''Superorganism'' is an album by the Mickey Hart Band, a musical group led by former Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart. It was released by 360° Productions on August 13, 2013. On ''Superorganism'', musicians singing and playing instruments such as

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, bass,

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, and various drums combined their music with sounds created using Hart's own brain waves. The brain wave sounds were created by using computers to change electrical impulses from an

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cap into audible frequencies. The lyrics for four of the songs were written by Robert Hunter, who wrote the words for many Grateful Dead songs. In the album liner notes, Hart wrote, "A

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is a complex organism composed of many smaller organisms.... A band is a superorganism, so is the universe. For the last few years I have been creating music from the source sounds of the cosmos and now the body. These sounds are noise — harsh, strange — and it is only after dancing with their essence face to face that music can be created."

Track listing

#"Falling Stars" ( Mickey Hart, Ben Yonas,

Crystal Monee Hall Crystal Monee Hall is an American singer, vocal arranger, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Born and raised in Richmond, Virginia, Crystal holds a master's degree in Education from the University of Virginia's Curry School of Education as ...

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, Robert Hunter) – 6:01 #"The Sermon" (Hart, Yonas, Schools, Andre Pessis, Hunter) – 4:42 #"Chabadas" (Hart, Yonas, Hall, Schools, Pessis,

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, Hunter) – 6:16 #"Don't Let Your God Down" (Hart, Yonas, Hall, Pessis, Cliff Goldmacher,

Giovanni Hidalgo Giovanni Hidalgo a.k.a. "Mañenguito" (born November 22, 1963) is a Latin jazz percussionist. Early years Hidalgo was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where he received his primary education. His grandfather was a musician, and his father, José ...

, Hussain, Reya Hart) – 6:14 #"I Want It Back" (Hart, Yonas, Pessis, Hidalgo, Hussain) – 8:15 #"Aliromba O Saro" (Hart, Yonas, Jonah Sharp, Pessis, Hussain, Hunter) – 5:55 #"Rage On" (Hart, Yonas, Hall, Schools, Hidalgo) – 5:44 #"Mind Your Head" (Hart, Yonas, Hall, Sharp,

Sikiru Adepoju Sikiru Adepoju (born 10 November 1950) is a Nigerian percussionist and recording artist, primarily in the genres of traditional African music and world music. He plays a variety of instruments and styles. Background A master of the talking d ...

, Hidalgo, Hussain) – 5:57 #"Bully Boy" (Hart, Yonas, Hall, Schools, Hidalgo) – 4:38 #"Ghost Rider" (Hart, Yonas, Hall, Sharp, Adepoju, Hidalgo) – 6:48

Personnel

Musicians

* Mickey Hart – drums,

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brain waves Neural oscillations, or brainwaves, are rhythmic or repetitive patterns of neural activity in the central nervous system. Neural tissue can generate oscillation, oscillatory activity in many ways, driven either by mechanisms within individual ne ...

– percussion * Joe Bagale –

, vocals *

– vocals * Ian "Inkx" Herman – drums *

– percussion *

– percussion * Chris Kelley – vocals * Steve Kimock – guitar * Gawain Mathews – guitar *

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– bass *

– bass * Jonah Sharp – keyboards * Greg Shutte – drums * Adam Theis – bass *African Showboyz – additional percussion

Production

*Produced by Mickey Hart, Ben Yonas *Recording engineer: Ben Yonas *Assistant engineers: Alex McGraw, Noa Yonas *Additional engineering: John Paul McClean *Mastering: Brad Blackwood *Musicology consultant: Fredric Lieberman *Graphic design: Malea Clark-Nicholson *Lettering: Roxanne Smith *Photography: John Werner

References

{{Authority control Mickey Hart albums 2013 albums Albums produced by Mickey Hart