''Black Box'' is a compilation album by
John Zorn's band
Naked City featuring
Yamatsuka Eye
(born , 13 February 1964) is a Japanese vocalist and visual artist, best known as a member of Boredoms and Naked City. He has changed his stage name three times, from Yamatsuka Eye, to Yamantaka Eye, to Yamataka Eye, and sometimes calls hims ...
on vocals. The album is a collection of the "hardcore miniatures" from ''
Naked City'' and ''
Grand Guignol
''Le Théâtre du Grand-Guignol'' (: "The Theatre of the Great Puppet")—known as the Grand Guignol–was a theatre in the Pigalle district of Paris (7, cité Chaptal). From its opening in 1897 until its closing in 1962, it specialised in natura ...
'' that were originally released on
Torture Garden in 1990 and the extended piece ''
Leng Tch'e
Leng Tch'e is a Belgian grindcore band. The band describes their style as "razorgrind", a combination of grindcore with death metal, stoner rock and metalcore. The band's name is an alternate romanisation of " língchí", a method of torture an ...
'' which was only released in Japan in 1992. This compilation was released on
Tzadik Records
Tzadik Records is a record label in New York City that specializes in avant-garde and experimental music. The label was established by composer and saxophonist John Zorn in 1995. He is the executive producer of all Tzadik releases. Tzadik is a n ...
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 Shit" – 0:43
# "Blunt Instrument" – 0:53
# "Osaka Bondage" – 1:14
# "Igneous Ejaculation" – 0:20
# "Shallow Grave" – 0:40
# "Ujaku" – 0:27
# "Kaoru" – 0:50
# "Dead Dread" – 0:45
# "Billy Liar" – 0:10
# "Victims Of Torture" – 0:22
# "Speedfreaks" – 0:29
# "New Jersey Scum Swamp" – 0:41
# "S & M Sniper" – 0:14
# "Pigfucker" – 0:23
# "Cairo Chop Shop" – 0:22
# "Fuck The Facts" – 0:11
# "Obeah Man" – 0:17
# "Facelifter" – 0:34
# "N.Y. Flat Top Box" – 0:43
# "Whiplash" – 0:19
# "The Blade" – 0:36
# "Gob Of Spit" – 0:18
Disc Two:
# "Leng Tch'e" – 31:39
:''All compositions by Naked City''
* Recorded in Brooklyn, New York City, and Tokyo 1989–1990 except for 'Leng Tch'e' Recorded on January 11, 1992
Personnel
*
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, ...
– drums
*
Yamatsuka Eye
(born , 13 February 1964) is a Japanese vocalist and visual artist, best known as a member of Boredoms and Naked City. He has changed his stage name three times, from Yamatsuka Eye, to Yamantaka Eye, to Yamataka Eye, and sometimes calls hims ...
– vocals
*
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 ...
– guitar
*
Fred Frith – bass
*
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 ...
– keyboards
*
John Zorn – alto saxophone, vocals, producer, executive producer
* Martin Bisi – engineer
* Anthony Lee – design
* Bob Ludwig – mastering
* Macioce – rephotography
* Roger Moutenot – engineer, mixing
* David Newgarden – associate producer
* Seigen Ono – engineer
* Maruo Suehiro – illustrations
* Kazunori Sugiyama – associate producer
* Kimsu Theiler – cover design
* Arai Yasunori – cover design
References
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Naked City (band) albums
Albums produced by John Zorn
John Zorn compilation albums
1997 compilation albums
Tzadik Records compilation albums