Mercy
by Meredith Monk
- Type: Album
- Released: 29 October 2002
- Label: ECM
- Country: United States
- Length: 57:12
- Community rating: 3.4/5 from 2 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
A haunting exploration of extended vocal technique and cyclical instrumentation, 'Mercy' serves as a deeply meditative, avant-garde composition. The pioneering performance artist utilizes wordless, surreal choral layering to evoke an ancient yet profoundly modern sense of spiritual grace.
Genres
Descriptors: Avant Garde, choral, avant-garde
Tracklist
- Braid 1 And Leaping Song (8:14)
- Braid 2 (2:34)
- Urban March (Shadow) (3:10)
- Masks (1:43)
- Line 1 (1:11)
- Doctor / Patient (8:21)
- Line 2 (1:01)
- Woman At The Door (5:55)
- Line 3 And Prisoner (5:23)
- Epilogue (1:54)
- Shaking (3:05)
- Liquid Air (3:53)
- Urban March (Light) (6:05)
- Core Chant (4:43)
Credits
- Ann Hamilton - artwork [cover and liner images from video and pinhole camera stills by]
- Bohdan Hilash - bass clarinet, clarinet [a clarinet], clarinet [bâ™ clarinet], composed by [with], contrabass clarinet, clarinet [eâ™]
- John Hollenbeck - bells, bells [ice bell, cymbal bell], performer [wind tube], percussion [patatag], composed by, concept by [developed in collaboration with], cowbell, marimba [marimba resonators], gong [opera gong], cymbal [cymbals with microphone], marimba [bowed marimba], melodica, percussion [metal percussion], bass drum, triangle [triangles], piano, vibraphone, vibraphone [bowed vibraphone], voice, xylophone
- Allison Sniffin - composed by [with], concept by [developed in collaboration with], piano, synthesizer, viola, violin, voice
- Ching Gonzalez - concept by [developed in collaboration with], voice
- Katie Geissinger - concept by [developed in collaboration with], voice
- Theo Bleckmann - concept by [developed in collaboration with], voice
- Allison Easter - voice