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Theatre of Eternal Music

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. It is the second in a loose anthology of minimalist pieces, once thought lost, compiled from the tape collection of fellow minimalist Tony Conrad

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. The album follows Cale's debut collection Sun Blindness Music

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and the collaborative Dream Syndicate

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 effort Day of Niagara

Day of Niagara

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. Dream Interpretation was in turn followed by Stainless Gamelan

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Track listing

1. "Dream Interpretation" - 20:35
2. "Ex-Cathedra" - 5:05
3. "[Untitled] For Piano" - 12:30
4. "Carousel" - 2:34
5. "A Midnight Rain of Green Wrens at the World's Tallest Building" - 3:21
6. "Hot Scoria" - 9:21