JOHN ZORN : John Zorn's Olympiad, Vol. 1 • The Early Game Pieces (2015) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

In the late ’70s and early ’80s Zorn presented yearly retrospectives of his game pieces at various Downtown venues. He called these events his Olympiads. This long awaited CD presents three of his classic pre-Cobra game pieces in multiple versions by the fabulous Brooklyn-based guitar quartet Dither. Here you will find the building blocks of Zorn’s trademark musical language—virtuosic extended techniques, surprising contrasts, fast group interaction and razor sharp changes. Featuring the first recording of Zorn’s legendary compositions Fencing and Curling, these fabulous realizations will keep you on the edge of your seat from first note to last! TZADIK
Tracklist :
1    Curling (Electric Short)    7:31
2    Hockey (Acoustic Dry)    4:00
3    Fencing (Electric)    11:55
4    Curling (Acoustic)    13:17
5    Hockey (Electric Wet)    6:35
6    Fencing (Acoustic)    11:21
7    Hockey (Electric Dry)    4:04
8    Curling (Electric Long)    19:23
Credits :
Composed By, Executive-Producer – John Zorn
Ensemble [Quartet, Dither], Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar – Taylor Levine
Ensemble [Quartet, Dither], Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Bajo Sexto, Ruan [Zhongruan] – Joshua Lopes
Ensemble [Quartet, Dither], Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Banjo – Gyan Riley
Ensemble [Quartet, Dither], Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Banjo, Mandolin – James Moore
Producer – Dither