MUSIC / ALBUMS
(In chronological order of composition/recording: earliest > newest)
ALBUM COVERS: –
Original Photography / Artwork / Design by Epoch Collapse.
All cover designs by Epoch Collapse.
Some may include *sampled images.
[*These are noted here under the album images.]
13 ALBUM Recommendations: –
Time Enough At Last (2018)
The Shades of Ganymede Colony 3 (2019)
Shipwrecks Passing in the Night (2003)
Asteroid Belt Drive (2003)
Mars Propulsion and Wanderlust (1996)
Fractured Mountainscapes (1997)
Ancient Shamans (1997)
Die Toteninsel (1996)
Eye of the Nebula Vol.1 (1997)
Constellations (1997)
Trails of the Unexpected (1998)
The Morphing of the Night After [Alternate Version] (1997)
Apparition Transmission (2008)
ALBUMS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
Metempsychosis
1976-1977 album
https://epochcollapse.bandcamp.com/album/metempsychosis
The Shortwave Ramifications
Telemusik
1982 album
https://epochcollapse.bandcamp.com/album/telemusik
Exiles – Earth I (Mothership)
1986 album
Exiles – Earth II (Son of Mothership)
1986-1987 album
Exiles – Earth II (Son of Mothership)
Exiles – Earth III (Mothership of Invention)
1986-1987 [triple album]
Exiles – Earth III (Mothership of Invention) | Epoch Collapse (bandcamp.com)
Alternate album cover art, ‘Afternoon of a Girl Guitar’ (1985)
Track 5, Exiles – Earth: It Will End in Laughter
Mounting Rivers of Collision
1988 album
https://epochcollapse.bandcamp.com/album/mounting-rivers-of-collision
Mountain Visions – Brocken Spectres
1989 [double album]
https://epochcollapse.bandcamp.com/album/mountain-visions-brocken-spectres
Views from Valhalla / Swamp Psychotronics
1991 (Unprepared Piano 1/2) [album 1]
Alarm Now and Then
1991 (Unprepared Piano 3) [album 2]
Alarm Now and Then (Unprepared Piano 3) | Epoch Collapse
Continental Drift
1991 (Unprepared Piano 4) [album 3]
Continental Drift (Unprepared Piano 4) | Epoch Collapse
Mediaeval Experiments
1991 (Unprepared Piano 5) [album 4]
Mediaeval Experiments (Unprepared Piano 5) | Epoch Collapse
Symmetries / Abandoned Ruins
1991-1992 (Unprepared Piano 6/9) [album 5]
The Turbulent Land of Hallucination
1991 (Unprepared Piano 7) [album 6]
The Turbulent Land of Hallucination (Unprepared Piano 7) | Epoch Collapse
Lunatic Horror Blues / Black Vortex
1991-1992 (Unprepared Piano 8/10) [album 7]
Lunatic Horror Blues / Black Vortex (Unprepared Piano 8 / 10) | Epoch Collapse
Early Computer
1993 album
Early Computer | Epoch Collapse (bandcamp.com)
Stormy Stories
1994 album
https://epochcollapse.bandcamp.com/album/stormy-stories
Mistress of Air
1994-1997 [double album]
https://epochcollapse.bandcamp.com/album/mistress-of-air
Presence of Minds I
1996 album
https://epochcollapse.bandcamp.com/album/presence-of-minds-i
Presence of Minds II
1996 [double album]
https://epochcollapse.bandcamp.com/album/presence-of-minds-ii
Die Toteninsel
1996 album
https://epochcollapse.bandcamp.com/album/die-toteninsel
*[Artwork: Two paintings by Arnold Böcklin –
‘Isle of the Dead’ (1880), and ‘Pirates Attack (Heroic Landscape)’ (1886).]
(These were montaged together to create the final image.)
