"Todeswunsch" - Sous le soleil de Saturne
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| Studio album by Sopor Aeternus & The Ensemble of Shadows | ||
| Released | 1995 | |
| Recorded | ?? | |
| Genre | Darkwave | |
| Length | 74:49 | |
| Label | Apocalyptic Vision | |
| Producer(s) | ?? | |
| Sopor Aeternus & The Ensemble of Shadows chronology | ||
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| "...Ich töte mich..." (1994) |
"Todeswunsch" - Sous le soleil de Saturne (1995) |
Ehjeh Ascher Ehjeh (1995) |
| 2003 re-release cover | ||
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"Todeswunsch" - Sous le soleil de Saturne ("Death wish" - Under the sun of Saturn, usually referred to as "Todeswunsch") is the title of Darkwave band Sopor Aeternus & The Ensemble of Shadows' second album. It was released in 1995. "Todeswunsch" saw a shift in focus from a rough darkwave sound to more of a renaissance sound, leaving behind drum machines in favour for medieval instrumentation and shrill female voices (all of them performed by Anna-Varney). The newer sound caused a great divide amongst listeners. A limited pressing of 3,000 CDs was initially available.
The title song "Todeswunsch (vers.)" is a darkwave interpretation of Cat Stevens' "I Think I See The Light", originally released in 1970 on the album Mona Bone Jakon.
In 1999, "Todeswunsch" was re-released with slightly different artwork. In 2003, the album was re-released again with entirely new artwork, including a radically new cover. "Todeswunsch" may or may not have been re-released a third time in 2004, when most of the other Sopor Aeternus albums were re-released.
The cover painting of the original release is a detail of "The Death of the Virgin" by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio.
[edit] Track listing
- "Flesh Crucifix (Suffering from Objectivity)" – 1:52
- "Die Bruderschaft des Schmerzes (Die Unbegreiflichkeit des Dunklen Pfades, den die Kinder Saturns gehen)" – 5:49
- "Shadowsphere I & II (The Monologue-World and the subconscious Symbols)" – 7:37
- "Saltatio Crudelitatis (Tanz der Grausamkeit, vers.)" – 5:47
- "Just a Song without a Name" – 0:28
- "Soror Sui Excidium (Geliebte Schwester Selbstzerstörung)" – 4:35
- "Le Théâtre de la Blessure sacrée" – 2:58
- "The Devil's Instrument" – 5:18
- "Todeswunsch (vers.)" – 5:38
- "Drama der Geschlechtslosigkeit (part 1)" – 2:05
- "Freitod-Phantasien" – 3:23
- "Drama der Geschlechtslosigkeit (part 2)" – 5:10
- "Saturn-Impressionen" – 2:47
- "Somnabulist's secret Bardo-Life (Does the Increase of Pain invite the Absence of Time?)" – 4:17
- "Not dead but dying" – 5:11
- "Only the Dead in the Mist" – 5:12
- "This profane Finality" – 4:35
- "Cage within a Cage... (...within a Cage within a cage...)" – 1:59
[edit] Notes
- All song titles had their subtitles removed on the 2003 re-release edition.
- On some issues, both portions of "Shadowsphere" are separate tracks.
- The title of "Soror Sui Excidium (Geliebte Schwester Selbstzerstörung)" was changed to "Soror (Sister of Self-destruction)" for re-releases.
