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Electric Masada: At the Mountains of Madness

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Released
  
2005

Length
  
156:44

Release date
  
22 November 2005

Genre
  
Avant-garde

Recorded
  
2004

Artists
  
Masada, Electric Masada

Label
  
Tzadik Records

Electric Masada: At the Mountains of Madness wwwprogarchivescomprogressiverockdiscography

Producer
  
John Zorn and Kazunori Sugiyama

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Similar
  
Masada albums, Avant-garde albums, Other albums

Electric masada at the mountains of madness full album 2005


At the Mountains of Madness is a 2005 double live album by American composer and saxophonist John Zorn's Electric Masada featuring performances recorded in Moscow and Ljubljana. It is the second release by Electric Masada.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Sean Westergaard awarded the album 4 stars noting that "the band is at the top of their game after all the touring, and everyone seems to have kicked up the energy a notch or two. There's a lot more conducted improvisation than on the previous Electric Masada release... Thanks to their improvisational skills, you hardly notice that the program is much the same on both discs. Score another one for John Zorn and company. At the Mountains of Madness is a winner".

Track listing

  • Disc one
    1. "Lilin" - 16:14
    2. "Metal Tov" - 5:35
    3. "Karaim" - 16:15
    4. "Hath-Arob" - 5:17
    5. "Abidan" - 8:09
    6. "Idalah-Abal" - 6:33
    7. "Kedem" - 15:41
    8. "Yatzar" - 6:05
  • Disc two
    1. "Tekufah" - 17:59
    2. "Hath-Arob" - 6:55
    3. "Abidan" - 9:59
    4. "Metal Tov" - 5:52
    5. "Karaim" - 15:15
    6. "Idalah-Abal" - 6:08
    7. "Kedem" - 14:47
  • Disc 1 recorded in Moscow, 2004. Disc 2 recorded in Ljubljana, 2004.

    • Personnel

  • John Zorn - alto saxophone
  • Marc Ribot - guitar
  • Jamie Saft - keyboards
  • Ikue Mori - electronics
  • Trevor Dunn - bass
  • Joey Baron - drums
  • Kenny Wollesen - drums
  • Cyro Baptista - percussion

    • Songs

    1Lilin16:14
    2Metal Tov5:35
    3Karaim16:15

    References

    Electric Masada: At the Mountains of Madness Wikipedia
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