- Sol Niger Within
Infobox Album
Name = Sol Niger Within
Type = studio
Artist =Fredrik Thordendal's Special Defects
Released =February 22 ,1999
Recorded =
Genre = Experimental
Length = 52:50
Label =Ultimate Audio Entertainment ,Relapse Records
Producer =
Reviews ="Sol Niger Within" is the first and only release by
Fredrik Thordendal's Special Defects , a side project ofMeshuggah guitaristFredrik Thordendal . The album was originally released in 1997 on the Ultimate Audio Entertainment label.The album was remixed and re-released by Ultimate Audio Entertainment and
Relapse Records in 1999 under the title "Sol Niger Within version 3.33". The re-release contains two bonus tracks but omits several parts of the original version. A number of other releases also exist (see below).The sound of the album is a unique combination of complex jazz elements and the mathematical
extreme metal approach ofMeshuggah . The disc contains one long song, which is indexed into several pieces so that you can skip ahead in the track. Certain pieces run the course of 15-20 seconds, while others push toward the two- or three-minute range. [ [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kjfwxqujldfe Allmusic] ] [ [http://www.chroniclesofchaos.com/reviews/albums/2-647_frederik_thordendals_special_defects_sol_niger_within.aspx Chronicles of Chaos] ] The album contains several references to Meshuggah's works. The last song, "Tathagata", is almost exactly identical to the ending of the song "Sublevels" from Meshuggah's "Destroy Erase Improve " album. Additionally, the song "Sensorium Dei" contains the lyric "Contradiction Collapses".The album features drums by
Morgan Ågren and keyboards byMats Öberg , members of the SwedishMats/Morgan Band , which performed withFrank Zappa .Track listing
The following is the track listing for the original 1997 release:
"Antanca - The End (The Uncompounded Reality)"
#00:00 "The Beginning Of The End Of Extraction (Evolutional Slow Down)"
#01:36 "The Executive Furies Of The Robot Lord Of Death"
#03:04 "Descent To The Netherworld"
#03:34 "...Och Stjärnans Namn Var Malört"
#05:28 "Dante's Wild Inferno"
#06:27 "I, Galactus"
#07:56 "Skeletonization"
#08:11 "Sickness And Demoniacal Dreaming"
#09:17 "UFOria"
#09:56 "Z1-Reticuli"
#12:48 "Transmigration Of Souls"
#14:16 "In Reality All Is Void"
#14:46 "Krapp's Last Tape"
#16:02 "Through Fear We Are Unconscious"
#17:01 "Death At Both Ends"
#18:00 "Bouncing In A Bottomless Pit"
#19:14 "The Sun Door"
#20:46 "Painful Disruption"
#21:15 "Vitamin K Experience (A Homage To The Scientist/John Lilly)"
#22:12 "Cosmic Vagina Dentata Organ"
#26:55 "Sensorium Dei"
#30:37 "Magickal Theatre .33."
#32:27 "Z2-Reticuli"
#35:19 "De Profundis"
#35:49 "Existence Out Of Joint "
#37:03 "On A Crater's Verge"
#38:17 "Solarization"
#40:07 "The End Of The Beginning Of Contraction (Involutional Speed Up/Preparation For The Big Crunch)"
#40:23 "Tathagata"Credits
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Mats Öberg - church organ, synthesizer (parts 2, 20)
*Jonas Knutsson - saxophone (parts 20, 23, 27, 28)
*Jerry Ericsson - bass guitar (parts 10, 23)
*Kantor Magnus Larsson - church organ (part 22)
*Victor Alneng - yidaki (part 14)
*Morgan Ågren - drums
*Marcus Persson - vocals
*Tomas Haake - spoken vocals
*Jennie Thordendal - shrieks
*Petter Marklund - lyric contributions
*Fredrik Thordendal - guitars, bass guitar, lead vocals, and programmingVersions
*CD RR6417. Sol Niger Within version 3.33 (Ultimate Audio Entertainment & Relapse Records) - a new mix by Fredrik Thordendal and
Daniel Bergstrand ; no church organs, better sound quality, PQ-coding rather than index, and bonus songs, "Missing Time" and "Ooo Baby Baby". (Nuclear Blast Records)
*CD UAE 4. Original version. (Ultimate Audio Entertainment)
*CD NB 271. Original version. (Nuclear Blast Records)
*CD MICY-1091 (Avalon) Japanese release of original version.
*Fredrik has also edited a short version for Nuclear Blast. It's about six minutes and contains the heaviest sounding parts from the original. Nuclear Blast has released it on a promo record. It features parts 11 (minus the end), 12, 13, 14 (minus the end), 17, 24, and 25 (first half).External links
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5YEqmIIdj8 Video of Fredrik and Morgan jamming a Sol Niger Within medley]
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