Various Artists - The Ring Orchestra

Format: 2 x LP
Catalogue No.: PE028
Barcode: 5051142009982
Release Date: 25 Feb 2022
Genre: Experimental/Pop/Reggaeton/Ambient/Wagner

The Ring Orchestra is an eight-person effort, a collective coming together to tackle opera and one of the genre’s controversial poster boys. 18 compositions, the artists Born in Flamez, Gil Schneider, Si-monne Jones, Leo Luchini, Legion Seven, P.A. Hülsenbeck, Isa GT, and Ixa create a collaborative musical score that uses Richard Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen as the point of departure. Originally, the music was created for a staging of Der Ring des Nibelungen at Schauspielhaus Zürich, directed by Christopher Rüping and written by Necati Öziri. Far from being an affirmative tribute, the orchestra sets out to deconstruct and break down what Wagner and his opus magnum represent: collaboration over singularity and openness instead of conservative rigidity. The resulting score doesn’t shy away from ambivalence by decentralizing authorship and encompassing everything from ambient to pop, reg-gaeton, and a wider variety of non-western musical influences.

* Edition of 300 double LPs incl. booklet
* graphic design by Pascal Alexander for Studio Laurenz Brunner
* including download codes

Press / Promotion
*extensive campaign by Schauspielhaus Zürich in Switzerland
*exclusive pre-listening via Radio GDS.FM
*release will be featured via the various outlets of zweikommasieben Magazine
*Präsens Editionen / zweikommasieben mailing list = 1800 subscribers

Tracklist:
A1 – Gil Schneider – Rheingold
A2 – Simonne Jones – Funeral March
A3 – Leo Luchini – Improv A
A4 – Legion Seven – Boy Bye
B1 – Born In Flamez – Love
B2 – Gil Schneider – Walküre Ouvertüre
B3 – P. A. Hülsenbeck – Manipulation
B4 – Leo Luchini – Non-Western Valkyries Theme
B5 – Isa GT – La Continuacion De La Colonizacion
B6 – Simonne Jones – Ring Motive
C1 – Born In Flamez – Angst
C2 – Ixa – WV86A
C3 – Simonne Jones – Ride of the Valkyries
D1 – Isa GT – Esperando-Me
D2 – Leo Luchini – The Inner Gold Prelude
D3 – P. A. Hülsenbeck – Onda
D4 – Ixa – Giant Storm
D5 – P. A. Hülsenbeck – Strings

More From This Artist: Born In Flamez Gil Schneider Isa GT Ixa Legion Seven Leo Luchini P. A. Hülsenbeck Simonne Jones