''Bermuda Triangle'' is the eighth studio album by
Buckethead
Brian Patrick Carroll (born May 13, 1969), known professionally as Buckethead, is an American guitarist, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He has received critical acclaim for his innovative electric guitar playing. His music spans severa ...
. The album is primarily an
electronica-based collaboration with
Extrakd, who also produced and mixed the album.
The album has been described as an "instrumental underground hip-hop/electro-funk fantasia" and "snippets of blazing metal, washes of delayed patterns, relaxed lines matched with stuttering drums, and vice versa", dealing with several
Bermuda Triangle incidents and other
sea/
sailor
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The profession of the s ...
related themes.
The album was recorded on a portable
multi-track recorder.
Track listing
*All tracks written by Buckethead and Extrakd.
Notes
* "Mausoleum Door" includes a sample from the 1979 movie ''
Phantasm''.
* "Isle of Dead" includes a sample from the 1975 movie ''
Death Race 2000
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produced by Roger Corman, directed by Paul Bartel, and starring David Carradine. The film takes place in a dystopian American society in the year 2000, where the murderous Transco ...
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* "911" was recorded on September 11, 2001. Buckethead said: "If the world is going to blow up, I may as well go out soloing."
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Personnel
;Performers
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Buckethead
Brian Patrick Carroll (born May 13, 1969), known professionally as Buckethead, is an American guitarist, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He has received critical acclaim for his innovative electric guitar playing. His music spans severa ...
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electric guitar
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,
bass guitar
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(all tracks, except "Sucked Under")
*
Extrakd - MPC 3000 bass, SH101 turntable, Roland SP-808
;Additional Musicians
*Bobafett - bass guitar (on "Sucked Under"), click track (on "Phantom Lights")
*
Brain
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drums,
percussion
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(on "Flight 19")
;Production
*Produced and mixed by Extrakd.
*Recorded at Davey Jones' Locker.
*Graphics by P-Sticks and Flavor Innovator.com.
*Executive producer Pale Ryder/Snow Peas.
;Thank yous
*Extrakd thanks:
**Buckethead, J Free, Brain, D Styles, House, Dr. Ware,
M.I.R.V., Barney, P-Sticks, Bobafett, EDDIE DEF, Catalyst, Gonervill.
*Buckethead thanks:
**My family, Big D, Bill Walton, Brain, Extrakd, P-Sticks, Jon Freeman, Ed Shakey,
Maximum Bob, Dr. Arlo Gordin.
References
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2002 albums
Buckethead albums