Shop Music
Amazon.com Music
Office Supplies
"Napster Official Site"
|
Zohar
Home > Complete List of "x-z" Artists > Zohar > Item 14
 |
|
 |
 |
Zohar
|
by Mystic Fugu Orchestra
|
$10.98
At Amazon
on 9-8-2008.
|
|
"Zohar" is perhaps one of the oddest records in the catalog of John Zorn. The record, "inspired by historical recordings of ancient Judaica", is presented as a 'found' recording, complete with endless analog noise and scratching dubbed in. The problem is that the noise added is in fact louder than the music. But more on that in a minute. The music itself-- performed by Yamantaka Eye (credited as Rav Yechida) on vocals and John Zorn (Rav Tzizit) on harmonium consists primarily of droning or klezmerish harmonium with Eye chanting and moaning, typically in his upper register above it. At its best, its agile and intriguing ("Frog Doina") or droning and moody ("Book of Splendors"), but at its worse its downright irritating ("Goniff Dance") and dull (the seemingly endless "Rav Nova"). To make matters worse, the noise dubbed in is so aggressive that you can't always make out what's going on behind it. I realize this was meant to be somewhat irreverent and humorous, but truthfully, I feel like the guy who missed the joke. Some folks love this recording, but honestly it's the only thing I own by Zorn that I can't say I enjoyed at all.
Comment | Permalink |
(Report this)
|
Zohar
Available from Amazon
Price: $10.98
Updated on 9-8-2008.
|
|
|
|
|
|
NOTICE:
All product prices, availability, and specifications
are subject to verification by their respective retailers.
(C) Copyright 2001-2003,
MusicMunchers.com
info@musicmunchers.com
Privacy Policy
Powered by
Bookshopmaker.com |
