Hurqalya (Second Grand Constitution and Bylaws) explained

Hurqalya
Type:	Album
Artist:	Secret Chiefs 3
Cover:	Secret Chiefs 3 - Hurqalya.jpg
Studio:	Forking Paths Studios
Genre:	Experimental rock, instrumental surf, breakcore
Length:	50:56
Label:	Amarillo
Producer:	Trey Spruance
Prev Title:	First Grand Constitution and Bylaws
Prev Year:	1996
Next Title:	Eyes of Flesh, Eyes of Flame
Next Year:	1999

Hurqalya (Second Grand Constitution And Bylaws) is the second studio album by American experimental rock band Secret Chiefs 3, released on April 28, 1998 by Amarillo Records.^[1]

Release history

In 2000, Web of Mimicry remastered and reissued the album on CD bonus tracks "Zulkifar II".^[2] In 2011, French label !Angrr! issued the release with a further bonus track on vinyl.

Critical reception

Greg Prato of AllMusic praised the band for their seamless blending of disparate musical genres and called the album "one of 1998's most rewarding, original, and ambitious recordings." A critic for Ink 19 gave it a mixed review but called the compositions unique but somewhat grating.^[3] CMJ New Music Monthly gave the album a positive review and said "though more of an obscurist's delight than a proper metal band, SC3 has enough grindcore drum blasts and highspeed thematic switches to make it interesting to metal minds."^[4]

Personnel

Adapted from the Hurqalya (Second Grand Constitution and Bylaws) liner notes.^[5]

Secret Chiefs 3

• Danny Heifetz – drums, dumbek, zil, tambourine, shaker
• Trey Spruance – electric guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, organ, mandolin, zither, saz, trumpet, synthesizer, tape, programming, vocals, production, engineering, illustrations, art direction
• William Winant – percussion, kanjira, timpani, cymbal, bells, hammered dulcimer

Additional musicians

• Laura Allen – vocals
  • Eyvind Kang – violin and erhu Clinton "Bär" McKinnon – flute

Production and design

• Jai Young Kim – mastering
• Mari Kono – photography
• Margaret Murray – design
• Rebecca Wilson – photography

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	1998	Amarillo	CD	ACM-609
	2000	Web of Mimicry		WoM 004
France	2012	!Angrr		LP	GRr 016

External links

• Second Grand Constitution and Bylaws at iTunes

Notes and References

1. Ed . Furniture . Trey Spruance . Ink 19 . June 15, 1998 . August 8, 2020.
2. Secret Chiefs 3: Second Grand Constitution and Bylaws . . The Wire Magazine Ltd. . 2000 . 197–202 . 85 . August 8, 2020.
3. Ed . Furniture . Secret Chiefs 3: Second Grand Constitution and Bylaws — HURQALYA . Ink 19 . August 26, 1998 . August 8, 2020.
4. Ian . Christe . Metal Riffs . . CMJ Network, Inc. . March 1997 . 43 . 48 . August 8, 2020.
5. Hurqalya (Second Grand Constitution and Bylaws) . . 1998 . booklet . . San Francisco, California.