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Peter Gabriel
Passion

Album 1989 on Real World Records label
Electronic, Rock, Folk, World and (Tribal, Art Rock, Folk)

Soundtrack to the Martin Scorsese film 'The Last Temptation of Christ', re-titled as a result of legal barriers. Recorded between February 1988 and March 1989 at Real World Studios, Box, England. Mastered at Town House Cutting Room. "I have put together two albums around the music of The Last Temptation of Christ. This album is my work; the other, Passion Sources, represents a selection of some of the traditional music, sources of inspiration and location recordings. I was excited to be asked to work on the music. When I first discussed the project with Martin Scorsese in 1983 I wanted to find out how he was intending to film this controversial novel. He wanted to present the struggle between the humanity and the divinity of Christ in a powerful and original way, and I was convinced by his commitment to the spiritual content and message. He is an excellent and very musical director and working with him has been a great experience. After we finished mixing the film there were some unfinished ideas that needed developing and I took some extra time to complete this record. There are several pieces that were not able to be included in the film and I felt that the record should be able to stand as a separate body of work. I chose the working title for the film - Passion. We recorded some of the finest singers and soloists in the field of world music and we set the score on a backdrop of traditional North African rhythms and sounds. It wwas a wonderful experience working with such different and idiosyncratic musicians. They came from Pakistan, Turkey, India, Ivory Coast, Bahrain, Egypt, New Guinea, Morocco, Senegal and Ghana. For many of them working with this material was something quite new and they were very enthusiastic. The soundtrack is full of the spirit of their performances." Peter Gabriel The following tracks contain selections from existing recordings of traditional music. Track 1 - The Doudouks are playing an Armenian melody 'The Wind Subsides', recorded for Ocora Records under the direction of Robert Ataian. Track 4 - Incorporates a traditional melody from Kurdistan. Kurdish Duduks are from Unesco Collection - A Musical Anthology of the Orient, General Editor Alain Danielou for Musicaphon Records. Track 8 - Written around a traditional Egyptian rhythm which is performed to fend off evil spirits. Track 10 - Based on an improvisation by Shankar and Peter Gabriel. Track 11 - The Ney Flute is playing a traditional Armenian melody. Track 14 - Based on an improvisation by Mahmoud and Peter Gabriel. ℗ 1989 Virgin Records Ltd. (on booklet and inlay) ℗ 1989 Realworld Records Ltd. (on CD) © 1989 Realworld/Virgin Records Ltd. (on booklet and inlay) © 1989 Virgin Records Ltd./Realworld Records Ltd. (on CD) Made in West Germany Includes a 16-page booklet.

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	Peter Gabriel voc, *1950 GB mixed by, written by, producer, album by, synthesizer, shaker, surdo, surdu, percussion, skins, flute, voice, flute, samples, bass, percussion, synthesizer, prophet 5, whistle, flute, piano, akai s900, voice, sampler, fairlight, computer, audioframe, percussion, voice, computer, audioframe, synthesizer, prophet 5, surdo, surdu, voice, percussion, additional, computer, audioframe, sampler, akai s900, surdo, surdu, percussion, backing vocals, synthesizer, fairlight, emulator, voice, sampler, akai s900, synthesizer, prophet 5, voice, piano, arranged by, synthesizer, computer, audioframe, synthesizer, prophet 5, fairlight, voice, synthesizer, prophet 5, voice, sampler, akai s900, synthesizer, prophet 5, fairlight, percussion, additional, computer, audioframe, synthesizer, prophet 5, emulator, voice, piano, drums, doholla, percussion, additional, synthesizer, prophet 5, roland d-50, voice, contrabass, synthesizer, prophet 5
	Stephen McLaughlin dr, perc, *1960 GB programmed by, programming assistance
	Alan Smart , technician, maintenance
	Neil Perry key, technician, maintenance
	David Bottrill , CA drone, drone mix, tambourine, lead, performer, distorted slide, tambourine, 2
	Hossam Ramzy perc, tab, *1953 EG finger cymbals, tabla, daf, dufs, finger cymbals, tabla, tambourine, triangle, daf, dufs, tabla, daf, tambourine dufs, tambourine, mazhar, surdo, surdu, tabla, surdo, surdu
	David Rhodes g, voc, *1956 GB guitar, e-bow, ebow, guitar, steinberger
	Antranik Askarian , oboe, armenian doudouk
	Vatche Housepian , oboe, armenian doudouk
	Manny Elias dr, *1953 GB percussion, octabans, skins, surdo, surdu
	Shankar vn, voc, *1950 IN violin, double, vocals, written by, violin, double
	Mustafah 'Abd Al'-Azīz cl, drone, arghul, loops, percussion
	Massamba Diop , SN talking drum
	Unknown Artist , woodwind, tenbur, duduk, kurdish, percussion, moroccan, vocals, moroccan
	Fatala dr, perc, *1981 FR percussion, additional, loops, percussion - 3 bars, percussion, african
	Baaba Maal voc, acg, *1953 SN vocals
	Mahmoud Tabrizi-Zadeh vn, 1951-1997 FR kemenche, kementché, written by, kemenche, kementché
	Doudou N'Diaye Rose dr, perc, 1930-2015 loops, percussion - 4 bars
	Youssou N'Dour voc, bvoc, *1959 SN voice
	Nathan East b, voc, *1955 US bass
	Billy Cobham dr, perc, *1944 CH drums, percussion, drums, drum kit, drums, tambourine
	Kudsi Erguner perc, fl, *1952 TR ney, ney flute, ney, turkish ney flute
	Robin Canter ob, oboe, cor anglais
	David Sancious syn, g, *1953 US arranged by, synthesiser, synthesizer, akai s900, organ, hammond
	Manu Katché dr, *1958 FR percussion, additional
	Djalma Correa perc, BR percussion, brazilian
	Jon Hassell tr, *1937 US trumpet
	Julian Wilkins p, GB vocals, choirboy
	Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan voc, 1948-1997 PK voice, qawwali
	Richard Evans fl, recorded by, choir, tin whistle
	The Musicians Of The Nile , GB woodwind, arghul
	Said Mohammad Aly , loops, percussion

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