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Michael Manring : The Book of Flame
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Jazz Fusion/Electronica/Radical Bass Player
Genre: Jazz: Jazz Fusion
Release Date: 1998
The Book of Flame
Michael Manring
Record Label: Alchemy Records
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1. The Fire Sermon 3:43 + MP3 $0.99
2. Adult Content/Brief Nudity 3:55 + MP3 $0.99
3. The Book of Lies 4:45 + MP3 $0.99
4. La Sagrada Familia 4:31 + MP3 $0.99
5. Theseus in the Rains 4:18 + MP3 $0.99
6. No Wontons for Elvis 4:07 + MP3 $0.99
7. Your Ad Here 5:50 + MP3 $0.99
8. Ephemeris 1:44 + MP3 $0.99
9. The Adamski Photographs 5:19 + MP3 $0.99
10. Dromedary 4:14 + MP3 $0.99
11. The Book of Living and Dying 3:27 + MP3 $0.99
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Album Notes

"The Book of Flame brings together the thorny mathematics of Michael Manring's tuning theories with his wide-ranging artistic vision, the unalloyed metal aggression of Thonk with the melodic and textural sensibilities of Drastic Measures, the icy austerity of electronica and the sensuality of Afro-Asian modes and rhythms. The resulting construction could collapse under its own weight if not for Michael's maturing compositional sense and his always-lurking sense of humor."
Bass Player Magazine

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REVIEWS

author: Ilmars
                            
Beautiful compositions, melody and tone of bass! No comments! Just great music! :)
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Book of Flame
author: Forrest Lamm
                            
It's the Manthing. What else can you say?
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Progressive Bass
author: Paul Carr
                            
Michael Manring always pushes the boundaries of what a bass can do and this is no exception. Using sounds, tuning and basses you are unlikely to hear elsewhere, this album offers a different feel to his other albums showing that music and the bass guitar can progress and offer something new.
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Another masterpiece
author: Prasiddha
                            
Once again, Michael Manring has come out with a masterpiece bass album. From the crunching intro to The Fire Sermon, all the way to The Book Of Living And Dying, the album is pure perfection. This album is slightly darker than Thonk. Although the humor is still there, I find this album to be more 'dark ambient' than the outgoing Thonk.
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