''Kenotic'' is the debut studio album by American

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band

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. It was released in March 2005 by

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. Reception of the record was generally positive, and cemented their musical reputation before their EP ''

Stranded Under Endless Sky ''Stranded Under Endless Sky'' is the first extended play by American ambient band Hammock. A follow-up to the band's first studio album, ''Kenotic'', ''Stranded Under Endless Sky'' was released on compact disc through the band's own label, Hammock ...

'' was released later that year. In December 2005, American

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''Somewhere Cold'' ranked ''Kenotic'' No. 5 on their ''2005 Somewhere Cold Awards Hall of Fame'' list."Through a Glass Darkly", "Winter Light", and "The Silence" were all based on

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movie titles. The track "You May Emerge From This More Dead Than Alive" came from the dialog of ''

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''. On September 5, 2015, Hammock announced through their

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page that a deluxe remastered version of the album would be released to mark its 10-year anniversary.

Track listing

CD edition

Personnel

Marc Byrd Carey Marcus "Marc" Byrd (born 1970) is an American musician, writer, and producer best known as one-half of the post-rock/ ambient duo Hammock with Andrew Thompson. Since its formation in 2005, Hammock has released ten full-length albums and fi ...

–

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* Andrew Thompson – guitar

External links

Last.fm

References

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