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Saint Of The Pit

Diamanda Galas

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Format: CD

Cat No: ISO008

Release Date:  18 October 2024

Label:  Intravenal Sound Operations

Packaging Type:  Digipak

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  0881626798829

Genres:  Indie  

Release Date:  18 October 2024

Label:  Intravenal Sound Operations

Packaging Type:  Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  0881626798812

Genres:  Indie  

  • Description

    Saint of the Pit, Diamanda Galas' fifth studio album and the second in her trilogy, The Masque of the Red Death, is an urgent record. Its theme is essentially passion, in the sense of suffering, although here, and unlike the passion of Christianity, there is little to offer solace. Re-released on Galas' own Intravenal Sound Operations (ISO) after its initial release on Mute in November 1986, Saint of the Pit is a masterpiece of witness - ing, forged from grief and fury during the HIV-AIDS epidemic. While its precursor, The Divine Punishment (originally via Mute, now ISO), released only five months before in June 1986, invoked Old Testament laws around the clean and the unclean, as a way of raging against the inhumanity of systemic neglect of people with HIV-AIDS, this album is focussed on a more interior response. Saint of the Pit was an urgent record and now, nearly 40 years on, it remains an urgent record because, ultimately, its major theme is not limited to HIV-AIDs, but profound suffering. It is this music's capacity to bear witness, to wrap a humanity around another's pain, to hear that anguish, that gives Saint of the Pit its continuing relevance. Remastered by Heba Kadry in 2024. CD includes an 8 page booklet with lyrics and translations and 14x19 inch poster.

    Description

    Saint of the Pit, Diamanda Galas' fifth studio album and the second in her trilogy, The Masque of the Red Death, is an urgent record. Its theme is essentially passion, in the sense of suffering, although here, and unlike the passion of Christianity, there is little to offer solace. Re-released on Galas' own Intravenal Sound Operations (ISO) after its initial release on Mute in November 1986, Saint of the Pit is a masterpiece of witness - ing, forged from grief and fury during the HIV-AIDS epidemic. While its precursor, The Divine Punishment (originally via Mute, now ISO), released only five months before in June 1986, invoked Old Testament laws around the clean and the unclean, as a way of raging against the inhumanity of systemic neglect of people with HIV-AIDS, this album is focussed on a more interior response. Saint of the Pit was an urgent record and now, nearly 40 years on, it remains an urgent record because, ultimately, its major theme is not limited to HIV-AIDs, but profound suffering. It is this music's capacity to bear witness, to wrap a humanity around another's pain, to hear that anguish, that gives Saint of the Pit its continuing relevance. Remastered by Heba Kadry in 2024. Vinyl is Packaged in a printed euro inner sleeve with lyrics and translations and 18 x 24 inch poster.