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1	Destination Keyboards – Geri AllenTenor Saxophone – Branford Marsalis	5:23
2	Cinema Saga	5:12
3	Soul Melange Acoustic Bass – Lonnie Plaxico	3:36
4	Circle C	3:53
5	Proteus	6:34
6	Passage Alto Saxophone – Greg OsbyBaritone Saxophone – Jimmy Cozier	1:00
7	First Sunrise	4:33
8	Ur-Beat	4:18
9	Dark To Light Written-By – Graham Haynes	4:17
10	Profile Man Lyrics By – Steve Coleman	4:14
11	Proteus Revamp	5:04

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Systems Two
• Mastered At – Sterling Sound
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – PANGÆA
• Copyright (c) – PANGÆA

Credits

• Alto Saxophone – Steve Coleman
• Artwork – Ron Scarselli
• Drums, Percussion – Marvin "Smitty" Smith
• Electric Bass – Kevin Bruce Harris
• Guitar – David Gilmore
• Lead Vocals – Cassandra Wilson
• Liner Notes – Peter Watrous
• Management [Administrative Assistant] – Alice Glenn
• Mastered By – Ted Jensen
• Mixed By – Joseph Marciano*
• Photography By – Richard Vogel
• Piano, Keyboards – James Weidman
• Producer – Steve Coleman
• Producer [Associate], Mixed By – Jimmy Cozier
• Recorded By – Joseph Marciano*
• Recorded By [Assistant] – Chris Digirolamo
• Tenor Saxophone – Gary Thomas (tracks: A5, B1)
• Trombone – Robin Eubanks
• Trumpet – Graham Haynes
• Written-By, Mixed By – Steve Coleman (tracks: A1 to B3, B5, B6)

Notes

Recording December 1987 to January 1988.

Comes with an inner sleeve full of quotations by James Brown, Miyamoto Musashi, Von Freeman, Charlie Parker, L. L. Cool Jay, Toshiro Mifune, Rakim, John Coltrane and Muhammad Ali.
An M-Base Production.

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
461159 1	Steve Coleman And Five Elements	Sine Die ‎(LP, Album)	PANGÆA	461159 1	UK	1988
PAN-42150	Steve Coleman And Five Elements	Sine Die ‎(LP, Album)	PANGÆA	PAN-42150	US	1988
PEA 461159 2	Steve Coleman And Five Elements	Sine Die ‎(CD, Album)	PANGÆA	PEA 461159 2	Europe	1988
461159 4	Steve Coleman And Five Elements	Sine Die ‎(Cass, Album)	PANGÆA	461159 4	UK	1988
PAND-42150	Steve Coleman And Five Elements	Sine Die ‎(CD, Album)	PANGÆA	PAND-42150	US	1988

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