''Athlantis'' is a live album by violinist/multi-instrumentalist
Eyvind Kang
Eyvindur Y. Kang (born 23 June 1971) is an American composer and multi-instrumentalist. His primary instrument is viola, but has also performed on violin, tuba, keyboards and others.
In addition to his solo work, Kang has worked extensively with ...
which was released in 2007 on
Ipecac Recordings
Ipecac Recordings is an independent record label based in California. It was founded on April 1, 1999 by Greg Werckman (ex-label manager of Alternative Tentacles, ex-lead singer of DUH, ex-employee of Mercury Records) and Mike Patton ( Faith No ...
.
Ipecac Recordings catalog
accessed January 22, 2015
Reception
The PopMatters
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review by Sean Murphy stated "Those who cherish the oddness in Kang (or, to invoke another of his wonderfully appropriate album titles, the “sweetness of sickness”), won't be disappointed here".[Murphy, S.]
PopMatters Review
September 16, 2007
The Allmusic
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review by Stephen Eddins observed "The music of ''Athlantis'' defies easy pigeonholing, so identifying its attributes may be the best way to describe it. Its primary quality is an aura of dark mystery, a sense of conjuring supernatural forces. This is not the kind of piece most people would want to listen to alone in the dark".[Eddins, S.]
Allmusic Review
accessed January 22, 2015
Spin noted "''Athlantis'', Kang's second disc for Ipecac, is truly out there. Inspired by Renaissance-era texts, he utilizes the voices of Mike Patton and Jessika Kenney to render his chillingly phantasmal choral arrangements. Think the monolith scene from 2001
The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a multi-national coalition in an invasion of Afghanistan ...
as rendered by Mr. Bungle and you're almost there."[Spin Review]
August 27, 2007
Track listing
''All compositions by Eyvind Kang with lyrics by Giordano Bruno
Giordano Bruno (; ; la, Iordanus Brunus Nolanus; born Filippo Bruno, January or February 1548 – 17 February 1600) was an Italian philosopher, mathematician, poet, cosmological theorist, and Hermetic occultist. He is known for his cosmolo ...
(tracks 2-5, 8, 11 & 12) and Marbod of Rennes
Marbodus, Marbod or Marbode of Rennes ( 1035 – 11 September 1123) was archdeacon and schoolmaster at Angers, France, then Bishop of Rennes in Brittany. He was a respected poet, hagiographer, and hymnologist.
Biography
Marbod was born near Ange ...
(tracks 6 & 9)''
# "Ministers of Friday" - 1:04
# "Vespertiliones" - 1:07
# "Andegavenses" - 5:09
# "Rabianara" - 5:35
# "Inquisitio" - 3:41
# "Ros Vespertinus" - 5:02
# "Conciliator" - 2:36
# "Iupitter" - 1:28
# "Repetitio" - 3:17
# "Lamentatio" - 3:26
# "Athlantis" - 4:49
# "Aquilas" - 4:33
Personnel
*Eyvind Kang
Eyvindur Y. Kang (born 23 June 1971) is an American composer and multi-instrumentalist. His primary instrument is viola, but has also performed on violin, tuba, keyboards and others.
In addition to his solo work, Kang has worked extensively with ...
- composer, director
*Jessika Kenney, Mike Patton
Michael Allan Patton (born January 27, 1968) is an American singer, producer, film composer and voice actor, best known as the lead vocalist of the alternative metal band Faith No More. Noted for his vocal proficiency, diverse singing techn ...
- vocals
*Walter Zanetti - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
*Alberto Capelli – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, sitar
''Ensemble di Ottoni di Modena''
*Marco Catelli, Marzio Montali - trumpet
*Valentino Spaggiari - trombone
*Gianluigi Paganelli - bass tuba
*Aldo Sisillo - conductor
''Coro da Camera di Bologna''
*Arianna Lanci, Atsuko Koyama, Mila Ferri, Sonila Kaceli, Soon So Kyoung - soprano vocals
*Alessandra Masini, Angela Troilo, Elisa Bonazzi, Laura Vicinelli, Olga Adamovich - contralti vocals
*Antonio Frezzetti, Kei Nagakawa, Michele Napolitano, Sergio Giachini, Sergio Turra - tenor vocals
*Enrico Volontieri, Giacomo Serra, Marcus Köhler, Simone Astolfi - bass vocals
*Giovanna Giovannini - assistant choir master
*Pier Paolo Scattolin - choir master
References
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2012 albums
Ipecac Recordings albums
Eyvind Kang albums