Sun God (album) explained

Sun God
Type:	album
Artist:	Sun God
Cover:	Sun God - Sun God.jpg
Released:	^[1]
Length:	68:59
Label:	Fifth Colvmn/Original Artists

Sun God is the debut studio album by Sun God, released on May 22, 1995, by Fifth Colvmn Records and Original Artists Group.^{[2] [3]}

Music

The songs "Ayizan" and "Guede" from Sun God were released on the various artists compilations Life Is Too Short for Boring Music Volume VII and Forced Cranial Removal by EFA and Fifth Colvmn Records.^{[4] [5] [6]} In 1996 the track "Guede", also from the band's debut, was released on Living for Music 2 by Discordia.^[7]

Reception

John Bush of AllMusic awarded Sun God three out of five stars, calling it an "album of tribal rhythms and percussion" with "Nigiani's airy vocals and Orpheus's sinister growls complementing each other well." Sonic Boom described it as "a modern day interpretation of what many of the early pagan magick ceremonies might have been in the middle ages" and that "the music inspires meditation, celebration and escape from the constraints of society on its listeners."^[8]

Personnel

Adapted from the Sun God liner notes.^[9]

Sun God

• Marcus Giltjes – instruments, production
• Patricia Nigiani – vocals, instruments, production
• Rodney Orpheus – vocals, instruments, production

Additional performers

• Emily Brayshaw – viola
• Tom Crowe – Gnostic chanting
• Carolina Gross – flute

Production and design

• Axel Ermes – assistant production
• Jürgen Jansen – assistant production

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	1995	Fifth Colvmn	CD	9868-63192
Germany		Original Artists Group		EFA 01351

Notes and References

1. Becky . Barnhart . Schwann Spectrum . . 1996 . 7 . 2 . 171 . 9781575980188 . September 4, 2020.
2. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=mn0000923715|pure_url=yes}} Sun God ]. . September 4, 2020.
3. Ed . Finkler . Ed Finkler . Interview with Rodney Orpheus of Sungod . Sonic Boom . January 1996 . 4 . 2 . September 4, 2020.
4. Larry . Dean Miles . Various Artists: Forced Cranial Removal . Black Monday . 1996 . 1 . 3 . September 4, 2020.
5. Becky . Barnhart . Schwann Spectrum . . 1996 . Winter 1996–1997 . 218 . 9781575980386 . September 4, 2020.
6. Chris . Christian . Various Artists: Forced Cranial Removal . Sonic Boom . October 1995 . 3 . 8 . September 4, 2020.
7. Living for Music 2 . Various artists . 1996 . booklet . Discordia . An Liffersmühle, Willich.
8. Chris . Christian . Sun God: Sun God . Sonic Boom . July 1995 . 3 . 4 . September 4, 2020.
9. Sun God . Sun God (album) . . 1995 . booklet . Fifth Colvmn Records/Original Artists Group . Washington, DC.