Adiemus consists of the Welsh composer
Karl Jenkins and his Finnish "Adiemus Singers". The session singer
Miriam Stockley performed the vocal parts on the first four albums. Additional vocals were provided by
Mary Carewe on all but
Dances of Time, which saw the introduction of the Finnish Adiemus Singers (who would later reappear on
Vocalise). Extra vocals and the chorus effects were created by overdubbing multitracked recordings of the singers (in some cases up to forty times) and varying the speed of the tape. Stockley was described by Jenkins as central to the Adiemus p…
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