Defixiones, Will and Testament

by Diamanda Gal谩s

Defixiones, Will and Testament cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 24 November 2003
  • Label: Mute
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:01:52
  • Community rating: 3.83/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

An overwhelmingly powerful, profoundly dark conceptual work mourning the victims of the Armenian, Assyrian, and Greek genocides. Gal谩s delivers terrifying, multi-octave vocal wails and mournful piano dirges, incorporating traditional Middle Eastern mourning chants into a violently confrontational avant-garde masterwork.

Genres

Descriptors: Avant Garde, conceptual, avant-garde, violence, history, death

Tracklist

  1. The Eagle Of Tkhuma (2:47)
  2. Orders From The Dead (11:38)
  3. Hastayim Yasiyorum (4:20)
  4. 危伪谓 螤蔚胃伪谓蠅 危蟿慰 螝伪蟻伪尾喂 (2:38)
  5. Je Rame (9:10)
  6. Ep铆stola A Los Transe煤ntes (5:33)
  7. Birds Of Death (5:08)
  8. A谓慰喂尉蔚 (3:14)
  9. Todesfuge (6:14)
  10. Art茅mis (5:05)
  11. See That My Grave Is Kept Clean (6:05)

Credits

  • Kunstencentrum Vooruit - commissioned by
  • Wim Wabbes - commissioned by
  • Robert Knoke - drawing [bird drawing]
  • Dick Harlow Productions - editor [editorial assistance]
  • Andrew Marlin - hair
  • Mathu Andersen - make-up
  • David Dalrymple - other [gown]
  • David Sefton - presenter

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