John Zorn: Urmuz Epigrams - COMPACT DISCS
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Artist: John Zorn
Label: Tzadik
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 702397835820
Genre: Rock
Release Date: 2018-02-02
Number of Discs: 1
With The Urmuz Epigrams Zorn returns to his roots, using the recording studio as an instrument to create an intensely personal suite of compositions in the style of his legendary File Card compositions and Zoetropes. Dedicated to the visionary Romanian writer Urmuz whose small, scattered body of work predated Dadaism by decades, The Urmuz Epigrams is a suite of surrealistic miniatures more akin to philosophical aphorisms than actual music. The pieces are presented here in two iterations, as a set of "rare 78rpm records" complete with surface scratches and limited dynamic range, and as a modern reconstruction of same with the full blown studio sound presented in all it's perplexing glory. Some of the craziest music in the Zorn catalog!1. Disgusted with Life 2. This Piano Lid Serves as a Wall3. With Wet Clothes and Disheveled Hair He Wandered in the Dead of Night in Search of Shelter4. Then Again, Who Amongst us can Complain5. A Rain of Threats and Screams6. The Pelican or the Pelicaness7. After That the Funnel Became a Symbol8. Desperate from Having Been Left without a Bladder
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