At the Mountains of Madness [Import]

At the Mountains of Madness [Import]

Track Listings

1. At The Mountains Of Madness * Video Mix*

2. Five Crystals * Oscar Mix *

3. Crumbling Of My Denial * Live *

4. Veils Of Blood * Live *

5. Sea Of Dreams * Live *

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Dark Adventure Radio Theatre: At the Mountains of Madness
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Ah, Those Thrilling Days Of Yesteryear....

Dark Adventure Radio Theatre: At the Mountains of Madness
H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society
Manufacturer: HP Lovecraft Historical Society
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000NFWGCW

Product Description

"An expedition to the ends of the earth resulting in death and madness..." Dark Adventure Radio Theatre: At the Mountains of Madness brings Lovecraft's tale to life as it might have been adapted for radio during his lifetime. In the style of The War of the Worlds and The Shadow, Dark Adventure Radio Theatre dramatizes HPL's story with a cast of professional actors, exciting sound effects and original music by Troy Sterling Nies (composer for The Call of Cthulhu). Relive the excitement of 1930s radio with one of HP Lovecraft's most exciting and fascinating stories: At the Mountains of Madness. In addition to the full 75 minute radio drama, the CD packaging includes clippings from a 1930s newspaper chronicling the expedition's progress in the Antarctic and reproductions of photographs of the ancient city taken by Danforth and Dyer which corroborate their findings. There's even a reproduction from Danforth's sketchbook, depicting the Elder Things and their fantastical murals. And of course it's beautifully produced and packaged with the same deranged attention to detail that you'll find in other HPLHS products.

Customer Reviews:

Ah, Those Thrilling Days Of Yesteryear...........2007-03-27

The world needs more people like the guys at the HP Lovecraft Historical Society.

First, they produced a movie adaptation of Lovecraft's classic CALL OF CTHULHU. And did they do the obvious, and update the tale to the 21st century, film it in living color, with photorealistic CGI effects and self-consciously edgy modern characters? Nope. They did it right, as a picture-perfect impersonation of a silent film contemporaneous with the publication of the original story.

Now, they've followed that up with an adaptation of Lovecraft's AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS. Not a silent movie this time, but a radio play in the classic style of LIGHTS OUT or SUSPENSE (complete with commercials!). See, these guys know what I know: That cineplex- and ratings-driven fashion have not made artistry and style obsolete. If you know it, too; if you love good, old-fashioned urbane horror; if you love the timeless ambiance of a radio dramatization (played in the dark); if you want a Lovecraft adaptation that's appropriate to the life and times of the man himself, then do yourself a favor and buy this CD. You'll get well over an hour of Lovecraftian goodness and you won't be disappointed.

I just wish more people had this much respect for the style and artistry of the past.

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Concentric Circles
I only wish they played at my Bar Mitzvah...
Touching the Flame!
Two blistering live sets from one of Zorn's best projects.

At the Mountains of Madness
John Zorn , and Electric Masada
Manufacturer: Tzadik
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000BJNTZ8
Release Date: 2005-11-22

Tracks:

Lilin
Metal Tov
Karaim
Hath-Arob
Abidan
Idalah-Abal
Kedem
Yatzar

Tracks:

Tekufah
Hath-Arob
Abidan
Metal Tov
Karaim
Idalah-Abal
Kedem

Customer Reviews:

Concentric Circles.......2007-07-12

I got into John Zorn and H.P. Lovecraft at about the same time (late 1980's), and have been a huge fan of both ever since, a couple of my all-time favorites. Somehow I missed this title when it first came out, having just found and purchased it a couple of weeks ago while catching up on Zorn's "hermetic" period (IAO, Magick, etc). Although none of the track titles or liner notes refer to Lovecraft by name, it's still mind-blowing to see a Zorn record with a Lovecraft title. Talk about concentric circles!

I can only echo the previous comments about how good a recording this is. I can't remember the last time a piece of NEW electric music got me out of my chair and dancing around, but this one certainly did. The comparisons to Miles' (another all-time favorite) electric period are valid, but this is Miles-electric to factor of 10. Hints of everything from Santana to John Coltrane, even to Tom Scott/Weather Report, reverberate, but Electric Masada is still uniquely Zorn.

