Palace of Mirrors

Palace of Mirrors is the fourth and final full-length album by Estradasphere. It was released on September 19, 2006. The album is composed entirely of instrumental tracks.

The album also signifies a significant change in the band's lineup, with the departure of saxophonist and vocalist John Whooley. This departure is reflected in the album's sound de-emphasis of horns (only being a part of orchestral backing played by session musicians) and vocals.

Track listing

Personnel

• Jason Schimmel – acoustic and electric guitars, bass, organ, lap-steel guitar, keyboards
• Adam Stacey – accordion, piano, clavinet, melodica, organ, synthesizers
• Tim Smolens – double bass, bass, guitars, keyboards, harmonica
• Kevin Kmetz – guitars, shamisen
• Timba Harris – violin, trumpet, percussion, mandolin, electric guitars
• Lee Smith – drums

• Aria DiSalvio – cello
• Kaethe Hostetter – viola
• Sarah Hart – violin
• Dan Robbins – double bass
• Mike Shannon – drums , additional drums
• Shelley Phillips – English horn
• Issac Anderson – orchestral percussion
• Charlie Gurke – baritone saxophone
• Scott Harris – bass trombone
• Luke Kirley – trombone
• John Thomas – tuba
• Jennifer Cass – harp
• William Winant – timpani , glockenspiel
• Robin Anderson – trumpet
• Adam Stacey, Bob Hathaway, Chip Yamada, Jason Schimmel, Tim Smolens, Timba Harris – male choir
• Shashona Brooks – vocals
• Renata Bratt – cello
• Elena Doroftei – viola
• Ben Blechman – violin
• Aaron Seeman – accordion
• Fabrice Martinez – violin
• Eric Lesch – French horn
• Joel Ford – saxophone
• Markos Sowlakis – clarinet, bass clarinet

• Jason Schimmel – production, engineering , mixing
• Tim Smolens – production, engineering, mixing
• Timba Harris – production, engineering, mixing
• Andrew Kapner – mixing
• Justin Phelps, Steve Armstrong – analog mixing
• Chris Parsons – engineering
• John Cuniberti – mastering

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