Album Premiere: La Suspendida – “La Suspendida Live”

Out May 30, La Suspendida are dropping La Suspendida Live, the recorded performance of the jazz metal opera at Le Forum (Vauréal, France) on November 16, 2023. The album is out via Excursus Production / Silent Pendulum Records.

La Suspendida LIVE by KILTER – ANDROMEDA ANARCHIA – GROWLERS CHOIR – SEVEN)SUNS – William Berger

The vision was brought to life by Laurent David, bassist and producer, who led his experimental jazz trio Kilter, which also features Kenny Grohowski of to collaborate with an incredible array of artists, including operatic soprano Andromeda Anarchia, the Montreal-based Growlers Choir, and the string quartet Seven)Suns. Stage direction was provided by Jacques David, illustrations are by Julie Castro-Grohowki, and the record a libretto penned by Metropolitan Opera’s William Berger.

” I’m deeply honored to present the full live album La Suspendida as an exclusive premiere with Decibel Magazine,” says David. “This is a monumental work for all of us involved—an opera in jazz and metal that dares to inhabit the liminal space between life and death, between the sacred and the profane. We’ve poured years of work, voices, noise, and breath into this. I truly hope listeners will not just hear it, but dive into it—get lost, disturbed, moved, and maybe even changed. Welcome to the world of La Suspendida.”
La Suspendida Live Track List: 
1. Overture: Death & Transfiguration (Instrumental)
2. Limbo: A Place with No Weather (Solo, María Elena)
3. Interlude: Arrival
4. Laudes Mortuorum & Roll Call of the Newly Dead (Chorus)
5. A Decision (Instrumental)
6. The Ballad of María Elena (Solo, María Elena)
7. Arguments at the Gates of Death part 1: You can’t drag me through your gate (Tutti)
8. Interlude: Innocence
9. Arguments at the Gates of Death part 2: You don’t remember what flesh is (Tutti)
10. Song of the Countess (Solo, María Elena)
11. Interlude: Moments of Stillness
12. Arguments at the Gates of Death part 3: The hypocrites of the light (Tutti)
13. My Corpse, Your Dungeon (Solo, María Elena)
14. Interlude: Climax
15. Afterglow (Solo, María Elena)
16. Double Call: Laudes Mortuarum Reprise and Finale (Tutti)
17. Lullabye (Tutti)

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