Past Is Prologue (album)

Past Is Prologue is the debut studio album by the American ambient music project Tycho. It was originally released under the title Sunrise Projector in 2004, before being re-released by Merck Records in 2006 (and 2007 as an EP sampler), and reissued by Ghostly International in 2010. The album title is a reference to a famous line from Shakespeare's The Tempest.

Past Is Prologue
Studio album by Tycho
Released	September 24, 2004 (2004-09-24) (Sunrise Projector) October 25, 2006 (2006-10-25) (Past Is Prologue) January 23, 2007 (2007-01-23) (EP) June 1, 2010 (2010-06-01) (Reissue)
Genre	Downtempo
Length	63:22
Label	Gammaphone (Sunrise Projector) Merck (Past Is Prologue & EP) Ghostly (Reissue)
Tycho chronology
Sunrise Projector (2004) Past Is Prologue (2006) Dive (2011)

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Track listing

Sunrise Projector (2004 original)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Sunrise Projector"	3:03
2.	"Dictaphone's Lament"	5:09
3.	"PBS / KAE"	4:39
4.	"Phoenix Cylinder"	1:26
5.	"Overlook"	5:42
6.	"Lapse"	5:20
7.	"Send and Receive"	4:46
8.	"Past Is Prologue"	5:47
9.	"You Should Be More Like Your Brother"	1:43
10.	"A Circular Reeducation"	5:18
11.	"Cloud Generator"	4:19
12.	"Sunrise Calendar"	3:09
13.	"Send and Receive" (Chachi Jones Remix)	5:56
Total length:		56:17

Past Is Prologue (2006 re-release)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"From Home"	6:31
2.	"Sunrise Projector"	3:04
3.	"Dictaphone's Lament"	5:10
4.	"PBS"	4:40
5.	"Send and Receive"	4:53
6.	"Brother"	1:42
7.	"A Circular Reeducation"	5:26
8.	"Past Is Prologue"	5:50
9.	"Cloud Generator"	4:21
10.	"The Disconnect"	6:11
11.	"A Circular Reeducation" (Dusty Brown Remix)	5:42
12.	"Send and Receive" (Chachi Jones Remix)	5:57
13.	"Sunrise Projector" (Nautilis Remix)	3:55
Total length:		63:22

Past Is Prologue (Sampler) (2007 EP)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"From Home"	6:30
2.	"The Disconnect"	6:13
3.	"PBS"	4:41
4.	"A Circular Reeducation" (Dusty Brown Remix)	5:26
5.	"Sunrise Projector" (Nautilis Remix)	3:55
Total length:		26:45

Past Is Prologue (2010 reissue)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"From Home"	6:31
2.	"Sunrise Projector"	3:04
3.	"Dictaphone's Lament"	5:10
4.	"PBS"	4:40
5.	"Send and Receive"	4:53
6.	"Brother"	1:42
7.	"A Circular Reeducation"	5:26
8.	"Past Is Prologue"	5:50
9.	"Cloud Generator"	4:21
10.	"The Disconnect"	6:11
11.	"Cascade"	3:58
12.	"Phoenix"	1:26
13.	"Send and Receive" (Chachi Jones Remix)	5:42
14.	"Sunrise Projector" (Nautilis Remix)	5:57
15.	"From Home" (Mux Mool Remix)	3:55
16.	"A Circular Reeducation" (Dusty Brown Remix)	3:59
Total length:		72:45

External links

• Sunrise Projector at MusicBrainz
• Past Is Prologue at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
• Past Is Prologue (Sampler) at Discogs (list of releases)