Xaphan: Book of Angels Volume 9
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| Studio album by Secret Chiefs 3 | |||||
| Released | May, 2008 | ||||
| Genre | Avant-garde, Jazz, Kletzmer, Hard rock, Surf rock | ||||
| Length | 55:29 | ||||
| Label | Tzadik | ||||
| Producer | Trey Spruance | ||||
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Xaphan: Book of Angels Volume 9 is an album by the Secret Chiefs 3 performing compositions from John Zorn's second Masada book, "The Book of Angels".[1] It is the fifth studio album to be released by the Secret Chiefs 3. As with the other volumes of the Book of Angels series, the titles of the songs are characters from Jewish and Christian mythology. The title of the album, Xaphan refers to one of the fallen angels who rebelled with Satan and set the Heaven on fire.
Track listing
- "Sheburiel" - 5:43
- "Akramachamarei" - 5:46
- "Shoel" - 6:19
- "Barakiel" - 5:49
- "Bezriel" - 4:36
- "Kemuel" - 4:23
- "Labbiel" - 4:22
- "Asron" - 3:32
- "Balberith" - 6:31
- "Omael" - 4:01
- "Hamaya" - 4:20
- All compositions by John Zorn.
Personnel
- Trey Spruance — guitars (baritone guitar, electric guitar, bass guitar), piano, organ, percussion, autoharp, synthesizer, production, recording, mixing
- Anonymous 13 — voice, viola
- Chippy (Heung-Heung Chin) — design
- Rich Doucette — sarangi
- Timb Harris — violin, trumpet
- Scott Hull — audio mastering
- Shahzad Ismaily — bass guitar
- Jai Young Kim — B3 organ
- Justin Phelps — mixing
- Jason Schimmel — guitar, recording
- Monica Schley — harp
- Ches Smith — drums, congas
- Tim Smolens — cello, upright bass, recording
- Kazunori Sugiyama — associate producer
- Adam Stacey — clavinet
- Arun Venkatesh — recording
- Alex Eddings — Assistant Engineer
- John Zorn — executive producer[2]
Reception
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| Allmusic | (Not Rated) [3] |
| mxdwn.com | (very favorable) [4] |
| Mark Prindle |   [5] |
Footnotes
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- ↑ Xaphan: Book of Angels Volume 9 at AllMusic
- ↑ mxdwn.com Review
- ↑ Mark Prindle Review
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