Visual Audio Sensory Theater

Visual Audio Sensory Theater is the debut album by the band VAST, released on April 28, 1998 by Elektra Records.

The album mixed samples of Benedictine monks of the Abbey of Saint-Maur and Le Mystère Des Voix Bulgares, with an 18-piece orchestra, guitars, and electronics.

However, the band's and the album's popularity didn't skyrocket until the second single, "Touched", was featured in a film soundtrack and the music video was put in play on MTV.

Other album tracks featured in various media include "Pretty When You Cry" played during the end credits of the German film We are the night and is included in its soundtrack CD; "Flames", which was used in the German film Summer Storm; and "Here", which has been used in two episodes of Angel.

"Touched" contains elements of the song "Pilentze Pee", sung by the Bulgarian State Television Female Vocal Choir.