Diamanda Galas (album)

Diamanda Galas is the eponymously titled second album by American avant-garde musician Diamanda Galás, released in 1984 by record label Metalanguage.

Content

The album's first track, "Panoptikon" (named after Panopticon, a type of prison building designed to allow all areas of a prison to be seen from one vantage point), deals with imprisonment, isolation, torture and extreme alienation as well as homicidal mania and vengeance. It incorporates tape, electronic manipulations^[1] and distortion. It was composed by Diamanda Galas, with additional lyrics from In the Belly of the Beast by criminal and author Jack Abbott.

"Τραγούδια από το Αίμα Εχούv Φονός" (Song from the Blood of Those Murdered), recorded in 1981, consists solely of vocals in numerous vignettes. The recording is similar in texture to "Wild Women With Steak-Knives" from her debut album The Litanies of Satan (1982), but when the latter was hysterical and loud, "Τραγούδια" is slow, ghoulish and mournful. The singer was inspired by the tradition of Greek mourning rites, where women mourn the dead as well as seek revenge for the person responsible for the death. The words of "Τραγούδια" are sung in Greek and refer to the victims of the Greek junta regime that ruled Greece from 1967 to 1974.^[2]

Release

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]

Diamanda Galas was released in 1984 by record label Metalanguage. It is now out of print.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Diamanda Galás; all music composed by Diamanda Galás and Richard Zvonar.

Side A
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Panoptikon"	15:22

Side B
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Τραγούδια από το Αίμα Εχούv Φονός" (Song from the Blood of Those Murdered)	17:19

Personnel

Diamanda Galás – vocals

Production and additional personnel

Phil Brown – mastering
T.J. Eng – photography
Ed Herrmann – recording (B1)
Naomie Kremer – cover art, design
Larry Ochs – executive producer
Robert Shumaker – engineering
Richard Zvonar – tape (A1), electronics (A1), recording (B1)

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	1984	Metalanguage	LP	ML 119

References

↑ Kenny, Glenn; Robbins, Ira (2007). "Diamanda Galás". Trouser Press. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
1 2 Olewnick, Brian. "Diamanda Galas". Allmusic. Retrieved July 1, 2015.

External links

Diamanda Galas at Discogs (list of releases)

Diamanda Galás

Studio albums	The Litanies of Satan Diamanda Galas The Divine Punishment Saint of the Pit You Must Be Certain of the Devil The Singer

Collaborative albums	If Looks Could Kill The Sporting Life

Live albums	Plague Mass Vena Cava Schrei x Malediction and Prayer Defixiones: Will and Testament La serpenta canta Guilty Guilty Guilty

Compilations	Masque of the Red Death

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