John Zorn - Six Litanies for Heliogabalus (2007)

1 	Litany I 	7:52
2 	Litany II 	7:01
3 	Litany III 	10:33
4 	Litany IV 	8:10
5 	Litany V 	4:27
6 	Litany VI 	6:16

Alto Saxophone, Composed By, Arranged By, Conductor – John Zorn
Bass – Trevor Dunn
Chorus – Abby Fischer, Kirsten Sollek, Martha Cluver
Drums – Joey Baron
Electronics – Ikue Mori
Organ – Jamie Saft
Voice – Mike Patton

In 2006, John Zorn issued two recordings that were the first two volumes in the realization of a project that, as he put it in his notes to the second volume, a methodology "combining the hypnotic intensity of ritual (composition) the spontaneity of magic (improvisation) in a modern musical format (rock)." Those two efforts, Moonchild and Astronome, used the same trio: vocalist Mike Patton, bassist Trevor Dunn, and drummer Joey Baron. Zorn supervised and produced both discs; he conducted them as well. In the third edition of this project -- which is dedicated as the others were to French poet and dramatist Antonin Artaud, magician and occult philosopher Aleister Crowley, and composer Edgard Varèse -- Zorn ups the musical ante: in addition to the aforementioned musicians, he includes himself on alto saxophone, Jamie Saft on organ, and Ikue Mori on electronics. As if this weren't exotic enough, Zorn also utilizes a chorus consisting of Abby Fischer, Kirsten Sollek and Martha Cluver. Clocking in at 44-and-a-half minutes, these six pieces are the boldest, most exotic, and perhaps most extreme in the entire envelope thus far. ---Thom Jurek, AllMusic Review

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