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Diamanda Galás (born August 29, 1955) is a Greek-American avant-garde performance artist, vocalist, and composer. Galás was born and raised in San Diego, California. She was classically trained in jazz piano from an early age, training which reveals itself consistently throughout all her work. Known for her distinctive, operatic voice, which has a three and a half octave range, Galás has been described as “capable of the most unnerving vocal terror”. Galás often shrieks, howls, and seems to imitate glossolalia in her performances. Her works largely concentrate on the topics of suffering, despair, condemnation, injustice and loss of dignity. Critic Robert Conroy has said that she is ‘unquestionably one of the greatest singers America has ever produced.
She worked with many avant-garde composers including Phillip Glass, Terry Riley, John Zorn, Iannis Xenakis and Vinko Globokar. She made her performance debut at the Festival d’Avignon in France as the lead in Globokar’s opera, Un Jour Comme Une Autre which deals with the death by torture of a Turkish woman. The work was sponsored by Amnesty International. She also contributed her voice to Francis Ford Coppola’s film Dracula (1992) and appeared on the film’s soundtrack.
Her work first garnered widespread attention with the controversial 1991 live recording of the album Plague Mass in the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine in New York.
She worked with many avant-garde composers including Phillip Glass, Terry Riley, John Zorn, Iannis Xenakis and Vinko Globokar. She made her performance debut at the Festival d’Avignon in France as the lead in Globokar’s opera, Un Jour Comme Une Autre which deals with the death by torture of a Turkish woman. The work was sponsored by Amnesty International. She also contributed her voice to Francis Ford Coppola’s film Dracula (1992) and appeared on the film’s soundtrack.
Her work first garnered widespread attention with the controversial 1991 live recording of the album Plague Mass in the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine in New York.
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Malediction and Prayer
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La Serpenta Canta (disc 2)
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Guilty! Guilty! Guilty!
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You Must Be Certain of the Devil
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RedSK wrote:
Just discovered, getting into her shit gradually :)
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MishMog wrote:
She's fully able to manipulate her voice to do the most spineripping, unkthinkable sounds, but also the most emotionally beautiful vocals that I have ever heard. Her voice blows me completely into another dimension, she's undoubtedly one of a kind, and the greatest voice that's ever been recorded. Dying to see her live one day!
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gunslingerdarko wrote:
Judgement Day!!! Scary much? It's her best effort as well..
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nettoepfel wrote:
cada vez mais que escuto a diamanda, mais a amo! *-* conhecer sua música salvou o meu ano! S2
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zvonovsky wrote:
Охуеть.
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LuliusCaesar wrote:
Me ha gustado Gloomy Sunday (extracto) y me he bajado buena parte de su discografía... creo que me deleitaré con la peculiaridad de esta mujer, según lo que he leído y conocido de ella: siento que será trascedental todoa de ella....!!
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vhtsouza wrote:
ow *-* You Must Be Certain of the Devil é um dos melhores cds dela. É passante :P
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Lusildo wrote:
ghettto, I understand. The matter is not in her, but in me. I meant, personally for me she's too extravagant, and it's a pity.
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Waeldchengarten wrote:
I'm just listening to Scream X for the first time.. oh wow
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Lusildo wrote:
Точнее, даже так: если бы при своем голосе она была бы хотя бы на 20% адекватней, она стала бы моей любимой певицей : /
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poor-de-chirico wrote:
Her music is absolutely disarming.
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Lusildo wrote:
нет, человек не может так петь о_О
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bsimpson1972 wrote:
She is the greatest! Go see her live!
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Vaaram wrote:
Complete streamable album is: www.lastfm.de/music/Diamanda+Gal%C3%A1s/You+Must+Be+Certain+of+the+Devil
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PresenceIgnored wrote:
Guess there's still 1 download left now... Thanks manunison, you just made someone very very happy.
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Batabid wrote:
wow, thanks a lot! I snatched one of the downloads.my god how perfect is her voice? just mindblowing...
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manunison wrote:
i've bought the new "you don't know what love is". there are still 3 downloads available (i just needed one, the other i gave to a friend), https://www.e-junkie.com/d/?t=9V533229767795016&d=41kvq&c=1of4 enjoy it :) who will the lucky 3 be? :D
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coffradia wrote:
pene nalgas y vagina!!!
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Avant_GardeFull wrote:
who is D E F ?
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robetar wrote:
"Stay tuned for the next song, available mid October -- Diamanda's most well-loved song, recorded and produced by D E F from her 2008 Paris performance. " -from her website. i'm excited what song it would be !
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Divadlo Archa, Praha, Czech Republic
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Università "La Sapienza", Roma, Rome, Italy
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Teatro Estudio Cavaret, Guadalajara, Mexico
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