Salome
Download links and information about Salome by Michael Askill. This album was released in 1998 and it belongs to Chill Out, New Age genres. It contains 18 tracks with total duration of 01:07:34 minutes.
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| Artist: | Michael Askill |
| Release date: | 1998 |
| Genre: | Chill Out, New Age |
| Tracks: | 18 |
| Duration: | 01:07:34 |
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Tracks
[Edit]| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | John the Baptist At the River / John the Baptist's Call to God In the Desert | 8:13 |
| 2. | Men's Dance With Herod | 3:16 |
| 3. | Herod and Herodias / Herodias and John the Baptist | 4:47 |
| 4. | Women's Dance | 4:18 |
| 5. | Soldier and Page | 1:40 |
| 6. | Salome's Entrance | 4:36 |
| 7. | Shadow Dance | 3:06 |
| 8. | Salome Demands to See John the Baptist | 1:54 |
| 9. | John the Baptist and Salome | 4:38 |
| 10. | The Soldier Kills the Page | 1:46 |
| 11. | John's Compassion and Vision of Harmony | 5:46 |
| 12. | Chaos! | 2:14 |
| 13. | Herod's Drunken Dance | 1:53 |
| 14. | Herod's and Herodias' Argument | 3:47 |
| 15. | Salome, Dance for Me | 4:11 |
| 16. | Salome's Dance | 4:14 |
| 17. | Herod's Ecstasy / Salome Demands the Head of John the Baptist | 2:27 |
| 18. | Salome With the Head of John the Baptist | 4:48 |
Details
[Edit]This hauntingly dark mix of Thai gongs, thunder sheet, Middle Eastern vocals, Turkish flute, (ney) and oboe, (zurna), djembes, darbuka, and more eclectic percussion sets the stage for Salome. Widely diverse, polyrhythmic, and at times minimalistic aural "breathings" are innovative sound tapestry for the Sydney Dance Company Production's choreography. Percussionists Askill and David Hewitt are joined by vocalist Omar Faruk Tekbilek in this intoxicatingly, eerie mix. Tekbilek plays the ney and zurna as well as assorted percussion. There are heavenly voices, solo voice, shouts, Salome's chant, and the strange speaking voice of King Herod on select tracks. This is not light-hearted nor wispy ballet music. This is modernistic, hedonistic, ritualistic, and a smothering score. It steadily builds in intensity as if to emulate the twisted passions Salome's dance brought forth long ago. Visions of the Middle East, Asia, and Africa pervade Askill's creation. We are carried in the score from John the Baptist in the wilderness and most grisly to "Salome with the head of John the Baptist." An emptiness covers the listener with the ghastly images evoked by Salome's mournful song to finish the dance of death. ~ John W. Patterson, Rovi