Memento Mori by Atlas Volt
With “Memento Mori” Atlas Volt returns with a vision-defining album that thoroughly establishes their wide-ranging style and eclectic sound. This new release features 17 original tracks including some long progressive songs, short interludes, riff-oriented alternative rock songs and a few instrumental tunes. “Memento Mori” is a concept album reflecting upon the secular humanist worldview. It questions the fundamentalist dogmas of religions and New Age cults, while examining their promises of an afterlife and restrictions on personal freedom. Moreover, “Memento Mori” is a narrative based on a retrospective introspection into the band members’ own religious upbringing. The lyrics are often presented as an inner dialogue between an “old-self” preaching the value of faith and morality, and a “new-self” defending the ethical values that emerged from the Enlightenment and the Scientific Revolution. After being profoundly affected by the waves of violence sweeping around the world in recent years, Adam Hansen-Chambers and Philippe Longchamps decided to dedicate this new album to all the innocent victims of faith-based fundamentalism throughout history.
Tracklist
| 1. | Event Horizon | 2:46 |
| 2. | What's Your Legacy to the World? | 4:48 |
| 3. | Weapons of Mass Redemption | 5:05 |
| 4. | In the Realm of the Living | 5:01 |
| 5. | The Greatest Hoax | 1:35 |
| 6. | We Created a Monster | 3:58 |
| 7. | Memento Mori | 7:23 |
| 8. | A Tribute to Carl Sagan | 0:50 |
| 9. | Wrong | 7:13 |
| 10. | Living a Lie | 5:14 |
| 11. | Dreamweaver of the Dreamscape | 6:16 |
| 12. | Sirenum Scopuli | 4:30 |
| 13. | Purusartha | 1:25 |
| 14. | Hitchslap | 5:38 |
| 15. | Tambora Dirge | 0:45 |
| 16. | We Will Never Live Again | 3:50 |
| 17. | True Freedom | 5:00 |
Credits
Atlas Volt are
Adam Hansen-Chambers
& Philippe Longchamps
Music by Atlas Volt
Lyrics and vocals by Philippe Longchamps
Produced and Mixed by
Adam Hansen-Chambers & Philippe Longchamps
Executive Producer & Additional Engineering
by Adam Hansen-Chambers
Recorded in Malmö, Sweden
and London, UK in 2013-2015
Mastering: Adam Hansen-Chambers
Label: Atlas Volt (Independent)
Guest artists:
Yoed Nir, cello on song 6.
Johnny Åman, upright bass on song 6
and bass overdubs on songs: 4, 10 & 14
Jörgen Birch-Jensen, guitar overdubs on songs: 10 & 14
Chris Larsen, additional bass on song 2
and guitar overdubs on songs: 2, 14 & 17
Mark Base & Lina Longchamps:
additional back vocals on song 3
Audio quotes from Carl Sagan, Sam Harris,
Richard Dawkins & Christopher Hitchens
fulfill the intention of copyright laws to stimulate
creativity for the enrichment of the general public.
They are used under the Creative Commons
Fair Use License (CC BY 2.5), in accordance
to the International Copyright Directive
(2001/29/EC). copyright4creativity.eu
Cover Artwork: Andrzej Kuziola,
Edinburgh, UK www.kuziola.com
Logo: Ève Larichelière,
Montréal, Québec, Canada
Concept & design: Philippe Longchamps,
Malmö, Sweden
Thanks to our friends and families,
For more details visit our site:
www.atlasvolt.com
Copyright © 2014-2015
ATLAS VOLT™, All Rights Reserved
License
License varies by track. See the invidual track pages for details.
Atlas Volt is a "Do it yourself" (DIY) independent musical home studio project with a focus on recording and producing innovative songs.
The duo was founded in 2012 by Canadian singer-songwriter / multi-instumentalist Philippe Longchamps and British producer, composer and multi-instumentalist Adam Hansen-Chambers.