Digipack version of album Land comes with a bonus DVD: Live at Wacken 2007

17 Pygmies - Jedda By The Sea & Hatikva
EAC/Flac+Log-no Cue = 311 MB | MP3 vbr 235 kbps avg = 111 MB | Scans 300 dpi
Alternative/Indie Rock/Prog Rock/Folk Pop | Lazy Dog Records #LZD806 | 1995 (original release: 1983, 1984)

17 Pygmies started out as a side project of Savage Republic members Robert Loveless and Philip Drucker (aka Jackson Del Rey). During the recording of their second album Savage Republic broke up, Loveless & Drucker finished it and released it as "Jedda By The Sea" under the 17 Pygmies monniker.

As in many of his other works, in "Stanze" Berio used the text both comprehensibly and as purely phonetic material. The movements have no titles apart from the name of the poet in question. The first and second movements are performed without a break, likewise the third and fourth.The text appears in its clearest form in the soaring melodies of the baritone soloist, whereas the choir usually only presents scraps of the text to fill out the soundscape. In the first and fourth movements, the vocal part is taken by the baritone alone, while in the others the baritone is joined by three male voice ensembles. The orchestra is also divided into three groups.
We may wonder whether Berio anticipated that Stanze would be his final work. At the very least the work acquires a poignant extra dimension.

Kimmo Korhonen (from the attached booklet)