Locus Solus: 50th Birthday Celebration [Live]

1. Intro

2. That Scene

3. Doll Moment

4. Unwritten Law

5. Ponce

6. Come Yelling

7. On the Ropes

8. Klossowski

9. Pacing

10. In Memory Of

11. Detroit for No Reason

12. This Year's Skirts

13. Want Those Boots

14. Trampoline at Dawn

15. Last Thing to Get Moist

16. Ceiling

17. Doll Sport

Locus Solus: 50th Birthday Celebration,John Zorn,Locus Solus,Tzadik,Drums,Experimental Rock,Free Improvisation,Guitar (Electric),Int'l & World Music,Noise,Pop,Rock/Pop,Sax (Alto),Vocals

Average customer rating: Birthday recording? Fun, but not particularly engaging recording. If the Three Stooges played heavy metal...

Locus Solus: 50th Birthday Celebration John Zorn , and Locus Solus Manufacturer: Tzadik ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music Avant Garde & Free Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Noise | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Masada String Trio: 50th Birthday Celebration, Vol. 1 ASIN: B0001L3MC6 Release Date: 2004-04-27

Tracks:

1. Intro
2. That Scene
3. Doll Movement
4. Unwritten Law
5. Ponce
6. Come Yelling
7. On The Ropes
8. Klossowski
9. Pacing
10. In Memory Of
11. Detroit For No Reason
12. This Year's Skirts
13. Want Those Boots
14. Trampoline At Dawn
15. Last Thing To Get Moist
16. Ceiling
17. Doll Sport

Customer Reviews:

Birthday recording?.......2006-02-04

Ok John Zorn is very very talented and he has tried our patience with a lot of really hard-core stuff but this is really dismal. He should be ashamed of himself. Even Arto Lindsay, after years of tasteful music has returned to the horrble stuff he did with DNA. Avoid.

Fun, but not particularly engaging recording........2005-04-26

Locus Solus is one of the more difficult projects in John Zorn's catalog-- the concept is essentially improvised rock music, including the lyrics, Zorn is joined by guitarist/vocalist Arto Lindsay and drummer Anton Fier for this set. There must be some rules for the improvisation as Zorn has been categorizing this as a game piece, but the music's construction shows little in the way of pattern that I can recognize (maybe it'd be more apparent seeing it live, which I haven't done). Generally, one musician starts each piece, stretching up to five minutes of length (though commonly much shorter), and the others join in. The high level of musicianship on this recording allows such an abstract concept as bringing heavy improv and lack of structure into a rock idiom to work at least reasonably well.

Most of the pieces are injected with quite a bit of humor, in both the interaction between the musicians and the vocals from Lindsay-- musically, Fier tends to lay down rock style backbeats over which Lindsay splatters any number of chords and Zorn wails, occasionally yielding from noise into coherent lines. With his extensive vocabulary on the instrument, he's able to pretty seemlessly blend in between Lindsay and Fier. But this shouldn't be taken as serious music per se, these guys are clearly having a blast putting this together, and it shows, the structure and the pieces are pretty goofy. Now mind you, there's some great moments ("Doll Moment" has a fantastic groove and some great playing from al parties, "This Year's Skirts" is bizarrely genius), but for the most part, its a fun record thats kind of a throwaway. I really enjoyed it on first listen, but its not really something I find myself reaching for frequently.

If the Three Stooges played heavy metal..........2004-05-14

... it might sound like this! In September 2003, during the month-long celebration of John Zorn's music, Zorn staged one of his wildest game pieces: Locus Solus. Twenty years earlier, he came up with the idea --- Zorn, a drummer, and one other musician improvise hardcore rock and roll. There are no rules. The music is fast, loud, and chaotic. The lyrics are made up on the spot. Nothing is repeated or written down.

Locus Solus would be a self-indulgent waste if these guys were serious about it. But it's all for fun. On this CD, Zorn teams up with Anton Fier (drums) and Arto Lindsay (guitar and vocals). They make the audience laugh as they hammer away, screech, and babble. The moment they start to lock together into a groove of some kind, they skitter away and start improvising in a new direction. It's frustrating but fun. If you've never heard Zorn before, don't start here. If you want something completely crazy and loud, this is your album.

World Music:

1. Maim That Tune [Import]
2. Mama Africa
3. Marieke [Original recording remastered] [Import]
4. Mejores Anos de Nuestra Vida: Greatest Hits [Import]
5. Meteque et Mat [Import]
6. More German Drinking Songs: Including Lili Marlenc
7. Music of the Old Jewish World
8. New Jersey [Import]
9. Nos Morna
10. Novelas [Import]

World Music

world music

World Music

Elvis Presley [Import] [Limited Edition]

Jeno Kenessey: Gold and the Woman

Hovhaness; Triptych/The Holy City/Meditation on Orpheus/Cowell: Music 1957/Synchrony

Tenderly

Hed Kandi: Base Ibiza 2003

Hymns For Him

Es Lebe Der Zentralfriedh [Import]

Lights Out [Clean]

Kawaipunahele [CD-single]

Histoire du Tango

Everybody Knows [Limited Edition] [Import]

Jazz Music: 1946 - Changing The Tune

El Vallesano

Mozart: Piano Works

Last Quarter Moon