Despite the inaccurate Amazon description of only 1 disk (a creeping problem with this site, it seems), 2 live concerts are represented on the 2 x 70+ minute disks, with essentially the same titles on each. Disc I opens with the usual Zorn barrage insanity for 4 or 5 minutes, sort of a call to arms, before settling into an amazing groove of textures, rhythms, extended solos, dynamic arrangements, ethnic influences and just out-of-this world musicality. Man, this is good stuff!! Disk II is not far behind, but not quite to the level of Disc I, in my opinion. Still, it is different enough. Not sure why this just wasn't released as a single disk, but I'm not complaining. Can't get enough of it.

While I am not a Zorn expert by any means, I think this is one of his best recordings since the original Naked City album. Perhaps a bit retro in it's allusion to 70's hard fusion, it's still great to hear a Zorn electric group stretch out on extended solos AND arrangements, with tons of influences AND original concepts. Just a great recording!

I only wish they played at my Bar Mitzvah..........2006-02-08

In its original accoustic incarnation, John Zorn's Masada explored more or less standard bebop (with elements of free jazz) using the compositional techniques of "Jewish" music (i.e. Klezmer) as a starting point. This seemed to represent a kind of coservatism for Zorn, who is renowned for his obsessive, fragmented po-mo sensibility. His (and his band's) work under the name Naked City reveled in throwing together as many different styles as possible, sometimes within a single song. So Masada could be seen as Zorn's longing for the "simpler" ways of tradition. With Electric Masada, Zorn seems to have once again decided to let his id run loose and transform his heritage into music that sounds like nothing less (and even a lot more) than a 21st century update of Miles Davis' electric period. I only wish they'd been around about a century ago when I had my Bar Mitzvah; if these guys had played during the reception, I might not have abandoned religion altogether!

I can picture it now: Zorn acting as a conducter/participant with a band including Marc Ribot on electric guitar, Trevor Dunn on bass and Ikue Mori on laptop electronics. They blast full force into the stormy seas of "Lilin" and instantly the dance floor erupts into a moshing mass of marauding Jews, except for my racist great aunt (c'mon, admit it--every family has one) that nobody really likes, who has a conniption and shrivels into an unconscious ball. The drumming of Joey Baron and Kenny Wollesen is as frenzied as the best hardcore punk even as they trade complex rhythmic patterns, which only eggs on the rest of the band. Zorn's signature saxophone playing, with its rapid high-pitched squealing, causes even more damage, shattering wine glasses all over the hall as waiters are trampled underfoot in their efforts to clean up. When the band launches into Naked City holdover "Metal Tov," not even the Roman army can defeat the crowd. The loud, abrasive guitar playing alone sets the roof on fire, and the Rabbi screams (in Yiddish, no less) "we don't need no water, let the m-----f----- burn!" Just when it seems that anarchy is all but inevitable, they play the relatively calm "Karaim" and we are instantly transformed into Torah scholars, bobbing our head to the bebop as we contemplate the mysteries of G-d. But wait! The frenetic "Hath Arob," which makes us imagine a heavenly fistfight between Miles and (Looney Tunes composer) Carl Stalling finally destroys the place, and the survivors emerge from the rubble as new people. I resolve not to waste my Bar Mitzvah money on college and instead travel the world, bringing news of Radical Jewish Culture to the trad, uncool masses. Soon, there is peace in the middle east and decent bagels in middle America. All because of Electric Masada. Amen.

Anyway, "At The Mountains of Madness," two discs of live recordings from the band's tour of Europe, while not enough to make atheists reconsider, is certainly inspiring enough to make H.P. Lovecraft (from whom the title is borrowed) rise from the dead and dance around like a satanic epileptic. And that ain't bubkis, my friends.

Touching the Flame!.......2005-12-07

This is as good, if not better, than the 50th Birthday recording.

The boys are even tighter and most of the improvisation unfolds with a newfound ease. Don't worry, there is still plenty of insanity when the percussion gets going. Musically it is as if these guys are pounding on the gates of heaven, demanding a dialoge with G-d.

John Coltrane approached improvisation from a spiritual level - - THIS BAND DOES THE SAME!

