John Zorn’s Olympiad—Vol. 1 Dither Plays Zorn (2015)

Track Listing
1. Curling (Electric Short) 7:31
2. Hockey (Acoustic Dry) 4:00
3. Fencing (Electric) 11:55
4. Curling (Acoustic) 13:17
5. Hockey (Electric Wet) 6:35
6. Fencing (Acoustic) 11:21
7. Hockey (Electric Dry) 4:04
8. Curling (Electric Long) 19:23
Personnel
Gyan Riley: Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Banjo
Taylor Levine: Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar
Joshua Lopes: Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Bajo Sexto, Zhong Ruan
James Moore: Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Banjo, Mandolin
Production
All music composed by John Zorn
Produced by Dither
Executive Producer - John Zorn
Associate Producer - Kazunori Sugiyama
Recorded and Mixed By Patrick Higgins at Future-Past Studios, Hudson, NY
Mastering - Scott Hull
Design - Chippy (Heung-Heung Chin)
TZADIK Blurb
In the late ’70s and early ’80s Zorn presented yearly retrospectives of his game pieces at various Downtown venues. He called these events his Olympiads. This long awaited CD presents three of his classic pre-Cobra game pieces in multiple versions by the fabulous Brooklyn-based guitar quartet Dither. Here you will find the building blocks of Zorn’s trademark musical language—virtuosic extended techniques, surprising contrasts, fast group interaction and razor sharp changes. Featuring the first recording of Zorn’s legendary compositions Fencing and Curling, these fabulous realizations will keep you on the edge of your seat from first note to last!
Series: Game Pieces, Archival Series
Catalogue Number: TZ8327
Release Date: January 2015