Sun God (album)
1995 studio album by Sun God
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Sun God is the debut studio album by Sun God, released on May 22, 1995, by Fifth Colvmn Records and Original Artists Group.[2][3]
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| Released | May 22, 1995[1] |
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| Length | 68:59 |
| Label | Fifth Colvmn/Original Artists |
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Music
The songs "Ayizan" and "Guede" from Sun God were released on the various artists compilations Life Is Too Short for Boring Music Volume VII and Forced Cranial Removal by EFA and Fifth Colvmn Records.[4][5][6] In 1996 the track "Guede", also from the band's debut, was released on Living for Music 2 by Discordia.[7]
Reception
John Bush of AllMusic awarded Sun God three out of five stars, calling it an "album of tribal rhythms and percussion" with "Nigiani's airy vocals and Orpheus's sinister growls complementing each other well."[8] Sonic Boom described it as "a modern day interpretation of what many of the early pagan magick ceremonies might have been in the middle ages" and that "the music inspires meditation, celebration and escape from the constraints of society on its listeners."[9]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Marcus Giltjes, Patricia Nigiani and Rodney Orpheus.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Legba" | 8:39 |
| 2. | "Oya" | 5:19 |
| 3. | "Ayizan" | 5:25 |
| 4. | "Damballah & Ayida Wedo" | 5:16 |
| 5. | "Simbi" | 8:34 |
| 6. | "Guede" | 6:56 |
| 7. | "Agwe" | 8:07 |
| 8. | "Gran Ibo" | 7:34 |
| 9. | "Erzulie" | 4:50 |
| 10. | "The Ancestors" | 8:20 |
Personnel
Adapted from the Sun God liner notes.[10]
Sun God
- Marcus Giltjes – instruments, production
- Patricia Nigiani – vocals, instruments, production
- Rodney Orpheus – vocals, instruments, production
Additional performers
- Emily Brayshaw – viola
- Tom Crowe – Gnostic chanting
- Carolina Gross – flute
Production and design
- Axel Ermes – assistant production
- Jürgen Jansen – assistant production
Release history
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
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| United States | 1995 | Fifth Colvmn | CD | 9868-63192 |
| Germany | Original Artists Group | EFA 01351 |