Copernicus: Discography

1985 Nothing Exists "Compelling" -Option	The first Copernicus album. Released 1985. We see a searching Copernicus realizing the phenomenon of atoms and their relationship to himself. The realization has an enormous affect on his psyche.	Copernicus: vocals Pierce Turner: keyboards and vocals Larry Kirwan: guitar, keyboards and vocals Thomas Hamlin: drums Jeffrey Ladd: flute and keyboards with effects Chris Katris: guitar Peter Collins: bass Steve Menasche: marimba and percussion Fred Parcells: affected trombone Paddy Higgins: bodhran and floor toms Andi Leahy: violin and vocals Fionnghuala: flute and vocals Jimmy Zhivago: guitar and piano Fred Chalenor: bass
1986 Victim of the Sky "One listen to Copernicus is worth 10,000 music videos." -Sound Choice	The second Copernicus album. Released 1986. We see the introduction of anger in an evolving Copernicus having been duped by his upbringing.	Copernicus: vocals Pierce Turner: keyboards Larry Kirwan: guitar, keyboards, vocals Thomas Hamlin: drums Jeffrey Richards: flute, keyboards with effects Chris Katris: guitar Steve Menasche: marimba, percussion Fred Parcells: affected trombone Roseann Horn: vocals Jimmy Zhivago: guitar, piano Fionnghala: vocals Andi Leahy: violin, vocals Fred Chalenor: bass Paddy Higgins: bodhran, floor toms Matty Fillou: saxophone Marvin Wright: guitar, piano, drum machine J. C. Rose: vocals Jim O'Leary: vocals Andy Heermans: bass
1987 Deeper "A masterpiece!" -Ear "Riveting" -Rockpool	The third Copernicus album. Released 1987. We see an evolving Copernicus anger at the society from which he evolved and a deeper incite and respect and feeling for the atomic world.	Copernicus: vocals, bell Matty Fillou: saxophone Marvin Wright: drums Steven Kay: keyboards Tom Bowes: bass Steve Menasche: synthesizer, marimba Francis Xavier: guitar Larry Kirwan: guitar, synthesizer, vocals Tom Hamlin: drums Fred Parcells: affected trombone Dave Conrad: bass Mike Fazio: guitar, synthesizer Pierce Turner: keyboards, vocal Steve Menasche: percussion Roseann Price: vocals J. C. Rose: vocals Don (Brownie) Pinto: trumpet Tony DeMarco: violin Starz Vanderlocket: percussion Hasan Bakir: percussion Taite Walkonen: andean flute, xylophone Adam Price: acoustic guitar Jeffrey Ladd: flute, keyboards Chris Katris: guitar Paddy Higgins: bodhram, floor toms Jimi Zhivago: guitar, piano Fred Chalenor: bass Andy Leahy: violin Fionnghuala: flute
1990 Null "Copernicus is one of modern music's most shocking and brillant wizards." -CMJ New Music Report	The fourth Copernicus album. Released 1990. We see an evolving Copernicus isolating himself more from society, enraged at the powers running the social structure, extolling the power of the independent rational mind, and moving intellectually even deeper into the microcosm.	Copernicus: vocals, piano, musicbox, synthesizer, bell Pierce Turner: organ,synthesizer, piano, vocals Larry Kirwan: vocals, guitar, synthesizer Fionnghuala: flute, vocals Jimi Zhivago: guitar, percussion Adam Price: acoustic guitar Fred Parcells: affected trombone Thomas Hamlin: drums Steve Menasche: marimba, percussion Mike Fazio: guitar Roseann Price: vocals Jeffrey Ladd: vocals Paddy Higgins: bodhran, floor toms Don Pinto: trumpet Mac Gollehon: trumpet Jack Bashkow: saxophone Brad Jones: bass Montego Joe: percussion Joe Trump: percussion Jamie Lamm: bass Dave Conrad: bass Michael Theodore: synthesizer Marcela Smalkowski: piano Marvin Wright: guitar, synthesizer, drum machine
