Hermetic Science

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Hermetic Science, formed in late 1995, is the vision of Ed Macan--scholar, music educator, mallet percussionist and keyboardist extraordinaire, and author of Rocking the Classics: English Progressive Rock and the Counterculture (one of the major works of popular music scholarsip of the 1990s, and a touchstone of the nineties progressive music revival) and Endless Enigma: A Musical Biography of Emerson, Lake and Palmer. In founding Hermetic Science, Macan had several goals. First, as a music educator, he wanted to create a type of apprenticeship opportunity that was (and still is) rare in academic music circles. Macan envisioned Hermetic Science in terms of a medieval guild, a forum for young musicians to serve in an apprentice role under a master craftsman, preparing them for journeyman status. During the periods when Hermetic Science has been active, the band has been staffed by a number of the finest drummers and bass guitarists from both College of the Redwoods in Eureka , California , where Macan is Professor of Music, and Humboldt State University , in nearby Arcata. Many, if not most of Hermetic Science's musicians have received academic credit for their work with the trio. Second, Macan desired to use Hermetic Science as a forum for exploring the possibilities of mallet percussion instruments such as the vibraphone and marimba in a progressive music format. Between the early 1980s and early 1990s, Macan developed a distinctive approach to playing these inst

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These Fragments I Have Shored Against My Ruins

Crash Course: A Hermetic Science Primer

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Prophesies

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En Route

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Deliria: A Chronicle of 2020

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Hermetic Science

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Crash Course: A Hermetic Scie

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Out There: Live 1996-2006

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Crash Course: A Hermetic Science Primer

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Crash Course A Hermetic Science Primer CD 1

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Out There - Live 1996-2006

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Crash Course: A Hermetic Science primer Disc 2

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