Octave of the Holy Innocents
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Octave of the Holy Innocents is a studio album by Swedish bassist Jonas Hellborg
, experimental guitarist Buckethead
and drummer Michael Shrieve
first released in 1993.
The album title refers to the Massacre of the Innocents
and the Simple Octave
of Christian liturgical usage.
Hellborg reworked the album in 2003 and re-released it through Bardo Records.
He writes:
Jonas Hellborg
Jonas Hellborg is a Swedish bass guitarist. He has collaborated with John McLaughlin, Ustad Sultan Khan, Fazal Qureshi, Bill Laswell, Shawn Lane, Jens Johansson, Michael Shrieve, V. Selvaganesh, Mattias IA Eklundh and Buckethead....
, experimental guitarist Buckethead
Buckethead
Brian Carroll , better known by his stage name Buckethead, is a guitarist and multi instrumentalist who has worked within several genres of music. He has released 34 studio albums, four special releases and one EP. He has performed on over 50 more albums by other artists...
and drummer Michael Shrieve
Michael Shrieve
Michael Shrieve is an American drummer, percussionist, and later, an electronic music composer. He is best known as the drummer in Carlos Santana's eponymous band, playing on their first eight albums from 1969 through 1974...
first released in 1993.
The album title refers to the Massacre of the Innocents
Massacre of the Innocents
The Massacre of the Innocents is an episode of infanticide by the King of Judea, Herod the Great. According to the Gospel of Matthew Herod orders the execution of all young male children in the village of Bethlehem, so as to avoid the loss of his throne to a newborn King of the Jews whose birth...
and the Simple Octave
Octave (liturgical)
"Octave" has two senses in Christian liturgical usage. In the first sense, it is the eighth day after a feast, reckoning inclusively, and so always falls on the same day of the week as the feast itself. The word is derived from Latin octava , with dies understood...
of Christian liturgical usage.
Hellborg reworked the album in 2003 and re-released it through Bardo Records.
He writes:
When looking over the tapes of these sessions I discovered tracks that I did not use the first time around. So there are no extra songs on this reissue, but a fundamental reworking of all the compositions of the first release. Some new light on this music that I did with 2 of my absolute favorite musicians.
Track listing
Credits
- Buckethead: acoustic guitar
- Jonas Hellborg: acoustic bass guitar
- Michael Shrieve: drums
- Recorded by Oz Fritz and Paul Berry at Greenpoint Studio, Brooklyn, NY.
- Mixed by Jonas Hellborg and Paul Berry at Greenpoint Studio.
- Produced by Jonas Hellborg.