DIAMANDA GALAS - De-formation: Piano Variations LP World ” the album is a

” the album is a desert driver’s dream

there's a continuous flow and a development

like approaching the altar of some arcane temple

before he became an Orthodox monk

festering soundscapes into an exhilarating sonic universe

DIAMANDA GALAS - De-formation: Piano Variations LP World ” the album is aDe formation: Piano Variations, a work for solo piano. Composed and performed by Gals in September 2019, the 21: 19 minute piece is based on the expressionist poem Das Fieberspital (The Fever Hospital). Written by German poet Georg Heym in 1912, Das Fieberspital's depiction of warehoused patients of yellow fever presaged the treatment and hiding of infected and damaged soldiers later in WWI. De formation depicts a march and delivery of maimed and