1993 NO BORDERLINE "'No Borderline' crosses nearly every boundary. A weird and wild record (A+)." -Honey	The fifth Copernicus album. Released 1993. We see an even further evolved Copernicus now almost completely isolated from society but always caring about humanity now with a decreasing anger at society and a deeper commitment to go it alone in the progress of a personal philosophical vision.	Copernicus: vocals, cow bell Michael Theodore: synclavier Larry Kirwan: vocals Fionnghuala: vocals Marvin Wright: percussion, synthesizer, drum machine, guitar Stephen Kay: synthesizer Tom Bowes: bass Steve Menasche: synthesizer Francis Xavier: guitar Zeferino Nandayapa: marimba Oscar Nandayapa: percussion Norberto Nandayapa: piano Mario Nandayapa: guitar Matty Fillou: saxophone Pierce Turner: vocals, synthesizer, piano Thomas Hamlin: drums Fred Parcells: affected trombone Mike Fazio: guitar Arunas Klevinskas: trombone Mindaugas Spokauskas: keyboards Saulius Urbonavicius: guitar, vocals Gintautas Gascevicius: drums Aurimas Povilaitis: percussion Aurelijus Silkinis: bass Andrejus Smechnovas: saxophone Jamie Lamm: bass
2001 Immediate Eternity "If you're not prepared -- and I wasn't -- you'll want to make sure you're seated and far away from the CD player, as your first instinct will deprive you of some fascinating, moving music. Song after song screams out "Humanity!," interrupted by long, drawn-out wispy keyboards, coming back with a vengeance: "I am only atoms!" You want way out? This Copernicus dude is as way out as they come. Dig this: "I am dust! I am dust/I will not return to dust/From dust thou camest and to dust thou shalt return is a lie!/We are all moving atomic dust..." And you knew this would come: "Love that atomic dust." The mind of a benevolent mad scientist put to music is a curious thing..." -David Lee Beowulf	The sixth Copernicus album. Released 2001. Recorded in Ecuador with Ecuadorian musicians. We now see a more secure optimistic Copernicus still caring for humanity but finding fault with human lack of respect for the atomic view of reality and finding fault in humanity's damaging of the environment. Copernicus has now grown deeper in his attack on the concept of identity and, prophetically and frighteningly, paints a planet where human ignorance turns humanity, itself, back into atoms. Inspiration for this recording session came from the manuscript of Immediate Eternity, published in English and Spanish also in 2001.	Copernicus: vocals, synthesizer, gong Matty Fillou: saxophone Marvin Wright: spiritual presence Cesar Aragundi: guitar Freddy Auz: bass Newton Velasquez: piano, synthesizer Juan Carlos Zuniga Lopez: drums Giovanni Rosado: drums
2001 la eternidad inmediata Spanish Version of "Immediate Eternity"	The seventh Copernicus album. Released 2001. This is Immediate Eternity above translated into Spanish with the vocal recorded over the same music as Immediate Eternity.	Copernicus: vocals, synthesizer, gong Matty Fillou: saxophone Marvin Wright: spiritual presence Cesar Aragundi: guitar Freddy Auz: bass Newton Velasquez: piano, synthesizer Juan Carlos Zuniga Lopez: drums Giovanni Rosado: drums
2005 Immediate Eternity II English Version of "Immediate Eternity II"	The eighth Copernicus album. Released 2005. With the release of la eternidad inmediata in Ecuador, Copernicus and the musicians of the album proceeded to perform 25 concerts all over Ecuador with a concert that was very faithful to the original album. The concerts were always done in Spanish. With recording costs very low in Ecuador, Copernicus decided to rerecord the original Immediate Eternity after the 25 concerts. He recorded the album in Spanish because he had never performed the concert in English and to this day would have to prepare to perform this concert in English and then he redid the vocal in English and called the album, Immediate Eternity II.	Copernicus: vocals, synthesizer, gong Cesar Aragundi: guitar Freddy Auz: bass Newton Velasquez: piano, synthesizer Juan Carlos Zuniga Lopez: drums Matty Fillou: saxophone
