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artist: John Zorn
album title: Godard/Spillane
release date: 05/08/2001
label: Tzadik (Archival Series)
genre: Avantgarde
original date: 07/20/1999
ripper: Organique/(11+2)th Tone
tracks: 3
bitrate: 192k
size: 68MB
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credits:
"Godard" and "Spillane" were the two first (and purest)
examples of the "file card" composition technique developed
by John Zorn and inspired by theater director Richard
Foreman. The compositions were constructed from independent
scraps of music inscribed on file cards; the two principal
works here called for assembly of the cards ("Spillane" used
60 cards within roughly 25 minutes) to create compositions
within the conceptual frame of work by Mickey Spillane and
Jean-Luc Godard. The goal was to translate imagery from
Godard's films and Spillane's crime novels (and probably the
films based on those novels) into unified compositions. Bits
of text weave through musical fragments including gentle
lounge piano, spacy electronic music, violent sonic crashes,
and dive-bar jazz. Ironically, "Godard" and "Spillane" both
work as unified compositions because they are made of
fragments. The ideas of the filmmaker and the writer would
have been too complex to be tackled by an overblown,
operatic score; such a work could only scratch the surface
of a few of their ideas without seeming disjointed. But
Zorn's file card snippets bounce around like thoughts,
overlapping and intruding on each other, reversing direction
like a changed mind. Careful selection and arrangement make
all the snippets seem essential and irreplaceable, despite
their remarkable diversity. This album's execution is aided
by a truly impressive cast of supporting musicians, whose
close relationships with Zorn made it possible for the
musical nuances to be communicated through interpersonal
interaction. As a result, every piece sounds like a pure
fragment of its genre instead of mere imitation. Perhaps
most impressive were the contributions of Anthony Coleman
and Bill Frisell, both of whom wrenched an amazing variety
of sounds from their instruments. This collection, issued by
Tzadik in 1999, also contains a delightful Christmas song,
shorter, but charming, piece.
Jim Staley - Trombone
Robert Quine - Voices
Anthony Coleman - Organ, Piano, Celeste, Harpsichord,
Liner Notes
Christian Marclay - Turntables
Michael Blair - Percussion, Vocals
Fred Frith - Bass, Guitar
Bill Frisell - Banjo, Guitar, Liner Notes
Dave Hofstra - Bass, Tuba
Don Hunerberg - Engineer, Mixing
Hilary James - Cover Design, Tapes
John Lurie - Voices
Ikue Mori - Vocals, Drum Machine
Bobby Previte - Percussion, Drums, Tympani [Timpani],
Liner Notes
Luli Shioi - Vocals, Narration
Kazunori Sugiyama - Executive Producer
Allan Tucker - Remastering
John Zorn - Clarinet, Reeds, Sax (Alto), Producer,
Narration
Carol Emanuel - Harp
David Weinstein - Sampling, Sampled Keyboards
Wu Shao-Ying - Narrator
Heung-Heung Chin - Design
URL: www.tzadik.com
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track list:
01 Godard
02 Spillane
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