music for children - 10th anniversary edition (2009)
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
Lou Reed: Guitar Feedback
Marc Ribot: Guitar
Julie Steinberg: Piano
William Winant: Percussion
John Zorn: Alto Sax, Three Wind Machines, Two Acoustic Feedback Systems, Bass Drums
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: Three Wind Machines, Two Acoustic Feedback Systems, Bass Drums
William Winant: Percussion
Lou Reed: Guitar Feedback
RECORDED and MIXED by JIM ANDERSON at Avatar, April and August 1998
ADIITONAL RECORDING BY MARC URSELLI at Eastside Sound, July 2008 and by ERIC KRAMER at Roof Recordings, February 2009
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
Lou Reed's Guitar Feedback processed live by Sarth Calhoun
Remastered by Scott Hull
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
REVISED AND REMASTERED FOR ITS 10TH ANNIVERSARY!
There has never been a CD quite like Music For Children. The first installment of Zorn’s challenging and controversial Music Romance trilogy (that includes Taboo and Exile and The Gift) it is easily one of the most eclectic CDs ever made. The music includes three short Torture Garden compositions performed by Zorn with the scorching hardcore band Prelapse; a soulful piece of Masada exotica; a virtuosic classical chamber piece for violin, piano and percussion; a poly-rhythmic etude for voice and percussion and a charming nostalgic lullaby for music box. The highlight of this re-release is a revised version of Zorn's infamously epic ear-bender Cycles du Nord, which takes on new intensity through overdubbed bass drums and a newly recorded noise guitar track by none other than the master of feedback himself—Lou Reed! Intensely intriguing, Music For Children is an unbelievable musical roller coast ride that takes you from the sublime to the ridiculous and back again in sixty jam-packed minutes.
Series: Archival Series, Music Romance Series
Catalogue Number: TZ7321b
Release Date: August 2009