Tracklist

1	Destination	5:23
2	Cinema Saga	5:12
3	Soul Melange	3:36
4	Circle C	3:53
5	Proteus	6:34
6	Passage	1:00
7	First Sunrise	4:33
8	Ur-Beat	4:18
9	Dark To Light	4:17
10	Profile Man	4:14
11	Proteus Revamp	5:04

Credits

• Acoustic Bass – Lonnie Plaxico (tracks: 3)
• Alto Saxophone – Greg Osby (tracks: 6), Steve Coleman
• Art Direction – Ron Scarselli
• Baritone Saxophone – Jimmy Cozier (tracks: 6)
• Co-producer [Associate] – Jimmy Cozier
• Coordinator [Project] – Theresa Lowrey
• Drums, Percussion – Marvin "Smitty" Smith
• Electric Bass – Kevin Bruce Harris
• Engineer [Assistant] – Chris DiGirolamo
• Engineer [Recording] – Joseph Marciano*
• Guitar – David Gilmore
• Keyboards – Geri Allen (tracks: 1)
• Lead Vocals – Cassandra Wilson
• Liner Notes – Peter Watrous
• Lyrics By – Cassandra Wilson (tracks: 1 to 9, 11)
• Lyrics By, Music By – Graham Haynes (tracks: 9), Steve Coleman (tracks: 10)
• Management [Administrative Assistant] – Alice Glenn
• Mastered By – Ted Jensen
• Mixed By – Jimmy Cozier , Joseph Marciano*, Steve Coleman
• Photography By – Richard Vogel
• Piano, Keyboards – James Weidman
• Producer – Steve Coleman
• Tenor Saxophone – Branford Marsalis (tracks: 1), Gary Thomas (tracks: 5, 6)
• Trombone – Robin Eubanks
• Trumpet – Graham Haynes
• Written-By – Steve Coleman (tracks: 1 to 8, 10, 11)

Notes

Recording at Systems Two in Brooklyn, New York, December 1987 to January 1988
Mixed at Systems Two in Brooklyn, New York on Mitsubishi X-80 Digital Two Track
Mastered at Sterling Sound, N.Y. N.Y.

An M-Base Production
Ⓟ 1988 Pangaea Records, Inc.
Ⓒ 1988 Pangaea Records, Inc.
Manufactured in the U.S. by MCA Records
Released by I.R.S Records

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 076742215026

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
PAN-42150	Steve Coleman And Five Elements	Sine Die ‎(LP, Album, Promo)	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