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OAKSENHAM
“Upon All the Living and the Dead”

His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling faintly through the universe and faintly falling, like the descent of their last end, upon all the living and the dead.
(James Joyce, The Dead)

1. Death Penalty 4:55
2. Winter Maid 5:42
3. Storm in the Crown 5:17
4. Snow 4:20
5. Oakwood 7:42

6. Moonage 6:51
7. Adventures of the Violet 6:33
8. Maid in Fugue 2:42
9. Muse 9:09
10. Afterdeath Fantasy 6:00

Vahagn Papayan – Bass Guitar
Ashot Korganyan – Drums
Vardan Gasparyan – Electric and Acoustic Guitars
Vardan Harutyunyan – Keyboards, Grand Piano, Electronic Effects (6)
Aram Asatryan – Violin

Special guests:
Shushan Petrosyan – Vocals (4,9)
Valery Tolstov – Flute (6)
Andranik Kochar – Bassoon (6)

Backing vocals (9) - soprano group of “Geghard” vocal ensemble:
Anahit Papayan, Sona Varpetyan, Luisa Avagyan

Recorded and mixed at “S’HARMONY” studio, Yerevan, Armenia (February - August 2012)
Recording & mixing: Arman Avetisyan
Assistant engineer: Tigran Kuzikyan
Executive Producer: Shushan Petrosyan

Grand Piano recorded at “VEM” studios, Yerevan, Armenia
Recording engineer: Sergey Gasparyan
Flute recorded at personal studio, Wintertour, Switzerland
Mastering: Sergey Gasparyan

Cover art & booklet design: Artashes Stamboltzyan
Photos: Hripsime Papayan

Produced by Oaksenham

OAKSENHAM
Upon All the Living and the Dead

1. Death Penalty 4:55
(Harutyunyan)
2. Winter Maid 5:42
(Gasparyan – Korganyan – Harutyunyan – Papayan)
3. Storm in the Crown 5:17
(Papayan)
4. Snow 4:20
(words & music: Gasparyan, arrangement: Harutyunyan - Gasparyan)
5. Oakwood 7:42
(Harutyunyan)

6. Moonage 6:51
(Korganyan – Papayan – Harutyunyan)
7. Adventures of the Violet 6:33
(Gasparyan – Harutyunyan)
8. Maid in Fugue 2:42
(Harutyunyan)
9. Muse 9:09
(words: Papayan, music: Papayan – Korganyan – Harutyunyan)
10. Afterdeath Fantasy 6:00
(Harutyunyan)