Diamanda Galás: The Litanies of Satan (1982)

Diamanda Galás is a Greek-American avant-garde composer, vocalist, pianist, performance artist and painter. Known for her expert piano as well as her distinctive, operatic voice, which has a three and a half octave range, Galás has been described as "capable of the most unnerving vocal terror". Galás often shrieks, howls, and seems to imitate glossolalia in her performances. Her works largely concentrate on the topics of suffering, despair, condemnation, injustice and loss of dignity. She has worked with many avant-garde composers, including Iannis Xenakis, Vinko Globokar and John Zorn.

The Litanies of Satan is the debut album of avant-garde performer Diamanda Galás.
Wild Women with Steak-Knives (from the tragedy-grotesque by D. Galas – "Eyes Without Blood") is a cold examination of unrepentant monomania, the devoration instinct, for which the naive notion of filial mercy will only cock a vestigial grin. for solo scream.
The Litanies of Satan (from the poem by Charles Baudelaire) devotes itself to the emeraldine perversity of the life struggle in Hell. for solo voice, tape, and electronics.
(LP liner notes)

Tracks (see note below):
1. Wild Women with Steak-Knives (The Homicidal Love Song for Solo Scream) – 12:04
2. The Litanies of Satan – 17:48

The Litanies Of Satan" recorded at Nadir Studios, London, England, 1981.
"Wild Women With Steak Knives" recorded in San Diego, US, 1982.

Personnel:
* Diamanda Galás – Vocals
* Dave Hunt – Music Production; Sound Engineer for "The Litanies of Satan"
* Dick O'Dell – Executive Producer
* Richard Zvonar – Sound Engineer for "Wild Women with Steak-Knives"
* Durane Rene Begault – Assistant Sound Engineer for "Wild Women with Steak-Knives"
* Will Gullette – Cover Photo
* Kent Strother – Environment
* Martyn Lambert – Sleeve Layout

Very Important Note: Part of initial LPs and almost all CD reissues on several labels are oppositely labeled. The same for freedb. Tracks are listed in wrong order on the disc and the backcover. "The Litanies Of Satan" is the second, longer track.
You can re-tag tracks as stated above.

Les Litanies de Satan text: http://fleursdumal.org/poem/191

Download:
http://rapidshare.com/files/41...da_Galas-Litanies_du_Satan.rar
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