The Woman in the Dunes (Steven Severin album)

The Woman in the Dunes
Studio album by Steven Severin
Released August 8, 2000
Genre Rock
Label Phantom Records
(RE PCD02 CO)
Steven Severin chronology
Maldoror
(1999)		 The Woman in the Dunes
(2000)		 UnisexDreamSalon
(2001)

The Woman in the Dunes is a 2000 concept album by Steven Severin, formerly of Siouxsie and the Banshees.[1] The album provides an alternative soundscape inspired by Hiroshi Teshigahara's 1964 film version of Japanese existentialist writer Kobo Abe's novel The Woman in the Dunes.[2] The original soundtrack to the Teshigahara film was provided by Japanese composer Toru Takemitsu.

Track list

  1. The Dawning – Severin 7:26
  2. Dance Sisyphus – Severin 8:50
  3. Dance of Fear – Severin 7:33
  4. Dance of Eros – Severin 12:49
  5. "I Put a Spell in You" – Screamin' Jay Hawkins Steven Severin feat: Jarboe and Nick Pagan 3:24
  6. Dance of Ecstasy – Severin 8:21

References

  1. ↑ Mark Paytress, Shirley Manson Siouxsie & the Banshees: The Authorised Biography 1860743757 2003
  2. ↑ The Wire Volumes 197-202 -2000 Page 55 "EOWIN POUNCEY : Steven Severin : The Woman In The Dunes (RE PCD02 CO). Since the break-up of Siouxsie And The Banshees, bassist/founder member Steven Severin has been renewing his youthful compact with the surrealist/existentialist influences that helped them shape punk's infantile squall into the elegant discontent of their 1978 debut album The Scream."


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