Emergent (album)

Emergent is the second (and final) album by American progressive rock band Gordian Knot, and is the only album apart from Focus to contain all original members of Cynic.

Emergent
Studio album by Gordian Knot
Released	14 January 2003
Studio	Wolf Studios (London) Knotwork Studios (Oregon) Beall Concert Hall (Eugene)
Genre	Progressive metal, progressive rock
Length	49:48
Label	Sensory
Producer	Scott Burns, Sean Malone, Mark Prator
Gordian Knot chronology
Gordian Knot (1999) Emergent (2003)

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Track listing

1. "Arsis" – 1:59
2. "Muttersprache" – 6:26
3. "A Shaman's Whisper" – 6:33
4. "Fischer's Gambit" – 5:43
5. "Grace" (Live) – 8:27
6. "Some Brighter Thing" – 7:34
7. "The Brook the Ocean" – 4:06
8. "Singing Deep Mountain" – 9:00
9. "Surround Me" (Japan Bonus Track) – 5:28

• All composed by Sean Malone, except 9 by Jason Göbel.
• Additional composed contributions: 3 by Glenn Snelwar; 1,2,4,6,7,8 by Bill Bruford; 1,2,4,6,7,8 by Jason Göbel; 9 by Sean Malone; 1,2,4,6,7,8,9 by Sean Reinert.

Musicians

• Sean Malone (Cynic) - bass guitar (1,2,4,6,7,8,9), Chapman stick (2,3,5,8), fretless guitar (2,3,4,6,7,8), keyboards (2,3,4,6,7,8), e-bow (2,6,8), echoplex (5), loops (2,4,7), vocals (8)
• Paul Masvidal (Cynic) - guitars (3)
• Jason Göbel (ex-Cynic) - guitars (2,3,4,6,8,9)
• Jim Matheos (Fates Warning, OSI, Arch/Matheos) - acoustic guitars (4,6,8), nylon string guitar (4)
• Steve Hackett (ex-Genesis) - guitars (2,6,8)
• Bob Brunin (Aerial Surface) - guitars, fretless guitars, vocals
• Sean Reinert (ex-Cynic) - drums (3,4), v-drums (2,9)
• Bill Bruford (ex-Yes, ex-King Crimson) - drums (6,7,8), slit drum (3)
• Sonia Lynn - vocals (8)