Adiemus Consists Of The Welsh Composer Karl Jenkins And His Finnish "Adiemus Singers".
The Session Singer Miriam Stockley Performed The Vocal Parts On The First Four Albums. Additional Vocals Were Provided By Mary Carewe On All But Dances Of Time Which Saw The Introduction Of The Finnish Adiemus Singers Who Would Later Reappear On Vocalise. Extra Vocals And The Chorus Effects Were Created By Overdubbing Multitracked Recordings Of The Singers In Some Cases Up To Forty Times And Varying The Speed Of The Tape. Stockley Was Described By Jenkins As Central To The Adiemus Project Due To Her Range And Intonation However For Reasons That Remain Unclear She Was Not Re-Engaged For Vocalise.
The Songs Of Sanctuary Orchestra Consisted Of A String Section Augmented By Various Ethnic Percussion Instruments With Occasional Further Additions Such As Bells A Recorder And A Quena. Mike Ratledge With Whom Jenkins Had Played In Soft Machine Contributed To The First Album As Well. Jenkins Added Brass And Woodwind For Cantata Mundi And Continued To Add More Diverse Instruments Such As Acoustic Guitar On Later Albums. From Songs Of Sanctuary To Dances Of Time The London Philharmonic Orchestra Was Used Jenkins Later Formed His Own Adiemus Orchestra To Perform On The Eternal Knot Recordings Returning To The LPO For Vocalise. . User-Contributed Text Is Available Under The Creative Commons By-SA License Additional Terms May Apply.
Listening To "Saint Declan's Drone" Gives You A Slightly 'Celtic Music' Feel. Almost Ethereal With The Movement And Flow Of The Strings Then The Voices Are What Bring Out The Fantasy Like Ethereal Movement. The Solo Also Brings Out The Celtic Irish Feeling In This Piece. Sitting With Your Eyes Closed You Can Almost Feel The Music Flowing From One Side Of Your Body To The Other It Will Give You Chills How Real The Visuals Come To Your Mind. The Ambient Feeling That It Produces Gives You An Almost Egging Edge You Want More But It Relaxes You. Something You Could Listen To During Yoga Or Even While Walking. The Beat Is So Lively It Just Puts A Spring In Your Step And Puts Your Mind At Rest At The Same Time... Well Made.