Album of the Week #23: Sleep State F

Project name: Mune Mud
Album name: Sleep State F
Release date: September 23, 1997
Release format: cassette
Studio name: Metal XOR Studio

Tracks:
1. Waxed
2. Ginkgo Biloba
3. Reflection
4. Occam's Razor
5. Locker Life
6. Contact
7. Before (Again)
8. Sleeping with the Fishes
9. Last Five Miles
10. Dofuzia
11. Molybdenum
12. Clouds Set Free (Silent Cumulus Mix)
13. Overfed
14. The Phantom Funeral
15. Dolphins and a Seahorse
16. Biobot
17. Just Denied
18. Etesian Wind (Denny's Mix)
19. Prospecting Saturn

This album had a couple of alternate titles before Sleep State F was decided on. It was almost called Equation of Time II (since many of the songs were left over from the Equation of Time album) or Equitation of Python.

"It was observed that sleep could be divided into six distinct typed or levels. These are labelled A, B, C, D, E, and F, and each night we progress from sleep state A to sleep state F. It is in the level of sleep labelled F that unusually rapid eye movements (REM), under closed eyelids, were noticed." This comes from The Dreamer's Workbook, a book that sits on the Studio bookshelf. Since Jason has always had a fascination with dreams, he named the album after the REM sleep cycle (not to mention R.E.M. is his favorite band).

This album came with a 3.5" floppy disk called Chimera. On the disk was information regarding the album, including lyrics.

The front of the album cover sported a sticker that said "Basis of A Dream Journal". To expand on the idea of dreams, Jason was going to release a book of short stories as a companion to the album, with each story being based on a song from the album. But this project was never started.

Another project that never saw completion was a compilation of music videos from the album. The only video that was filmed was for "Molybdenum".

Much of this album was an homage back to Mune Mud's 1991 album Olympus in the fact that only the equipment used for Olympus was used on this album. Jason was getting back to basics.

The only guest musician was Jason's dad who provided the sample of him saying "42" for the song "Molybdenum".

This album was re-released in 2007 as Sleep State F 10th Anniversary Collection, containing bonus unreleased tracks.


Next week's Album of the Week: The Search for Metropolis by Mune Mud from 2001.