Achromaticia

1997 album by Disjecta Membra on Heartland Records (Australia; HL09).
Distributed in Australia by Heartland Records, Demogorgon, Newmarket, and Ground Under Productions; in New Zealand by Heartland Records and Mediatrix; in the UK and Europe by Resurrection Records and Nightbreed UK; and in the US by Middle Pillar.

Production

• Engineered by Dave Lowndes; Produced by Dave Lowndes and Michel
• Pre-production assisted by Kurt Joy, Bevis Langman Painter and Andrew Newth during December 1996.
• Keyboards, samples, sequences and drum-machines were recorded at Theta Productions by Dave Lowndes and Michel, on December 14th and 15th, 1996.
• Guitars, bass and vocals were recorded and engineered by Dave Lowndes at the Waikato Polytechnic Studios in Hamilton, on December 20th - 22nd, 1996.
• Album mixed and mastered at Waikato Polytech by Dave Lowndes and Michel on December 23rd & 24th, 1996.

Music

• Michel - vocals, guitars, keyboards, samples and programming
• Ben Cauchi - bass, additional samples (track 3), screams (track 1)
• Tamlyn Martinovich - keyboards (tracks 2, 4, 10 & 11, plus all live keyboards)
• Deonne Rowland - spoken word (track 3)

All words and music by Michel, except:

• basslines for Skin Trade, Cauldron of Cerridwen, Water-Wings and Danse Macabre written by Michel and Ben Cauchi
• keyboards for Skin Trade, Cauldron of Cerridwen and The Sleep written by Michel and Tamlyn Martinovich
• words for Malcolm by Michel and Deonne Rowland
• Rats originally written and performed by The Haunting

Tracklsiting

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"Achromaticia" cover

1. Cathedral
2. Skin Trade
3. Malcolm
4. Third Song
5. Androgyne Waltz
6. Rats
7. From the Cradle
8. Necrophilia
9. (Candlemas):
10. Cauldron of Cerridwen
11. The Sleep
12. Water-Wings
13. Cathedral (Deus ex Machina Mix)
14. Danse Macabre
15. (An Epitaph) (hidden track)