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Celestina

by 17 Pygmies

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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Limited Edition released of Celestina, the first in a series of 3 CDs based on the story written by Jackson Del Rey.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Celestina via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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Celestina I 03:36
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Celestina II 05:16
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Celestina IV 03:53
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Celestina V 12:26
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Celestina VI 05:02
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Celestina IX 06:07
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Celestina X 06:20
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Celestina XI 02:54

about

Celestina is a concept album (remember that term?) about a doomed space flight by a bunch of astronauts getting high on pure oxygen while
exploring a giant gas nebula in the constellation Cassiopeia. Really. Thematically, Celestina is loosely based upon the classic 15th century Latin novel La Celestina, a timeless tale of love and betrayal. Celestina is also a musical tribute to all of the unique 1950-60’s era science fiction motion pictures (think The Day The Earth Stood Still) and clearly reflects
Jackson Del Rey's recent obsession with late night Twilight Zone repeats.
Drawing from influences as diverse as A Saucerful of Secrets era Pink Floyd, Space Oddity era David Bowie, This Mortal Coil as well as film composers Jerry Goldsmith and Bernard Herrmann, Celestina seamlessly welds classical film scores and 60s era psychedelia with 4AD style vocals to create a simultaneously beautiful and haunting universe of musical splendor. It would not be out of the question for fans to compare Celestina as a continuation of the 17 Pygmies signature sound that was first explored and presented on their classic 1984 release Jedda by the Sea.
Having re-asserted themselves as one of the leading bands on the cutting edge of pop musical exploration, Celestina should have no problem appealing to the Godspeed You! Black Emperor audience and is a natural with college audiences and the iPod generation alike. In short, 17 Pygmies
poses the timeless musical question to their newfound audience, Can you hear me, Major Tom? We think the answer is yes.

credits

released September 30, 2008

Jeff Brenneman: Guitar
Dirk Doucette: Drums, percussion
Meg Maryatt: Classical Guitar, keyboard, vocals
Jackson Del Rey: Guitar, keyboard, percussion

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17 Pygmies La Quinta, California

Keeping in mind that we are talking about a band with a 39+ year history, 17 Pygmies are a band that has admittedly undertaken many personnel changes (the only original member is Jackson Del Rey) and diverged in any number of musical directions. The band now has a lineup that includes Jackson Del Rey (aka Philip Drucker), Jeff Brenneman, Dirk Doucette, Meg Maryatt and Greg Grunke. ... more

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