ARTIST: Corvus Corax
TITLE: Viator
LABEL: Pica Records
TYPE: Normal release
GENRE: Folk
SOURCE: CD
BITRATE: 160 kbps avg/44100 Hz
ENCODER: LAME
SIZE: 56.99 MB
PLAYTIME: 47:00
RELEASE DATE: 1998-00-00
RIP DATE: 2009-08-15
Track List
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1. Intro: Viator 1:39
2. Skudrinka 5:04
3. Bacchus 3:31
4. Furatum alciprovinciam 3:17
5. Ahi! Amours 3:07
6. Douce dame joliet 4:16
7. Najo Ratte 4:07
8. Die Klage 3:43
9. Baro Massik 4:57
10. Filii neidhardi 3:13
11. Viator 5:39
12. Funkertschurichs amour 4:27
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Total Playtime: 47:00
Release Notes:
Corvus Corax is a German band known for playing medieval music using an
abundance of authentic instruments. Their name is the scientific name for the
Common Raven. The band was formed in 1989 by Castus Rabensang, Wim (Venustus)
and Meister Selbfried ("Master Selfpeace") in East Germany. The band often uses
bagpipes as the solo instrument; their live performances attract attention with
the bizarre look of the musicians being reminiscent of ancient Greek myths:
half-naked, dressed in unusual clothes, wearing primitive tribal decorations,
often tattooed.
Today the band consists of eight members: Ardor vom Venushⁿgel ("Ardor from the
pubic mound"), Castus Rabensang ("Castus Ravensong"), Patrick der Kalauer
("Patrick the groaner"), Harmann der Drescher ("Harmann the thresher"), Hatz
("hunt"), Jordon Finus, Teufel ("devil") and Wim (Venustus). In May 2005 Meister
Selbfried, one of the Corvus Corax founders and the researcher of medieval
music, decided to cease his active musicianship and to dedicate himself mostly
to managing Corvus Corax's own label Pica Records.[1] His place in the line-up
was taken by Jordon Finus in 2006.
The band releases its music through Pica Records in Europe and Noir Records in
the USA. The Cantus Buranus projects have thus far been released in Europe by
Roadrunner Europe.