Le Mani Destre Recise Degli Ultimi Uomini (The Severed Right Hands of the Last Men) is the sixth album by the heavily conceptual American band Secret Chiefs 3

Secret Chiefs 3

Secret Chiefs 3 is an instrumental rock group led by guitarist/composer Trey Spruance . Their studio recordings and tours have featured different line-ups, as the group performs a wide range of musical styles including surf rock, Persian, Arab, Indian, death metal, film music, electronic music,...

 (operating here as Traditionalists, one of the seven satellite bands introduced on Secret Chiefs 3’s album Book of Horizons

Book of Horizons

-Personnel:* Trey Spruance — guitars , keyboards , percussion , santur, rabab, banjo, saz, sheng, synthesizer, sampler, soundscape, Foley sound effects, electroacoustic treatment, vocals, producer, engineer* Mike...

). The album is a paranoiac soundtrack to an imaginary Giallo horror film. The album contains 30 tracks of original music inspired by Italian film composers including Bruno Nicolai

Bruno Nicolai

Bruno Nicolai was an Italian film music composer, orchestra director and musical editor most active in the 1960s through the 1980s...

, Stelvio Cipriani

Stelvio Cipriani

Stelvio Cipriani born 20 August 1937 in Rome is an Italian composer, notably for motion picture soundtracks.Though not coming from a musical background, as a child Cipriani was fascinated by his church's organ. His priest gave him his first music lessons and encouraged Cipriani and his family...

, Ennio Morricone

Ennio Morricone

Ennio Morricone, Grand Officer OMRI, , is an Italian composer and conductor, who wrote music to more than 500 motion pictures and television series, in a career lasting over 50 years. His scores have been included in over 20 award-winning films as well as several symphonic and choral pieces...

, Goblin

Goblin (band)

Goblin are an Italian progressive rock band known for their soundtracks for Dario Argento films ....

 and Piero Piccioni

Piero Piccioni

Piero Piccioni , was an Italian lawyer turned major film score composer. A pianist, organist, conductor, composer, he was also the prolific author of more than 200 film soundtracks.-Early life:...

. The album marks the first full length release by one of the Secret Chiefs 3 satellite bands. Previously, three of the seven satellite bands, UR, The Electromagnetic Azoth and Ishraqiyun have released limited edition 7" EPs. Le Mani Destre Recise Degli Ultimi Uomini will also see a limited vinyl release.

Tracklisting

1. "Faith's Broken Mirror" – 0:59
2. "Sophia's Theme" – 2:15
3. "What's Wrong with Cytherea?" – 1:19
4. "Mourning in Ekstasis" – 1:53
5. "He Hates Us" – 1:04
6. "Psychism 1: Cytherea's Possession" – 1:23
7. "Love Spell" – 1:48
8. "Agenda 21" – 1:50
9. "Subcutaneous Solution" – 0:31
10. "Abyss of Psychic Enchantments" – 2:01
11. "Subdermal Sequence (Nano-Correction)" – 0:30
12. "RFID Slaverider" – 1:54
13. "Dionysian Dithyramb (Eros-seed of the Egregore)" – 0:48
14. "Zombievision" – 1:38
15. "Perfectly Reasonable" – 0:16
16. "Psychism 2: Fear is the Great Teacher" – 1:04
17. "Abolish Believers by Abolishing Belief" – 0:30
18. "Funeral for What Might Have Been (Sophia's Theme)" – 3:04
19. "Codex Alimentarius" – 3:18
20. "Putting Forth the Hand to Take" – 0:23
21. "Psychism 3: Sow the Wind, Reap the Whirlwind" – 1:53
22. "Hypnotopia (Obey your Passion)" – 0:27
23. "Nano-correction/Human Migrations/Faith Realizes" – 1:33
24. "Chapel by the Sea (a Heart That is Broken and Humbled...)" – 1:17
25. "The Strength to Sever" – 0:21
26. "Baby Hedone (Harvest of the Egregore)" – 0:45
27. "Zombievision 2012" – 1:42
28. "The Great Die Off (He Mocks Us All)" – 1:16
29. "Cytherea's Awakening/Martyrdom at Romiou Point/Return to the Foam" – 1:02
30. "To Love God is Sweeter than Life (Sophia's Theme)" – 2:27

Personnel

Secret Chiefs 3

• Trey Spruance
  Trey Spruance
  Preston Lea Spruance III or "Trey Spruance" is an American composer, producer, and musician, perhaps best known as the leader of the multi-genre outfit Secret Chiefs 3 and for his work as guitarist and keyboardist with Mr. Bungle...
  
   — vocals
  Singing
  Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
  
  , piano
  Piano
  The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
  
  , bass guitar
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  , guitars
  Guitar
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  , carillon
  Carillon
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  , celesta
  Celesta
  The celesta or celeste is a struck idiophone operated by a keyboard. Its appearance is similar to that of an upright piano or of a large wooden music box . The keys are connected to hammers which strike a graduated set of metal plates suspended over wooden resonators...
  
  , synthesizer
  Synthesizer
  A synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing sounds by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played through a loudspeaker or set of headphones...
  
  , additional percussion, dulcimer
  Appalachian dulcimer
  The Appalachian dulcimer is a fretted string instrument of the zither family, typically with three or four strings. It is native to the Appalachian region of the United States...
  
  , electroacoustic treatments, additional B3 and other Conn and Hammond organs
• Jai Young Kim — Hammond B3 organ
• Timb Harris
  Timb Harris
  Timb Harris is a violinist, best known for his work with the eclectic Santa Cruz-based band Estradasphere ....
  
   — violins
  Violin
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  , viola
  Viola
  The viola is a bowed string instrument. It is the middle voice of the violin family, between the violin and the cello.- Form :The viola is similar in material and construction to the violin. A full-size viola's body is between and longer than the body of a full-size violin , with an average...
  
  
• William Winant
  William Winant
  William Winant is an American percussionist.In addition to his work in contemporary classical music -- notably performing Lou Harrison's compositions—Winant has worked in a variety of genres, including noise rock, free improvisation and jazz. Notable collaborators include Glenn Spearman, Thurston...
  
   — vibes
  Vibraphone
  The vibraphone, sometimes called the vibraharp or simply the vibes, is a musical instrument in the struck idiophone subfamily of the percussion family....
  
  , percussion
• Ches Smith
  Ches Smith
  Ches Smith is an American musician whose primary instruments are drums, percussion, and vibraphone. He writes and performs music in a wide variety of contexts, including solo percussion, experimental rock bands, and small and large jazz ensembles....
  
   and Shahzad Ismaily — drums and bass on tracks 3, 23 and 29

Featuring musicians

• Jason Schimmel
  Jason Schimmel
  Jason Schimmel is best known as the guitarist and co-founder of the eclectic Santa Cruz band Estradasphere. He is also involved with Don Salsa, Secret Chiefs 3 and the Santa Cruz White Album Ensemble. He can also play the banjo and piano. He is well known for his versatile playing style,...
  
   — fuzz guitar, vocals
• Laurie Goldstein — cellos
  Cello
  The cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...
  
  
• Hans Teuber — flute
  Flute
  The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...
  
  
• Dave Abramson — drums
• KT Pierce — vocals
• Kris Hendrickson — vocals