My only criticism is the minimal amount of new material. Don't get me wrong, I could listen to them play the same song five times in a row. It's just that the songs off the last album had a rawness that it lost once the musicians get truly comfortable with the piece. Even so, they do amazing things once they are comfortable so I can't fault the material. I just want them to stay fresh and continue making music for 30 years!

Two blistering live sets from one of Zorn's best projects........2005-11-23

John Zorn's Electric Masada project is one of those bands that carries enormous weight with it-- indeed the label website states that "Electric Masada combines the raw power and manic speed of Naked City, the improvisational edge of Cobra and the spiritual lyricism of the Masada songbook"-- certainly a lofty bill to live up to. As-yet unrecorded in the studio, "At the Mountains of Madness" is the second live release by the band, recorded during two dates on the end of a European tour last year. Like the previous release ("50th Birthday Celebration Volume 4", recorded in September of 2003), this one remarkably lives up to all the hyperbole that the label's description can come up with.

For those who haven't seen this band live (and you really should if you get the opportunity-- the records really only capture a fraction of the power live), a bit about the performance environment. Zorn sits in the middle of the band, part performer, part conductor, indicating solos, moments, noises and so on, encourages solos he enjoys, shifting directions in those he does not, and so on. This leaves a fierceness and edginess reminiscent of the Game Pieces, although with the framework of the piece setting up the "rules", it translates better on album than the Game Pieces did. Zorn assembled for this tour what seems to be his preferred cast for Electric Masada-- the leader on alto sax, Marc Ribot on guitar, Ikue Mori on laptop electronics, Jamie Saft on keyboards, Trevor Dunn on bass, Joey Baron and Kenny Wolleson on drums and Cyro Baptista on percussion. Ribot, Saft and Baptista are in Zorn's direct line of sight in his regular playing position and are most commonly utilized in determining and altering direction of the pieces, whereas Dunn and the drummers are usually more concerned with maintaining the groove and rhythmic figures and Mori is somewhere totally in between all of this, providing an oddity to the music that really quite defies definition. The net result is that the entire performance is under Zorn's control at all times, with direction put forth usually via guitar or keyboard. The members of this band have been in projects together for the better part of twenty years of association with Zorn's downtown scene, however, and they respond to each other in powerful ways-- blending together seamlessly and moving as one voice.

About the music itself-- the two sets are both lengthy (the first disc runs about 80 minutes, the second 77), with eight and seven songs performed, respectively. Six songs are performed in both sets, and all the material except for "Metaltov" comes from the Masada book-- "Metaltov" is a Naked City piece that gets fitting readings in both sets. The performances really cover the range of Zorn's expression, from moody, spacious and lyrical ("Abidan", performed on both sets) to breezy with deep grooves ("Lilin" on the first set after the frantic opening) to explosive and fierce ("Metaltov") and overtly Stalling-influenced ("Hath-Arob"). Along the way, some fantastic playing comes forth from all parties, with the performance nothing short of top notch.

Comparing it to the birthday show, it's fairly similar, but if anything the performances here seem to capture more energy somehow. Five of the seven cuts from the birthday CD receive readings on this one, so you've some expectation of the diversity of material from the Masada songbook.

Bottom line-- this is just as fantastic as that release was-- music this powerful is so rarely performed, the opportunity to hear it on record is extraordinary. Highly recommended.

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An addition to "By Time Alone"

At the Mountains of Madness
Orphanage
Manufacturer: Dsfa
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000024GYB

Tracks:

At The Mountains Of Madness * Video Mix*
Five Crystals * Oscar Mix *
Crumbling Of My Denial * Live *
Veils Of Blood * Live *
Sea Of Dreams * Live *

Customer Reviews:

An addition to "By Time Alone".......2006-12-05

As I've said, this is an addition to my favorite album of all - Orphanage's "By Time Alone". There are no new tracks, just 2 remixes and 3 live tracks.
This CD is not for people that are not into Orphanage music. This CD is for die hard fans (such as myself). One should get Orphanage's albums (By Time Alone, Inside and Driven) prior to this.
4 stars just because there's no new material.
The music of Orphanage is very rhythmic, powerful, but melodic. Harmonies are unusual, since they contain gregorian chants, celtic melodies, growl vocals, mighty guitars and much more.
They've split up and I cannot fogive myself for not seeing them live. Orphanage has everything I ever sought in music. Get them!

