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Phish: The Siket Disc

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Label: Elektra Records
Released: 2000.11.07
Time:
 35:12
Category: Alternative Rock
Producer(s): Phish, John Siket
Rating:
Media type: CD
Web address: www.phish.com
Appears with: Trey Anastasio
Purchase date: 2012
Price in €: 1,00





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[1] My Left Toe (Anastasio) - 4:47
[2] The Name is Slick (Anastasio) - 3:59
[3] What's the Use? (Anastasio) - 11:19
[4] Fish Bass (Fishman) - 1:11
[5] Quadrophonic Toppling (Gordon) - 1:58
[6] The Happy Whip and Dung Song (Anastasio) - 5:29
[7] Insects (Anastasio) - 3:11
[8] Title Track (McConnell) - 1:00
[9] Albert (Anastasio) - 2:18

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Trey Anastasio - Guitars
Page McConnell - Keyboards, Editing, Mastering
Mike Gordon - Bass Guitar
Jon Fishman - Drums

John Siket - Engineer, Mixing, Producer
Brad Sands - Assistant Producer
Kevin Shapiro - Assistant Producer
Jason Colton - Assistant Producer
John Billingsley - Editing
Chas Eller - Editing
Chris Laidlaw - Assistant Engineer
Bob Ludwig - Mastering
Sofi Dillof  - Photography
Brett Hughes - Design

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Recorded in March 11-15 and September 29-October 2, 1997, Bearsville Studios, Woodstock, New York.



Phish's The Siket Disc, named for engineer and mixer John Siket, contains improvisations performed by the group in the late winter and early fall of 1997 at sessions for its album The Story of the Ghost. Originally available only by mail order from the band, it was given a retail release by Elektra shortly after Phish announced that it was going on an indefinite hiatus in the fall of 2000. The release was some indication that the band and its record label would endeavor to keep the pipeline filled during Phish's absence, however long that might be. But as an addition to the group's catalog, it was slight. Theoretically, a band like Phish finds its greatest moments of inspiration in the formless, spontaneous interplay between the players, but that interplay is also conditioned by the song, and even the overall concert or album, in which it is contained. On their own, these nine examples of Phish's improvisatory style don't sound like much, though they range from guitar solos to ambient sounds. For fans, who can provide the context for themselves, that's fine; but a more general audience is likely to find itself wondering when the tracks are going to coalesce into something, which of course they never do.

William Ruhlmann - All Music Guide



Phish, the band who has sold millions of albums, the biggest touring band in the country, the band whose every concert is an event, releases The Siket Disc, a collection of recordings from the Story of The Ghost sessions - until now a mailorder item available exclusively through their website. The Siket Disc combines the free-form bliss of their live show with the studio skill of their albums.

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The Siket Disc is a 1999/2000 release from the American band Phish. (It was released in 1999 through the Phish web site and mailordering system, but did not reach stores until November 7, 2000, from Elektra Records.)

The Siket Disc emerged from material developed during the Bearsville Studio sessions for Phish's 1998 album The Story of the Ghost. Not exactly outtakes or unfinished songs, The Siket Disc's compositions are actually select excerpts from the long-form improvisation of the "Ghost Sessions". Phish keyboard player Page McConnell edited and mastered the selections into this compilation, named for engineer John Siket.

The material on The Siket Disc is defined by an almost ambient, post-rock sound that is distinct from the band's major studio albums. The album is almost completely instrumental, but contains a few instances of vocalization. "Quadrophonic Toppling", for instance, includes a triggered sample of bass guitarist Mike Gordon repeating the song's title.

Only the compositions "My Left Toe" and "What's the Use?" have been notably incorporated into the band's live shows on a somewhat regular basis. (However, "Quadrophonic Toppling" and "The Happy Whip and Dung Song" have each made at least one live appearance).

Gordon has indicated that The Siket Disc became a fixture in the band's late night tour bus music rotation in the early 2000s (decade), saying that "It fit the vibe perfectly ... It's one of the only instances I can remember when we regularly played our own music."

In February 2009, this album was made available as a download in FLAC and MP3 formats at LivePhish.com.

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