Book M

Book M
Studio album by Secret Chiefs 3
Released	2001
Genre	Avant-garde
Label	Mimicry
Producer	Trey Spruance
Secret Chiefs 3 chronology
Eyes of Flesh, Eyes of Flame (1998)Eyes of Flesh, Eyes of Flame1998 Book M (2001) Book of Horizons (2004)Book of Horizons2004

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Book M is the third studio album by Secret Chiefs 3, released in 2001. The album centers on the theme of the Holy Grail, and the artwork consists of several layers of ciphers and alchemical symbols.

Track listing

1. "Knights of Damcar" (Spruance) – 2:58
2. "Hagia Sophia" – 4:07
3. "Vajra (Rat Puriya)" (Traditional) – 3:33
4. "Ship of Fools (Stone of Exile)" (Spruance) – 3:35
5. "Horsemen of the Invisible" (Spruance) – 3:36
6. "Combat for the Angel"(Spruance) – 6:03
7. "Zulfiqar III" (Spruance) – 5:13
8. "Siege Perilous" (Salterello IV, Traditional) – 5:41
9. "Dolorous Stroke" (Spruance) – 2:35
10. "Blaze of the Grail" (Burman) – 3:57
11. "Lapsit Exillis" (Spruance) – 1:37
12. "Lapis Baitulous" (Spruance) – 2:23
13. "Safina" (Beyene) – 9:34

Musicians

• Trey Spruance — guitar (electric guitar, bass guitar, microtonal guitar, 12-string guitar, sympitar), keyboards (keyboard, electric piano, organ), percussion (dumbek, etc.), saz, zither, tar, cümbüş, trumpet, sampler, programming, electronics, remix
• Trevor Dunn — bass guitar
• Timb Harris — violin, viola
• Danny Heifetz — drums, percussion (riq, zil, dumbek)
• Fatima - santur
• Eyvind Kang — violin, cello
• Clinton "Bär" McKinnon — saxophone
• Jason Schimmel — acoustic guitar, cümbüş mandolin
• Shamou — percussion (darbuka, riq)
• Tim Smolens — bass guitar, contrabass, cello
• William Winant — drums, percussion (frame drum, cymbal, bell, zil, etc.)