Hurqalya (Second Grand Constitution and Bylaws)

Hurqalya
Studio album by Secret Chiefs 3
Released	April 28, 1998 (1998-04-28)
Studio	Forking Paths Studios (San Francisco, CA)
Genre	Experimental rock, instrumental surf, breakcore
Length	50:56
Label	Amarillo
Producer	Trey Spruance
Secret Chiefs 3 chronology
First Grand Constitution and Bylaws (1996) Hurqalya (1998) Eyes of Flesh, Eyes of Flame (1999)

Hurqalya (Second Grand Constitution And Bylaws) is the second studio album by American experimental rock band Secret Chiefs 3, released on April 28, 1998 by Amarillo Records.[1][2]

Release history

In 2000, Web of Mimicry remastered and reissued the album on CD bonus tracks "Zulkifar II".[3] In 2011, French label !Angrr! issued the release with a further bonus track on vinyl.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]

Greg Prato of AllMusic praised the band for their seamless blending of disparate musical genres and called the album "one of 1998's most rewarding, original, and ambitious recordings." A critic for Ink 19 gave it a mixed review but called the compositions unique but somewhat grating.[4] CMJ New Music Monthly gave the album a positive review and said "though more of an obscurist's delight than a proper metal band, SC3 has enough grindcore drum blasts and highspeed thematic switches to make it interesting to metal minds."[5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"The Rose Garden of Mystery"	Heifetz, Kang, Spruance, Winant	2:38
2.	"Book T: Waves of Blood"	Heifetz, Spruance	2:29
3.	"Book T: Broken Glass Hearse"	Heifetz, Spruance	2:28
4.	"Renunciation"	Heifetz, Kang, McKinnon, Spruance, Winant	4:32
5.	"Jãbalqã"	Heifetz, Spruance	4:31
6.	"Book T: Orbital Ballroom in the Hall of Resurrection"	Heifetz, Spruance	2:15
7.	"Mera Pyar Shalimar"	Allen, Heifetz, McKinnon, Spruance, Winant	4:57
8.	"Jãbarsã"	Heifetz, Spruance	4:27
9.	"Beyond the Mountain Qaf"	Spruance	5:58
10.	"Hurqalya"	Heifetz, Spruance, Winant	16:42

2000 Remastered Edition

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"The Rose Garden of Mystery"	Heifetz, Kang, Spruance, Winant	2:38
2.	"Book T: Waves of Blood"	Heifetz, Spruance	2:29
3.	"Book T: Broken Glass Hearse"	Heifetz, Spruance	2:28
4.	"Renunciation"	Heifetz, Kang, McKinnon, Spruance, Winant	4:30
5.	"Jãbalqã"	Heifetz, Spruance	4:31
6.	"Book T: Orbital Ballroom in the Hall of Resurrection"	Heifetz, Spruance	2:15
7.	"Mera Pyar Shalimar"	Allen, Heifetz, McKinnon, Spruance, Winant	4:55
8.	"Zulfikar II"	Heifetz, Kang, Spruance, Winant	4:06
9.	"Jãbarsã"	Heifetz, Spruance	4:24
10.	"Beyond the Mountain Qaf"	Spruance	5:58
11.	"Hurqalya"	Heifetz, Spruance, Winant	16:38

Personnel

Adapted from the Hurqalya (Second Grand Constitution and Bylaws) liner notes.[6]

Secret Chiefs 3

• Danny Heifetz – drums, dumbek, zil, tambourine, shaker
• Trey Spruance – electric guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, organ, mandolin, zither, saz, trumpet, synthesizer, tape, programming, vocals, production, engineering, illustrations, art direction
• William Winant – percussion, kanjira, timpani, cymbal, bells, hammered dulcimer

Additional musicians

• Laura Allen – vocals (7)
• Eyvind Kang – violin and erhu (1, 4, 8)
• Clinton "Bär" McKinnon – flute (4, 7)
• Paul Dal Porto – sitar (4)

Production and design

• Jai Young Kim – mastering
• Mari Kono – photography
• Margaret Murray – design
• Rebecca Wilson – photography

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	1998	Amarillo	CD	ACM-609
	2000	Web of Mimicry		WoM 004
France	2012	!Angrr!	LP	GRr 016

References

1. Furniture, Ed (June 15, 1998). "Trey Spruance". Ink 19. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
2. Prato, Greg. "Secret Chiefs 3: Second Grand Constitution and Bylaws, Hurqalya > Review". AllMusic. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
3. "Secret Chiefs 3: Second Grand Constitution and Bylaws". The Wire (197–202). The Wire Magazine Ltd.: 85 2000. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
4. Furniture, Ed (August 26, 1998). "Secret Chiefs 3: Second Grand Constitution and Bylaws — HURQALYA". Ink 19. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
5. Christe, Ian (March 1997). "Metal Riffs". CMJ New Music Monthly. 43. CMJ Network, Inc.: 48. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
6. Hurqalya (Second Grand Constitution and Bylaws) (booklet). Secret Chiefs 3. San Francisco, California: Amarillo Records. 1998.

External links

• Second Grand Constitution and Bylaws at iTunes
• Hurqalya (Second Grand Constitution And Bylaws) at Discogs (list of releases)