Mars Propulsion and Wanderlust
1996 album
Mars Propulsion and Wanderlust | Epoch Collapse (bandcamp.com)
*[Photo montage created from NASA images]
Fractured Mountainscapes
1997 album
https://epochcollapse.bandcamp.com/album/fractured-mountainscapes
Eye of the Nebula, Volume 1
1997 [double album]
https://epochcollapse.bandcamp.com/album/eye-of-the-nebula-volume-1
Eye of the Nebula, Volume 2
1997 album
https://epochcollapse.bandcamp.com/album/eye-of-the-nebula-volume-2
Eye of the Nebula, Volume 3
1997 album
https://epochcollapse.bandcamp.com/album/eye-of-the-nebula-volume-3
Constellations
1997 album
https://epochcollapse.bandcamp.com/album/constellations
Shadows of a Forgotten Kraken
1997 [double album]
https://epochcollapse.bandcamp.com/album/shadows-of-a-forgotten-kraken
On Solid Clouds
1997 [double album]
https://epochcollapse.bandcamp.com/album/on-solid-clouds
On Solid Clouds – Alternate album cover art
Life and Death
1997 album
https://epochcollapse.bandcamp.com/album/life-and-death
Monochrome Debris, Volume 1
1997 album
https://epochcollapse.bandcamp.com/album/monochrome-debris-volume-1
Monochrome Debris, Volume 2
1997 album
https://epochcollapse.bandcamp.com/album/monochrome-debris-volume-2
The Stones of Venus
1997 [double album]
https://epochcollapse.bandcamp.com/album/the-stones-of-venus
Cartography of Dream
1997 album
https://epochcollapse.bandcamp.com/album/cartography-of-dream
Glimpses of Eternity
1997 album
https://epochcollapse.bandcamp.com/album/glimpses-of-eternity
The Disaster Area
1997 album
The Morphing of the Night After
1997 album
https://epochcollapse.bandcamp.com/album/the-morphing-of-the-night-after
The Morphing of the Night After [Alternate Version]
1997 album
https://epochcollapse.bandcamp.com/album/the-morphing-of-the-night-after-alternate-version
Ancient Shamans
1997 album
Ancient Shamans | Epoch Collapse (bandcamp.com)
Transmigration
1998 album
Transmigration | Epoch Collapse (bandcamp.com)
Internal Combustion Hallucination
1998 album
https://epochcollapse.bandcamp.com/album/internal-combustion-hallucination
OKH
1998 album
https://epochcollapse.bandcamp.com/album/okh
Through a Portal Darkly
1998 album
https://epochcollapse.bandcamp.com/album/through-a-portal-darkly
Trails of the Unexpected
1998 album
https://epochcollapse.bandcamp.com/album/trails-of-the-unexpected
Intangibles Incorporated
1998 album
https://epochcollapse.bandcamp.com/album/intangibles-incorporated
Towards an Abandoned Vortex
1999 album
https://epochcollapse.bandcamp.com/album/towards-an-abandoned-vortex
A Clockwork Labyrinth
1999 album
A Clockwork Labyrinth | Epoch Collapse (bandcamp.com)
Distant Doors, Different Perceptions
1999 album
Distant Doors, Different Perceptions | Epoch Collapse (bandcamp.com)
Universe I
2000-2002 [double album]
Universe I | Epoch Collapse (bandcamp.com)
Castles of Eternal Returns
2000 [double album]
https://epochcollapse.bandcamp.com/album/castles-of-eternal-returns
Transmogrification
2000 album
https://epochcollapse.bandcamp.com/album/transmogrification
Bach’s Front Ear
2001 album
https://epochcollapse.bandcamp.com/album/bachs-front-ear
Exo Maestoso
2002 album
https://epochcollapse.bandcamp.com/album/exo-maestoso
Shipwrecks Passing in the Night
2003 album
https://epochcollapse.bandcamp.com/album/shipwrecks-passing-in-the-night
The work was modified by using two copies, montaging them together and shifting one layer to create the final image.
Cover Design: Epoch Collapse (DMR).
Shipwrecks Passing in the Night Again
2003 album
https://epochcollapse.bandcamp.com/album/shipwrecks-passing-in-the-night-again
The work was modified by using two copies (one flipped horizontally), montaging them together to create the final image.
Cover Design: Epoch Collapse (DMR) – a variation of Volume I –
“Caspar David Friedrich Established a Throne in the Sea of Ice”.
The Albemuth Satellites [Emergence]
2003 album
https://epochcollapse.bandcamp.com/album/the-albemuth-satellites-emergence
The Albemuth Satellites [Return]
2003 album
https://epochcollapse.bandcamp.com/album/the-albemuth-satellites-return
Mysterious Barricades of the Haunted Gloom
2003 album
https://epochcollapse.bandcamp.com/album/mysterious-barricades-of-the-haunted-gloom
The cover art is inspired by the photograph originally appearing on the Black Sabbath debut album (photo: Keith Stuart MacMillan aka Marcus Keef).
Ouroboros Distance
2003 album
https://epochcollapse.bandcamp.com/album/ouroboros-distance
The cover art is a photomontage created from both the earliest known image of the Ouroboros, and a 17th century engraving.
Asteroid Belt Drive
2003 album
https://epochcollapse.bandcamp.com/album/asteroid-belt-drive
Photographic images c/o NASA/Hubble.
Bridges / Trains / Cities
2004 album
https://epochcollapse.bandcamp.com/album/bridges-trains-cities
Artwork, photography and Cover Design: Epoch Collapse (DMR).
Building Peaks / Whiskey and Women
2006 album
https://epochcollapse.bandcamp.com/album/building-peaks-whiskey-and-women
Einstürzenden Neuen Hangars
2007 album
https://epochcollapse.bandcamp.com/album/einst-rzenden-neuen-hangars
Photo c/o Buran: The Soviet Space Shuttle.
