'Quadropus' is the third full-length album by Estradasphere. It was released on October 28, 2003.

Track listing

#"Mekapses Yitonisa" – 4:22 #"Dubway" – 3:39 #"King Krab Battle" – 8:31 #"Speck" – 4:34 #"Hardball" – 13:40 #"A Car Ride In Idealistic Ethiopia (Part 1)" – 5:47 #"Crystal Blue" – 3:40 #"Jungle Warfare" – 5:42 #"Body Slam" – 3:09 #"At Least We'd Have Today" – 9:40

Album credits

The band

* Timb Harris – violin, viola, trumpet, guitar, mandolin, Turkish mandolin, vocals, percussion * Jason Schimmel – guitars (electric, acoustic, baritone), banjo, organ, piano, synths, harpsichord, vocals, percussion, beatboxing * Tim Smolens – bass (electric, upright), bari guitar, piano, synths, violin/viola/cello, vocals, percussion * John Whooley – saxophones, flute, vocals,

beatboxing Beatboxing (also, and sometimes, called beat boxing) is a form of vocal percussion primarily involving the art of mimicking drum machines (usually a Roland TR-808, TR-808), using one's mouth, lips, tongue, and voice.String quartet The term string quartet refers to either a type of musical composition or a group of four people who play them. Many composers from the mid-18th century onwards wrote string quartets. The associated musical ensemble consists of two Violin, violini ...

on "At Least We'd Have Today" and "Speck" **Violins – Timb and Ben Blechman **Viola – Sarah Hart **Cello – Aria DiSalvio *

Horn section A horn section is a group of musicians playing horns. In an orchestra or concert band, it refers to the musicians who play the "French" horn, and in a British-style brass band it is the tenor horn players. In many popular music genres, the term ...

on "King Krab Battle" **Trumpets – Timb, Val Hall, Richard Karst **Trombone – Scott Harris **Bass trombone – Luke Kirley **Saxes – John Whooley, Joel Ford, Scott Norgren, Paul Tarantino, Wes Anthony **Tuba – John Thomas

Album Personnel

*Produced by Tim Smolens with help from Jason Schimmel except for: **"Speck" – produced by Jason Schimmel **"Dubway" – produced by Andrew Kapner *Recorded mostly in our living rooms (George's too), plus

Bear Creek Studio Bear Creek Studio is a residential recording studio located in a barn on a 10 acre farm in Woodinville, Washington. A number of notable artists have recorded at the studio since its establishment in 1977, including: Brandi Carlile, Train (band), ...

s, Pine Forest studios, CC's recording studio and Angelhouse Studios *Engineered by Tim Smolens, Jason Schimmel, Chris Parsons and

Trey Spruance Preston Lea "Trey" Spruance III (born August 14, 1969) is an American composer, producer, and musician who co-founded the experimental rock band Mr. Bungle. He is also leader of the multi-genre outfit Secret Chiefs 3. Originally a guitarist an ...

*Mixed by Tim Smolens, Timb Harris and Jason Schimmel **"Dubway" mixed by Andrew Kapner **"Bodyslam" mixed by Chris Parsons **"Jungle Warfare" and "Speck" mixed by Trey Spruance *Additional engineering by Chris Parsons *Artwork and layout by Mike Bennewitz

Dedication

''Quadropus'' was created in loving memory of Mary Aquinas McClafferty Whooley and John Patrick Whooley Sr.

Song information

Mekapses Yitonisa

*Composition – Greek traditional *Arranged and transcribed by Tim and Timb *Drums – Dave Murray *Dombeks and percussion – Mike Shannon

Dubway

*Composition – Estradasphere *Acapellarrangement – John and Jason

Trivia

*Absolutely no keyboards, drum machines, guitars or bass were used in the recording of this song. *A live music video for the song is included on the DVD of '' Passion for Life''.

King Krab Battle

*Composition – Iron Chef Whooley *Horn arrangement by John and Tim *Drums – Theo Mordey

Speck

*Composition – Schimmel *Lyrics by Schimmel, Smolens *Lead vocals – Jason *String arrangement by Trey Spruance *Piano – Jeff Attridge *Drums – Theo Mordey

Hardball

*Composition – Schimmel, Whooley, Harris *Drums – Theo Mordey *Percussion – Doug Smolens

A Car Ride in Idealistic Ethiopia (Part 1)

*Composition – Smolens *Drums – Dave Murray

Crystal Blue

*Composition – Whooley *Lead vocals – John *Organ and piano – Dale Ockerman *Drums and tambourine – Mike Shannon

Jungle Warfare

*Composition – Schimmel, Smolens *Lyrics by Dave Murray *Vocals – Dave Murray and Youri Raymond of Unhuman *Drums – John Merryman of Cephalic Carnage *Guitar solo – Kevin Kmetz

Bodyslam

*Composition – Estradasphere, Dave Murray *Lyrics and lead vocals – John *Drums – Dave

At Least We'd Have Today

*Composition – Smolens *Lead vocals – Tim *Vocal bridge – Joel Robinow {{Authority control Estradasphere albums 2003 albums