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- Patrick Campbell-Lyons / performer

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1. Wings Of Love (3:17)

2. Lonely Boy (2:30)

3. We Can Help You (2:02)

4. Satellite Jockey (2:37)

5. In The Courtyard Of The Stars (2:32)

6. You Are Just The One (2:06)

7. Pentecost Hotel (3:11)

8. Rainbow Chaser (2:36)

9. Tiny Goddess (3:59)

10. The Touchables (All Of Us) (2:57)

11. Trapeze (2:45)

12. The Show Must Go On (2:39)

13. Girl In The Park (2:38)

14. Miami Masquerade (2:45)

15. You Can Try It (3:14)

16. The St. Johns Wood Affair (4:18)

17. I Believe In Magic (3:20)

18. Life Ain't Easy (3:14)

19. Darling Darlene (2:47)

20. Oh What A Performance (3:07)

Bonus Tracks:

21. Habemus De Loca (3:16)

22. Requiem For John Coltrane (4:55)

23. Our Love Is The Sea (3:24)

- Patrick Campbell-Lyons / performer

- Alex Spyropoulos / performer

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Arranger: Syd Dale

Liner Notes: Alec Palao

Producers: Alex Spyropoulos, Brian Humphries, Chris Blackwell, Jimmy Miller, Muff Winwood, Patrick Campbell-Lyons, Tony Visconti

Writers: Alex Spyropoulos, Patrick Campbell-Lyons

1. Modus Operandi (Method of Work) (16:09)

2. Home (19:10) :

- a. Salutation

- b. Construction

- c. Deconstruction

- d. Reconstruction

- e. Fanfare

Total time 35:19

Sleeve Note: This work is not a solo effort and I give my thanks to Jade Warrior, Sunbird, Mrs Kelly, Jeremy Barlow, Mother and Dave, Mel Collins, Glenn and Nicky, all at Island Studios, and you. Modus Operandi (Method of Work) was written and recorded at Island Studios during November 1970. Home was composed December 1970 and January 1971 and was recorded in late January.

Engineer: Roger Beale

Also, according to JMA, 2007 is the right year: https://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/artist/stratus-luna

This third album consists of one song lasting 46 minutes in its stereo mix and 42 minutes in its surround sound mix. The release's liner notes state that the piece is an exploration of band leader Greg JARVIS's synesthesia and was conceived as a piece of absolute music (music with no specific subject matter). It consists of rehearsed improvisations performed within a 12 part fixed song structure, recorded in one take at the end of a 9000 km tour. 

The album was produced by JARVIS himself, with recording taking place in Toronto with sound engineer Jon DREW, and the mixing in Manchester by JARVIS and fellow synesthete Tom KNOTT of THE EARLIES. It was initially released by Toronto based record label Optical Sounds on a double sided CD/DVD disc, coupled with a concert film, 'Live At The Music Gallery'. THE FLOWERS OF HELL performed 'O' live as a seated 12 piece with JARVIS conducting at Toronto's Yonge-Dundas Square as the closing act of the 2011 Intersection Festival of experimental and new classical music.

In September 2015 a five-song EP called 'Aria 51', made in collaboration with opera soprano Danie FRIESEN, was released through Optical Sounds. The EP combines effects-laden singing from FRIESEN with loud guitars and orchestral arrangements. FLOWERS OF HELL leader Greg JARVIS explained that the project had been in the works for some time, saying in a statement: "Fusing classical with the more experimental end of shoegaze music has always been our ambition and this EP, along with the upcoming symphony, are something we've been working on in our downtime for the past six years."

The EP was essentially a teaser for the band's fifth studio album, a four-part psych-classical opus called 'Symphony No.1' which the group completed in 2016. Six years in the making, it seeks to combine the epic bombast of romantic era classical music with sounds from the experimental edges of indie rock. Inspiration for the new material came from a wide array of experiences and encounters, and it was a conversation with THE SEX PISTOLS' late manager Malcolm MCLAREN in Prague which cemented JARVIS's drive to combine punk/indie rock and classical music. When asked how he'd made the symphonic versions of the Pistols' songs along with his more operatic records, MCLAREN replied: "I don't play anything, I just know what I want and tell people in the studio what to do or what to try to do - and eventually it becomes what I'm after." That gave JARVIS the belief that he could do symphonic stuff too, despite not being able to read or write a note.

