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Black Box (Naked City Album)
''Black Box'' is a compilation album by John Zorn's band Naked City featuring Yamatsuka Eye on vocals. The album is a collection of the "hardcore miniatures" from '' Naked City'' and ''Grand Guignol'' that were originally released on Torture Garden in 1990 and the extended piece ''Leng Tch'e'' which was only released in Japan in 1992. This compilation was released on Tzadik Records in 1996. Track listing Disc One: # "Blood is Thin" – 1:00 # "Demon Sanctuary" – 0:38 # "Thrash Jazz Assassin" – 0:45 # "Dead Spot" – 0:31 # "Bonehead" – 0:51 # "Speedball" – 0:37 # "Blood Duster" – 0:13 # "Pile Driver" – 0:33 # "Shangkuan Ling-Feng" – 1:14 # "Numbskull" – 0:29 # "Perfume Of A Critic's Burning Flesh" – 0:24 # "Jazz Snob Eat Shit" – 0:24 # "The Prestidigitator" – 0:43 # "No Reason To Believe" – 0:26 # "Hellraiser" – 0:39 # "Torture Garden" – 0:35 # "Slan" – 0:23 # "Hammerhead" – 0:08 # "The Ways Of Pain" – 0:31 # "The Noose" – 0:10 # "Sack Of S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naked City (band)
Naked City was an avant-garde music, avant-garde music group led by saxophonist and composer John Zorn. Active primarily in New York City from 1988 to 1993, Naked City was initiated by Zorn as a "composition workshop" to test the limits of composition (and improvisation) in a traditional rock music, rock band lineup. Their music incorporated elements of jazz, surf music, surf, progressive rock, classical music, classical, heavy metal music, heavy metal, grindcore, country music, country, punk rock, and other music genre, genres. History Named after a 1945 book of graphic black and white photographs by Weegee, the band performed an aggressive mix of "soundtrack themes, bluesy hard bop, speedy hardcore rock, squealing free jazz [and] heavy metal music, metallic funk". In Naked City's characteristic early style, songs were often performed at astonishingly fast tempos, drawing on thrash metal and hardcore punk's emphasis on extreme speed. Many songs were quite brief, and typically swi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naked City (album)
''Naked City'' is an album by John Zorn, released on Elektra Nonesuch in February 1990. The band assembled by Zorn for the album would later be known as Naked City. The album is characterized by its covers of movie themes and its fusion of various musical genres. Content The group Zorn assembled for the material recorded on ''Naked City'' would later become a band in its own right known under the same name; the lineup was Zorn on alto saxophone with Bill Frisell on guitar, Wayne Horvitz on keyboards, Fred Frith on bass and Joey Baron on drums. The group was established in 1988 as a "compositional workshop" to test the limitations of a rock band format. The album consists of several covers of movie themes, one jazz standard, and original compositions by Zorn, including several "hardcore miniatures" which would later be compiled on the album '' Torture Garden''. The project, especially on this album, was noted for wildly juxtaposing various musical genres in rapid succession. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Zorn Compilation Albums
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Albums Produced By John Zorn
An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual 78 rpm records collected in a bound book resembling a photograph album; this format evolved after 1948 into single vinyl long-playing (LP) records played at rpm. The album was the dominant form of recorded music expression and consumption from the mid-1960s to the early 21st century, a period known as the album era. Vinyl LPs are still issued, though album sales in the 21st-century have mostly focused on CD and MP3 formats. The 8-track tape was the first tape format widely used alongside vinyl from 1965 until being phased out by 1983 and was gradually supplanted by the cassette tape during the 1970s and early 1980s; the popularity of the cassette reached its peak during the late 1980s, sharply declined during the 1990s and had largely disappeared dur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naked City (band) Albums
Naked City may refer to: Literature *''Naked City'', a 1945 book of photographs by Weegee Entertainment * ''The Naked City'', a 1948 film noir inspired by Weegee's book * ''Naked City'' (TV series), a television series inspired by the film, first broadcast in 1958 * '' Naked City: Justice with a Bullet'', a 1998 crime film intended as a reboot of the TV series * ''Naked City'' (1993 TV series), a British music program on Channel 4 Music *Naked City (band), an avant-garde group fronted by John Zorn ** ''Naked City'' (album), a 1990 album by Zorn featuring the band **'' Naked City: The Complete Studio Recordings'', a box set by the band *''Naked City'', an album by Jeff Golub and Avenue Blue *"Naked City", a song by Kiss from '' Unmasked'' *"Naked City", a song by The Skatalites from ''Foundation Ska'' Travel *Naked City, a naturist resort now known as Sun Aura, near Roselawn, Indiana, U.S. *Village Naturiste or "Naked City", a naturist resort in Cap d'Agde, France * Naked City, L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wayne Horvitz
Wayne Horvitz (born 1955) is an American composer, keyboardist and record producer. He came to prominence in the Downtown scene of 1980s and '90s New York City, where he met his future wife, the singer, songwriter and pianist Robin Holcomb. He is noted for working with John Zorn's Naked City among others. Horvitz has since relocated to the Seattle, Washington area where he has several ongoing groups and has worked as an adjunct professor of composition at Cornish College of the Arts. Biography Horvitz, a "defiant cross-breeder of genres",de Barros, Paul"Wayne Horvitz" Liner notes to ''Wayne Horvitz: Joe Hill: 16 Actions for Orchestra, Voices, and Soloist''. New World Records. has led the groups The President, Pigpen, Zony Mash, and the Four Plus One Ensemble. He has recorded or performed with John Zorn, Bill Frisell, Elliott Sharp, Danny Barnes, Tucker Martine, Butch Morris, Fred Frith, Julian Priester, Phillip Wilson, Michael Shrieve, Carla Bley, Timothy Young, Bobby Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Frith
