Pura (album)

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Pura
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Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 14, 1995
Genre
Label Intense/Frontline
Producer Mark A. Rodriguez
Mortal chronology
Wake
(1994)
Pura
(1995)
Mortal
(1996)
Professional ratings
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Mortal Presents: Pura is the fourth full-length studio album by Christian dance band Mortal. [2] It is their final album with Intense/Frontline Records.

Christianity is an Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth, as described in the New Testament. Its adherents, known as Christians, believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and savior of all people, whose coming as the Messiah was prophesied in the Old Testament.

Dance music music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing

Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement. In terms of performance, the major categories are live dance music and recorded dance music. While there exist attestations of the combination of dance and music in ancient times, the earliest Western dance music that we can still reproduce with a degree of certainty are the surviving medieval dances. In the Baroque period, the major dance styles were noble court dances. In the classical music era, the minuet was frequently used as a third movement, although in this context it would not accompany any dancing. The waltz also arose later in the classical era. Both remained part of the romantic music period, which also saw the rise of various other nationalistic dance forms like the barcarolle, mazurka, ecossaise, ballade and polonaise.

Mortal was a Christian industrial/dance band fronted by Jerome Fontamillas and Jyro Xhan. Both members went on to found the alternative rock group Fold Zandura, and for a time were members of both bands simultaneously. The band is known for its lyrical intelligence, incorporating advanced theology with what has been billed as "Industrial Praise and Worship." According to CCM Magazine "Mortal has had a much greater influence... on industrial music than its modest output would suggest."

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Judah" – 5:24
  2. "Grip" – 4:15
  3. "Sand Starr" – 0:54
  4. "Solamente" – 5:04
  5. "Nightfall and Splendor" – 6:01
  6. "Pura" – 7:25
  7. "Liquid Gift" – 4:41
  8. "Gaza" – 5:10
  9. "Bells" – 4:15
  10. "The Nightfall" – 4:06

Personnel

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References

Mortal Presents: Pura on Allmusic database

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Evans, Jonathan (June 1, 1996). "Mortal - Pura". Cross Rhythms Magazine #33. Cross Rhythms . Retrieved May 24, 2011.
  2. "Mortal Discography". AllMusic . Rovi Corporation . Retrieved May 25, 2011.