music for children (1998)

Track Listing

 

Fils Des Etoiles  2:16
This Way Out  1:10
Music For Children  14:17
Bikini Atoll  0:46
Bone Crusher  0:38
Dreamer Of Dreams  5:48
Cycles Du Nord  20:54
SooKi’s Lullaby  3:17


Personnel


Jeff Hudgins: Alto Sax
Mason Wendell: Bass, Vocals
Andy Sansei: Drums
Dane Johnson: Guitar
Alex Lacamoire:  Keyboards
David Abel: Violin  
Cyro Baptista: Percussion, Vocals  
Greg Cohen: Bass  
Anthony Coleman: Celeste Music Box  
Erik Friedlander: Cello  
Marc Ribot: Guitar  
Julie Steinberg: Piano  
William Winant: Percussion  
John Zorn: Alto Sax, Wind Machines, Acoustic Feedback Systems
 

Track Information 

1. FILS DES ETOILES  (1998)

Anthony Coleman: Celeste
Cyro Baptista: Percussion, Vocals

RECORDED and MIXED by JIM ANDERSON at Avatar, April and August 1998 
 

2. THIS WAY OUT (1990)

PRELAPSE

Jeff Hudgins: Alto Sax 
Mason Wendell: Bass, Vocals 
Andy Sansei: Drums 
Dane Johnson: Guitar 
Alex Lacamoire:  Keyboards

RECORDED And MIXED BY MARTIN BISI AT BC STUDIOS, MARCH 1998
 

3. MUSIC FOR CHILDREN  (1996)

David Abel: Violin 
Julie Steinberg: Piano   
William Winant: Percussion

RECORDED And MIXED by MAGGIE PAYNE at Mills College, June 1998


4-5.  4. BIKINI STOLL  (1989)  5.BONE CRUSHER (1989)

PRELAPSE

Jeff Hudgins: Alto Sax 
Mason Wendell: Bass, Vocals 
Andy Sansei: Drums 
Dane Johnson: Guitar 
Alex Lacamoire:  Keyboards
John Zorn: Alto Sax

RECORDED And MIXED BY MARTIN BISI AT BC STUDIOS, MARCH 1998


6. DREAMER OF DREAMS  (1998)

Greg Cohen: Bass 
Erik Friedlander: Cello   
Marc Ribot: Guitar  

RECORDED and MIXED by JIM ANDERSON at Avatar, April and August 1998 
 

7. CYCLES DU NORD  (1998)
   
John Zorn: Wind Machines, Acoustic Feedback Systems
William Winant: Percussion

RECORDED and MIXED by JIM ANDERSON at Avatar, April and August 1998
 

8. SOOKI'S LULLABY  (1997)

Anthony Coleman: Celeste Music Box  

RECORDED and MIXED by JIM ANDERSON at Avatar, April and August 1998 


Production 

All compositions by John Zorn 
Produced by John Zorn 
Associate Producer - Kazunori Sugiyama 
Mastering - Allan Tucker at Foothill Digital 
Artwork - John Zorn 
Design - Ikue Mori
Typesetting - Chippy (Heung-Heung Chin)
Dolls by Katan Amano
Color Photography by Toshida Ryoichi
Black and White Photography by Macioce
Illustrations by Henry Darger
Texts by E.M. Cioran
Slipcase Photos by Hans Bellmer/front,  Claude Cahun/back


TZADIK Blurb

Music For Children is the first in a series of quirky collections that show Zorn's compositional genius at its most eclectic. 3 short never-heard-before Naked City compositions (written at the time of Torture Garden) performed by Zorn with the scorching Boston-based band Prelapse; a 20-minute electro-acoustic excursion for 3 wind machines and 2 controlled feedback systems dedicated to Edgar Varese, and a virtuosic classical chamber piece for violin, percussion and piano brilliantly performed by the award-winning Abel-Steinberg-Winant Trio. These are framed by a poly-rhythmic etude for percussion and celeste and a charming nostalgic lullaby for music box.


Series:  Archival Series, Music Romance Series


Catalogue Number:  TZ7321


Release Date:  October 1998