Defixiones: Will and Testament
Live album by
Released24 November 2003 (2003-11-24)
RecordedSeptember 2001 (2001-09)–June 2002 (2002-06)
GenreAvant-garde
Length96:32
LabelMute
ProducerBlaise Dupuy, Diamanda Galás
Diamanda Galás chronology
Malediction and Prayer
(1998)
Defixiones: Will and Testament
(2003)
La serpenta canta
(2003)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Pitchfork8.5/10[2]

Defixiones: Will and Testament is a live studio performance album by avant-garde musician Diamanda Galás, released on 24 November 2003 by Mute Records.

Track listing

All music is composed by Diamanda Galás, except "Hastayim Yasiyorm" by Udi Hrant and "Άνοιξε" by Yannis Papaioannou

Disc one
No.TitleWords byLength
1."The Dance: Ter Vogormia"Siamanto (Atom Yarjanian)13:02
2."The Dance: The Desert (part one)"Adunis (Ali Ahmad Said)4:11
3."The Dance: The Desert (part two)"Adunis (Ali Ahmad Said)5:31
4."The Dance: Sevda Zinçiri"Anonymous4:20
5."The Dance: Holokaftoma"Pier Paolo Pasolini4:39
6."The Dance: Ter Vogormia (reprise)"Siamanto (Atom Yarjanian)2:29
7."The Eagle of Tkhuma"Freydon Bet-Abram (Atturaya)2:47
8."Orders from the Dead"Diamanda Galás, Dido Sotiriou11:35
Disc two
No.TitleWords byLength
1."Hastayim Yasiyorum"Udi Hrant4:20
2."Σαν πεθάνω στο καράβι" (If I Die on the Boat)Anonymous2:37
3."Je Rame" (I Am Rowing)Henri Michaux9:10
4."Epístola a los Transeúntes" (Epistle to the Transients)César Vallejo5:33
5."Birds of Death"Galás5:08
6."Άνοιξε" (Open Up)Yannis Papaioannou3:14
7."Todesfuge" (Death Fugue)"Todesfuge" by Paul Celan6:14
8."Artémis"Gérard de Nerval5:05
9."See That My Grave Is Kept Clean"Blind Lemon Jefferson6:36

Personnel

  • Diamanda Galás – vocals, piano, arrangement, production

Production and additional personnel

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog
United Kingdom 2003 Mute CD STUMM 205

References

  1. Couture, François. Defixiones: Will and Testament, Orders from the Dead at AllMusic. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  2. Stosuy, Brandon (May 19, 2004). "Diamanda Galás: Defixiones, Will and Testament/La Serpenta Canta". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 3 July 2015.


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