''Dreamatorium'' is the first album by American guitarist

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, under the

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name Death Cube K. The album explores an abstract,

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-influenced musical style. It was released on May 13, 1994, by

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(sub-label of Bill Laswell's Subharmonic Records) and again in 1995, including a graphics image generator software by Interactive Multimedia Corporation as the first track. The included software is '' fractint'' (version 18.2 for

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), a

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generator software that may be obtained as a standalone download from the fractint website free of charge.

Track listing

Credits

- guitar *

Bill Laswell William Otis Laswell (born February 12, 1955) is an American bass guitarist, record producer, and record label owner. He has been involved in thousands of recordings with many collaborators from all over the world. His music draws from funk, wo ...

- bass *

Robert Musso Robert Musso is a New York City-based guitarist, composer, engineer, and producer. He is the founder of the independent record label MuWorks as well as the record label - MussoMusic.com. Over the course of a 40 - year career, Musso has produced, mix ...

- Engineering (with: Layng Martine) *John Matarazzo - Realization *Robert Soares - A&R Coordination *Norman Saul - System Design

References

Buckethead albums 1994 albums Albums with cover art by Dave McKean Strata (record label) albums {{1990s-electronic-album-stub