Carbon-Based Anatomy EP is composed of six previously unheard tracks.

However, the song "Carbon-Based Anatomy" is a reinterpretation of an older unreleased Æon Spoke single, "Homosapien".

This was also done on Cynic's LP, Traced in Air, as the track "Integral Birth" was an interpretation of Æon Spoke's "When Sunrise Skirts the Moor."

[6] Three of six tracks are short, ambient-oriented pieces ("Amidst the Coals", "Bija!

Since the two previous hired musicians, Tymon Kruidenier and Robin Zielhorst, were let go by Masvidal and Reinert,[7] all guitar parts for this EP were recorded by Paul Masvidal.