Jeremy Webster "Fred" Frith (born 17 February 1949) is an English multi-instrumentalist, composer, and improviser. Probably best known for his guitar work, Frith first came to attention as one of the founding members of the English avant-rock group Henry Cow. He was also a member of the groups Art Bears, Massacre, and Skeleton Crew. He has collaborated with a number of prominent musicians, including Robert Wyatt, Derek Bailey, the Residents, Lol Coxhill, John Zorn, Brian Eno, Mike Patton, Lars Hollmer, Bill Laswell, Iva Bittová, Jad Fair, Kramer, the ARTE Quartett, and Bob Ostertag. He has also composed several long works, including ''Traffic Continues'' (1996, performed 1998 by Frith and Ensemble Modern) and ''Freedom in Fragments'' (1993, performed 1999 by Rova Saxophone Quartet). Frith produces most of his own music, and has also produced many albums by other musicians, including Curlew, the Muffins, Etron Fou Leloublan, and Orthotonics. He is the subject of Nicolas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Frisell
William Richard Frisell (born March 18, 1951) is an American jazz guitarist, composer and arranger. Frisell first came to prominence at ECM Records in the 1980s, as both a session player and a leader. He went on to work in a variety of contexts, notably as a participant in the Downtown Scene in New York City where he formed a long working relationship with composer and saxophonist John Zorn. He was also a longtime member of veteran drummer Paul Motian's groups from the early 1980s until 2011 (upon Motian’s death). Since the late 1990s, Frisell's output as a bandleader has also integrated prominent elements of folk, country, rock ‘n’ roll and Americana. He has six Grammy nominations, and one win. Biography Early life and career Frisell was born in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, but spent most of his youth in the Denver, Colorado, area. He studied clarinet with Richard Joiner of the Denver Symphony Orchestra as a youth, but by his teens was more interested in guitar. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joey Baron
Bernard Joseph Baron (born June 26, 1955 in Richmond, Virginia) is an American avant-garde jazz drummer who plays frequently with Bill Frisell and John Zorn. Music career Baron was born on June 26, 1955, in Richmond Virginia. When he was nine, he taught himself how to play the drums. As a teenager, he played in rock bands and dixieland jazz groups and was given his first gig opportunity at the age of 13 when pianist BJ Doyle's regular drummer took ill and she knew he was a keeper after just minutes. After high school, he spent a year at the Berklee College of Music. He moved to Los Angeles in the early 1970s and embarked on a professional career, playing with Carmen McRae and Al Jarreau. He worked as a freelance drummer and session musician with Chet Baker, Stan Getz, Dizzy Gillespie, and Hampton Hawes. In 1982 he moved to New York City and joined guitarist Bill Frisell, with whom he would play often throughout his career. He also played in groups with Red Rodney, Fred Hersch, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leng Tch'e (album)
''Leng Tch'e'' is the fourth release from John Zorn's band Naked City. It consists of a single track, running at just over half an hour. It was first released on the Japanese Toys Factory label in 1992. Unlike Naked City's previously material, which was known for its fast tempo and rapid transitions between a variety of heterogeneous styles, Leng Tch'e is a more avant-garde take on sludge metal. It was reissued in 1997 along with '' Torture Garden'' in the double-disc collection ''Black Box''. The cover photograph features a Chinese man being subjected to the Leng Tch'e method of torture, the overarching theme of the piece. Bataille quote From the liner notes: The liner notes present an abridgment of Bataille's remarks on p. 206–207 of ''Tears of Eros''. Bataille also wrote about the photograph in ''Inner Experience'':Translated by Leslie Ann Boldt, State University of New York Press, 1988 "In particular, I would gaze at the photographic image – or sometimes the memo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torture Garden (album)
''Torture Garden'' is an album by John Zorn's Naked City with vocalist Yamatsuka Eye on vocals. The album collects the 42 "hardcore miniatures" recorded by the band. Nine of these short intense improvisations were spread across '' Naked City'' and the other 33 would feature on the next album, ''Grand Guignol''. As Zorn explained in 1990:Basically, this Naked City record (the first album on Nonesuch) came out, right. In the middle of it are about ten songs that are really short and hard. I said I wanted to do a record of 40 of those pieces, cause I was really interested in the compression and compactness of form that that music gets to. The guys at Nonesuch were not interested. If I wanted to do that, I better take it somewhere else. So what I managed to do was get them to bankroll the whole thing, and then I licensed it to Earache and Shimmy for basically no money and no royalties. So they are just putting this stuff out that Nonesuch bankrolled.Burma, M.Zorn Interview Browbeat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Guignol (album)
''Grand Guignol'' is the second full-length studio album released by John Zorn's band Naked City in 1992 on the Japanese Avant label. The album followed '' Torture Garden'', which was a compilation of "hardcore miniatures" from '' Naked City'' and ''Grand Guignol''. The album is notable for the inclusion of cover versions of pieces written by classical composers, the guest vocal of Bob Dorough, and also, like ''Torture Garden'', a selection of "hardcore miniatures" (tracks 9–41) which are intense, fast-tempo, brief compositions, which feature the wailing of Zorn's alto sax, and the screams of Yamatsuka Eye. The album is titled after the infamous Grand Guignol theater in Paris, which was open from 1897 to 1962, where performances centered around extreme violence. ''Grand Guignol'' was remastered and re-released in 2005 as part of the Tzadik box set '' Naked City: The Complete Studio Recordings'', with the bonus track "Grand Guignol (Version Vocale)" featuring Mike Patton, and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
