Santorini - Beck

"This installment of the Record Club takes on 'Yanni Live At The Acropolis'. The original album featured Yanni with a full orchestra at the Athenian Acropolis. A TV special of the concert was played repeatedly on PBS through the mid 90's. To flesh out and capture the complex arrangements, several studio musician heavyweights were brought in to read a heavily doctored score with interpolations of everything from Stravinsky to Shania Twain (look for others). Beck and Thurston Moore from Sonic Youth provided auxiliary music and noise, with Thurston improvising lyrics over the previously instrumental track 'Santorini.' The new lyrics give the track an added urgency and pathos. Tortoise show up later on a few other tracks. Look for the complete rerecording of this musical monolith, originally captured at the bedrock of Western Culture, done here at Sunset Sound Studios on June 13th, 2010. We'll have the songs up here sequentially, one every week for the whole summer."

Bass: Abraham Laboriel
Drums: Toss Panos
Guitar (Electric): Beck Hansen, Thurston Moore
Keyboard / Synthesizer: Jeff Babko
Original Performance: Yanni
Piano: Russell Ferrante
Vocals: Thurston Moore
Vocals (Background): Beck Hansen
Written by: Thurston Moore, Yanni