piano:
Larry Harlow
guest flute and tenor saxophone:
Adrián Terrazas‐González (Mexican multi-instrumentalist)
guitar, sampler [field recordings] and synthesizer:
Omar Rodríguez‐López
keyboard:
Isaiah “Ikey” Owens and Marcel Rodriguez‐Lopez
percussion:
Marcel Rodriguez‐Lopez
vocals:
Cedric Bixler‐Zavala
conductor:
David Campbell (US‐based Canadian violinist, composer, conductor and arranger)
mixed at:
Avatar Studios (Power Station at BerkleeNYC, fka Power Station 1977–1996, then Avatar Studios 1996–2017) in Hell's Kitchen, New York, New York, United States
partial recording of:
Cassandra Gemini
lyricist:
Cedric Bixler‐Zavala
composer:
Omar A Rodriguez-Lopez
publisher:
Amputekthure, EMI April Music Inc. and Hija de lola
4.25:00
10Cassandra Gemini VI
engineered in:
Burbank, California, United States, Byron Bay (Byron Bay, New South Wales), New South Wales, Australia, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States, Los Angeles, California, United States, New York, New York, United States, San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States and Van Nuys, California, United States
assistant engineer:
Claudius Mittendorfer (engineer, producer, mixer) and Paul Pilsneniks
engineer:
Jon Debaun, Omar Rodríguez‐López, Andrew Scheps and David Schiffman (American producer/audio engineer)
mixer:
Rich Costey
additional guest percussion:
Lenny Castro
drums (drum set):
Jon Theodore
electric bass guitar:
Juan Alderete de la Peña (American bassist)
guest clavinet and piano:
Larry Harlow
guest flute and tenor saxophone:
Adrián Terrazas‐González (Mexican multi-instrumentalist)
guitar, sampler [field recordings] and synthesizer:
Omar Rodríguez‐López
keyboard:
Isaiah “Ikey” Owens and Marcel Rodriguez‐Lopez
percussion:
Marcel Rodriguez‐Lopez
vocals:
Cedric Bixler‐Zavala
conductor:
David Campbell (US‐based Canadian violinist, composer, conductor and arranger)
mixed at:
Avatar Studios (Power Station at BerkleeNYC, fka Power Station 1977–1996, then Avatar Studios 1996–2017) in Hell's Kitchen, New York, New York, United States
partial recording of:
Cassandra Gemini
lyricist:
Cedric Bixler‐Zavala
composer:
Omar A Rodriguez-Lopez
publisher:
Amputekthure, EMI April Music Inc. and Hija de lola
4.23:48
11Cassandra Gemini VII
engineered in:
Burbank, California, United States, Byron Bay (Byron Bay, New South Wales), New South Wales, Australia, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States, Los Angeles, California, United States, New York, New York, United States, San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States and Van Nuys, California, United States
assistant engineer:
Claudius Mittendorfer (engineer, producer, mixer) and Paul Pilsneniks
engineer:
Jon Debaun, Omar Rodríguez‐López, Andrew Scheps and David Schiffman (American producer/audio engineer)
mixer:
Rich Costey
additional guest percussion:
Lenny Castro
drums (drum set):
Jon Theodore
electric bass guitar:
Juan Alderete de la Peña (American bassist)
guest clavinet and piano:
Larry Harlow
guest flute and tenor saxophone:
Adrián Terrazas‐González (Mexican multi-instrumentalist)
guitar, sampler [field recordings] and synthesizer:
Omar Rodríguez‐López
keyboard:
Isaiah “Ikey” Owens and Marcel Rodriguez‐Lopez
percussion:
Marcel Rodriguez‐Lopez
vocals:
Cedric Bixler‐Zavala
conductor:
David Campbell (US‐based Canadian violinist, composer, conductor and arranger)
mixed at:
Avatar Studios (Power Station at BerkleeNYC, fka Power Station 1977–1996, then Avatar Studios 1996–2017) in Hell's Kitchen, New York, New York, United States
partial recording of:
Cassandra Gemini
lyricist:
Cedric Bixler‐Zavala
composer:
Omar A Rodriguez-Lopez
publisher:
Amputekthure, EMI April Music Inc. and Hija de lola
4.40:47
12Cassandra Gemini VIII
engineered in:
Burbank, California, United States, Byron Bay (Byron Bay, New South Wales), New South Wales, Australia, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States, Los Angeles, California, United States, New York, New York, United States, San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States and Van Nuys, California, United States
assistant engineer:
Claudius Mittendorfer (engineer, producer, mixer) and Paul Pilsneniks
engineer:
Jon Debaun, Omar Rodríguez‐López, Andrew Scheps and David Schiffman (American producer/audio engineer)
mixer:
Rich Costey
additional guest percussion:
Lenny Castro
drums (drum set):
Jon Theodore
electric bass guitar:
Juan Alderete de la Peña (American bassist)
guest clavinet and piano:
Larry Harlow
guest flute and tenor saxophone:
Adrián Terrazas‐González (Mexican multi-instrumentalist)
guitar, sampler [field recordings] and synthesizer:
Omar Rodríguez‐López
keyboard:
Isaiah “Ikey” Owens and Marcel Rodriguez‐Lopez
percussion:
Marcel Rodriguez‐Lopez
vocals:
Cedric Bixler‐Zavala
conductor:
David Campbell (US‐based Canadian violinist, composer, conductor and arranger)
mixed at:
Avatar Studios (Power Station at BerkleeNYC, fka Power Station 1977–1996, then Avatar Studios 1996–2017) in Hell's Kitchen, New York, New York, United States
partial recording of:
Cassandra Gemini
lyricist:
Cedric Bixler‐Zavala
composer:
Omar A Rodriguez-Lopez
publisher:
Amputekthure, EMI April Music Inc. and Hija de lola
4.40:54

Credits

Release

manufactured in:Europe
photography:Peter Curzon
Storm Thorgerson (graphic designer)
Rupert Truman
producer:Omar Rodríguez‐López
assistant mastering:Roger Lian
mastering:Howie Weinberg (mastering engineer)
bass trombone:Bill Reichenbach, Jr. (jazz trombonist)
cello:Larry Corbett
Suzie Katayama
piano:Roger Manning (American keyboardist and singer/songwriter)
trombone:Nick Lane (US trombonist, composer & arranger)
trumpet:Wayne Bergeron
Salvador Hernandez (trumpet)
tuba:Randy Jones (tubist)
violin:Roberto Cani (violinist)
Diego Casillas
Joel Derouin
Erick Hernandez (violinist)
Peter Kent (violinist)
Mario de Leon
Ernesto Molina
Fernando Moreno (violinist)
Josefina Vergara (Chilean-American violinist)
copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:The Mars Volta (from 2005 to present)
design:Dan Abbott
Peter Curzon
Bill Thorgerson
Storm Thorgerson (graphic designer)
licensed to:Universal Records (UMG subsidiary, “RECORDS” must be a part of the logo; read annotation)
mastered at:Masterdisk in New York, New York, United States
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/409491 [info]
ASIN:UK: B0007GAEW6 [info]
other databases:https://www.musik-sammler.de/media/8575/ [info]