Theater of Mineral NADEs is an album by the violinist/multi-instrumentalist Eyvind Kang, released in 1998 on John Zorn's Tzadik Records as part of the Composer Series.Tzadik Records catalog, accessed January 22, 2015
Reception
CMJ New Music Monthly reviewer Randall Roberts stated: "On Theater Kang createsboth minimal glimpses and lush portraits, blending seemingly disparate musics; mandolins and tablas intertwine, harmoniums, violins, synthesizers and cellos flutter simultaneously. Experienced as a whole, Theater of Mineral NADEs runs like one long quasi-cinematic experience, as though a narrative is running through the music and telling its own story."Roberts, R., CMJ New Music Monthly Review, August 1998 AllMusic music critic Stacia Proefrock wrote: "Theater of Mineral NADEs does not reach as far as some of Kang's previous work, but he also manages to succeed at nearly everything he tries on this album. It is a well executed, thoughtful piece."
Track listing All compositions by Eyvind Kang "The Earth & The Moon" - 2:02 "Jewel of the Nade" - 1:20 "Theory of the Supreme Ones" - 0:38 "The Anointment" - 1:30 "Mineralia" - 2:58 "Pleasures of the Nade" - 1:20 "Consensit Spiritus" - 3:16 "(If I Sing a Song) So Good It" - 1:50 "New Moon" - 2:00 "Suleiman" - 2:38 "Berdache" - 2:19 "Moon" - 1:14 "Mercury" - 0:47 "The Curse" - 1:04 "Lanvaettir" - 0:35 "Fate Is Sealed" - 0:47 "Private Mistery" - 0:38 "Lost Souls" - 1:27 "Ghost Dance" - 2:06 "Lost Love" - 1:09 "Lover Not a Hater" - 3:51 "Mystic Nade" - 3:05 "Mary of Magdalen" - 5:09 "Jewel of the Nade" - 0:46
Personnel Eyvind Kang - violin, guitar, bass, keyboards, mandolin, tuba, recorder, percussion, voice Susanna Knapp, Jessica Lurie - flute Mike Anderson - trumpet Steve Moore - trombone James Philp - cornemuse, crumhorn, recorders, bass flute Emmanuelle Somer - oboe Terry Hsu, Alan Kestle - violin Brent Arnold - cello Trey Spruance - twelve-string guitar Timothy Young - guitar Christian Asplund - harmonium Tari Nelson-Zagar, Dave Pascal, Ian Rashkin - bass Tucker Martine, Mike Stone - drums Mint - finger cymbals Vishal Nagar - tabla Ed Pias - percussion Courtney Agguire - voice
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