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Defixiones Will And Testament

~ Diamanda Galas
4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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Product details

  • Audio CD (15 Dec 2003)
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Label: Mute
  • ASIN: B0000DG5N2
  • Other Editions: Audio CD
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 384,050 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

Disc: 1
1. 'The Dance' Ter Vogormia
2. The Desert (part one)
3. The Desert (part two)
4. Sevda Zinēiri
5. Holokaftoma
6. Ter Vogormia (reprise)
7. The Eagle Of Tkhuma
8. Orders From The Dead
Disc: 2
1. Hastayim Yasiyorum
2. San Peqanw sto Karabi
3. Je Rame
4. Epķstola a Los Transeśntes
5. Birds of Death
6. Anoixe
7. Todesfuge
8. Artémis
9. See that My Grave is Kept Clean

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Diamanda's masterpiece, 15 Mar 2004
By A Customer
This review is from: Defixiones: Will and Testament, Orders from the Dead (Audio CD)
This is a true masterpiece. Simultaneously released with "La Serpenta Canta", a collection of Diamanda's favourite songs, "Defixiones" is the only album she actually wanted to release. It is a true concept album about a very dark and terrible event that happened in the early 20th century. It took Diamanda six years of research to bring this album together, and she sings in 14 different languages, but that is not a problem, because the 40 page booklet comes with translations and

background information, as well as photographs. The CDs themselves are very beautifully packaged in a hardback book.

The first CD has to be the most unique and impressive. She sings beautifully and never before has her voice shown more emotions that on this CD. She never screams like she used to on some of her previous albums. She also uses a lot of sound effects and other instruments that add more depth and atmosphere. The booklet should be read thoroughly to understand what she is singing about, only then can you appreciate her artistic geniality of the last song on the first CD, which closes the first act of her darkest concept album ever.

The second CD is slightly different. Diamanda performs "Songs of Exile" on the piano only, and it sounds more 'live' because of a cheering audience. The songs here are not directly linked to the subject on the first CD, but they can be referred to it, and they certainly do work as a whole.

All in all, her most impressive work to date, and she deserves some recognition for it.

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Godmother of Gothic without a shred of fakeness, 12 Oct 2003
I grew up with the slogan "kill your idols", but whether I wanted that or not, I became a 100% fan of Diamanda Galas.
Her voice, with a range of 4 (!) octaves, has no comparison in this world, and that exactly is what your chilling spine will tell you when listening to her.
She once said "My voice is an inspiration to my friends and an instrument of torture to my enemies", and this was no bragging at all.
I saw her perform Defixiones live in an old castle in Belgium. She was there for a month, playing three evenings each week, all sold out. People came from Germany, France, England and the Netherlands to see her. As her music doesn't fit in any category (except maybe super avant garde), her audiance didn't eather. Classical music lovers, people from the Jazz-scene, punks, gothics, rich and poor, all kinds of people gathered there.
And I swear to you, within half an hour 80% of them was crying because her litanies of pain and isolation are so powerful...

Play this very loud, and don't listen to it in the dark and on your own unless you are quite confident of yourself...

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Haunting and dark., 18 Mar 2006
By Irene the Athenian (Athens, Greece) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Defixiones: Will and Testament, Orders from the Dead (Audio CD)
Although I don't quite agree that this is Diamanda's masterpiece (that for me will always be Plague Mass), it is nevertheless one of her most important and impressive works for years. Writing about her music is pointless, it has to be heard. Suffice to say I highly recommend this and all her other works. Listen and feel.
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