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Object Holder
Studio album by Biota
Released	1995 (1995)
Recorded	1992 (1992)–1994 (1994)
Studios	Dys Studios (Fort Collins, CO)
Genres	Avant-prog, Experimental music
Length	70:11
Label	ReR
Biota chronology
Almost Never (1992) Object Holder (1995) Invisible Map (2001)

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All About Jazz
Allmusic

Object Holder is the eleventh studio album by the experimental music ensemble Biota, released in 1995 by ReR Megacorp.

Track listing

All music is composed by Biota.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Bumpreader"	7:52
2.	"Spillway"	4:15
3.	"Eavesdrop"	1:46
4.	"Blind Corner"	2:21
5.	"Under the Hat"	1:33
6.	"Flatwheel"	2:08
7.	"Reckoning Falls"	2:40
8.	"Swallow"	0:39
9.	"Move"	1:14
10.	"Steam Trader"	2:49
11.	"Understander"	2:43
12.	"Private Wire"	3:03
13.	"Cinder"	1:25
14.	"Distraction"	5:41
15.	"Signal"	3:33
16.	"This Ridge"	0:44
17.	"Idea for a Wagon"	3:21
18.	"More Silence"	4:02
19.	"Coat"	1:58
20.	"Gate Climbing"	5:31
21.	"Protector"	3:03
22.	"Visible Gap"	1:38
23.	"The Trunk"	4:03
24.	Untitled	2:09

Personnel

Adapted from the Object Holder liner notes.

Biota

• James Gardner – piano, flugelhorn, nae แน (hextuple reed instrument)
• Tom Katsimpalis – guitar, clavioline, pump organ
• Susanne Lewis – lead vocals, backing vocals
• Steve Scholbe – bass clarinet, alto saxophone, clarinet, guitar, zither, rubab, Hawaiian tremoloa, hurdy-gurdy
• William Sharp – hurdy-gurdy, tape, engineering
• C.W. Vrtacek – piano
• Gordon H. Whitlow – Rhodes piano, Estey pump organ, accordion, xylophone, guitar, mandolin, whistle
• Larry Wilson – drums, bongos, congas, Madal, Tar, percussion

Additional musicians

• Chris Cutler – electronics and percussion (4, 14, 20, 23)
• Andy Kredt – guitar (12, 19, 23)
• Randy Yeates – keyboards (2, 13, 18), mbira (1)

Production and additional personnel

• Aric Johnson – engineering
• Joan McAninch – engineering
• Randy Miotke – engineering
• Dirk Vallons – design

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	1995	ReR	CD	RēRBCD4

External links

• Object Holder at Discogs (list of releases)