Diamanda Galás
The Divine Punishment (LP)
FormatLPLabelMuteGenreExperimental
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With original innersleeve.
The first album in her Masque of the Red Death trilogy, The Divine Punishment is one of the most jarring works of art produced in response to the AIDS epidemic, and a milestone in Diamanda Galás's artistry and activism. Galás uses her famous voice both as an orational instrument and as well as a physical representation of AIDS and those it afflicts. The album features the panphonic* dirge work of Galás, accompanied by analogue synthesizers and piano played by Diamanda Galás with additional synthesizer work by Dave Hunt. The texts are primarily taken from the Old Testament, contrasting the hectoring lawmakers of Leviticus with the desperate appeals of the Lamentations and Book of Psalms (Psalm 22, 59, and 88). In doing so, she indicts those who use religion to instigate the witch hunts that inevitably accompany real and perceived plagues.
Release notes
The first part of the Divine Punishment is given on June 23rd 1986 at the Osweg Shipyards as a world premiere for the ARS Electronica Festival. All texts from THE DIVINE PUNISHMENT are taken from the OLD TESTAMENT except for part III of Free Among the Dead. Free Among the Dead is dedicated to Tom Hopkins. Executive Production: Intravenal Sound Operations, San Diego. ARS Electronica, Linz, Austria. Mute Records, London. NEA Opera / Music Theatre, Washington D.C. The Kitchen, N.Y.C.…
| Deliver Me From Mine Enemies | |||
| AI | This Is The Law Of The Plague | ||
| AII | Deliver Me From Mine Enemies | ||
| AIII | We Shall Not Accept Your Quarantine | ||
| AIV | Ε Ξελόυ Mε [Deliver Me.] | ||
| AV | Yιατί, Ó Θεός? | ||
| AVI | Psalm 22 [Excerpt] | ||
| Free Among The Dead | |||
| BI | Psalm 88 | ||
| BII | Lamentations Chapter 3 (Excerpt) | ||
| BIII | Sono L'Antichristo | ||
- Diamanda Galás
- Composed By, Performer, Co-producer, Lyrics By (BIII)
- Naut Humon
- Consultant [Consultation] (BI to BIII)
- P.D. White
- Design [Sleeve Design And Treatment]
- Frank Harris
- Engineer (BI to BIII)
- Richard Zvonar
- Engineer [Additional Signal Processing] (BI to BIII)
- Dave Hunt
- Engineer, Producer (A. to AVI), Producer, Mixed By (BI to BIII)
- T.J. Eng
- Photography By [Original Cover Photo]
- Traditional
- Text By [All Texts Taken From The Old Testament] (AI to BII)
