DIAMANDA GALAS - In Concert (CD) | NEW

Label: Intravenal Sound Operations – ISO-009CD
Format: CD, Album
Country: USA & Europe
Released:Jun 14, 2024
Genre: World, Rock
Style:Classical, Experimental, Avantgarde

1        Ο Πρόσφυγας
Written-By – Maro Bizani*, Nakis Petridis*
4:15
2        A Soul That's Been Abused
Written-By – Ronnie Earl
4:30
3        La Llorona
Arranged By – Diamanda Galás
Written-By – Traditional
6:23
4        She (aka "Woman")
Written-By – Bobby Bradford
6:18
5        Let My People Go
Arranged By – Diamanda Galás
Written-By – Traditional
3:39
6        Pardon Me, I've Got Someone To Kill
Written-By – Aubrey Mayhew, Johnny Paycheck
5:29
7        Άνοιξε Πέτρα
Written-By – Lefteris Papadopoulos*, Mimis Plessas*
4:14

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Intravenal Sound Operations
Copyright © – Intravenal Sound Operations
Published By – Diamanda Galás
Recorded At – Thalia Hall
Recorded At – Neptune Theatre
Manufactured By – The ADS Group – 6745-CD-6389
Administrator [Intravenal Sound Operations Administrative Quarters] – Tami Miller
Calligraphy – Diamanda Galás
Design – Edward ODowd
Mastered By – Heba Kadry
Mixed By [Live], Recorded By – Daniel Neumann (9)
Mixed By [Recording] – DEF Nikho Georgiades*
Performer, Producer – Diamanda Galás
Photography By – Kristofer Buckle, Pere Masramon
Vocals, Piano – Diamanda Galás
Digipak with 6-panel insert and 14.5x19 inch poster.

Hype sticker with barcode on shrink wrap.

Tracks 1 to 3, 7 recorded at Thalia Hall, Chicago. IL - April 17, 2017
Tracks 4 to 6 recorded at Neptune Theatre, Seattle, WA - March 31, 2017

UK release date 28th June 2024
Barcode (Text, on sticker): 8 81626 80342 4

Diamanda Galás In Concert is not simply a live album. With nothing but a piano and the full expressive range of her extraordinary voice, Diamanda Galás strips away the comforting patina of time, tradition and stylistic convention to expose and express the raw human emotion that is the living heart of a song. It explores an eclectic range of material; rembetika, soul, ranchera, country and free jazz, and her passionate eviscerations reveal their hidden kinship. Four of the songs-O Prósfigas, La Llorona, Let My People Go, and Ánoixe Pétra are for and by the forsaken, outcast and debased; the other three are hardboiled love songs. 

'In Concert' features select recordings taken from performances at Thalia Hall in Chicago, and Neptune Theatre in Seattle from 2017. The songs are drawn from disparate sources. Diamanda is of Maniati Greek and Middle-Eastern Greek/Egyptian origin, but she was born near the border of San Diego and Mexico, hearing the corridos, ranchera, and ballades daily, so the album draws deeply from both sources. Crucial to her performance are song types with ancient roots, primarily the amané, a vocal improvisation of Anatolian Greek origin. Amanés can be defined as a last prayer to the mother by a dying soldier, with the word amané itself possibly deriving from the Greek word mana, mother. Echoes of amanés can be heard in the Adhan, the Islamic call to prayer, but in origin it is a primal lament, expressing grief and loss. The origins of the amané are archaic; it's spirit is urgent and timeless. CD is packaged with an 18x24 inch poster and eight page booklet with lyrics and translations.

• Condition: NEW
• Format: CD
• Internal ID: 881626803424
• Format Detail: CD
• Genre: Folk, World, & Country
• Label: Intravenal Sound Operations
• Catalog Number: ISO-009CD
• Format Type: CD