Defixiones: Will and Testament

2003 live album by Diamanda Galás

Defixiones: Will and Testament

Live album by

Diamanda Galás

Released| 24 November 2003 (2003-11-24)
Recorded| September 2001 (2001-09)–June 2002 (2002-06)
Genre| Avant-garde
Length| 96:32
Label| Mute
Producer| Blaise Dupuy, Diamanda Galás
Diamanda Galás chronology
| Malediction and Prayer
(1998)  | Defixiones: Will and Testament
(2003)  | La serpenta canta
(2003)

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [1]
Pitchfork| 8.5/10[2]

Defixiones: Will and Testament is a live studio performance album by avant-garde musician Diamanda Galás, released on 24 November 2003 by Mute Records.

## Track listing

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All music is composed by Diamanda Galás, except "Hastayim Yasiyorm" by Udi Hrant and "Άνοιξε" by Yannis Papaioannou

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1.| "The Dance: Ter Vogormia"| Siamanto (Atom Yarjanian)| 13:02
2.| "The Dance: The Desert (part one)"| Adunis (Ali Ahmad Said)| 4:11
3.| "The Dance: The Desert (part two)"| Adunis (Ali Ahmad Said)| 5:31
4.| "The Dance: Sevda Zinçiri"| Anonymous| 4:20
5.| "The Dance: Holokaftoma"| Pier Paolo Pasolini| 4:39
6.| "The Dance: Ter Vogormia (reprise)"| Siamanto (Atom Yarjanian)| 2:29
7.| "The Eagle of Tkhuma"| Freydon Bet-Abram (Atturaya)| 2:47
8.| "Orders from the Dead"| Diamanda Galás, Dido Sotiriou| 11:35

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1.| "Hastayim Yasiyorum"| Udi Hrant| 4:20
2.| "Σαν πεθάνω στο καράβι" (If I Die on the Boat)| Anonymous| 2:37
3.| "Je Rame" (I Am Rowing)| Henri Michaux| 9:10
4.| "Epístola a los Transeúntes" (Epistle to the Transients)| César Vallejo| 5:33
5.| "Birds of Death"| Galás| 5:08
6.| "Άνοιξε" (Open Up)| Yannis Papaioannou| 3:14
7.| "Todesfuge" (Death Fugue)| "Todesfuge" by Paul Celan| 6:14
8.| "Artémis"| Gérard de Nerval| 5:05
9.| "See That My Grave Is Kept Clean"| Blind Lemon Jefferson| 6:36

## Personnel

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* Diamanda Galás – vocals, piano, arrangement, production

Production and additional personnel

* Blaise Dupuy – production, drum programming
* Rex Ray – design
* Austin Young – photography

## Release history

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Region  | Date  | Label  | Format  | Catalog

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United Kingdom  | 2003  | Mute | CD  | STUMM 205

## References

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1. ^ Couture, François. Defixiones: Will and Testament, Orders from the Dead at AllMusic. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
2. ^ Stosuy, Brandon (May 19, 2004). "Diamanda Galás: Defixiones, Will and Testament/La Serpenta Canta". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 3 July 2015.

## External links

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* Defixiones – Will And Testament at Discogs (list of releases)

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Diamanda Galás

Studio albums|

* The Litanies of Satan
* Diamanda Galas
* The Divine Punishment
* Saint of the Pit
* You Must Be Certain of the Devil
* The Singer
* All the Way
* De-formation: Piano Variations
* Broken Gargoyles

Collaborative albums|

* If Looks Could Kill
* The Sporting Life

Live albums|

* Plague Mass
* Vena Cava
* Schrei x
* Malediction and Prayer
* Defixiones: Will and Testament
* La serpenta canta
* Guilty Guilty Guilty
* At Saint Thomas the Apostle Harlem

Compilations|

* Masque of the Red Death

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