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Released
  
November 15, 1994

Execution Ground (1994)
  
Masada Alef (1994)

Release date
  
15 November 1994

Label
  
Subharmonic

Length
  
180:35

Artist
  
Painkiller

Producer
  
John Zorn

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Recorded
  
June 1994 at Greenpoint Studio, Brooklyn, New York; November 1994

Execution Ground (1994)
  
Talisman Live in Nagoya (2002)

Genres
  
Dub, Grindcore, Avant-garde jazz, Dark ambient

Similar
  
Painkiller albums, Dark ambient albums, Other albums

Execution Ground is a double CD by Painkiller, a band featuring John Zorn, Bill Laswell, and Mick Harris. The second disc contains ambient dub versions of two tracks. The album was also released with alternative cover art and, in Japan, as a 3-CD set containing a live concert called Live in Osaka.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Maurice Rickard awarded the album 4½ stars stating "The first disc of this inventive and unsettling two-disc set features three long improvisations that show off the band's dub influence. The second disc, subtitled "Ambient Dub," is a rethinking/remix of the third and first improvs on the first disc. Overall less thrashy than some Painkiller excursions, the improvisations here are striking for their greater sonic space without sacrificing any of the heaviness. At times, the band rests, making way for ominous breathing and distant sustained screams, which recur throughout. The transitions from silence to groove to noise and back are relentless and dramatic. Harris proves to be an astonishingly inventive drummer, consistently varying the foundation in surprising ways. Laswell's tone varies from the brightness of flanged round-wound strings scraping the frets to a clean, menacing low-frequency pulse, and sticks mostly to elemental, non-flashy lines that keep the mood deep and dark. Zorn's playing is excellent here, varying between extremely overblown piercing tones (perhaps the best way of being heard over such a rhythm section) and nearly conventional jazzy lines that confidently ride atop the din.".

Disc 1

  1. "Parish of Tama (Ossuary Dub)" - 16:05
  2. "Morning of Balachaturdasi" - 14:45
  3. "Pashupatinath" - 13:47

Disc 2: Ambient

  1. "Pashupatinath (Ambient)" - 20:00
  2. "Parish of Tama (Ambient)" - 19:19

Japanese Bonus CD: Live in Osaka

  1. "Gandhamanda" - 13:00
  2. "Vaidurya" - 9:00
  3. "Satapitaka" 11:00
  4. "Bodkyithangga" - 13:00
  5. "Black Bile" - 1:45
  6. "Yellow Bile" - 0:58
  7. "Blue Bile" - 2:41
  8. "Crimson Bile" - 1:46
  9. "Ivory Bile" - 1:26
  • Recorded in November 1994 by Oz Fritz

    • Personnel

  • John Zorn – alto sax, vocals
  • Bill Laswell – bass, samples
  • Mick Harris – drums, samples, vocals
  • On Live in Osaka Yamatsuka Eye - vocals (Tracks 4-8)

    • Songs

    1Parish of Tama (Ossuary dub)16:04
    2Morning of Balachaturdai14:38
    3Pashupatinath13:44

    References

    Execution Ground Wikipedia
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