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| Name = Kaleidoscalp
| name = Kaleidoscalp
| Type = studio
| type = studio
| Artist = [[Buckethead]]
| artist = [[Buckethead]]
| Cover = Kaleidoscalp.jpg|225px
| cover = Kaleidoscalp.jpg
| Released = November 22, 2005
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| released = November 22, 2005
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| Recorded =
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| Genre = [[Heavy metal music|Heavy metal]], [[experimental rock]], [[avant-garde metal]]
| Length = 53:31
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| studio =
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| Label = [[Tzadik Records|Tzadik]]
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| genre = [[Experimental metal]], [[industrial metal]], [[alternative metal]]
| Producer = [[Dan Monti]] and Albert
| length = 53:31
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| Last album = ''[[Enter the Chicken]]''<br />(2005)
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| label = [[Tzadik Records|Tzadik]]
| This album = ''Kaleidoscalp''<br />(2005)
| Next album = ''[[Inbred Mountain]]'' <br />(2005)
| producer = [[Dan Monti]] and Albert
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| prev_title = [[Enter the Chicken]]
| prev_year = 2005
| next_title = Inbred Mountain
| next_year = 2005
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| rev2 = ''Wilson & Alroy''
| rev2Score = {{Rating|1.5|5}} <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.warr.org/buckethead.html#Kaleidoscalp |title=Buckethead and Praxis |publisher=Warr.org |date= |accessdate=2011-06-15}}</ref>
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'''''Kaleidoscalp''''' is the fifteenth studio album by [[avant-garde]] guitarist [[Buckethead]]. Some of the songs on the album use instruments and effects that have been [[circuit bending|circuit bent]] to create sounds quite unlike anything previously heard on Buckethead albums.
'''''Kaleidoscalp''''' is the fifteenth studio album by [[avant-garde]] guitarist [[Buckethead]]. The album is notable for its use of [[circuit bending|circuit bent]] instruments and effects, creating an overall sound that is both bizarre and unique.


Released on [[John Zorn]]'s [[Tzadik Records|Tzadik]] label, the album features Zorn as executive producer. The album features the song "The Android of Notre Dame" which is a tribute to [[Pantera]]'s guitarist [[Dimebag Darrell]] who was killed during a concert. The song was first called "Dime" (nickname of Darrell) and was released shortly after the incident on his web page without any cost and later released on the album with tracks of circuit-bent instruments added to it. "The Android of Notre Dame" is also a homage to a collection of Japanese gore films called "Guinea Pig", with one of the films being named the same as the song.
Released on [[John Zorn]]'s [[Tzadik Records|Tzadik]] label, the album features Zorn as an executive producer. Although a predominantly studio-based release, a number of these songs have been performed live, with Buckethead often improvising and extending over a drum track.

Although very studio-based, a number of these songs have been performed live, where Buckethead improvises and noodles with effects over a drum track.

In January 2009 he released the album ''[[Slaughterhouse on the Prairie]]'', which includes a second part to the song "Rack Maintenance".


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
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===Notes===
===Notes===
*The opening track, ''"Frankenseuss Laboratories"'', samples a part of the Kyrie movement of [[György Ligeti]]'s Requiem.
*"Frankenseuss Laboratories" samples a part of the "Kyrie" movement of [[György Ligeti]]'s Requiem, as well as the opening computer sounds in [[John Carpenter]]'s film ''[[Dark Star (film)|Dark Star]]''. The song's title is also a reference to Bryan Theiss, the artist who designed the artwork for the album and a number of Buckethead's earlier releases.
*A sequel to the song "Rack Maintenance" can be found on the 2009 album ''Slaughterhouse on the Prairie''
*Track 11, ''"The Slunk, The Gutter And The Candlestick Maker"'', uses the same drum track as "[[Island of Lost Minds]]"'s 13th track, ''"Viravax"''.
*"The Slunk, the Gutter and the Candlestick Maker" uses the same drum track as "Viravax", the 12th track on ''Island of Lost Minds''.
*Track 12, ''"The Android of Notre Dame"'', is a tribute song to [[Dimebag Darrell]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?albumid=18798 |title=Buckethead - Kaleidoscalp (album review) |publisher=Sputnikmusic |date=2007-07-20 |accessdate=2011-06-15}}</ref> It also shares its name with the 5th entry in the notorious [[Guinea Pig (film series)|Guinea Pig]] film series.
*"The Android of Notre Dame" is a tribute to [[Pantera]]'s guitarist [[Dimebag Darrell]] who was shot and killed during a concert.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?albumid=18798 |title=Buckethead - Kaleidoscalp (album review) |publisher=Sputnikmusic |date=2007-07-20 |accessdate=2011-06-15}}</ref> The song was first called "Dime" (a popular nickname of Darrell) and was released shortly after the incident on Buckethead's web page without any cost and later released on the album with tracks of circuit-bent instruments added to it. The song takes its name from the fifth installment in the ''[[Guinea Pig (film series)|Guinea Pig]]'' series of Japanese horror films.
*Track 13, ''"She Sells Sea Shells by the Slaughterhouse"'' ends at 2:40 followed by silence until 7:16 at which point an unnamed hidden track begins and leads to the end of the album.
*"She Sells Sea Shells by the Slaughterhouse" ends at 2:40. After 4 minutes and 36 seconds of silence an unnamed hidden track begins and leads to the end of the album.