* This album is dedicated to the avant-garde composer, György Ligeti, who died in Vienna in 2006 – shortly before the year of this recording, 2007.
Like Dust in Solar Winds
2007 album
https://epochcollapse.bandcamp.com/album/like-dust-in-solar-winds
Photo montage created from NASA images.
Apparition Transmission
2008 album
https://epochcollapse.bandcamp.com/album/apparition-transmission
Konârak
2010 album
Konârak | Epoch Collapse (bandcamp.com)
On the shores of the Bay of Bengal, bathed in the rays of the rising sun, the temple at Konarak is a monumental representation of the sun god Surya’s chariot; its 24 wheels are decorated with symbolic designs and it is led by a team of six horses. Built in the 13th century, it is one of India’s most famous Brahman sanctuaries.” – UNESCO (whc.unesco.org)
The Forest
2011-2013 album
The Forest | Epoch Collapse (bandcamp.com)
Heckington and Elsewhere
2012-2016-2019 album
Heckington and Elsewhere | Epoch Collapse
Astronomy Turbine
2013 [double album]
Astronomy Turbine | Epoch Collapse (bandcamp.com)
Necronomicon I: Into the Void
2015 album
https://epochcollapse.bandcamp.com/album/necronomicon-i-into-the-void
Necronomicon II: The Nameless City
2015 album
https://epochcollapse.bandcamp.com/album/necronomicon-ii-the-nameless-city
Necronomicon III: At the Mountains of Madness
2015 album
https://epochcollapse.bandcamp.com/album/necronomicon-iii-at-the-mountains-of-madness
Necronomicon IV: The Whistling Wind
2015 album
https://epochcollapse.bandcamp.com/album/necronomicon-iv-the-whistling-wind
Time Enough At Last
2018 album
https://epochcollapse.bandcamp.com/album/time-enough-at-last
*Album dedicated to theoretical physicist, and cosmologist Stephen William Hawking, who died the very day I began recording these works (March 14, 2018).
*Album also dedicated to Albert Einstein who was born on the same day:
[Hawking was born on the 300th anniversary of Galileo’s death and died on the 139th anniversary of Einstein’s birth.]
*Album also dedicated to Miruna “Roxy”, who died this year – with whom some adventures had been enjoyed, but alas, many were never to be.
Cubisms
2019 album
https://epochcollapse.bandcamp.com/album/cubisms
The Shades of Ganymede Colony 3
2019 album
https://epochcollapse.bandcamp.com/album/the-shades-of-ganymede-colony-3
Photo montage created from NASA images.
MMXXI: A Space Odyssey
2021 [triple album] (Collection of previously released works)
MMXXI: A Space Odyssey | Epoch Collapse (bandcamp.com)
Kosmos Zeit
2022 album
https://epochcollapse.bandcamp.com/album/kosmos-zeit
Autumn in New Quark
2023 [double album] (A collection of works)
Autumn in New Quark | Epoch Collapse (bandcamp.com)
Träume von Cyborgs
2022-2023 [double album]
https://epochcollapse.bandcamp.com/album/tr-ume-von-cyborgs
Alternate version of cover art:
Machinic Maelstrom
2023-2024 album
https://epochcollapse.bandcamp.com/album/machinic-maelstrom
The Sirius Project
2024 album
The Sirius Project | Epoch Collapse (bandcamp.com)
Alternate version of cover art:
Dimensions of Drifting Thunder
2024 [double album] (A collection of works for piano & electronics)
Dimensions of Drifting Thunder | Epoch Collapse (bandcamp.com)
Dimensions of Industrial Turbulence
2024 [double album] (A collection of works for piano & electronics)
Dimensions of Industrial Turbulence | Epoch Collapse (bandcamp.com)
The Monsters Are Due on Dream Logic Drive
DAVID LYNCH TRIBUTE ALBUM
2025 album
The Monsters Are Due on Dream Logic Drive | Epoch Collapse
Necropolis Webs
2025 album
Necropolis Webs | Epoch Collapse
Necropolis Webs title track art:
Saturn’s Hexagon
2025 album
Saturn’s Hexagon | Epoch Collapse
Alternate cover art (track art):
ALBUMS – CD RELEASES
EPOCH COLLAPSE
Albums (CD releases):
Epoch Collapse
Album Release of Original Works
(Artwork by Epoch Collapse)
Electronic and Electro-acoustic Music (2002)
[CD release]
Cover Design and Photography: Epoch Collapse (DMR)
All Original Tracks:
1. Exiles – Earth (10:03)
2. Mounting Rivers of Collision (8:10)
3. Invisible Cities (2002 Edition) (15:32)
4. Mounting Rivers of Collision (Original Edition) (24:23)
*ALL MUSIC, IMAGES, AND MEDIA ON THIS SITE ARE ORIGINAL, EXCEPT OTHERWISE NOTED.
© EPOCH COLLAPSE
Epoch Collapse 
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