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Blue Gene Tyranny's debut album Out of the Blue - newly remastered with original cover art - which was among the first to releases on Lovely Music in 1978 alongside Robert Ashley Private Parts, David Behrman On the Other Ocean, Jon Hassell Vernal Equinox, Meredith Monk Key, and Peter Gordon Star Jaws. Disarmingly direct, funky, and profound, Out of the Blue is an equanimous, wide-open exploration of Tyranny's musical world equal parts song cycle, tone poem, keyboard fantasia, and avant-garde pop record. Recorded and mixed by Tyranny at Mills College, this album emerged following the legendary 1976 Trust in Rock concerts, where Tyranny and collaborator Peter Gordon presented New Music for rock band. InchNext Time Might Be Your TimeInch and InchFor David K.Inch were co-produced by Gordon, and also feature Mills's Maggi Payne on flute as well as Oingo Boingo's Steve Bartek on guitar; InchLeading a Double LifeInch is sung by Lynne Morrow and Jane Sharp, accompanied by Tyranny on piano and polyMoog synthesizer; InchA Letter from HomeInch is a half-hour electro-acoustic narrative meditation on Inchthe Doppler effect as a metaphor for the development of consciousness.Inch Out of the Blue lives up to it's name it is both surprising and familiar, revealing for the first time something that was always already there. Album Tracks 1. Next Time Might Be Your Time 2. For David K 3. Leading a Double Life 4. A Letter from Home
