Vol. 1-Dark Noel CD

MUSIC

HOLIDAY

Song Listing

Disc 1

Song Title

1. Carole of the Bells - Arcanta ~ Various Artists

2. Welcome Christmas - Love Spirals Downwards ~ Various Artists

3. Oh Come All Ye Faithful ~ Various Artists

4. Carol Of The Bells - This Ascension ~ Various Artists

5. O Come, O Come, Emmanuel - Area ~ Various Artists

6. First N?el, The - Thanatos ~ Various Artists

7. Jingle Bells (Snowblower) - Lovesliescrushing ~ Various Artists

8. What Child Is This? ~ Various Artists

9. Chanukkah, Oh Chanukkah - Black Tape for a Blue Girl ~ Various Artists

10. Little Drummer Boy, The - Sorrow ~ Various Artists

11. Unquiet Void/We Were Kings, The - Lycia ~ Various Artists

12. O Holy Night - Eva O. ~ Various Artists

13. Winter Wassail, A - Faith & the Muse ~ Various Artists

14. Stille Nacht - Autopsoa (g(RAVE) Remix) ~ Various Artists

15. Silent Night - Attrition ~ Various Artists

Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
	Composer: Adolphe Adam.
	Personnel: Mike Van Portfleet, Veronika (vocals, guitar, electronics); Padraic Ogl, Scott Cortez (vocals, guitar); William Faith (vocals, acoustic guitar, acoustic 12-string guitar, keyboards, percussion); Monica Richards (vocals, sopranino recorder, soprano recorder, tenor recorder); Thomas-Carlyle Ayres (vocals, bells); Sam Rosenthal (vocals, electronics); Lucian Casselman, Eva O., Rena, Dru, Sister Teresa, Kris Krasnowski, Eric Clayton, Tara Vanflower (vocals); Kevin Serra (guitar); Sally Barr (violin); Angus Cook (cello); James M. Osborn, Tim Tuttle, Hilary McMahan, Mark Balderas, Steve Jones , Steve Jones (keyboards); Matt Ballesteros (drums); Jason Everett (programming, sampler); David Galas, Jason Wallach, Martin Bowes (electronics).
	Audio Mixers: David Galas; Chad Blinman.
	Recording information: Cage (07/18/1995/07/19/1995); Ivory Tower (07/18/1995/07/19/1995); Ivory Tower, Chicago, IL (07/18/1995/07/19/1995); New American Sound, Santa Barbara, CA (07/18/1995/07/19/1995); Sound Design and New American Sound, Santa Barbera, CA (07/18/1995/07/19/1995); Sound Design, Santa Barbara, CA (07/18/1995/07/19/1995); The Cage (07/18/1995/07/19/1995); The Eye Socket, Venice, CA (07/18/1995/07/19/1995); The Lush Garden, Los Angeles, CA (07/18/1995/07/19/1995); The Void, North Lauderdale, FL (07/18/1995/07/19/1995); Void, North Lauderdale, FL (07/18/1995/07/19/1995).
	Unknown Contributor Roles: R. Milinkovic; Alastair Craddock; Michael Zambotti.
	Arrangers: Faith and the Muse; Eva O.; Faith & the Muse; Martin Bowes; Attrition; William Faith; Chad Blinman.
	To say there's a slight bit of discographical confusion over this release is to understate. The Projekt label had released three separate end-of-year holiday compilations through the late '90s and into the next decade plus some singles in 2004, all featuring both acts on the label itself as well as various associated performers distributed by the label. The original A Dark Noel compilation, released in 2003 as a cross-promotion with Hot Topic, cherry-picked from those three discs, included otherwise unavailable cuts and in all provided a handy summary both of Projekt's sound and how Christmas songs and themes could be reworked in a myriad of ways. Four years later, the new A Dark Noel -- featuring a similar cover photo but a reworked overall design -- is itself a new release, almost but not quite the same as the original. While both have 12 tracks, the track listing is completely different to begin with, with the new disc starting with Arcanta's magisterial vocal-only take on "Carol of the Bells" -- itself not included on the original compilation. Notable tracks that appeared first on the 2003 version and nowhere else beforehand included In Gowan Ring's "Winter Flowers" and Unto Ashes's "The Lord Is Born to the Lady on the Winter Solstice" -- these and others are gone, though Unto Ashes do reappear instead with "For I Am Winter Born," from one of the 2004 singles. Another effort from those singles is Autumn's Gray Solace's "Through the Snowy Trees," while other standouts from earlier in the series now take a bow here, including Love Spirals Downwards' winning interpretation of "Welcome Christmas" from the original How the Grinch Stole Christmas, though Lycia and the Unquiet Void's marvelous "We Three Kings" are now absent. ~ Ned Raggett
Producer: Faith and the Muse; Padraic Ogl; Faith & The Muse; James M. Osborn; Mark Balderas; Steve Jones; Sorrow; Love Spirals Downwards; Martin Bowes; Arcanta; Sam Rosenthal; Attrition; Steve Jones; William Faith; Chad Blinman
Engineer: Padraic Ogl; Mark Casselman; Arcanta; Sam Rosenthal; Chad Blinman

Technical Info

	Release Date : 10/28/1998
	Original Release Date : 2007
	Catalog ID : PRO 62CD
	Label : Projekt Records
	Number of Discs : 1
	Studio/Live : Studio
	Mono/Stereo : Stereo
	SPAR Code : n/a
	UPC : 00617026006222

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