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Weird Little Boy

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Released
  
1998

Genre
  
Noise

Record label
  
Avant Records

Recorded
  
November 26, 1995

Length
  
41:49

Albums
  
Weird Little Boy

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Producer
  
John Zorn, Kazunori Sugiyama

Similar
  
Bar Kokhba Sextet, Robert Burger, William Winant, Trey Spruance, Painkiller

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Weird Little Boy is a one-off album by a band of the same name consisting of abstract soundscapes and experimental music performed by John Zorn (alto saxophone, keyboards, samplers), Trey Spruance (guitar, drums, keyboards), William Winant (percussion), Mike Patton (drums, vocals) and Chris Cochrane (guitar). It was released in 1998 on the Japanese label Avant.

Contents

Weird Little Boy is regarded by fans (as well as by the actual performers) as the best/worst thing that could have resulted from the meeting of this eclectic mix of artists. Every performer on the recording has at some point professed their distaste for the project. Most vocal on this subject was Trey Spruance.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Bradley Torreano awarded the album 3 stars noting that "This is not for fans of jazz, or fans of anything really. This is a brutal noise experience for listeners interested in how far sonic technology can really be stretched and twisted. It is also very captivating music, and given time it can really sustain interest. Just make sure to listen to it when you have time to digest the whole package".

Track listing

  1. "Two Weeks on a Morphine Drip / New Dirt and New Flies / Lorne Greene" - 10:17
  2. "If the Gun Has a Mind / Redeye / Worms and Shit" - 8:05
  3. "Totally Poobied" - 2:14
  4. "Weird Little Boy" - 1:39
  5. "Lungfull of Water" - 7:51
  6. "Seance" - 3:04
  7. "When Blood Fills a Cylinder" - 2:59
  8. "Waiting" - 1:46
  9. "Blindness" - 4:04

Personnel

  • Chris Cochrane: guitar
  • Mike Patton: drums, vocals
  • Trey Spruance: guitars, keyboards, drums
  • William Winant: percussion
  • John Zorn: alto, samplers, keyboards
  • Nayland Blake: graphics
  • Dennis Cooper: text

    • Songs

    Totally PoobiedWeird Little Boy · 1998
    If the Gun Has a Mind / Redeye / Worms and ShitWeird Little Boy · 1998
    Lungfull of WaterWeird Little Boy · 1998

    References

    Weird Little Boy Wikipedia
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