Zaireeka

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Zaireeka is an experimental 1997 album by The Flaming Lips, designed to be played simultaneously on four separate CDs to create a unique, multi-speaker listening experience.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf album
experimental music album
studio album
albumSequence eighth studio album by The Flaming Lips
artist The Flaming Lips
audioConfiguration multi-speaker listening experience
countryOfOrigin United States
criticalReception cult following despite limited commercial appeal
designedFor simultaneous multi-disc playback
distribution limited initial release
followedBy The Soft Bulletin
format compact disc
genre avant-garde
experimental rock
noise rock
psychedelic rock
hasTrack A Machine in India
How Will We Know? (Futuristic Crashendos)
March of the Rotten Vegetables
Okay I'll Admit That I Really Don't Understand
Riding to Work in the Year 2025 (Your Invisible Now)
The Big Ol' Bug Is the New Baby Now
The Train Runs Over the Camel but Is Derailed by the Gnat
Thirty-Five Thousand Feet of Despair
influenced The Soft Bulletin
language English
length approximately 68 minutes
mainBandMember Michael Ivins
Steven Drozd
Wayne Coyne
medium four separate CDs
notableFeature each disc contains different elements of the same songs
listener controls spatial mix by speaker placement
requires four CD players for intended playback
numberOfDiscs 4
partOf discography of The Flaming Lips
performer The Flaming Lips
precededBy Clouds Taste Metallic
producer Dave Fridmann
Scott Booker
The Flaming Lips
recordedAt Tarbox Road Studios
recordingEngineer Dave Fridmann
recordLabel Warner Bros. Records
Warner Records
releaseDate 1997-10-28
releaseYear 1997
theme experimentation with listener participation
unconventional listening environments

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