THE SHAMEN – AXIS MUTATIS / ARBOR BONA ARBOR MALA 4LP – Nr MINT 1995 UK ELECTRONICA HOUSE AMBIENT

The Shamen – Axis Mutatis / Arbor Bona Arbor Mala
(One Little Indian Records  1995   TPLP52L)
Matrix No’s: A1/B1/C1/D1/A1/B1/C1/D1 – UK Pressing

Sleeve in Excellent+ condition
– some wear to edges/corners and a little ringwear rubbing top & bottom
Inner Sleeves in Nr MINT condition

Four Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some light surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality)

The Shamen were a British psychedelic band, formed in 1985 in Aberdeen, Scotland, who became a chart-topping electronic dance music act on the UK Singles Chart by the early 1990s. The founding members were Colin Angus, Derek McKenzie and Keith McKenzie. Peter Stephenson joined shortly after to take over on keyboards from Angus. Several other people were later in the band. Angus then teamed up with Will Sinnott, and together they found credibility as pioneers of rock/dance crossover. When rapper Mr. C joined, the band moved on to international commercial success with “Ebeneezer Goode” and their 1992 Boss Drum album.

Axis Mutatis is an album by the electronic dance music group The Shamen which was released in 1995. The album did not receive as much positive feedback as their previous album, Boss Drum, nor was it as popular, but Axis Mutatis still remained a fairly successful release, with the band eventually releasing four music videos for it. A Deep Dish remix of “Transamazonia” appeared on the WipEout soundtrack.

The initial release of Axis Mutatis contained an additional instrumental album, Arbor Bona Arbor Mala.

1. “Destination Eschaton” – 3:55
2. “Transamazonia” – 3:52
3. “Conquistador” – 3:58
4. “MK2A (Dedicated to Nation of Hawaii)” – 4:05
5. “Neptune” – 4:16
6. “Prince of Popocatapetl” – 6:01
7. “Heal (The Separation)” – 3:55
8. “Persephone’s Quest” – 5:05
9. “Moment” – 4:00
10. “Axis Mundi” – 7:04
    a. “Tellos”
    b. “Xibalba”
    c. “Nemeton”
    d. “Eternal Return”
11. “Eschaton Omega (Deep Melodic Techno Mix)” – 3:37
12. “Agua Azul – 11:23
13. “S2 Translation” – 3:31

1. Asymptotic Eschaton – 0:48
2. Sefirotic Axis – 6:52
3. Entraterrestrial – 9:38
4. Demeter – 4:28
5. Beneath the Underworld – 3:34
6. Xochipili’s Return – 8:28
7. Rio Negro – 3:16
8. Above the Otherworld – 1:21
9. A Moment in Dub – 9:20
10. Pizarro in Paradise – 6:02
11. West of the Underworld – 10:14
12. Anticipation Eschaton (Be Ready for the Storm) – 4:43
13. Out in the Styx – 3:08