1997 album from multi-instrumental sound explorer, experimentalist, and composer, 2CDs.
Sleeve is almost Near Mint.
- 1-01 First Prologue
- 1-02 The Dial Is Only Visible By Starlight
- 1-03 Every Day At Noon The Sun Shines Through These Apertures For The Space Of About A Minute
- 1-04 The Image Of The Sun Indicates The Sun's Position As It Passes Through A Hole In The Concurve Surfac
- 1-05 There Is A Brass Pointer Fitted With Sights And Pivoted To The Centre Of The Circle By Which Altitud
- 1-06 The Chamber Is No Longer Accessible To Visitors
- 1-07 Access To Any Part Of The Engine Is By Steps Which Offer Vantage Points For Various Readings
- 1-08 Suspended In The Hum Of History
- 1-09 Originally Cross Wires Stretched Across Each Hemisphere, East To West And North To South
- 1-10 The Ramped Stair To The North Of The Two Drums Vanishes At Thirty-two Feet
- 1-11 These Steps Enable The Observer To See All Aspects Of The Brass Calibration Below
- 1-12 There Is A Huge Calibrated Sundial On Each Of Its Sides
- 1-13 This Chamber Is Filled With Garden Tools And Broken Furniture
- 1-14 The Mosaic Of Starlight Slips Back Like The Lid Of An Opening Eye
- 1-15 This Engine Is Primarily A Calculator, Though Altitudes May Be Observed Using The Sighting Bar Fitte
- 1-16 It Is Inscribed With Concentric Circles, At The Centre Of Which Lies A Pointer
- 1-17 The Calibrated Parts Are Raised On Three-foot Pillars
- 1-18 The Pink Masonry Charges The Twilight With A Faint Sound
- 1-19 Another Slope With Stars For The Reading Of Figures
- 1-20 This Engine Is Now Only Visible In Twilight
- 1-21 Here Is An Immense Brass Circle Suspended Vertically From Stone Supports
- 1-22 Two Hemispheres Representing The Sphere Of Heaven Comprise The Two Halves Of This Engine
- 1-23 This Wall Describes Accurately The North/South Meridian
- 1-24 There Are Pillars At The Centre Of Each Circular Wall Each Open To The Sky
- 1-25 First Memory
- 1-26 The Sky Has Shaped This Place
- 1-27 Here I Find A Central Iron Pole With Hooks Facing To The North, South, East And West
- 1-28 A Shadow Is Cast To The West Before Noon
- 1-29 The Shadow Can Fall In The Vacant Sector Of A Drum
- 1-30 Days And Nights Are Measured Here, And In The Measuring Seem Longer, Suspended Somehow
- 1-31 The Whole Brass Circle Can Be Revolved Around Its Vertical Diameter So That Altitude Observations Ca
- 1-32 A Lofty But Narrow Chamber Is Contrived In The Thickness Of The Walls And Access Is Gained From A Do
- 1-33 A Further Series Of Steps Is Only Visible During The Vernal Equinox
- 1-34 Hold The Machine In The Vertical Plane
- 1-35 Visible Portions Of The Celestial Sphere Are Represented By This Map Which Has A Movable Elliptic Wh
- 1-36 To Move Through These Structures Is To Set Them In Motion
- 1-37 The Altitude Of The Body Observed Is Given While Observing The Vertically Hanging Bar Through The Tw
- 1-38 A Shadow Is Cast To The East After Noon
- 1-39 These Calibrations Are No Longer Clearly Visible
- 1-40 Another Flight Of Observation Steps And The Sense Of Quiet Rotation As I Ascend
- 1-41 I Study The Vaults Of A Shell In Which We Float
- 1-42 Twenty-seven Degrees, Thirty-seven Seconds
- 1-43 The Roofs Of The Enclosed Drums Are Implied By Shadows
- 1-44 The Floor And Walls Are Calibrated To Read Altitude And Azimuth
- 1-45 These Are The Cool Engines Of Celestial Map-making
- 1-46 Here Is The Supreme Engine
- 1-47 The Sun Seen Through The Pair Of Brass Rings Is Used By The Bar To Indicate The Time From Sunrise Un
