I and I Shall Descend

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I and I Shall Descend
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 30, 1998 (1998-03-30)
StudioBarner Beach Studios
(Hamburg-Altona, Germany)
Genre
Length64:10
Label Talitha
Producer
  • Axel Ermes
  • Hauke Harms
  • Carsten Klatte
  • Patricia Nigiani
Aurora Sutra chronology
Passing Over in Silence Towards Nuit
(1996)
I and I Shall Descend
(1998)

I and I Shall Descend is the fourth studio album by Aurora Sutra, released on March 30, 1998 by Sound Factory. [1] [2]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."One in All and All in One, Which Is Naught"Patricia Nigiani
  • Carsten Klatte
  • Patricia Nigiani
7:11
2."Consecrated Lover"
  • Carsten Klatte
  • Patricia Nigiani
  • Klatte
  • Nigiani
  • Friedrich Paravicini
6:35
3."Snake Dance"Nigiani
  • Klatte
  • Paravicini
6:36
4."Goddess Shape-Shifting"Nigiani
  • Klatte
  • Nigiani
7:15
5."Weaving the Dream"NigianiKlatte8:26
6."Evocation of the Holy Couple"NigianiNigiani4:00
7."Invocation of my Demon Sister"KlatteKlatte3:19
8."The Threefolded Mystery"Nigiani
  • Klatte
  • Paravicini
7:21
9."Alegoria pagana"
  • Klatte
  • Nigiani
Klatte5:55
10."The Quintessence"NigianiKlatte7:32

Personnel

Adapted from I and I Shall Descend liner notes. [3]

Aurora Sutra

Production and design

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
Germany1998Sound Factory CD 35900432 (42)

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References

  1. "Aurora Sutra: I and I Shall Descend > Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
  2. "Aurora Sutra: I and I Shall Descend". Russian Gothic Page. Russian Gothic Project. September 22, 1997. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
  3. I and I Shall Descend (booklet). Aurora Sutra. Bochumy, Germany: Sound Factory. 1998.CS1 maint: others (link)