Bermuda Triangle is the eighth studio album by Buckethead. The album is primarily an electronica-based collaboration with Extrakd, who also produced and mixed the album.[3]

Bermuda Triangle
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 23, 2002
GenreHip hop, funk, ambient, electronic rock, avant-garde music
Length49:32
LabelCatalyst
ProducerExtrakd
Buckethead chronology
Funnel Weaver
(2002)
Bermuda Triangle
(2002)
Electric Tears
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
Blender [2]

The album has been described as an "instrumental underground hip-hop/electro-funk fantasia"[4] and "snippets of blazing metal, washes of delayed patterns, relaxed lines matched with stuttering drums, and vice versa",[5] dealing with several Bermuda Triangle incidents and other sea/sailor related themes.

The album was recorded on a portable multi-track recorder.[6]

Track listing edit

  • All tracks written by Buckethead and Extrakd.
No.TitleLength
1."Intro"0:34
2."Davy Jones Locker"0:56
3."Flight 19"1:48
4."Mausoleum Door"3:29
5."Sea of Expanding Shapes"4:24
6."The Triangle (Part I): Extrakd"1:16
7."Bionic Fog"2:01
8."Forbidden Zone"2:15
9."Telegraph Land of the Crispies"1:53
10."Pullin' the Heavy"2:55
11."Phantom Lights"2:38
12."Jabbar on Alcatrazz Avenue"3:18
13."BEESTRO Fowler"3:01
14."Splintered Triplet[7]"2:36
15."Whatevas"2:15
16."Sucked Under"4:22
17."Isle of Dead"3:14
18."The Triangle (Part II)"3:19
19."911 [8]"3:18
Total length:49:32

Notes edit

  • "Mausoleum Door" includes a sample from the 1979 movie Phantasm.
  • "Isle of Dead" includes a sample from the 1975 movie Death Race 2000.
  • "911" was recorded on September 11, 2001. Buckethead said: "If the world is going to blow up, I may as well go out soloing."[9]

Personnel edit

Performers
Additional Musicians
  • Bobafett - bass guitar (on "Sucked Under"), click track (on "Phantom Lights")
  • Brain - drums, percussion (on "Flight 19")
Production
  • Produced and mixed by Extrakd.
  • Recorded at Davey Jones' Locker.
  • Graphics by P-Sticks and Flavor Innovator.com.
  • Executive producer Pale Ryder/Snow Peas.
Thank yous
  • Extrakd thanks:
    • Buckethead, J Free, Brain, D Styles, House, Dr. Ware, M.I.R.V., Barney, P-Sticks, Bobafett, EDDIE DEF, Catalyst, Gonervill.
  • Buckethead thanks:
    • My family, Big D, Bill Walton, Brain, Extrakd, P-Sticks, Jon Freeman, Ed Shakey, Maximum Bob, Dr. Arlo Gordin.

References edit

  1. ^ Semioli, Tom. "Bermuda Triangle - Buckethead". AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-11-10.
  2. ^ "Buckethead : Bermuda Triangle Review on Blender :: The Ultimate Guide to Music and More". www.blender.com. Archived from the original on 24 June 2007. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  3. ^ Matthew Moyer. "Ink 19 music review, March 2003". Ink19.com. Archived from the original on 2012-02-13. Retrieved 2011-11-10.
  4. ^ "Guns N' Roses' Buckethead To Issue Solo CD - Sep. 4, 2002". Roadrunnerrecords.com. Archived from the original on 2006-04-27. Retrieved 2011-11-10.
  5. ^ "Buckethead". Lollipop.com. Archived from the original on 2011-09-26. Retrieved 2011-11-10.
  6. ^ "Guitar Nine Records - In Review". Guitar9.com. Retrieved 2011-11-10.
  7. ^ or "Splintered Trumpet"
  8. ^ "What Buckethead did September 11th 2001 - YouTube". YouTube.
  9. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "What Buckethead did September 11th 2001". YouTube.