Amanda Handel and GL Seiler Releases - Ghosts and Angels

Title

Ghosts and Angels

The cast

Amanda Handel: Concept, composition, piano, prepared piano, voice and field recordings.
G.L Seiler: Realisation, constructs, vocals, sequences and treatments.
Matthew Handel: Alto and soprano saxophone.
Paul Handel: Trumpet and bass guitar.

Track Listing and Times

1. Bewitchment 6:23
2. The Passing 5:19
3. Guapo 3:59
4. The Lure 6:18
5. Earthly Remains 6:37
6. Minstrels 3:14
7. Tierra de Luz 2:05
8. Dust and Silver 4:09
9. Verdant Somnolence 2:55
10. The Haunting 11:54
11. Adoration 8:06
12. La Danza Descalza 4:58
Playing time 66:18

Writing credits

All tracks written, arranged and performed by Amanda Handel and G.L. Seiler.

Other credits

Cover illustrations kindly granted by John Forester-Clack.
Poetry excerpts from Cante Jondo by Fredrico Garcia Lorca.
Track 12 contains samples from Zapatos de Tacon by Amanda Handel (Noumenon Records, 1995).
Tracks 1,7,10,11 are excerpts from The Seduction of Andalucia: four pieces for solo piano by Amanda Handel (2004).

Ghosts and Angels: traces of dust and silver (extended track listings)

1. Bewitchment: in the waters of melancholy.
(The labyrinths that time creates disappear... The heart, fountain of desire, disappears. The illusion of dawn and kisses disppear... The labyrinths... disappear.)
2. The Passing: stages of Peace.
3. !Guapo!.
4. The Lure: of warm lily and closed doors.
5. Earthly Remains: traces of the Saint.
6. Minstrels: without feet on high.
7. Tierra de Luz: chains of time.
(Earth of light, sky of earth. Between black butterflies goes a dark haired girl beside a white serpent of mist. She goes chained to the tremor of a rhythm that never arrives; She has a heart of silver and a dagger in her right hand. Where are you going 'siguiriya', with that headless rhythm? Which moon will take up your pain of whitewash and oleander? Earth of light, sky of earth.)
8. Dust and Silver: the legacy of labour - earthly remains.
9. Verdant Somnolence: dark lights and green mirrors.
10. The Haunting: of Maria de las Torres.
(Listen, my son: the silence. It's an undulating silence, a silence where valleys and echoes reverberate, and which bends foreheads down to the ground.)
(Lady Death is going down the road crowned with withered orange blossoms. She sings a song on her old white guitar, and sings and sings and sings. In the yellow towers, the bells ring. On the yellow winds the ringing breaks out... The wind and the dust make bits of silver.)
11. Adoration: duet in the sombre shades of Love's shadow.
(Like Love... they are blind. Upon the green night...they leave traces of warm lily. The keel of the moon breaks into purple clouds... They leave traces of warm lily.)
(Lamps of crystal and green mirrors. On the dark stage, 'Parrala' holds a conversation with Lady Death. She calls out, but Death doesn't come, and again she calls. The people are breathing in her sighs. And in the green mirrors, long trails of silk sway.)
12. La Danza Descalza: dance of sea and sand.

Translations from Spanish by Amanda Handel.

Amanda wishes to thank

Firstly Greg, Matt and Paul whose talents and skills are most impressive.
John Handel for many and all sorts of very important ideas and support.
My friends John Forester-Clack, Mike Atherton, Miguel Cabezas and all who show their interest in this music.
My deep respects to the Spanish poet G.F. Lorca (1898 - 1936).

Greg wishes to thank

Amanda and John, Andy Busuttil and Denise for their generosity with the studio and their time, Danny Jumpertz and Caroline Chisholm at Feral Media, also Tim Andrew. Matt, Paul and supporters of Comatone.