Audio is the debut album by Blue Man Group and was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance. It was released in 1999 by Virgin Records.

This album was released in two versions: The DVD had 5.1-channel versions of the music in both DVD-Video (using Dolby Digital) and DVD-Audio formats (one on each side) and a CD that had a 2-channel stereo mix of each track.

The behind the scenes of the Audio DVD, is viewable on a promo 2000 VHS known as Audio Video.

Track listing

1. "TV Song" ? 2:08
2. "Opening Mandelbrot" ? 3:13
3. "Synaesthetic" ? 5:31
4. "Utne Wire Man" ? 3:18
5. "Rods and Cones" ? 5:57
6. "Tension 2" ? 2:05
7. "Mandelgroove" ? 5:49
8. "PVC IV" ? 4:23
9. "Club Nowhere" ? 4:50
10. "Drumbone" ? 2:44
11. "Shadows" ? 2:06
12. "Cat Video" ? 2:20
13. "Klein Mandelbrot" ? 8:03
14. "Endless Column" ? 5:02

Personnel

• Producer - Todd Perlmutter
• Engineer - Andrew Schneider
• Mastered By - Bob Ludwig
• Mixed By - Mike Fraser

Blue Man Group

Phil Stanton

• Performer [Air Poles, Extension Cord Bull Roarer, Ribbon Crasher]
• Percussion [Drumbone, Tubulum, Mid-octave Pvc, Backpack Tubulum, Dumpster]
• Drums [Utne, Drum Wall, Phil Drum]
• Cimbalom
• Timpani

Matt Goldman

• Performer [Air Poles, Ribbon Crasher]
• Percussion [Low Octave Pvc, Drumbone, Backpack Pvc, Dumpster]
• Cimbalom
• Bass [Upside Down]
• Gong [Shaker]
• Drums [Utne]

Chris Wink

• Performer [Air Poles]
• Percussion [Doppler Toms, Tubulum, Drumbone, High-octave Pvc, Dumpster, Backpack Tubulum, Piano Smasher]
• Cimbalom
• Shaker [Utne]
• Drums [Drum Wall]
• Cuica

Additional Musicians

• Jamie Edwards - Performer [Air Poles] (tracks: 1, 4, 14)
• Larry Heinemann - Chapman Stick, Bass, Guitar [Baritone], Cuica
• Ian Pai - Drums [Drum Wall, Phil Drum], Percussion [Aronophonic, Quellum Grill]
• Chris Bowen - Drums [Drum Wall] (track: 7)
• Clem Waldman - Drums [Drum Wall] (track: 5)
• Cräg Rodriguez - Drums [Drum Wall] (track: 7), Percussion (Dumpster) (track: 12)
• Jeff Quay - Drums [Right Side Double Drum Kit] (tracks: 2, 4, 7, 8, 12 to 14) & [Drum Wall] (tracks: 5 & 13)
• Byron Estep - Guitar (tracks: 5, 7 & 9)
• John Kimbrough - Guitar (track: 7)
• Todd Perlmutter - Percussion, Drums [Drum Kit, Left Side Double Drum Kit, Drum Wall, Toy Drum, Phil Drum]
• Bradford Reed - Zither (tracks: 2, 4, 8, 13 & 14)
• David Corter - Zither (tracks: 8, 9, 12, 13)
• Elvis Lederer - Zither (track: 1) & Zither [Pressaphonic](track: 5)
• Jens Fischer - Zither (tracks: 2, 4, 6, 11, 13 & 14)
• Christian Dyas - Zither, Bass, Guitar [12 String], Electronics [Electric Dog Toy]

External links

• ''Audio''

pt:Audio (álbum)

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