Gondwanaland (Steroid Maximus album)
Gondwanaland is an album from Steroid Maximus. It was released in 1992 by Big Cat Records.
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| Released | December 1992 | |||
| Recorded | Self Immolation Studios, Brooklyn (Summer 1989–Summer 1990) | |||
| Genre | Jazz, avant garde | |||
| Length | 54:52 | |||
| Label | Big Cat | |||
| Producer | J. G. Thirlwell | |||
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| Allmusic | (unrated)[1] |
Gondwanaland is Ectopic Entertainment #ECT ENTS 003.
The album is the second Steroid Maximus album of instrumental soundtrack music to an imaginary film.[2] Ira Robbins of Trouser Press called the music "stunning in its mischievous diversion of traditional concepts", describing the music as "Wagnerian orchestration, exotic ethnic elements, blaring big-band swing, continental drift and found-sound constructions".[3]
Reviews:
- John Chedsey (30 January 2000). "Satan Stole My Teddy Bear". Archived from the original on 2008-04-09. Alt URL
- College Music Journal text at foetus.org
- Sputnik Music review
Track listing
- "¡Quilombo!" (J. G. Thirlwell / Raymond Watts) – 4:22
- "Radio Raheem" (Thirlwell / Watts) – 3:25
- "First Movement: The Trojan Hearse" (Thirlwell / Watts) – 2:38
- "Second Movement: The Auctioneer of Souls" (Thirlwell / Watts) – 4:36
- "Third Movement: Crawling Goliath" (Thirlwell / Watts) – 3:42
- "Fourth Movement: Erupture" (Thirlwell / Watts) – 3:13
- "Life in the Greenhouse Effect" (Thirlwell / Lucy Hamilton) – 5:52
- "I Will Love You Always (Wild Irish Rose)" (Thirlwell / Don Flemming) – 6:14
- "Cross Double Cross" (Thirlwell / Mark Cunningham) – 4:08
- "Destino Matar" (Thirlwell / Away) – 3:32
- "Volgarity" (Thirlwell) – 2:36
- "Öl (Kwik-Lube)" (Thirlwell / Roli Mosimann) – 1:56
- "Powerhouse!" (Raymond Scott) – 4:06
- "Homeo" (Thirlwell / Away) – 2:34
- Tracks 3–6 are collectively titled "The Bowel of Beelzebub: A Symphony in Four Movements."
- "¡Quilombo!" and "Life in the Greenhouse Effect" are taken from ¡Quilombo!.
- "Powerhouse!" originally released in 1990 by Thirlwell's Garage Monsters project.
Personnel and production
- J. G. Thirlwell – Performance, production, arrangements, engineering, mixing
- Raymond Watts – Featured (1–6)
- Lucy Hamilton – Featured (7)
- Don Flemming – Featured (8)
- Mark Cunningham – Featured (9)
- Away – Featured (10, 14)
- Roli Mosimann – Featured (12)
- The Pizz and Buttstain – Featured (13)
- Lin Culbertson – Flute (1)
- Hahn Rowe – Violin (9)
References
- "Gondwanaland". Allmusic. Retrieved February 24, 2013.
- Bogdanov, Vladimir (2001) All Music Guide to Electronica, Backbeat, ISBN 978-0879306281, p. 187
- Robbins, Ira "Foetus", Trouser Press, retrieved 2011-07-25
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