Tumble (album)

Tumble

Studio album by Biota

Released

1989

Recorded

Autumn 1988 – Spring 1989

Studio

Dys Studios
(Fort Collins, CO)

Length

73:50

Tom Katsimpalis, Mark Piersel, Steve Scholbe, William Sharp, Gordon H. Whitlow, Larry Wilson, Randy Yeates

Biota chronology

Awry
(1988)

Tumble
(1989)

Almost Never
(1992)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Tumble is the ninth studio album by the free improvisation ensemble Biota, released in 1989 by ReR Megacorp.^[2]

Track listing

All music composed by Biota, except "Shadows Appear to Do" by Deborah Fuller and "...Buffalo Come Back" by C.W. Vrtacek.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"New Lookout"	2:58
2.	"One Eye Open"	3:17
3.	"Things Seem Like Just Happen"	5:16
4.	"Wire Talker"	6:32
5.	"Shadows Appear to Do"	7:05
6.	"Picture by Accident"	7:21
7.	"House of Suitcase"	4:58
8.	"Finder"	1:22
9.	"...Buffalo Come Back"	5:44
10.	"Operator for Cataract"	6:39
11.	"When They Know"	5:55
12.	"The Less Said"	7:14
13.	"blank track"	0:14
14.	"Ghost Shirt"	9:15

Personnel

Adapted from the Tumble liner notes.^[3]

Biota

Tom Katsimpalis – organ, guitar, bass guitar, banjo, harmonica, flute, cover art, design
Mark Piersel – trumpet, guitar, bass guitar, banjo, sheng, psaltery, ukulele, recorder, balafon, organ, tape, engineering
Steve Scholbe – alto saxophone, bass clarinet, flute, guitar, organ, autoharp, bells
William Sharp – tape, engineering, design
Gordon H. Whitlow – bass guitar, guitar, piano, organ, accordion, engineering
Larry Wilson – drums, bongos, bodhrán, bells
Randy Yeates – concertina

Additional musicians

Deborah Fuller – violin (5)
C.W. Vrtacek – piano and ukulele (9)

Production and additional personnel

Biota – production, mixing, arrangements
Mark Derbyshire – engineering
Dick Kezlan – photography
Richard Pena – engineering
Bill Tindall – engineering

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	1989	ReR	CD	RēRBCD

References

↑ Deupree, Caleb. "Biota: Tumble > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved October 10, 2016.
↑ Colli, Beppe (March 8, 2005). "An Interview With Bill Sharp/Biota (1994)". CloudsandClocks.net. Retrieved October 10, 2016.
↑ Tumble (booklet). Biota. Surrey, UK: ReR Megacorp. 1989.

External links

Tumble at Discogs (list of releases)

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