John Zorn - Psychomagia (2014)

Psychomagia is the new album by the fabulous quartet of Abraxas, the acclaimed Moroccan Rock arrangements for the Book of Angels series. Here they perform a complex new suite of music written expressly for them by Downtown alchemist John Zorn. Drawing inspiration from the magical writings of Giordano Bruno and Alejandro Jodorowski and others, Zorn has written a bold collection of compositions that challenge the musicians to the breaking point. With a program ranging from some of the most intense ritualistic sounds you are likely to hear to tender minimalistic odes, this is a surprising new volume in Zorn's mystic series that matches the intensity and power of Moonchild, PainKiller and Naked City. Recorded at Orange Music and mixed by Bill Laswell. Essential.

Tracklist:

1. Metapsychomagia
2. Sacred Emblems
3. Circe
4. Squaring the Circle
5. Celestial Mechanism
6. Evocation of The Triumphant Beast
7. Four Rivers
8. The Nameless God
9. Anima Mundi

Personnel:

Aram Bajakian: guitar
Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz: bass
Eyal Maoz: guitar
Kenny Grohowski: drums