Prelapse
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Prelapse is an album by the Boston-based band of the same name featuring John Zorn
. The album was released on the Japanese Avant label in 1999 and features 10 tracks originally written by Zorn for the band Naked City
. The band came to Zorn's attention after transcribing several Naked City compositions.
John Zorn
John Zorn is an American avant-garde composer, arranger, record producer, saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist. Zorn is a prolific artist: he has hundreds of album credits as performer, composer, or producer...
. The album was released on the Japanese Avant label in 1999 and features 10 tracks originally written by Zorn for the band Naked City
Naked City (band)
Naked City was an avant-garde music group led by saxophonist and composer John Zorn. Active primarily in New York City from 1988 to 1993, Naked City was initiated by Zorn as a "composition workshop" to test the limits of composition in a traditional rock band lineup...
. The band came to Zorn's attention after transcribing several Naked City compositions.
Track listing
- "Menstrual Mystery Meat" (Wendell) - 0:57
- "Alarms" (Johnson) - 3:28
- "Corkscrew" (Zorn) - 0:45
- "Mintcrumb Rosette" (Hudgins) - 3:30
- "Slingshot" (Wendell) - 0:55
- "Blood Sucking Freaks" (Zorn) - 1:26
- "Screwball" (Zorn) - 0:43
- "Cold" (Zorn) - 2:54
- "Message for Alex Part 1" (Lacamoire, Wendell) - 0:52
- "Lachrym" (Lacamoire) - 3:29
- "545: Mystery Hole" (Wendell) - 2:29
- "Leper Sap" (Lacamoire) - 2:32
- "Spectres of Bird" (Zorn) - 1:00
- "Basketcase" (Zorn) - 0:39
- "Fat Neck, No Neck" (Wendell) - 6:14
- "Message for Alex Part 2" (Lacamoire, Wendell) - 0:47
- "Drag" (Johnson) - 3:12
- "Bug Skull" (Zorn) - 0:29
- "The Shrike" (Zorn) - 1:16
- "Pools of Urine" (Wendell) - 2:11
- "Bloodbath" (Zorn) - 0:39
- "Purged Specimen" (Zorn) - 1:30
- "Coda" (Zorn) - 0:16
- Recorded at B.C. Studio, New York in November 1997
Personnel
- Alex Lacamoire – keyboards
- Rev. Mason Wendell – bass, vocals
- Dane Johnson – guitar
- Andy Sanesi – drums
- Jeff Hudgins – alto, clarinet
- John ZornJohn ZornJohn Zorn is an American avant-garde composer, arranger, record producer, saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist. Zorn is a prolific artist: he has hundreds of album credits as performer, composer, or producer...
(3, 6, 7, 13, 14, 18, 19, 21-23): alto