Description
Damon Albarn – Dr Dee / 18 beautifully crafted songs, featuring 'The Marvelous Dream', 'Apple Carts' and 'The Dancing King' / Parlophone Audio CD 2012 / P9538932
UPC 5099995389325
Dr Dee, a new studio album by Damon Albarn, will be released May 8 by Virgin Records on CD, vinyl, and digital download.
Dr Dee is an 18 track work inspired by the life of John Dee (1527-1608), mathematician, alchemist, philosopher and advisor to Elizabeth I. Dee is a singular enigma: an Englishman so influential that he defined how we measure years, so quintessential that he lives on in Shakespeare's words; yet so shrouded in mystery that he's fallen from the very pages of history itself.
Described by Albarn as "strange pastoral folk," the music of Dr Dee is a fitting companion to the end of another Elizabethan age. The album combines Albarn's voice with early English choral and instrumentation alongside modern, West African and Renaissance sounds. Dr Dee was recorded late last year in Albarn's West London studio and also in Salford with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. The album was mixed by Valgeir Sigursson in Reykjavik.
Label: Parlophone – P9538932
Format: CD, Album
Country: Europe
Released: 07 May 2012
Genre: Rock, Pop, Classical
Style: Opera, Folk Rock, Pop Rock, Indie Rock, Prog Rock
Tracklist:
| 1 | The Golden Dawn
Recorded By, Engineer – Stephen Sedgwick |
3:56 |
| 2 | Apple Carts
Advisor [Recording Consultant] – Paul Arditti, Conductor, Music Consultant [Orchestration Consultant] – Andre De Ridder, Engineer [Additional] – Stephen Sedgwick, Engineer [Sound] – Stephen Rinker, Supervised By [Music Supervisor] – Stevie Higgins |
2:37 |
| 3 | O Spirit, Animate Us
Recorded By, Engineer – Stephen Sedgwick |
3:48 |
| 4 | The Moon Exalted
Advisor [Recording Consultant] – Paul Arditti, Conductor, Music Consultant [Orchestration Consultant] – Andre De Ridder, Engineer [Sound] – Stephen Rinker, Recorded By, Engineer [Additional] – Stephen Sedgwick, Supervised By [Music Supervisor] – Stevie Higgins |
5:43 |
| 5 | A Man Of England
Advisor [Recording Consultant] – Paul Arditti, Conductor, Music Consultant [Orchestration Consultant] – Andre De Ridder, Engineer [Additional] – Stephen Sedgwick, Engineer [Sound] – Stephen Rinker, Supervised By [Music Supervisor] – Stevie Higgins |
3:17 |
| 6 | Saturn
Advisor [Recording Consultant] – Paul Arditti, Conductor, Music Consultant [Orchestration Consultant] – Andre De Ridder, Engineer [Additional] – Stephen Sedgwick, Engineer [Sound] – Stephen Rinker, Supervised By [Music Supervisor] – Stevie Higgins |
2:05 |
| 7 | Coronation
Advisor [Recording Consultant] – Paul Arditti, Conductor, Music Consultant [Orchestration Consultant] – Andre De Ridder, Engineer [Sound] – Stephen Rinker, Recorded By, Engineer [Additional] – Stephen Sedgwick, Supervised By [Music Supervisor] – Stevie Higgins |
1:10 |
| 8 | The Marvelous Dream
Recorded By, Engineer – Stephen Sedgwick |
2:23 |
| 9 | A Prayer
Advisor [Recording Consultant] – Paul Arditti, Conductor, Music Consultant [Orchestration Consultant] – Andre De Ridder, Engineer [Additional] – Stephen Sedgwick, Engineer [Sound] – Stephen Rinker, Supervised By [Music Supervisor] – Stevie Higgins |
1:33 |
| 10 | Edward Kelley
Advisor [Recording Consultant] – Paul Arditti, Conductor, Music Consultant [Orchestration Consultant] – Andre De Ridder, Engineer [Additional] – Stephen Sedgwick, Engineer [Sound] – Stephen Rinker, Supervised By [Music Supervisor] – Stevie Higgins |
3:29 |
| 11 | Preparation
Advisor [Recording Consultant] – Paul Arditti, Conductor, Music Consultant [Orchestration Consultant] – Andre De Ridder,Engineer [Additional] – Stephen Sedgwick, Engineer [Sound] – Stephen Rinker, Supervised By [Music Supervisor] – Stevie Higgins |
3:01 |
| 12 | 9 Point Star
Recorded By, Engineer – Stephen Sedgwick |
1:33 |
| 13 | Temptation Comes In The Afternoon
Advisor [Recording Consultant] – Paul Arditti, Conductor, Music Consultant [Orchestration Consultant] – Andre De Ridder, Engineer [Additional] – Stephen Sedgwick, Engineer [Sound] – Stephen Rinker, Supervised By [Music Supervisor] – Stevie Higgins |
2:05 |
| 14 |
Watching The Fire That Waltzed Away
Advisor [Recording Consultant] – Paul Arditti, Conductor, Music Consultant [Orchestration Consultant] – Andre De Ridder, Engineer [Additional] – Stephen Sedgwick, Engineer [Sound] – Stephen Rinker, Supervised By [Music Supervisor] – Stevie Higgins |
2:37 |
| 15 | Moon (Interlude)
Advisor [Recording Consultant] – Paul Arditti, Conductor, Music Consultant [Orchestration Consultant] – Andre De Ridder, Engineer [Additional] – Stephen Sedgwick, Engineer [Sound] – Stephen Rinker, Supervised By [Music Supervisor] – Stevie Higgins |
0:29 |
| 16 | Cathedrals
Advisor [Recording Consultant] – Paul Arditti, Conductor, Music Consultant [Orchestration Consultant] – Andre De Ridder, Engineer [Additional] – Stephen Sedgwick, Engineer [Sound] – Stephen Rinker, Supervised By [Music Supervisor] – Stevie Higgins |
3:01 |
| 17 | Tree Of Beauty
Advisor [Recording Consultant] – Paul Arditti, Conductor, Music Consultant [Orchestration Consultant] – Andre De Ridder, Engineer [Additional] – Stephen Sedgwick, Engineer [Sound] – Stephen Rinker, Supervised By [Music Supervisor] – Stevie Higgins |
2:00 |
| 18 | The Dancing King
Recorded By, Engineer – Stephen Sedgwick |
3:24 |
- Bass Vocals [Palace Voices] – Alastair Merry, Edward Grint, Phillip Tebb, Russell Matthews
- Drums – Tony Allen
- Guitar – Simon Tong
- Kora – Madou Diabate
- Mastered By – Tim Young
- Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Palace Voices] – Amy Payne, Claire Barnett-Jones, Leanie Lodge, Ruth Gibbins
- Mixed By – Valgeir Sigurdsson
- Mixed By [Assistant] – Alexander Overington, Einar Stefannsson, Paul Evans (7)
- Music By, Producer, Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Artwork [Uncredited] – Damon Albarn
- Orchestra – BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
- Organ – Mike Smith (3)
- Soprano Vocals [Palace Voices] – Belinda Evans, Ellinor Moran, Emma Smith (2), Nicola Wydenbach
- Tenor Vocals [Palace Voices] – Andrew Walters (2), Ashley Catling, Benedict Quirke, Simon Wall (2)
- Theorbo – Arngeir Hauksson
- Viol – Liam Byrne (2)
- Vocals – Anna Dennis (2), Bertie Carvel, Christopher Robson, Melanie Pappenheim, Palace Voices, Stephen Page, Victoria Couper
- Wind – Anne Allen, David Hatcher, Bill Lyons
