''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, keyboard instruments, keyboards and others.
In addition to his solo work, Kang has w ...
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 N ...
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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 (magazine), 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: A Space Odyssey (film), 2001 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 (tracks 2-5, 8, 11 & 12) and Marbodius of Rennes, Marbod of Rennes (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, keyboard instruments, keyboards and others.
In addition to his solo work, Kang has w ...
- composer, director
*Jessika Kenney, Mike Patton - 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