Released December 10, 1993 Artist Naked City Producer John Zorn | Length 46:17 Release date 10 December 1993 Label Avant | |
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Recorded December 1992 at Electric Lady, New York City Absinthe
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Naked city s absinthe album track 1
Absinthe is the final recording from the band Naked City. Unlike the band's other genre-mixing releases, the music on Absinthe is consistently in an ambient and noise style.
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- Naked city s absinthe album track 1
- Nacked city absinthe
- Reception
- Track listing
- Personnel
- Songs
- References
The titles of many of its tracks refer to the works of Paul Verlaine, Charles Baudelaire and other figures in the fin de siècle Decadent movement, and to the drink after which the album is named.
The album's cover and liner notes feature photographs by the German Surrealist Hans Bellmer.
The album was also released as part of Naked City: The Complete Studio Recordings on Tzadik Records.
From the official description on the now defunct Avant website:
Joey Baron plays bags of dry leaves, fishing reels and buckshot. Bill Frisell solos on a microtonal guitar. Wayne Horvitz samples everything from crickets to Giacinto Scelsi. Fred Frith does what he does best. Zorn doesn't even touch the saxophone.The final piece, "...Rend Fou", is six minutes of Frisell and Frith running their guitar jacks over the inputs of their guitars.
Nacked city absinthe
Reception
The Allmusic review by Caleb Deupree states "Naked City's final album is by far its most puzzling and enigmatic... Nothing in Naked City's previous oeuvre prepares the listener for this collection, a complete reversal from the hardcore and thrash, but looking forward to Zorn's interest in minimalist pieces like Redbird and Duras."
Track listing
All compositions by John Zorn
- "Val de travers" – 6:19
- "Une correspondance" – 5:09
- "La fée verte" – 5:12
- "Fleurs du mal" – 4:06
- "Artemisia absinthium" – 4:31
- "Notre dame de l'oubli (For Olivier Messiaen)" – 4:48
- "Verlaine: Part I: Un midi moins dix" – 4:24
- "Verlaine: Part II: La bleue" – 6:01
- "...Rend fou" – 6:03
Personnel
Songs
1Val de travers6:20
2Une correspondance5:09
3La feé verte5:10