''V as in Victim'' is an album by American keyboardist and composer

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 ...

' band Pigpen recorded in 1993 and released on the Japanese

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Reception

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review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine awarded the album 4 stars stating "Equal parts rock and free jazz, ''V as in Victim'' is a weird journey through a number of styles and sounds -- there's some grooves, some soundscapes and some brutally dissonant variations on free jazz. More often than not, the excursions are successful."Erlewine, S. T
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Track listing

:''All compositions by Wayne Horvitz except as indicated'' # "Cause I'm in Love Yeah" - 2:21 # "Speech" - 3:17 # "A Portrait of Hank Williams Jr." - 5:18 # "Light This Candle" - 5:55 # "Testament" - 2:38 # "V as in Victim" - 8:24 # "Stompin' at the Cranium" - 4:41 # "Again" (

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 ...

) - 5:09 # "Jazzmaster" - 2:16 # "Mr. Rogers" - 2:23 :*Recorded at Iron Wood Studio in Seattle, Washington in May 1993

Personnel

keyboards Keyboard may refer to: Text input * Keyboard, part of a typewriter * Computer keyboard ** Keyboard layout, the software control of computer keyboards and their mapping ** Keyboard technology, computer keyboard hardware and firmware Music * Musi ...

*Briggan Krauss -

alto saxophone The alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments. Saxophones were invented by Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the 1840s and patented in 1846. The alto saxophone is pitched in E, smaller than the B tenor ...

Fred Chalenor Fred Chalenor (December 29, 1955 – June 23, 2018) was an American bassist, most recognized for his work in the bands Caveman Shoestore, Tone Dogs, and Face Ditch. He also collaborated on numerous occasions with composer and keyboardist Wayne ...

electric bass The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck The ...

*Mike Stone -

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

References

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