IAO (2002)

Track Listing
1. Invocation 7:19
2. Sex Magick 13:26
3. Sacred Rites Of The Left Hand Path 6:31
4. The Clavicle Of Solomon 9:28
5. Lucifer Rising 5:23
6. Leviathan 3:26
7. Mysteries 5:50
Personnel
Cyro Baptista
Jennifer Charles
Greg Cohen
Beth Anne Hatton
Bill Laswell
Rebecca Moore
Mike Patton
Jim Pugliese
Jamie Saft
John Zorn
Production
Composed by John Zorn
Produced by John Zorn
Assistant Producer - Kazunori Sugiyama
Recorded by Jamie Saft at Frank Booth
Mastered by Scott Hull at Classic Sound
Dedicated to Kenneth Anger
Design - Heung-Heung Chin
TZADIK Blurb
The name IAO is Kabbalistically identical to the Beast and his number 666. In the tradition of Zorn’s longform studio compositions Godard, Spillane, Elegy, Kristallnacht and Duras, yet completely unique in form and content, IAO is a hypnotic seven-movement suite of Alchemy, Mysticism, Metaphysics and Magic both black and white. Inspired in part by the esoteric works of Aleister Crowley and his magickal disciple, filmmaker Kenneth Anger, the seven movements range from hypnotic exotica, ritualistic percussion and death metal to ambient, electronica and a stunning piece for female chorus. As varied and listenable as The Gift and as perplexing as Songs from the Hermetic Theater, IAO is a major new work by downtown’s master of the unexpected.
Series: Archival Series
Catalogue Number: TZ7338
Release Date: May 2002