The Death Defying Unicorn is the fifteenth full-length studio album by the Norwegian band Motorpsycho, released on 10 February 2012 via Rune Grammofon and Stickman Records. It was released on double CD and double 12" vinyl. It is a collaboration with Ståle Storløkken, and also features Ola Kvernberg, Trondheimsolistene and the Trondheim Jazz Orchestra.
Track listing
Compact disc
Vinyl Side A: Out of the Woods The Hollow Lands Through the Veil, Part I
Side B: Through the Veil, Part II Doldrums Into the gyre Flotsam
Side C: Oh, Proteus - A Prayer Sculls in Limbo La Lethe Oh, Proteus - A Lament
Side D: Sharks Mutiny! Into the Mystic
Credits Music arranged by Motorpsycho and Ståle Storløkken Words by Bent Sæther Trondheimsolistene and the Trondheim Jazz Orchestra arranged by Ståle Storløkken
Performed by Motorpsycho: Kenneth Kapstad – drums Hans Magnus Ryan – guitars and vocals Bent Sæther – bass and vocals and Ståle Storløkken – keyboards
featuring Ola Kvernberg – violin Kåre Chr. Vestrheim – mellotron, various sonic mayhem, gongs and other canned goods of the viennese persuasion
with Trondheim Jazz Orchestra Kjetil Traavik Møster – clarinet, tenor & baritone saxophones Hanna Paulsberg – tenor saxophone Klaus Ellerhusen Holm – alto saxophone Andre Roligheten – tenor saxophone, bass clarinet Mathias Eick, Eivind Nordseth Lønning – trumpets Mats Äleklint, Kristoffer Kompen – trombones
Trondheimsolistene Daniel Turcina, Åse Våg Aaknes, Sigrid Stang, Stina Andersson – violins Frøydis Tøsse, Lars Marius Hølås – violas Marianne Lie, Tabita Berglund – cellos
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