Breaking the Ethers
Studio album by Tuatara
Released	1996
Genre	World music
Label	Epic Records
Tuatara chronology
	Breaking the Ethers (1996)	Trading With the Enemy (1998)

Breaking the Ethers is the debut album from collaborative group Tuatara. Released on Epic Records, it was an attempt by members of Luna, the Screaming Trees and R.E.M. to try their hand at experimental, multi-ethnic music. A Studio Album is an album of regular studio recordings. ... Tuatara, in a promotional shot for their second album, Trading With the Enemy Tuatara is a Seattle-based collective experimental band, featuring members of R.E.M., Minus 5, and the Screaming Trees. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... World music is, most generally, all the music in the world. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Epic Records is an American record label, and subsidiary of Sony BMG. // Epic was launched originally as a jazz and classical music label in 1953 by CBS. Its bright-yellow, black and blue logo became a familiar trademark for many jazz and classical releases. ... Tuatara, in a promotional shot for their second album, Trading With the Enemy Tuatara is a Seattle-based collective experimental band, featuring members of R.E.M., Minus 5, and the Screaming Trees. ... Tuatara, in a promotional shot for their second album, Trading With the Enemy Tuatara is a Seattle-based collective experimental band, featuring members of R.E.M., Minus 5, and the Screaming Trees. ... Luna was a Dream Pop/Indie Pop band formed in 1991 by Dean Wareham after the breakup of Galaxie 500, with Stanley Demeski and Justin Harwood (Demeski formerly of The Feelies and Harwood formerly of New Zealand band The Chills). ... Screaming Trees was a musical group considered part of the grunge music movement of the early 1990s. ... R.E.M. is an American rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, in early 1980 by drummer Bill Berry, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills, and vocalist Michael Stipe. ...

Track listing

1. Breaking The Ethers/Serengeti
2. Dark State Of Mind
3. Saturday Night Church
4. Dreamscape
5. The Desert Sky
6. Goodnight La Habana
7. Smoke Rings
8. The Getaway
9. Eastern Star
10. Burning The Keys
11. Land Of Apples
12. Breaking The Ethers/Serengeti (Reprise)