Voyager - The Jugglers of Jusa

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"Voyager" - The Jugglers of Jusa
Studio album by Sopor Aeternus & The Ensemble of Shadows
Released	1997
Recorded	??
Genre	Darkwave
Length	60:25
Label	Apocalyptic Vision
Producer	Anna-Varney
Sopor Aeternus & The Ensemble of Shadows chronology
"The Inexperienced Spiral Traveller" (1997) "Voyager" - The Jugglers of Jusa (1997) Dead Lovers' Sarabande (Face One) (1999)

"Voyager" - The Jugglers of Jusa is the title of Darkwave band Sopor Aeternus & The Ensemble of Shadows' fourth album. It was released in 1997. "Voyager" - The Jugglers of Jusa is a companion and remix album to "The Inexperienced Spiral Traveller". Most of the tracks remixed for "Voyager" simply sound as if a drum machine and/or lyrics were added on top. "Alone II" is actually a remix of a remix of "Never trust the Obvious: (or: The Innocence of Devils)" from "The inexperienced Spiral Traveller". "Voyager" also contains the first instance of Anna-Varney reciting or singing Edgar Allan Poe's work. A limited pressing of 3,000 CDs was initially available.

In 2005, "Voyager" - The Jugglers of Jusa was re-released alongside Ehjeh Ascher Ehjeh and Es reiten die Toten so schnell... for the first time as part of the rarities box set Like a Corpse standing in Desperation, due to very costly "collector's prices" for cheap copies of the recordings, which were being sold on eBay. In the liner notes of the box set, Anna-Varney announces her outright hatred for "Voyager" by opening its section of liner notes with "... - oh dear. What good thing could I possibly say about this most horrible piece of crap?!", later expressing her wishes to re-record the album at a future point.

[edit] Track listing

1. "The inexperienced Spiral Traveller *a fragment* II" – 5:07
2. "Ein freundliches Wort... (...hat meine Seele berührt.) (defined and fragile)" – 5:10
3. "Memalon II" – 7:25
4. "The Innocence of Devils: "Alone" (E. A. Poe)" – 6:27
5. "Modela est" – 4:35
6. "Birth (instr.)" – 2:49
7. "Feralia Genitalia (Arrival of the Jugglers)" – 6:30
8. "Menuetto" – 1:26
9. "Saturn-Impressionen (Jusa, Jusa)" – 2:48
10. "May I kiss your Wound? (Saturn:Orion)" – 6:05
11. "Alone II" – 6:55
12. "The inexperienced Spiral Traveller *a fragment* II (instr.)" – 5:07

[edit] Notes

• All song titles had their subtitles removed on the 2005 re-release edition.
• "Modela est" is a cover of Kraftwerk's song "Das Modell" ("The Model"), sung in Latin.
• This is the third instance of the song "Birth - Fiendish Figuration" appearing on an album; the first being on "...Ich töte mich jedesmal aufs Neue, doch ich bin unsterblich, und ich erstehe wieder auf; in einer Vision des Untergangs..." and the second on "The Inexperienced Spiral Traveller".