The Death Defying Unicorn
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{{Infobox album
| name = The Death Defying Unicorn
| type = Studio
| artist = Motorpsycho & Ståle Storløkken
| cover = The_Death_Defying_Unicorn.jpg
| alt =
| released = 10 February 2012
| recorded = 2011
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Progressive rock{{Cite news |last=Kelman |first=John |date=March 18, 2012 |title=Motorpsycho and Stale Storlokken: Motorpsycho and Stale Storlokken Present: The Death Defying Unicorn |work=All About Jazz |url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/motorpsycho-and-stale-storlokken-present-the-death-defying-unicorn-by-john-kelman |access-date=August 20, 2022}}
| length = 83:44
| label = Stickman Records
Rune Grammofon
| producer = Kåre Christoffer Vestrheim & Bent Sæther
| prev_title = Heavy Metal Fruit
| prev_year = 2010
| next_title = Still Life with Eggplant
| next_year = 2013
}}
The Death Defying Unicorn is the fifteenth full-length studio album by the Norwegian band Motorpsycho, released on 10 February 2012 via Rune Grammofon and Stickman Records. It was released on double CD and double 12" vinyl. It is a collaboration with Ståle Storløkken, and also features Ola Kvernberg, Trondheimsolistene and the Trondheim Jazz Orchestra.
Track listing
=Compact disc=
{{tracklist
| headline = Disc one
| title1 = Out of the Woods
| writer1 = Ståle Storløkken
| length1 = 2:40
| title2 = The Hollow Lands
| writer2 = Bent Sæther
| length2 = 7:36
| title3 = Through the Veil (parts I & II)
| writer3 = Hans Magnus Ryan, Sæther, Storløkken
| length3 = 16:01
| title4 = Doldrums
| writer4 = Storløkken
| length4 = 3:06
| title5 = Into the Gyre
| writer5 = Ryan, Sæther
| length5 = 10:22
| title6 = Flotsam
| writer6 = Storløkken
| length6 = 1:33
| total_length = 41:21
}}
{{tracklist
| headline = Disc two
| title1 = Oh, Proteus - A Prayer
| writer1 = Ryan, Sæther, Storløkken
| length1 = 7:35
| title2 = Sculls in Limbo
| writer2 = Ryah
| length2 = 2:21
| title3 = La Lethe
| writer3 = Storløkken, Sæther
| length3 = 7:53
| title4 = Oh, Proteus - A Lament
| writer4 = Ryan, Sæther, Storløkken
| length4 = 1:04
| title5 = Sharks
| writer5 = Ryan, Sæther, Storløkken
| length5 = 7:56
| title6 = Mutiny!
| writer6 = Ryan, Sæther
| length6 = 8:33
| title7 = Into the Mystic
| writer7 = Sæther
| length7 = 7:04
| total_length = 42:29
}}
=Vinyl=
Side A:
- Out of the Woods
- The Hollow Lands
- Through the Veil, Part I
Side B:
- Through the Veil, Part II
- Doldrums
- Into the gyre
- Flotsam
Side C:
- Oh, Proteus - A Prayer
- Sculls in Limbo
- La Lethe
- Oh, Proteus - A Lament
Side D:
- Sharks
- Mutiny!
- Into the Mystic
Credits
Music arranged by Motorpsycho and Ståle Storløkken
Words by Bent Sæther
Trondheimsolistene and the Trondheim Jazz Orchestra arranged by Ståle Storløkken
Performed by Motorpsycho:
Kenneth Kapstad – drums
Hans Magnus Ryan – guitars and vocals
Bent Sæther – bass and vocals
and
Ståle Storløkken – keyboards
featuring
Ola Kvernberg – violin
Kåre Chr. Vestrheim – mellotron, various sonic mayhem, gongs and other canned goods of the viennese persuasion
with
Trondheim Jazz Orchestra
Kjetil Traavik Møster – clarinet, tenor & baritone saxophones
Hanna Paulsberg – tenor saxophone
Klaus Ellerhusen Holm – alto saxophone
Andre Roligheten – tenor saxophone, bass clarinet
Mathias Eick, Eivind Nordseth Lønning – trumpets
Mats Äleklint, Kristoffer Kompen – trombones
Trondheimsolistene
Daniel Turcina, Åse Våg Aaknes, Sigrid Stang, Stina Andersson – violins
Frøydis Tøsse, Lars Marius Hølås – violas
Marianne Lie, Tabita Berglund – cellos
References
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