Elliott Sharp - Spectropia Suite (Original Soundtrack) [Remastered] (2023)

Composed and produced by Elliott Sharp

Spectropia is both a full-length feature film and an interactive media event set in a possible England in 2099, and in New York City in 1931 after the stock market crash. Directed by Toni Dove, it tells a story of time travel and supernatural possession to explore the disorders brought on by consumer culture.

For the score, Sharp created two different noir soundworlds: for the future, one of distressed computers and tortured guitars: for New York 1931, one based on an imagined meeting of the musics of Duke Ellington and Edgar Varese. The song "This Time That Place" appears in various versions heard throughout the film: as a tango, as a feedbacked guitar solo, as a swing tune, a classical piano etude, and as a rock ballad sung by the great Debbie Harry of Blondie. To perform Spectropia Suite, E# assembled an ensemble of old friends and colleagues, The '31 Band, all of whom have extensive experience in many realms of music. All have worked with Sharp on many projects, from the various Western traditions of jazz and classical music to the farthest reaches of contemporary music, free jazz, and improvisation.

Tracklist:
1.01 - Elliott Sharp - Spectropia Suite Overture (2:50)
1.02 - Elliott Sharp - Folding (4:30)
1.03 - Elliott Sharp - Now and Then (2:01)
1.04 - Elliott Sharp - Records Room (1:17)
1.05 - Elliott Sharp - What Is When? (3:41)
1.06 - Elliott Sharp - Crossed Lines (0:28)
1.07 - Elliott Sharp - This Time That Place (feat. Debbie Harry) (3:36)
1.08 - Elliott Sharp - Somewhen (2:41)
1.09 - Elliott Sharp - Then Again (1:38)
1.10 - Elliott Sharp - Ostinato & Decay (3:06)
1.11 - Elliott Sharp - Place & Time (2:28)
1.12 - Elliott Sharp - Stairway to When (3:36)
1.13 - Elliott Sharp - Sally Random (3:04)
1.14 - Elliott Sharp - Spectronia (1:34)
1.15 - Elliott Sharp - Unfolding (1:55)
1.16 - Elliott Sharp - XYZ Theme (1:37)
1.17 - Elliott Sharp - Regulator (3:41)
1.18 - Elliott Sharp - Bubbleburst (4:29)
1.19 - Elliott Sharp - This Place That Time (2:29)
1.20 - Elliott Sharp - Crashing (3:02)
1.21 - Elliott Sharp - Mutanic (0:55)
1.22 - Elliott Sharp - Chaos Ball (2:18)