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A mashup of phrases from Monteverdi. Written for the Rooke Chapel Choir in 1995.

Mary Jane Leach-Song of Sorrows

Kokeka bowed with a violin, time stretched in three tracks.

Kokeka (2-4-11) Time Stretched Violin Bowing

This is our cover of My Chemical Romance's Our Lady Of Sorrows mixed by The Super Duper Robot, who has some awesome originals you should check out. Enjoy!!!

Our Lady of Sorrows cover - My Chemical Romance

KREEP05
George Duning & The Brothers Candoli/Gianfranco Reverberi 
Bell, Book And Candle/The Reincarnation Of Isabel

For the final chapter of the Finders Kreepers 7″ series of bygone supernatural psychedelic cinema scores we combine a true universal classic with a very deep underground gem for this unlikely pairing of witchcraft films from entirely different cinematic perspectives.

Taken from a South American only 7″ EP dedicated solely to the nightclub music of The Brothers Candoli in Richard Quine’s Bell Book And Candle, the tongue-in-cheek cat magic theme on the a-side of this release combines whirring electric pianos and muted horns to provide a classic kitsch-witch freaky tiki theme complete with purrs, meows and magical spells sharing the same dark comedic approach to the looming domestication of witchcraft shared in haxan classics like Rosemary’s baby and Virgin Witch as wellas comedies like Bewitched and Saxana.

The final side to this ten-part series finally sees the obscure ritualistic funk soundtrack to Renato Polselli’s Reincarnation Of Isobel available on vinyl for the first time since its ultra rare 1973 release (under a different name) on a small Italian imprint. Composed by library music stalwart Gianfranco Reverberi for a film that also goes by the name of Rites, Black Magic and Secret Orgies In The Fourteenth Century, the bizarre feature-length score does little to authenticate the stylistic vintage of the films plot and brings psych rock, synth and sound effects to the proceedings bequeathing gems such as this impending bass and percussion driven title sequence. Complete with explicit feminine vocalisations and sedated Euro mock afro rock textures this rare theme for the X-rated 1970s take on the 1922 Benjamin Christensen film Haxan does its best to provide a musical backdrop for a film that combines witchcraft, vampires and zombies combining all the key fantasy figures found in the Finders Kreepers series for an ultimate deep groove crescendo.

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Gianfranco Reverberi - Reincarnation Of Isabel

Improvisation.
Soprano saxophone solo and gongs, tams.
The number 4 of four improvisations, playing and improvising with the soprano saxophone, using the same gongs-tams recording.

Esquisse Iber

Sadollah Nasirî - Ruyet ra Magardan

O Magna Vasti Creta is the first section of a work-in-progress, Ariadne of Knossos, exploring the pre-Hellenic origins of the Ariadne myth. I have used lyrics from several languages, which reflects the many different strands of the Ariadne myth. This piece is an evocation of the power, majesty, and mystery of Ariadne before her eclipse by the conquering Greeks.

O Magna Vasti Creta

Minos, for tenor soloist and mixed chorus (SSAATB, is the sixth section of a work-in-progress, Ariadne of Knossos, a piece exploring the pre-Hellenic origins of the Ariadne myth. I have used lyrics from several languages, which reflects the many different strands of the Ariadne myth. This section is an evocation of the bull, which was sacred in Crete before the Greeks conquered it.

Minos

"Ceremony of the Bull" is the third section of a work-in-progress, Ariadne of Knossos, which is a theatrical musical piece exploring the pre-Hellenic origins of the Ariadne myth. It is for mixed chorus (SSAATB) and string quartet. I have used lyrics from several languages, which reflect the many different strands of the Ariadne myth. This section is an evocation of the bull, which was sacred in Crete before the Greeks conquered it.

Ariadne of Knossos

Ceremony of the Bull

"Call of the Dance," for soprano soloist and 8-part women's chorus, is the second section of Ariadne of Knossos, a work-in-progress, which will be a theatrical musical piece exploring the pre-Hellenic origins of the Ariadne myth. I have used lyrics from several languages, which reflects the many different strands of the Ariadne myth. This refers to the ancient tradition of all-women choirs, many of which also incorporated movement.

Call Of The Dance

The Crane Dance is a dramatic solo for soprano and women's chorus describing the holy dance of Crete. In ancient Crete there was a form of choral dance using choruses of girls who accompanied dancers, called the hypercheme, in which a dancing and gesticulating chorus was reinforced by a stationary group of singers. There are no dancers in this piece, but the singers describe a dance. The piece starts fairly serenely and builds in intensity as the dancing becomes more frenzied, which is reflected in the choral accompaniment.

The Crane Dance

Until We Bleed (featuring Lykke Li) - Mikael's cello version

Lancaran Udan Mas Pelog Barang  [traditional Javanese]

Lancaran Kebogiro - Gending Jawa

From Afar

Javanese Gamelan Orchestra - Suling Degung - World Music - YouTube

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Adrian Lux - Damaged (Radio Edit)

MARY JANE LEACH is a composer/performer whose work reveals a fascination with the physicality of sound, its acoustic properties and how they interact with space. In many of her works Leach creates an other-worldly sound environment using difference, combination, and interference tones; these are tones not actually sounded by the performers, but acoustic phenomena arising from Leach’s deft manipulation of intonation and timbral qualities: “an acoustic Through the Looking Glass world based on sound that the performer is not making.” (The New Yorker).

Mary Jane Leach-Song of Sorrows

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