Invisible Map

Invisible Map is the twelfth studio album by experimental music ensemble Biota, released on June 5, 2001 by ReR Megacorp.

Invisible Map
Studio album by Biota
Released	June 5, 2001
Recorded	Spring 1996 – Summer 2000
Studio	Dys Studios (Bellvue, CO)
Genre	Avant-prog, Experimental music
Length	76:08
Label	ReR
Producer	Biota
Biota chronology
Object Holder (1995) Invisible Map (2001) Half a True Day (2007)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Reception

AllMusic.com states, "With its wide range covering delicate post-folkish pop songs to ambient soundscapes, Invisible Map may be the collective's most accomplished and accessible release to date. All music styles (folk, jazz, blues, rock, musique concrète, free improv, etc.) coalesce to be filtered through the dreamer's ears — background vocals are slightly treated, soloing instruments are heard from a distance, rhythm tracks are deliberately just a bit out of sync. This way, the simple tunes never really come into focus, giving the whole album an aura of mystery."[2]

Track listing

All music is composed by Biota.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Moment"	0:44
2.	"The Rapid Color"	3:46
3.	"Port"	2:59
4.	"Call"	2:36
5.	"Landless"	2:39
6.	"Air on Water"	0:29
7.	"Mineral"	3:19
8.	"Common Broom"	2:12
9.	"Birthday"	3:29
10.	"Dustman"	0:52
11.	"Sleeping Car"	2:25
12.	"Snake Out"	3:21
13.	"Occurrence"	1:36
14.	"Top Ray Done"	1:58
15.	"Glass Lizard"	2:08
16.	"Telegraph Plant"	0:56
17.	"Spoonbender's Visit"	0:54
18.	"Remodel a Whisper"	0:32
19.	"Measured Not Found"	3:22
20.	"The Slow Forest"	4:30
21.	"Canopy"	0:46
22.	"Red's Big Day"	1:32
23.	"Lampblack"	1:33
24.	"There Is Probably Something"	0:37
25.	"Worry Hill"	1:28
26.	"Olive Drab Marionette"	1:15
27.	"Invisible Gap"	1:19
28.	"Yarn"	3:18
29.	"Words Disappear"	1:22
30.	"Ballad Of"	2:05
31.	"Soil & Token"	1:37
32.	"Glazed Paper"	3:21
33.	"Paste"	3:08
34.	"Truth Table"	0:56
35.	"Dual"	3:23
36.	"Flicker"	2:38
37.	"Presto the Human"	1:03

Personnel

Adapted from the Invisible Map liner notes.[3]

Biota James Gardner – Rhodes piano, flugelhorn, trumpet, flute, Irish tin whistle, percussion Geneviève Heistek – lead vocals, backing vocals, violin Tom Katsimpalis – guitar, bass guitar, mandolin, balalaika, clavioline, pump organ, ocarina, backing vocals Steve Scholbe – bass clarinet, alto saxophone, clarinet, guitar, bass guitar, zither, rubab, Hawaiian tremoloa, hurdy-gurdy, Marxophone William Sharp – tape, hurdy-gurdy, engineering, mixing C.W. Vrtacek – piano Gordon H. Whitlow – accordion, Rhodes piano, Estey pump organ, clavioline, backing vocals Larry Wilson – drums, bongos, congas, Madal, percussion Randy Yeates – keyboards

Additional musicians Andy Kredt – guitar (2, 35, 36) Mark Piersel – guitar (6, 21, 22, 24) Production and additional personnel Biota – production, mixing, arrangements Randy Miotke – engineering

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	2001	ReR	CD	RēRBCD4

References

1. Couture, François. "Biota: Invisible Map > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved October 12, 2016.
2. Couture, François. "review of Invisible Map CD". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 2013-11-01.
3. Invisible Map (booklet). Biota. Surrey, UK: ReR Megacorp. 2001.CS1 maint: others (link)

External links

• Invisible Map at Discogs (list of releases)