Satyricon

by David Shea

Satyricon cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1997
  • Label: Sub Rosa
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 58:24
  • Community rating: 3.74/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Inspired by Petronius' ancient Roman novel, David Shea constructs a highly conceptual and mysterious sound collage. The album weaves electronic ambient textures with free improvisation to create a deeply hypnotic, suspenseful, and surprisingly ethereal historical narrative.

Genres

Descriptors: Avant Garde, improvisation, history, conceptual, experimental, avant-garde, orchestral, diverse, sampling, ambient, soundtrack, atmospheric

Tracklist

  1. Opening (2:52)
  2. Q (5:33)
  3. Psyche (7:59)
  4. Eros (4:25)
  5. The Wheel (3:20)
  6. Giton's Theme (3:21)
  7. Eumolpus (1:44)
  8. Circle (2:33)
  9. Ars Nova II (5:08)
  10. Aphrodesia (2:22)
  11. Trimalchio (6:48)
  12. Cave Canem (2:05)
  13. The Wife of Epheseus (3:21)
  14. The Dream (2:06)
  15. The Waves (4:40)

Credits

  • Tiziana Kutic - voice
  • Erik Friedlander - cello
  • Martina Bertoni - cello
  • Elisa D'Agostini - viola
  • Giulio Venier - violin, bagpipes [baghet - north italian bag pipe]
  • Lucia Clonfero - violin
  • Dario Maru拧i膰 - bagpipes [mala sopela - istrian pipes]
  • Marino Kranjac - bagpipes [mala sopela - istrian pipes]

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