- 1-48 A Pointer Indicates On Three Arms: West, North And East
- 1-49 Here Was The Supreme Engine
- 1-50 Engine Of Amplitude Has A Function Which Is No Longer Known
- 1-51 This Engine Is A Rectangular Brass Plate
- 2-01 Second Prologue
- 2-02 Once Complete Engine Is Formed By Two Differently Incomplete Parts Which Combined Provide Total Refe
- 2-03 At One Moment In The Year The Sun Shines Through A Hole In The Wall On To A Calibrated Arc
- 2-04 The Stone Dish Is Slotted With Figures And Shadow
- 2-05 The Positions And Altitudes Of Heavenly Bodies Maybe Gauged With This Engine
- 2-06 Some Steps Ascend Past Markings To A Platform
- 2-07 The Central Pillars Are Five Feet Three Inches In Diameter
- 2-08 On The East Face Are Inscribed Two Quadrants Of Twenty-feet Radius
- 2-09 The Plants Will Steal This Engine When We Have Gone
- 2-10 The Shadow Is Cast North/South At Noon By An Iron Pin
- 2-11 A Shadow Is Cast To The East After Noon
- 2-12 These Steps Are Worn To A Ramp And Lead Nowhere
- 2-13 All The Lead Calibrations Are Warm To The Touch
- 2-14 It Is Only Necessary To Engrave A Scale Of The Tangents Along The Rim To Obtain A Direct Reading Of
- 2-15 Second Memory
- 2-16 The Lead Calibrations Are Poisonous To The Touch
- 2-17 This Is The North Pointer Engine
- 2-18 The Rim Of Each Hemisphere Is A Horizon Divided Into Degrees And Minutes
- 2-19 Here Is A Room To Divide The Sun Like An Orange
- 2-20 Sighting Bars Were Placed In The Slots Within The Chamber, But None Remain Now
- 2-21 The Sound Of Insects Here Studs The Night Like A Thousand Fizzing Stars
- 2-22 Access By Observers To Each Engine Is Gained By An Imperfection Which Differs From One To Another
- 2-23 These Structures Are Made In Receipt Of Starlight
- 2-24 Seven Of The Eight Rings Indicate Signs
- 2-25 Third Memory
- 2-26 Fourth Memory
- 2-27 I Have Observed And Measured For Seven Years
- 2-28 The Heavens Were Spherical
- 2-29 Fifth Memory
- 2-30 There Are Four Of These Arcs, Two In Each Chamber
- 2-31 These Are Instruments Fuelled By Shadow, And Engines Propelled By The Sliding Of The Skies
- 2-32 The Stars Are Ranged Across The Inner Shell Of A Vast Hollow Sphere In Which Hung The Earth
- 2-33 All The Gardens Will Concur. Here Is The Mixed Engine
- 2-34 I Will Build Other Gardens, Other Engines
- 2-35 And The Light Falls On The Circular Arcs
- 2-36 Beneath This Circle Is An Arc Of Masonry Steps For The Convenience Of Observes
- 2-37 Threads Can Be Pegged To The Centre Of Each Quadrant And Semicircle To Enable Observation
- 2-38 Here Is A Huge Vertical Right-Angled Triangle Made Of Stone
- 2-39 These Arcs Are Also Accessible By Numerous Flights Of Stairs
- 2-40 We Are Closer To The Sun Now
- 2-41 On The West Face Is Described A Semicircle Of Nineteen-Feet, Ten-Inch Radius
- 2-42 Into This Chamber No Ray Of Light Can Find Its Way Except Through Two Small Squares High In The Sout
- 2-43 The Movement Of The Engines Produces A Scent
- 2-44 Sixth Memory
- 2-45 Pointing Towards The Pole An Iron Pin Is Fixed At Right Angles To The Centre Of A Dial
- 2-46 Some Of The Calibrations Are Now Submerged Beneath The Ground And Cannot Be Read
- 2-47 This Room Is A Lidless Drum
- 2-48 Seventh Memory
- 2-49 Near The Bottom Of The Wall Facing The South Side Of The Eastern Hemisphere There Is A Hole
- 2-50 There Are Arcs Made Of Marble Which Are Calibrated With Inlaid Lead In Degrees And Minutes
- 2-51 I Have Seen Charts Sent From Portugal But They Are Flawed And Full Of Error