Hypnosonics - Drums Were Beating: Fort Apache Studios 1996Vinyl LP pressing. Prior to founding the band Morphine, Mark Sandman launched Hypnosonics, built around a stripped down drum kit with no toms and a piece of plywood in place of cymbals, played by Jay Hilt. With funk in it's heart, Hypnosonics was originally a five piece with Sandman on guitar and organ, Tom Halter and Russ Gershon of the Either Orchestra on trumpet and sax, and Mike Rivard, who later founded Club d'Elf, on bass. After Morphine took

they released their one and only 45 on Catamount Records

" "My Favorite Mistake

The majority of the cantatas in this recording are centred on Christ's Passion and Resurrection

Luke takes a "melodic techno" approach

Martin Turner was a founding original member of Wishbone Ash and lead vocalist

Alex Becerra is very much doing his own thing

Told in three subtly related segments

- who not only sings all vocals

Too Slow to Disco

Georg made a will in which he bequeathed his entire estate to his wife

but the clarinet replaces the singer with a similarly expressive and beautiful result

One coin toss in a fountain-and bump on the noggin-later