Kit Watkins

The Works 27 albums on one DVD-DATA disc (computer required)
	This special retrospective disc holds the music from 27 albums in high-quality MP3 format -- all on a single DVD-DATA disc (requires computer w/ DVD drive). ***** 27 albums ~ 27 years 27+ hours of music 12 bonus tracks
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The Works DVD-DATA disc includes MP3 files of all albums shown below, in both 128kbps and 256kbps bit rates, plus 12 bonus tracks also shown below.

The disc includes an optional menu for easy navigation of six playlists, all albums, and the bonus tracks. High resolution graphics of each album cover are accessible from the menu or directly from the “CD Covers” folder on the disc.

You can upload MP3s to your iPod or other portable MP3 player, make custom playlists, and burn custom audio CDs with software of your choosing.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: The DVD-DATA disc requires a computer (any platform: Windows, Mac, etc.) with a DVD drive, MP3 file-playing software, a sound card, and speakers (to play the music), and optional web browsing software (for the menu).

P L A Y L I S T S
channel 0 : the works every track on the disc . . . 248 tracks, 27+ hours
channel 1 : drifting mind light ambient and spacemusic . . . 31 tracks, 5+ hours
channel 2 : druid drones dark ambient, tones & drones . . . 22 tracks, 3+ hours
channel 3 : *fuse muse* world fusion, rhythmic journeys . . . 60 tracks, 7+ hours
channel 4 : prog gnosticism progressive rock, jazz, and pop . . . 71 tracks, 6+ hours
channel 5 : *sky haiku* tone poems, impressionism . . . 58 tracks, 3+ hours

A L B U M S
1.	2006	Kit Watkins ~ SkyZone
2.	2005	Kit Watkins ~ World Fiction
3.	2004	Kit Watkins ~ Flying Petals
4.	2004	Tone Ghost Ether ~ Guard Lock Skin
5.	2003	Kit Watkins ~ unraveled
6.	2003	Kit Watkins ~ This Time and Space
7.	2002	Tone Ghost Ether ~ The White Space
8.	2002	Tone Ghost Ether ~ Hydrogen 2 Oxygen
9.	2002	Tone Ghost Ether ~ Condor Sail Curve
10.	2001	Kit Watkins ~ music for the end
11.	2001	Kit Watkins ~ The Gathering, Set 1
12.	2001	Kit Watkins ~ The Gathering, Set 2
13.	2000	Kit Watkins ~ The Unseen
14.	2000	Kit Watkins ~ Rolling Curve
15.	1996	Kit Watkins ~ Beauty Drifting
16.	1995	Kit Watkins ~ Holographic Tapestries
17.	1993	Kit Watkins ~ Kinetic Vapors
18.	1993	Kit Watkins ~ Circle
19.	1992	Kit Watkins ~ wet, dark, and low
20.	1992	Kit Watkins ~ Thought Tones, Volume 2
21.	1991	Kit Watkins ~ A Different View
22.	1990	Kit Watkins ~ Thought Tones, Volume 1
23.	1990	Kit Watkins ~ SunStruck
24.	1989	Kit Watkins ~ Azure
25.	1985	Kit Watkins & Coco Roussel ~ In Time
26.	1982	Kit Watkins & Brad Allen ~ Frames of Mind
27.	1980	Kit Watkins ~ Labyrinth

B O N U S T R A C K S
1.	2005	Quiet Determination (Kit Watkins)
2.	2003	World Beauty (Kit Watkins and Amir Baghiri)
3.	2003	Seven Hopes (Kit Watkins)
4.	2000	Steppings (Kit Watkins)
5.	2000	Resostrat (written by Andy West, performed by Rama ~ Andy West, Rod Morgenstein, Kit Watkins)
6.	2000	Pearly White Hamlet (Kit Watkins)
7.	2000	SwingSet (Kit Watkins)
8.	1994	Gondwanaland (Djam Karet with Kit Watkins)
9.	1994	Moorings (Djam Karet with Kit Watkins and Loren Nerell)
10.	1992	Hobart Got Burned (written by The Muffins, performed by Kit Watkins and Coco Roussel)
11.	1973	No (Kit Watkins)
12.	1973	The Staring Song (Kit Watkins)

REVIEW

Kit Watkins should need no introduction to readers of Exposé — he's one of a very few artists who have been interviewed twice in our pages over the years. But do you know how many albums he has released since his debut Labyrinth in 1980? Have you heard 1989's Azure, The Unseen from 2000, or his most recent SkyZone from 2006? What about his work with the improvisational trio Tone Ghost Ether? The answer to the first question is 27, and all of them are here in their entirety on this unique data-DVD, both in 128kb and CD quality 256kb mp3s, along with graphic files [of] the original album cover art and a dozen bonus tracks to boot, many never heard before and dating back as far as '73. Such a great idea — one can only hope that other artists will follow Watkins' lead someday as well. So how does this work? The assumption is that you already have some kind of software to play mp3 on your computer; this is completely platform independent — all one needs is a computer with a DVD player and sound card. If one launches the menu.htm file in the root folder of the DVD, a web page comes up with links to each of the individual albums, or six pre-programmed playlists that group certain types of tracks together — I went directly to Channel 1 "Drifting Mind" that groups together five hours worth of ambient space tracks, but there are five other 'channels' grouping various styles of music together to choose from. But one doesn't even need to use the menu — any of the individual files can be accessed and copied to your portable mp3 player or laptop. In summary, this is a great and fun way to explore Watkins' vast back-catalog. — Peter Thelen, Exposé, Fall 2008.