Requia

by John Fahey

Requia cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: December 1967
  • Label: Vanguard
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 44:44
  • Community rating: 3.98/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Fahey dedicates a significant portion of this album to a multi-part sound collage that splices his acoustic fingerpicking with audio of Nazi rallies, scratchy blues 78s, and white noise. The juxtaposition creates a disjointed, eerie listening experience that fractures the traditional folk format.

Genres

Descriptors: Avant Garde, Acoustic, avant-garde, war, atmospheric, sampling, instrumental, acoustic, bluesy, minimal, improvisation, experimental, traditional

Tracklist

  1. Requiem For John Hurt (5:10)
  2. Requiem For Russelll Blaine Cooper (8:56)
  3. When The Catfish Is In Bloom (7:42)
  4. Requiem For Molly (7:40)
  5. Requiem For Molly - Pt. 2 (7:46)
  6. Requiem For Molly - Pt. 3 (2:33)
  7. Requiem For Molly - Pt. 4 (3:00)
  8. Fight On Christians, Fight On (1:57)

Credits

  • John Fahey - primary artist, effects [special], guitar, composed by [all compositions are by]
  • Jack Lothrop - edited by [master tape editor]
  • Barry Hansen - effects [special]
  • Samuel B. Charters - effects [special], producer [produced by]

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