Ayreon - Universal Migrator Part 1: The Dream Sequencer (2000)
Tracklist front / back album covers
1. "The Dream Sequencer" 5:10
2. "My House on Mars" 7:49
3. "2084" 7:42
4. "One Small Step" 8:46
5. "The Shooting Company of Captain Frans B. Cocq" 7:59
6. "Dragon on the Sea" 7:09
7. "Temple of the Cat" 4:11
8. "Carried by the Wind" 3:59
9. "And the Druids Turn to Stone" 6:37
10. "The First Man on Earth" 7:20
11. "The Dream Sequencer Reprise" 3:38
Ayreon Band Members / Musicians
Lana Lane - backing vocals on tracks 4 and 5, vocals on tracks 1, 3 and 6
Johan Edlund (Tiamat) - track 2
Floor Jansen (After Forever) - track 2
Edward Reekers (Kayak) - track 4
Mouse - track 5
Jacqueline Govaert (Krezip) - track 7
Arjen Lucassen - track 8
Damian Wilson (Threshold) - track 9
Neal Morse - track 10
Mark McCrite - backing vocals on track 10
Arjen Lucassen - electric and acoustic guitars, bass guitar, analog synthesizers, Mellotron, Hammond, and additional keyboards
Rob Snijders - drums
Erik Norlander - analog synthesizers, piano, vocoder, Hammond, and additional keyboards
Clive Nolan - synth solo on track 3
Peter Siedlach - strings
Arjen Lucassen - producer
Oscar Holleman - sound engineer
Jef Bertels - cover art
Universal Migrator Part 1: The Dream Sequencer (sometimes simply referred as The Dream Sequencer) is a progressive rock album released in 2000 by Dutch multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Arjen Lucassen, and is the 4th album of his Ayreon project.
The Dream Sequencer features a musical style quite disparate from its counterpart Flight of the Migrator, telling the story of a trip through time from a variety of perspectives, it features a prog-infused atmospheric feeling, with a softer and more melodic sound than that of Flight of the Migrator.
Both albums were released simultaneously, sold well and were received positively. In 2004, Lucassen moved to a new record label - Inside Out Music - and with this move came re-issues of all the previous Ayreon releases, including The Dream Sequencer. The special edition re-issue merged both albums into a single release, titled Universal Migrator: Parts I & II. The album was also released on vinyl in December 2012.
