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Emergent is the second (and final) album by American progressive rock band Gordian Knot, and is the only album apart from Focus to contain all original members of Cynic.

1. "Arsis" – 1:59
2. "Muttersprache" – 6:26
3. "A Shaman's Whisper" – 6:33
4. "Fischer's Gambit" – 5:43
5. "Grace" (Live) – 8:27
6. "Some Brighter Thing" – 7:34
7. "The Brook the Ocean" – 4:06
8. "Singing Deep Mountain" – 9:00
9. "Surround Me" (Japan Bonus Track) – 5:28

• Sean Malone (Cynic) - bass guitar, Chapman stick, fretless guitar, keyboards, e-bow, echoplex, loops, vocals
• Paul Masvidal (Cynic) - guitars, vocals
• Bob Brunin (Aerial Surface) - guitars, fretless guitars, vocals
• Jason Göbel (ex-Cynic) - guitars
• Jim Matheos (Fates Warning, OSI, Arch/Matheos) - acoustic guitars
• Steve Hackett (ex-Genesis) - guitars
• Sean Reinert (ex-Cynic) - drums, v-drums, percussion
• Bill Bruford (ex-Yes, ex-King Crimson) - drums
• Sonia Lynn - vocals