I and I Shall Descend

I and I Shall Descend is the fourth studio album by Aurora Sutra, released on March 30, 1998 by Sound Factory.^[1][2]

I and I Shall Descend
Studio album by Aurora Sutra
Released	March 30, 1998 (1998-03-30)
Studio	Barner Beach Studios (Hamburg-Altona, Germany)
Genre	Dark wave electronic new age
Length	64:10
Label	Talitha
Producer	Axel Ermes Hauke Harms Carsten Klatte Patricia Nigiani
Aurora Sutra chronology
Passing Over in Silence Towards Nuit (1996) I and I Shall Descend (1998)

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"One in All and All in One, Which Is Naught"	Patricia Nigiani	Carsten Klatte Patricia Nigiani	7:11
2.	"Consecrated Lover"	Carsten Klatte Patricia Nigiani	Klatte Nigiani Friedrich Paravicini	6:35
3.	"Snake Dance"	Nigiani	Klatte Paravicini	6:36
4.	"Goddess Shape-Shifting"	Nigiani	Klatte Nigiani	7:15
5.	"Weaving the Dream"	Nigiani	Klatte	8:26
6.	"Evocation of the Holy Couple"	Nigiani	Nigiani	4:00
7.	"Invocation of my Demon Sister"	Klatte	Klatte	3:19
8.	"The Threefolded Mystery"	Nigiani	Klatte Paravicini	7:21
9.	"Alegoria pagana"	Klatte Nigiani	Klatte	5:55
10.	"The Quintessence"	Nigiani	Klatte	7:32

Personnel

Adapted from I and I Shall Descend liner notes.^[3]

Aurora Sutra

• Carsten Klatte (as Lacasa Del Cid) – programming, production, vocals (1, 2, 7), double bass (1, 4, 8), tom tom (1, 4, 9), electric guitar (1, 5), bagpipes (2, 4), shakers (3, 5), acoustic guitar (4, 5), tambourine (5, 9), keyboards (5, 10), chanter (3), sitar (3), tabla (3), gong (3), EBow (5), djembe (5), tin whistle (8) Saz (9), Bongos (9), Cymbal (9), electric guitar (10), piano (10)
• Patricia Nigiani – lead vocals, production
• Friedrich Paravicini – violoncello (2, 8), double bass (2)

Production and design

• Axel Ermes – production, bells (10)
• Marcus Eschke – photography
• Ralf Fleischhauer – mastering
• Hauke Harms – production
• Ulrike Rank – design

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
Germany	1998	Sound Factory	CD	35900432 (42)