a seared red sea
dead history is
delivered and divided
in the line of the nile
pythagorean egypt
raised the house
of hades and the dead
opened the book
in sinai sin is a
golden nature
a liminal animal
existing in exile
for forty years
the desert rests
listen silent
let the letters tell
Conceived in the interim, 2008–2012, Crystal Canyon, Oslo, Norway.
Produced by Stephen O’Malley & Kristoffer Rygg.
Aggregation: Greg Anderson, Stephen O’Malley, Daniel O’Sullivan, Kristoffer Rygg, Jørn H. Sværen & Tore Ylwizaker.
Ghost appearances: Ole-Henrik Moe & Kari Rønnekleiv (viola & violin), Stig Espen Hundsnes (trumpet) & Tomas Pettersen (drums).
Mixed by Anders Møller, Crystal Canyon, February & March 2013.
Mastered by Jaime Gomez Arellano, Orgone, London, April 2013.
Art direction by Stephen O’Malley.
Salutations: Percule Poirot, Marius Lerskallen, Alexander Kloster-Jensen, Attila Csihar & Runhild Gammelsæter.
Published by Ideologic Organ (BMI) / ULVER (Tono/N©B) / Sabbath Rehash (BMI)
Cover: A portrait of our sun, captured in the wavelength of hydrogen alpha light
(656.3 nanometers in the deep red) on June 10, 2012.
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