In 2020, a career-spanning compilation album called 'Outlanders' was released, and their decade-old 'Come Hell Or High Water' album was put on display in the Tate Britain's exhibition of works by the 19th century Art Nouveau illustrator Aubrey BEARDSLEY. The group's final performance before the coronavirus lockdown took place at the exhibition's opening gala.

In 2023, the band's sixth studio album 'Keshakhtaran' was released - digitally to begin with on 12th May - and then later on vinyl and bonus CD via the Space Age Recordings label (home to many of SONIC BOOM's recordings). At around the same time, the band also released the first vinyl pressing of their 2012 cult classic album 'Odes'. 

Keshakhtaran is an urban dictionary term for 'seeking nirvana through meditation to sound, especially when you're stoned', and the album began as a 40-minute 'space guitar' piece that Greg JARVIS had put together out of bits and bobs he'd been playing in his home studio for a girlfriend to meditate to in the months before Covid. During the pandemic he sent the recording to caged-up band members and friends for them to add their layers to, and the album developed as a result of these additional contributions. The music was eventually split into two lengthy tracks, with the addition of a bonus single 'Foray Through Keshakhtaran'. Throughout the band’s evolution, JARVIS has remained as its main composer and producer.

1. The Sunrise Retreat (3:05) 

2. Opt Out (13:34) 

3. Sympathy For Vengance (7:45) 

4. Foreign Lands (6:19) 

5. Compound Fractures (3:53) 

6. Through The F Hole (4:50) 

7. The Joy Of Sleeping (3:43) 

8. A Moment In Time (3:32) 

9. Phase One Radiator (0:49) 

10. Telescopic Suite (6:09) 

Total time 53:39

- Owen James  / trumpet, cornet

- Greg Jarvis / Stratocaster guitar, bells, ebow, vocals

- Barry Newman / bass, Telecaster guitar, Hammond organ

With:

- Peter 'Sonic Boom' Kember / vox continental, additional vocals (6)

- Tim Holmes / tambourine (2)

- Julian Lwin / tablas (4)

1. Opus 66 (Part 1) (4:15) 

2. Blumchen (6:20) 

3. Forest Of Noise (3:43) 

4. The Strength Of String (4:05) 

5. White Out (3:24) 

6. Darklands (5:09) 

7. Pipe Dreams (5:27) 

8. The Invocation (3:37) 

9. Past Tense (4:47) 

10. Occasional Tears (4:02) 

Total time 44:49

- Greg Jarvis / electric guitar (1, 2, 5, 6), piano (2, 9), keyboards, programmed by (2), performer [Swerpeti] (5), bass (7)

- Tom Hodges / baritone saxophone (1, 2), flute (1), bass harmonica (2), saw (7)

- Will Carruthers / bass (1)

- Jon McCann / drums, percussion (1, 8)

- Brian Taylor / flute (1, 5, 7)

- Barry Newman / harmonica (1, 5, 9), bass (9)

- Ray Dickaty / soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone (1, 3, 5)

- Owen James / trumpet (1-3, 8,), trombone (8)

- Abi Fry / viola (1-4, 6, 9)

- Julie Penner / violin (1, 2, 4)

- Melanie Draisey / violin (1, 2, 5, 9)

- Ronnie Morris / bass (2, 6)

- Owen James / trumpet (1-3, 8), trombone (8)

- Jan P. Muchow / keyboards, programmed by (3, 4, 10), piano (10)

- Ian Thorn / trumpet (2)

- Steve Head / acoustic guitar (5, 6)

- Ivan Kral / bass (5)

- Hypnotique  / clarinet (5)

- Linda Bush / drums, percussion (5)

- Guri Hummelsund / drums, percussion (6, 9) voice (6)

- Jeremiah Knight / ebow (6)

- Amy Laing / cello (7)

- David Gee / drums, percussion, keyboards, programmed by (7)

- John Mark Lapham / keyboards, programmed by (8)

- Tom Knott / trumpet (8)

- Anna-Nicole Ziesche / voice (2)

- Hazrat Inayat Khan / voice (8)

Arranged by - Greg Jarvis

Mastered by - Denis Blackham

Mixed by - Greg Jarvis (tracks 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10), John Mark Lapham (track 8), Jan P. Muchow (tracks 3, 4, 10), Sonic Boom (tracks 2, 5, 7), Tom Knott (tracks 1, 6, 9)

Producer - Greg Jarvis