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Crushing Satanic Brutality

At the Mountains of Madness
Blood Ritual
Manufacturer: Napalm
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000G4XK
Release Date: 2005-05-24

Tracks:

Invocation
Ancient Rites
Sweet Suffering
Temple Of Carnal Desire (C.o.S.)
Sanguine Diety
Cruciform Antithesis
Opaque Divinity
Rites Of The Mad Prophet

Album Description

The legendary debut album, unavailable since 1999, is presented anew, remastered with new packaging and cover art. A milestone of American Death Metal that is a mandatory requirement for all fans of Deicide, Morbid Angel and Nile!

Album Description

1997 album for Seattle bred black metal act. Moribund Records.

Customer Reviews:

Crushing Satanic Brutality.......2007-01-27

This album delivers the goods. 4 and a half, for the purposes of this rating 5 stars. Fans of true heavy death metal early Morbid Angel, Immolation, Incantation, Drawn And Quartered will not be left wanting. Also reccomended the band's latestn "Black Grimoire". This album is rawer than their latest but truly brutal and dark. Moribund Cult for the most part always deliver the good for non-poser heavy as hell dark metal music, and this album is no exception. If you enjoy evil sounding hateful depressing death metal this will suit your needs.

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Movie Madness by Dimitri Shostakovich

Manufacturer: Capriccio
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000DD0Q
Release Date: 1998-08-25

Tracks:

Prld: (from The Fall Of Berlin Op.82/1949)
Fair: (from The Gadfly Op.97A/1955)
In the Garden: (from The Fall of Berlin Op.82/1949)
Waltz: (from Trilogy About Maxim Op.45/1936)
Song of Cordelia: (from King Lear-Incidental Music)
Ball at the Castle: (from Hamlet Op.116/1964)
Prologue: (from Trilogy About Maxim Op.45/1936)
Waltz: (from Golden Mountains Op.30A/1936)
Galop: (from The Gadfly Op.97A/1955)
Tempo Di Marcia: (from Soja Op.64/1944)
Intro: (from The Gadfly Op.97A/1955)
Galop: (from Odna Op.26/1930)
In the Garden: (from Hamlet Op.116/1964)
Liberated Dresden: (from Five Days-Five Nights/1960)
Romance: (from The Gadfly Op.97A/1955)
Storming of the Seelov Heights: (from The Fall of Berlin Op.82/1949)

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great album!!

At the Mountains of Madness
Blackfeather
Manufacturer: Akarma
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00007MBZP
Release Date: 2002-12-20

Tracks:

At The Mountain Of Madness
On This Day
Seasons Of Change (Part 1)
Mangos Theme (Part 2)
Long Legged Lovely
The Rat (Suite)

Album Description

The Australian Blackfeather began playing their unique style of guitar-powered psychedelic blues-rock in the Sydney area in 1970 and their energetic live performances soon catapulted them into the national spotlight. At The Mountains of Madness is the first of three full-length albums (all released between '71-'74) and by far their best. Contains 6 rather long tracks, one of which is a 5-part suite that shows Blackfeather at its best. The album opens with a decidedly spacey intro and continues with sustained rhythms, guitar solos and time changes, a great album. Miniature gatefold LP sleeve. Akarma. 2002.

Album Details

The Australian Blackfeather Began Playing their Unique Style of Guitar-powered Psychedelic Blues-rock in the Sydney Area in 1970 and their Energetic Live Performances Soon Catapaulted them Into the National Spotlight. "at the Mountains of Madness" is the First of Three Full Length Albums and by Far their Best.

Customer Reviews:

great album!!.......2003-05-31

this is one of the best australian rock albums i ever heard. it takes you by surprise on every track. it includes a song called "seasons of change" that has been recorded by bon scott's pre ac/dc band in 1970, fraternity. forget about olivia newton-john, bee gees or (mainly) siverchair, this is real aussie rock and roll stuff!!
best regards from brazil...

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