Towering Inferno – Kaddish

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Label:	Island Records – CID 8039, Island Records – 524 106-2
Format:	CD, Album, Reissue
Country:	UK & Europe
Released:	1995
Genre:	Electronic, Rock
Style:	Abstract, Industrial, Modern Classical, Experimental

Tracklist

	Part I
1	The Rose	4:01
2	Prayer	2:57
3	Dachau Piano – Richard Wolfson Soprano Saxophone – Andy Saunders Strings – Electra Strings	2:42
4	4 By 2 Piano – Glyn Perrin, Richard Wolfson Violin – Rick Koster	2:44
5	Edvard Kiraly Organ – Richard Wolfson Violin – Aleksander Kolkowski*	3:25
6	Memory Saxophone [Saxello] – Elton Dean	4:32
	Part II
7	Not Me Alto Saxophone – Andy Saunders Baritone Saxophone – Tim Hodgkinson	4:02
8	Reverse Field Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Anya Kubrick	2:30
9	Occupation Alto Saxophone – Andy Saunders, Elton Dean Mandolin – Richard Wolfson Trumpet – Tim Roseman	4:29
10	Sto Mondo Rotondo	2:29
11	Organ Loop Effects – Andy Saunders Organ [Hammond] – Richard Wolfson	3:20
	Part III
12	Toll (I)	0:55
13	Toll (II) Percussion [African] – Gaspar Lawal	3:38
14	The Run Piano – Andy Saunders Viola – Jocelyn Pook	2:00
15	Juden	0:51
16	Pogrom Effects – Andy Saunders Percussion [African] – Gaspar Lawal	4:10
17	Partisans Strings – Electra Strings Violin – Aleksander Kolkowski*	6:03
	Part IV
18	Modern Times Bass – Richard Wolfson	6:14
19	The Rose (II)	3:33
20	The Bell Bells – Richard Wolfson Soprano Saxophone – Andy Saunders Strings – Andrew Davis (2), Electra Strings	5:00
21	Kaddish Performer [Shofar] – Tim Roseman Voice – David Pearl, Rabbi Tamás Raj	3:04
22	The Weaver	1:06

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Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Island Records Ltd.
Copyright © – Island Records Ltd.
Recorded At – Diorama Studios
Recorded At – Lavender Hill
Recorded At – Camden Lock Studios
Recorded At – Porcupine Studios
Recorded At – LGM Stúdió
Mixed At – Lavender Hill
Produced At – Lavender Hill

Credits

Drums – Chris Cutler (tracks: 17, 18), John Marshall (tracks: 11, 17, 18), Richard Wolfson (tracks: 9), Steve Kellner (tracks: 5, 9, 13, 17, 18)
Edited By, Mastered By – Dave Bernez
Engineer – Gregg Skerman
Guitar – Andy Saunders (tracks: 2, 21), Richard Wolfson (tracks: 2, 5, 6, 8, 13, 16 to 18, 21)
Keyboards – Andy Saunders (tracks: 5, 6, 13, 21), Richard Wolfson (tracks: 1, 4, 7, 9, 13, 17 to 19, 21)
Lyrics By – Endre Szkárosi*
Mixed By, Producer – Towering Inferno
Programmed By – Andy Saunders (tracks: 2, 5 to 9, 12, 13, 15 to 19, 21), Richard Wolfson (tracks: 5, 8, 12, 13, 16, 18, 21)
Voice – Choral Cymry Llundain (tracks: 10, 13, 17), Malcolm Miller (tracks: 1, 2, 13), Márta Sebestyén (tracks: 1, 11, 19, 20), Endre Szkárosi* (tracks: 1, 5 to 8, 10, 13, 17, 19)

Notes

Recorded at Diorama Studios, Lavender Hill Studios, Camden Lock & Porcupine, London, and at LGM Studios, Budapest. Mixed at Lavender Hill Studios.

On disc face: Made in France by PMDC

Reissue from 1995
(c) 1993 Island Records Ltd.
(p) 1993 Island Records Ltd.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (Text): 7 31452 41062 7
Barcode (Scanned): 731452410627
Label Code: LC 0407
Price Code: PY 900
Rights Society: BIEM/STEMRA
Matrix / Runout: PMDC FRANCE
Matrix / Runout (Variant 1): 524 106_2 90 L7
Mastering SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI L004
Mould SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI 0245
Matrix / Runout (Variant 2): 524 106_2 90 L7 1**B
Mastering SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI L004
Mould SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI 0240
Matrix / Runout (Variant 3): 524 106_2 90 L7 1-A
Mastering SID Code (Variant 3): IFPI L004
Mould SID Code (Variant 3): IFPI 0247
Matrix / Runout (Variant 4): 524 106_2 90 L7 1*G
Mastering SID Code (Variant 4): IFPI L004
Mould SID Code (Variant 4): IFPI 0245

Other Versions (4)

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
	Kaddish (CD, Album)	TI Records	TI CD1	UK	1993
New Submission	Kaddish (Cassette, Advance, Promo)	Island Records	none	US	1993
Recently Edited	Kaddish (CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Deluxe)	Island Records, Island Records	CIDX 8039, 524 130-2	UK	1995
Recently Edited	Kaddish (CD, Album, Reissue)	Island Independent	162-531 034-2	US	1996

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Reviews

incuswetrust Sep 3, 2016
For my money the be(a)st album of the 1990's. An incredible, emotionally-charged, abstract yet soaked in tradition narrative of the Jewish experience: repression, fear, isolation, claustrophobia, persecution.
A song-cycle, really, with written texts reappearing in a variety of forms and styles: liturgy, plainchant, industrial, drone, minimalist, bombast. The presence of Marta Sebestyen adds more class to the proceedings. Words fail, really. Has to be heard/experienced in its entirety to appreciate what Brian Eno calls' The most frightening record i've ever heard'! And that's sayin' some.