- Artist
- Gavin Bryars
- ReleaseProduct
- The Sinking Of The Titanic
- Label
- Superior Viaduct
- Catalogue Number
- SV161
- Release Date
- November 25, 2022
Genres
Press Release
Gavin Bryars was born in Yorkshire, England in 1943. His first musical forays were as a jazz bassist working in the early 1960s with improvisors Derek Bailey and Tony Oxley. Bryars later worked with composers John Cage and Cornelius Cardew, founded the Portsmouth Sinfonia and collaborated with Brian Eno on his famed Obscure imprint. The Sinking of the Titanic, Bryars’ first major composition, was inspired by the tragic event of the British passenger liner’s cross-Atlantic maiden voyage. Bryars eloquently reconstructs the passengers’ experience – at once forlorn and eerily calming – through assemblages of understated strings and indeterminate elements. A core principle of the piece is that the ship’s band continued to play as the vessel went down. One of the most sublime works in the modern classical canon, Titanic remains Bryars’ magnum opus. Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet, the album’s second sidelong track, is based on a tape loop of a London street singer captured in the early 1970s. Featuring Derek Bailey, Michael Nyman and John White, Bryars’ composition gradually builds around the cripplingly poignant voice until its emotional force is almost too much to bare. It’s no surprise that Jesus’ Blood is known as Tom Waits’ all-time favorite piece of music. Produced by Brian Eno in 1975 as the inaugural release on Obscure, The Sinking of the Titanic draws the listener in to a majestic world. While these exquisite, hymn-like recordings have not changed in nearly 50 years, their deeply personal nature and the audience’s attention to their subtlety have only strengthened over time.
Produced by Brian Eno in 1975 as the inaugural release on Obscure. Jesus' Blood is known as Tom Waits' all-time favorite piece of music.
Track List
- The Sinking of the Titanic
- Jesus? Blood Never Failed Me Yet
Gavin Bryars
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- Artist
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- Les Disques du Crepuscule
- Catalogue Number
- TWI027CD
- Release Date
- June 21, 2019
- CD
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- The Sinking Of The Titanic (1969- )
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- Touch
- Catalogue Number
- TONE34
- Release Date
- December 10, 2007
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Superior Viaduct
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- ReleaseProduct
- In Greenwich Village
- Label
- Superior Viaduct
- Catalogue Number
- SV136
- Release Date
- June 2, 2023
- LP
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- Superior Viaduct
- Catalogue Number
- SV175
- Release Date
- March 3, 2023
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- Catalogue Number
- SV178
- Release Date
- July 15, 2022
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- Superior Viaduct
- Catalogue Number
- SV176
- Release Date
- July 15, 2022
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- Label
- Superior Viaduct
- Catalogue Number
- SV191
- Release Date
- April 1, 2022
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- ReleaseProduct
- The Pavilion Of Dreams
- Label
- Superior Viaduct
- Catalogue Number
- SV162
- Release Date
- March 4, 2022
- LP
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- Superior Viaduct
- Catalogue Number
- SV190
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- LP
Ambient and Modern Classical
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- Aïsha Devi
- ReleaseProduct
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- Label
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- Catalogue Number
- HTH163D
- Release Date
- May 2, 2024
- LP (special)
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- ReleaseProduct
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- Room 40
- Catalogue Number
- RM4225
- Release Date
- May 3, 2024
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- FUJI||||||||||TA
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- MMM
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- Hallow Ground
- Catalogue Number
- HG2403
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- April 26, 2024
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- Carlos Giffoni
- ReleaseProduct
- Dream Walker
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- Catalogue Number
- SOMA053DIGITAL
- Release Date
- April 26, 2024
- LP
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- Oneohtrix Point Never
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- Again (Blu-ray Edition)
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- Warp Records
- Catalogue Number
- WARPDD365BR
- Release Date
- April 4, 2024
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- Oneohtrix Point Never
- Merch
- Again (Special Edition Blu-ray)
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- Warp Records
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- April 5, 2024
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- sentiment
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- Catalogue Number
- THRILL610
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- April 19, 2024
- LP (special)
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- Catalogue Number
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- Release Date
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