JOHN ZORN : Redbird (For Agnes Martin) (1995) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

A kinder and gentler Zorn, exploring a sound world not unlike those pioneered by composers Giacinto Scelsi, Morton Feldman and Olivier Messiaen. Acoustic, minimal/ambient music of unusual subtlety and beauty, inspired by, and dedicated to the work of artist Agnes Martin. "Redbird," a hypnotic work for harp, violin, cello and percussion mirrors the detailed and complex painting for which it is named, as a series of chords are ordered and reordered, creating a play of memory and surprise that will leave the listener in a sensual reverie. It's difficult to believe that "Dark River" for four bass drums is actually acoustic music; the interplay of sonorities reminds one more of tape manipulation or the electronic beating of underwater sonar. TZADIK
Tracklist :
Redbird (1995) For Agnes Martin    
1    Dark River 8:52
Bass Drum [Bass Drums] – Jim Pugliese
2    Redbird 41:01
Cello – Erik Friedlander
Harp – Carol Emanuel
Percussion – Jim Pugliese
Viola – Jill Jaffe
Credits :
Composed By, Conductor, Producer – John Zorn
Design – Ikue Mori
Liner Notes [Text] – Agnes Martin

JOHN ZORN - FilmWorks II : Music For an Untitled Film By Walter Hill (1996) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

The Tzadik Archival Series presents long out-of-print reissues and music never previously released from the Zorn vaults. This long-awaited second volume in a continuing retrospective od his soundtracks for film features a dark and brooding work, exquistely recorded for an untitled Walter Hill Film.

A film fanatic since his youth, cinema has always been a central element in Zorn's life and work. In the past ten years he has scored for the images of many directors from the famous (Godard, Cronenberg, Walter Hill to the infamous (Raul Ruiz, Maria Beatty, Hiroki Ryuichi).

The first Zorn Film Works release sold over 20,000 copies, and the music on Volume 1 took on a second life after the release, turning up in new film and dance projects in Hong Kong, Taipei and Israel, and it was even used for a Japanese porno film and a Portugese Volvo commercial!  TZADIK
Tracklist :
1    Intro    3:09
2    I Stole From Jesus Christ    0:51
3    Gold    0:50
4    Main Title    1:59
5    The Building    0:59
6    Meatlocker    0:57
7    Pigeons    0:53
8    Scuffle    0:21
9    Exploring    1:02
10    Rattlesnakes For Sergio Leone    1:44
11    Two Interiors    0:39
12    Stealth    0:44
13    Action    0:40
14    Dumping The Body1    0:40
15    The Trunk    0:08
16    Escape Attempt    1:43
17    Arrival    0:46
18    Prying At The Windows    0:37
19    Arsenal    0:56
20    King James    1:07
21    Powerline    0:20
22    The Magic Of Gold    2:25
23    Chimney    0:24
24    Dilemma    1:15
25    Conspiracy    0:47
26    The Plot (Part 1)    1:33
27    The Plot (Part 2)    0:44
28    Heroin Fix    2:41
29    Lucky Run    0:59
30    Vengance Is Mine    2:05
31    Escape    2:02
32    Kill Fever    1:18
33    Outside    0:25
34    Ending    0:57
35    Alternate Ending/End Title    2:42
36    Arsenal Dance Mix    3:59
Credits :
Didgeridoo [Didjeridu] – Andy Haas
Guitar, Banjo – Marc Ribot
Jew's Harp – Carol Emanuel
Percussion – Jim Pugliese
Percussion [Brazilian] – Cyro Baptista
Piano [Prepared], Keyboards – Anthony Coleman
Turntables, Sampler – David Shea
Producer, Written-By – John Zorn

JOHN ZORN : IAO (2002) FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

The name IAO is Kabbalistically identical to the Beast and his number 666. In the tradition of Zorn's longform studio compositions Godard, Spillane, Elegy, Kristallnacht and Duras, yet completely unique in form and content, IAO is a hypnotic seven-movement suite of Alchemy, Mysticism, Metaphysics and Magic both black and white. Inspired in part by the esoteric works of Aleister Crowley and his magickal disciple, filmmaker Kenneth Anger, the seven movements range from hypnotic exotica, ritualistic percussion and death metal to ambient, electronica and a stunning piece for female chorus. As varied and listenable as The Gift and as perplexing as Songs from the Hermetic Theater, IAO is a major new work by downtown's master of the unexpected. TZADIK
Tracklist :
1    Invocation    7:19
2    Sex Magick    13:26
3    Sacred Rites Of The Left Hand Path    6:31
4    The Clavicle Of Solomon    9:28
5    Lucifer Rising    5:23
6    Leviathan    3:26
7    Mysteries    5:50
Featuring – Beth Anne Hatton, Bill Laswell, Cyro Baptista, Greg Cohen, Jamie Saft, Jennifer Charles, Jim Pugliese, Mike Patton, Rebecca Moore
Producer, Composed By – John Zorn