MUSIC / ALBUMS
COMPOSITIONS/MEDIA
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.]
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 II (Son of Mothership) – Alternate album cover art
Exiles – Earth III (Mothership of Invention)
1986-1987 [triple album]
Exiles – Earth III (Mothership of Invention) | Epoch Collapse (bandcamp.com)
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]
https://epochcollapse.bandcamp.com/album/alarm-now-and-then-unprepared-piano-3
Continental Drift
1991 (Unprepared Piano 4) [album 3]
https://epochcollapse.bandcamp.com/album/continental-drift-unprepared-piano-4
Mediaeval Experiments
1991 (Unprepared Piano 5) [album 4]
https://epochcollapse.bandcamp.com/album/mediaeval-experiments-unprepared-piano-5
Symmetries / Abandoned Ruins
1991-1992 (Unprepared Piano 6/9) [album 5]
https://epochcollapse.bandcamp.com/album/symmetries-abandoned-ruins-unprepared-piano-6-9
The Turbulent Land of Hallucination
1991 (Unprepared Piano 7) [album 6]
https://epochcollapse.bandcamp.com/album/the-turbulent-land-of-hallucination-unprepared-piano-7
Lunatic Horror Blues / Black Vortex
1991-1992 (Unprepared Piano 8/10) [album 7]
https://epochcollapse.bandcamp.com/album/lunatic-horror-blues-black-vortex-unprepared-piano-8-10
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
https://epochcollapse.bandcamp.com/album/the-disaster-area-2
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)
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:
The Sirius Project
2024 album
The Sirius Project | Epoch Collapse (bandcamp.com)
Alternate version of cover art:
ALBUMS – CD RELEASES
EPOCH COLLAPSE
Albums (CD releases):
Epoch Collapse (D M Roberte)
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 where otherwise noted.
© EPOCH COLLAPSE
© Darius M. Roberte
Epoch Collapse 
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