Mei is the fifth full-length studio album by the American rock band Echolyn

Echolyn

Echolyn is an American progressive rock band based in eastern Pennsylvania.- Origins and first phase :Echolyn was formed in 1989 when guitarist Brett Kull and drummer Paul Ramsey, members of a recently split cover band called Narcissus, joined with keyboardist Chris Buzby to form a new band to...

, released in 2002.

Unlike its precursor Cowboy Poems Free (2000), mei is a typical progressive (symphonic) rock album in that it consists of few, longer, songs with many instrumental sections and complex structures instead of the normal song structure, including verse, chorus etc.

Track listing

1. "mei" (49:33)

i. hope (3:58)

ii. absence (4:22)

iii. interlude: abandoned (0:21)

iv. open road (3:14)

v. all that's golden (4:05)

vi. whispers (6:59)

vii. pride, part i (2:08)

viii. pride, part ii (2:54)

ix. infernal scratch (6:18)

x. hope renewed (2:50)

xi. shadows (4:49)

xii. love remains (1:33)

xiii. recovery overture (3:52)

xiv. bound for home (2:11)

(Sub-indexing unofficially blessed by the band. Please note that no official releases of "mei" are sub-indexed.)

Personnel

• Christopher Buzby – keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
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   and backing vocals
• Brett Kull
  Brett Kull
  Brett Kull is an American rock and pop multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, composer and record producer, best known for his work with the progressive rock group Echolyn.-Solo works:-Echolyn:...
  
   – guitars, lead & backing vocals
• Paul Ramsey – drums
  Drum kit
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   and percussion
• Ray Weston – bass
  Electric Bass
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  , lead and backing vocals

• Sarah Green – flute
  Flute
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• Jian Shen – clarinet
  Clarinet
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• Emily Botel-Barnard – violin
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• Jarnosh Armer – violin 2
• Jonathan Atkins – cello
  Cello
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• Eric Huber – vibraphone
  Vibraphone
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  , marimba
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  , timpani
  Timpani
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   and tambourine
  Tambourine
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• Jordan Perlson – percussion

Jersey Tomato

In 2003 Echolyn released an official bootleg recording titled Jersey Tomato vol. 2 (live at the Metlar Bodine Museum) where mei is included as the ninth and last track. It takes up the whole second disc and the length of the track is just over 50 minutes. The song, and the rest of the album, is available for download on the band's website.

External links

• Listen and Download The Jersey Tomato Version of Mei