2005 LA ETERNIDAD INMEDIATA II Spanish Version of "Immediate Eternity II"	This is the ninth Copernicus album. Released 2005. With the release of la eternidad inmediata in Ecuador, Copernicus and the musicians of the album proceeded to perform 25 concerts all over Ecuador with a concert that was very faithful to the original album. The concerts were always done in Spanish. With recording costs very low in Ecuador, Copernicus decided to rerecord the original la eternidad inmediata after the 25 concerts and called the album LA ETERNIDAD INMEDIATA II.	Copernicus: vocals, synthesizer, gong Cesar Aragundi: guitar Freddy Auz: bass Newton Velasquez: piano, synthesizer Juan Carlos Zuniga Lopez: drums Matty Fillou: saxophone
2005 L'ÉTERNITÉ IMMÉDIATE II French Version of "Immediate Eternity II"	This is the tenth Copernicus album. Released 2005. With the release of la eternidad inmediata in Ecuador, Copernicus and the musicians of the album proceeded to perform 25 concerts all over Ecuador with a concert that was very faithful to the original album. The concerts were always done in Spanish. With recording costs very low in Ecuador, Copernicus decided to rerecord the original la eternidad inmediata after the 25 concerts in Spanish. He then redid the vocal in French over the music of la eternidad inmediata II and called the album, L'ÉTERNITÉ IMMÉDIATE II.	Copernicus: vocals, synthesizer, gong Cesar Aragundi: guitar Freddy Auz: bass Newton Velasquez: piano, synthesizer Juan Carlos Zuniga Lopez: drums Matty Fillou: saxophone
2005 DIE SOFORTIGE EWIGKEIT II German Version of "Immediate Eternity II"	This is the eleventh Copernicus album. Released 2005.With the release of la eternidad inmediata in Ecuador, Copernicus and the musicians of the album proceeded to perform 25 concerts all over Ecuador with a concert that was very faithful to the original album. The concerts were always done in Spanish. With recording costs very low in Ecuador, Copernicus decided to rerecord the original la eternidad inmediata after the 25 concerts in Spanish. He then redid the vocal in German over the music of la eternidad inmediata II and called the album, DIE SOFORTIGE EWIGKEIT II.	Copernicus: vocals, synthesizer, gong Cesar Aragundi: guitar Freddy Auz: bass Newton Velasquez: piano, synthesizer Juan Carlos Zuniga Lopez: drums Matty Fillou: saxophone
2009 'disappearance' "A compelling and altogether mind-bending voyage it is." -All About Jazz	This is the twelfth Copernicus album. Released 2009. Here we see a very different Copernicus from the previous albums. This Copernicus is completely inside the atom and calling humanity "The Blind Zombies" and "Poor Homo Sapiens." He feels a hopelessness that humanity will join him inside the atom and he calls for out and out Revolution!!	Copernicus: vocals, poetry, keyboards Pierce Turner: hammond b3, piano, vocals, percussion Larry Kirwan: electric guitar, vocals Mike Fazio: electric guitar Bob Hoffnar: steel guitar Raimundo Penaforte: viola, acoustic guitar, cavaquinho, percussion, vocals Cesar Aragundi: electric and acoustic guitar Fred Parcells: trombone Rob Thomas: violin Matty Fillou: tenor saxophone, percussion Marvin Wright: bass guitar, electric guitar, percussion George Rush: tuba, contrabass, bass guitar Thomas Hamlin: drums, percussion Mark Brotter: drums, percussion James Frazee: recording and mixing engineer
2001 Immediate Eternity The Book "Immediate Eternity" On page 7, in 1999, Copernicus foresees major violence to American cities.	Published in 2001 in New York. This book takes up the space of Copernicus time from 1993 to 2001. The book inspired six Copernicus albums and helped advance his thinking to a place where spontaneous performance could not go. It is the next step after 1993's NO BORDERLINE CD.
2001 la eternidad inmediata Spanish version of The Book "Immediate Eternity"	This is the book, Immediate Eternity, translated faithfully under Copernicus' supervision and published in Ecuador in 2001.