==Credits==
==Credits==
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*Recorded at the Slaughterhouse
*Recorded at the Slaughterhouse
*Programming and mixing by [[Dan Monti]]
*Programming and mixing by [[Dan Monti]]
*Mastered by [[Scott Hull]]
*Mastered by [[Scott Hull (musician)|Scott Hull]]
*Cover art: [[Bryan Theiss]]
*Cover art: [[Bryan Theiss]]


Thank yous: [[John Zorn|Zorn]], [[Bill Laswell]], [[Frankenseuss]], [[Dell Rey Brewer]], [[Jodorowskys Holy Mountain]], Family, Friends, Slunks and Chickens.
Special thanks to: [[John Zorn|Zorn]], [[Bill Laswell]], [[Frankenseuss]], [[Dan Monti|Del Rey Brewer]], [[Alejandro Jodorowsky|Jodorowsky]]'s [[The Holy Mountain (1973 film)|Holy Mountain]], Family, Friends, Slunks and Chickens.


==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20070309145328/http://www.bucketheadland.com/mp3/01_dime.mp3 Download Dime from Bucketheadland]
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Kaleidoscalp
Studio album by
Buckethead
ReleasedNovember 22, 2005
GenreExperimental metal, industrial metal, alternative metal
Length53:31
LabelTzadik
ProducerDan Monti and Albert
Buckethead chronology
Enter the Chicken
(2005) 		Kaleidoscalp
(2005) 		Inbred Mountain
(2005)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

Kaleidoscalp is the fifteenth studio album by avant-garde guitarist Buckethead. The album is notable for its use of circuit bent instruments and effects, creating an overall sound that is both bizarre and unique.

Released on John Zorn's Tzadik label, the album features Zorn as an executive producer. Although a predominantly studio-based release, a number of these songs have been performed live, with Buckethead often improvising and extending over a drum track.

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Buckethead and Dan Monti

No.TitleLength
1."Frankenseuss Laboratories"4:33
2."Stun Pike and the Jack in the Box Head"4:12
3."Music Box Innards"3:46
4."Breakfast Cyborg"4:22
5."The Bronze Bat"0:38
6."The Last Ride of the Bozomobile"2:03
7."Rack Maintenance"4:35
8."The Sticker on Hallucinogens"1:41
9."Pylon Shift"4:32
10."Citadel"3:29
11."The Slunk, the Gutter and the Candlestick Maker"4:18
12."The Android of Notre Dame"3:39
13."She Sells Sea Shells by the Slaughterhouse"11:43
Total length:53:31

Notes

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  • "Frankenseuss Laboratories" samples a part of the "Kyrie" movement of György Ligeti's Requiem, as well as the opening computer sounds in John Carpenter's film Dark Star. The song's title is also a reference to Bryan Theiss, the artist who designed the artwork for the album and a number of Buckethead's earlier releases.
  • A sequel to the song "Rack Maintenance" can be found on the 2009 album Slaughterhouse on the Prairie
  • "The Slunk, the Gutter and the Candlestick Maker" uses the same drum track as "Viravax", the 12th track on Island of Lost Minds.
  • "The Android of Notre Dame" is a tribute to Pantera's guitarist Dimebag Darrell who was shot and killed during a concert.[2] The song was first called "Dime" (a popular nickname of Darrell) and was released shortly after the incident on Buckethead's web page without any cost and later released on the album with tracks of circuit-bent instruments added to it. The song takes its name from the fifth installment in the Guinea Pig series of Japanese horror films.
  • "She Sells Sea Shells by the Slaughterhouse" ends at 2:40. After 4 minutes and 36 seconds of silence an unnamed hidden track begins and leads to the end of the album.

Credits

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Special thanks to: Zorn, Bill Laswell, Frankenseuss, Del Rey Brewer, Jodorowsky's Holy Mountain, Family, Friends, Slunks and Chickens.

References

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  1. ^ Prato, Greg. "Buckethead - Kaleidoscalp". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Buckethead - Kaleidoscalp (album review)". Sputnikmusic. 2007-07-20. Retrieved 2011-06-15.
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