Sun God (album)

Sun God
Studio album by Sun God
Released	May 22, 1995 (1995-05-22)[1]
Genre	Electronic ambient
Length	68:59
Label	Fifth Colvmn/Original Artists
Producer	Marcus Giltjes Patricia Nigiani Rodney Orpheus
Alternative cover
German issue

Sun God is the debut studio album by Sun God, released on May 22, 1995, by Fifth Colvmn Records and Original Artists Group.[2][3]

Music

The songs "Ayizan" and "Guede" from Sun God were released on the various artists compilations Life Is Too Short for Boring Music Volume VII and Forced Cranial Removal by EFA and Fifth Colvmn Records.[4][5][6] In 1996 the track "Guede", also from the band's debut, was released on Living for Music 2 by Discordia.[7]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[8]

John Bush of AllMusic awarded Sun God three out of five stars, calling it an "album of tribal rhythms and percussion" with "Nigiani's airy vocals and Orpheus's sinister growls complementing each other well."[8] Sonic Boom described it as "a modern day interpretation of what many of the early pagan magick ceremonies might have been in the middle ages" and that "the music inspires meditation, celebration and escape from the constraints of society on its listeners."[9]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Marcus Giltjes, Patricia Nigiani and Rodney Orpheus

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Legba"	8:39
2.	"Oya"	5:19
3.	"Ayizan"	5:25
4.	"Damballah & Ayida Wedo"	5:16
5.	"Simbi"	8:34
6.	"Guede"	6:56
7.	"Agwe"	8:07
8.	"Gran Ibo"	7:34
9.	"Erzulie"	4:50
10.	"The Ancestors"	8:20

Personnel

Adapted from the Sun God liner notes.[10]

Sun God

• Marcus Giltjes – instruments, production
• Patricia Nigiani – vocals, instruments, production
• Rodney Orpheus – vocals, instruments, production

Additional performers

• Emily Brayshaw – viola
• Tom Crowe – Gnostic chanting
• Carolina Gross – flute

Production and design

• Axel Ermes – assistant production
• Jürgen Jansen – assistant production

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	1995	Fifth Colvmn	CD	9868-63192
Germany		Original Artists Group		EFA 01351

References

1. Barnhart, Becky (1996). "Schwann Spectrum". Schwann Spectrum. Vol. 7, no. 2. p. 171. ISBN 9781575980188. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
2. "Sun God". AllMusic. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
3. Finkler, Ed (January 1996). "Interview with Rodney Orpheus of Sungod". Sonic Boom. Vol. 4, no. 2. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
4. Dean Miles, Larry (1996). "Various Artists: Forced Cranial Removal" (PDF). Black Monday. No. 1. p. 3. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
5. Barnhart, Becky (1996). "Schwann Spectrum". Schwann Spectrum. Vol. Winter 1996–1997. p. 218. ISBN 9781575980386. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
6. Christian, Chris (October 1995). "Various Artists: Forced Cranial Removal". Sonic Boom. Vol. 3, no. 8. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
7. Living for Music 2 (booklet). Various artists. An Liffersmühle, Willich: Discordia. 1996.
8. Bush, John. "Sun God: Sun God > Review". AllMusic. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
9. Christian, Chris (July 1995). "Sun God: Sun God". Sonic Boom. Vol. 3, no. 4. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
10. Sun God (booklet). Sun God. Washington, DC: Fifth Colvmn Records/Original Artists Group. 1995.

External links

• Sun God at Discogs (list of releases)