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Naked City - Heretic: Jeux Des Dames Cruelles [1992]
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Naked City - Heretic: Jeux Des Dames Cruelles [1992]
Free improvisation/Experimental/Avant-Garde/Soundtrack
EAC/FLAC+Cue+Log | Scans | 340 MB
Tracks
01 Main Titles (1:28)
02 Sex Games (2:23)
03 The Brood (2:49)
04 Sweat, Sperm & Blood (2:05)
05 Vliet (:50)
06 Heretic I (2:33)
07 Submission (4:23)
08 Heretic 2 (1:46)
09 Catacombs (2:46)
10 Heretic 3 (2:43)
11 My Master, My Slave (2:23)
12 Saint Jude (2:13)
13 The Conqueror Worm (2:32)
14 Dominatrix 5B (2:16)
15 Back Throught The Looking Glass (2:39)
16 Here Come The 7,000 Frogs (1:59)
17 Slaughterhouse/Chase Sequence (2:19)
18 Castle Keep (1:49)
19 Mantra Of Resurrected Shit (1:43)
20 Trypsicore (1:46)
21 Fire And Ice (Club Scene) (2:37)
22 Crosstalk (1:41)
23 Copraphagist Rituals (:53)
24 Labyrinth (5:47)
Total time: 56m 35s
Line-up/Musicians
- Bill Frisell / guitars
- Joey Baron / drums
- Yamatsuka Eye / vocals
- Wayne Horvitz / keyboards
- John Zorn / alto saxophone
CD Avant (Avant 001) disk UNION (Japan)
Recorded 1991, Released 1992
Album by Zorn's Naked City wherein the the band is grouped into duo or trio settings to improvise scenes from a dominatrix movie. Whatever you feel about the subject matter in the movie, this post-soundtrack (the music never actually appeared in a movie) is very evocative. Dark, often intense, awkward. On only one track does the entire band perform, and only on that track ("Fire and Ice") is any traditionally structured music played.
Representative tracks
Sex Games: Group improvisation paints picture of something we were probably never supposed to see, until you realize that is a soundtrack. Challenging listen, as is the rest of the album.
Labyrinth: Last "song" on the album, and the longest. Runs the gamut of gritty, sticky sounds, and leaves a very cold, dark aftertaste. Either the best soundtrack ever made, or the most unlistenable, depending on your idea of what a soundtrack should be. (http://www.geocities.com/1-0/REVIEWS/ZornJohn.html)
Allmusic Review
Naked City's tenure as a workshop for a rock group's compositional opportunities led to this album, which is performed mostly by subsets of the full group. Only one track of the 24 includes all six band members, the relatively anonymous "Fire and Ice (Club Scene)," where Joey Baron, Fred Frith, and Bill Frisell set up a slow funky groove for Wayne Horvitz and John Zorn's improvisations. The rest of the pieces are all performed by various duos (12 tracks) and trios (11 tracks). The exploratory nature of the groupings means that there are many fewer references to popular music styles compared to other Naked City albums, and the pieces all sound improvisional. As such, every listener will find his or her favorites, but all of the pieces are of high quality, as befits a grouping of great improvisers that form the group. The two duos by Zorn and Yamatsuka Eye (where they match each other squeal for squawk) or the ones between Zorn and Frith (who have demonstrated their close empathy in other sessions before and after Naked City) are particularly noteworthy. Although this album is credited as a soundtrack for a porn movie (scenes from which decorate the sleeve art), its music will appeal to many improv-oriented listeners who have a hard time with the thrash/hardcore atmosphere that is so characteristic of the band's first album and the Torture Garden pieces.