Waked By The Trumpet Sound.

(AND AM I BORN TO DIE?) - Various Artists

Just wrapped this mix up today. The title and part of the structure comes from the hymn, Idumea (47b). A few different versions are scattered from start to finish and provide a loose overall theme that ties into most of the songs. I think it flows pretty well for the most part though it's a bit front loaded with a kind of claustrophobic energy and then tends to chill out and feel more spacious from the middle to the end. Anyway, below you'll find the lyrics for Idumea and then the tracklisting & download link for the mix itself. Enjoy!

Idumea (47b)

Tune: Ananias Davisson, 1816
Words: Charles Wesley, 1763
Meter: Short Meter (6,6,8,6)

And am I born to die?
To lay this body down!
And must my trembling spirit fly
Into a world unknown?

A land of deepest shade,
Unpierced by human thought;
The dreary regions of the dead,
Where all things are forgot!

Soon as from earth I go,
What will become of me?
Eternal happiness or woe
Must then my portion be!

Waked by the trumpet sound,
I from my grave shall rise;
And see the Judge with glory crowned,
And see the flaming skies!

(AND AM I BORN TO DIE?) - VARIOUS ARTISTS

01 - Idumea, 47b - Ivey Memorial Singing
02 - Nux Vomica - The Veils
03 - Melting Away - Absolute Body Control
04 - Mr. Ray - Suicide
05 - United - Throbbing Gristle
06 - The Naked And The Death - Siglo XX
07 - Stop Breathing - Blessure Grave
08 - The Poison For Me - Mark Lane
09 - Maikäfer Flieg - Grauzone
10 - Black Ships Were Sinking-Idumæa - Current 93 feat. Cosey Fanni Tutti
11 - Opium Song - Michael Gira
12 - Dream Of A Butterfly Inside The Skull Of A Horse - Nurse With Wound
13 - A Prayer - Madeleine Peyroux
14 - Ember - Dirty Three
15 - Rebel Grave - Nikki Sudden & Rowland S. Howard
16 - The Bells Belong To The Ashes - Die Haut feat. Anita Lane
17 - Black Death-Life Is Knife - Crispy Ambulance
18 - And Am I Born To Die? (Idumea, 47b) - Doc Watson & Gaither Carlton

Download it: HERE.