Lüüp – Meadow Rituals
Label: | Experimedia – EXPCD015 |
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Format: | CD, Album |
Country: | US |
Released: | |
Genre: | Classical |
Style: | Folk, Prog Rock, Ambient, Contemporary, Neo-Classical |
Tracklist
1 | Horse Heart | 6:06 | |
2 | Taurokathapsia | 4:52 | |
3 | Cream Sky | 6:23 | |
4 | Spiraling | 12:48 | |
5 | Roots Growth | 5:47 | |
6 | See You In Me | 7:50 | |
7 | Ritual Of Apollo & Dionysus | 4:00 | |
8 | Northern Lights | 5:49 |
Companies, etc.
- Recorded At – Artracks Studio
Credits
- Acoustic Guitar – Alex Bolpasis, Lefteris Moumtzis
- Backing Vocals – Jennie Ståbis
- Balalaika, Harp, Flute – Lisa Isaksson
- Bassoon – Georgia Smerou
- Cello – Elsa Kundig, Fotini Kallianou, Greg Haines
- Cor Anglais, Oboe – Georgia Konstadopoulou
- Double Bass – Katerina Papachristou
- Drums – Nikos Papanagiotou
- Electric Guitar – Giorgos Varoutas
- Flute – Stelios Romaliadis
- Mastered By – George Priniotakis
- Mellotron, Zither, Bells – David Svedmyr
- Mixed By, Recorded By – Alex Bolpasis
- Piano [Rhodes] – Nikos Fokas
- Producer – Alex Bolpasis, Stelios Romaliadis
- Saxophone – David Jackson
- Viola – Fotis Siotas*
- Violin – Pavlos Michaelides, Fotis Siotas*
- Vocals – Andria Degens, Lefteris Moumtzis, Lisa Isaksson
Notes
Track 8 is available only on CD and Digital Download versions of the album (not on vinyl version).
Oversized 6 panel card sleeve.
Oversized 6 panel card sleeve.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode: 804879242024
Other Versions (2)
View AllTitle (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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Meadow Rituals (Album, LP, Limited Edition) | Experimedia | EXPLP015 | US | 2011 | |||
New Submission | Meadow Rituals (8×File, FLAC, Album) | Experimedia | EXPLP015DG | US | 2011 |
Recommendations
Reviews
- Starting off from the very first track – the album name, the cover art, and Lisa Isaksson‘s lovely voice – everything suggests that I’m about to enter an epic story, a little medieval, a bit contemporary, and always unique. Defying all categorization, the eight tracks on Meadow Rituals, remind me of old-fashioned stories, lost antique treasures, and ancient simple times, when music was made with voice, strings, and wind. With guitar, flute, and cello dominating the sound palette, this super group of over nineteen musicians (I lost count!), set out to “examine man’s primitive nature”.
This Greek collective appeared seemingly out of nowhere, all thanks to Experimedia, reminding me of the beauty within celtic, pagan, and pastoral songs. On purely instrumental tracks, such as “Roots Growth”, the Lüüp finds itself engaged in jazzy rhythm, performing a piece composed by the group’s lead, flautist Stelios Romaliadis, who also a member of Yellow Elephant Ensemble. My favorite piece, “Ritual Of Apollo & Dionysus” recalls contemporary classical composition saturated in sadness, dread and angst.
Perhaps just as captivating as the album itself is a digital-only bonus release featuring remixes by Aaron Martin, Field Rotation, Hummingbird, Jasper TX, offthesky, Billy Gomberg and Dictionary of Ghosts. Aren’t these all of your favorites? I thought so… Here are another eight amazing tracks, reworking only two songs, “Spiraling” and “Cream Sky“. Yet in each artist’s hands, the pieces take on a new life, uniquely represented within such a fantastic roster of musicians. Worth a separate pressing all on its own! Pick up your collection of rituals directly from the label for this extra gift!
Release
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