Shalabi Effect (album)

Shalabi Effect is the eponymous debut album of Shalabi Effect. The album cover is taken from the famous Eagle Nebula Pillars of Creation photo made by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. The album began with the song "Aural Florida", which was originally going to be on a split release with Godspeed You! Black Emperor; when that release was abandoned, the rest of the album was created.^[3]

Shalabi Effect
Studio album by Shalabi Effect
Released	June 2000
Recorded	Sound of One Hand, Montreal
Genre	Experimental Psychedelic music Dark ambient
Length	131:17
Label	Alien8 Recordings
Shalabi Effect chronology
Shalabi Effect (2000) The Trial of St. Orange (2002)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Pitchfork Media	(7.1/10)^[2]

Track listing

Disc One

1. "Wyoming" – 11:52
2. "Vicious Triangle" – 9:47
3. "Mending Holes in a Wooden Heart" – 7:02
4. "Aural Florida (Approach)" – 10:00
5. "Aural Florida" – 26:37

Disc Two

1. "Mokoondi" – 12:57
2. "Amber Pets" – 7:55
3. "Boardwalk at Apollo Beach" – 6:10
4. "Apparitions" – 5:43
5. "On the Bowery" – 13:01
6. "Leaving a Horse to Die" – 5:03
7. "Return to Wake Island" – 9:03
8. "ﺍﻠﻮﺮﺪﺓ ﺍﻠﺑﻴﻀﺎﺀ" (Arabic: "White Rose") – 6:04

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Pitchfork Media review 2006-08-30 at the Wayback Machine
3. "Shalabi Effect by Shalabi Effect". alien8recordings.com. Alien8 Recordings. Retrieved 2010-07-11.