Locus Solus

by John Zorn

Locus Solus cover art

Operating within the downtown New York avant-garde scene, Zorn assembled multiple variations of power trios for this jagged, chaotic project. The recording is a frantic collage of saxophone squalls, turntable scratching (provided by Christian Marclay), and violent percussion, heavily utilizing Zorn's 'game piece' improvisational strategies. It is a wildly abrasive, unpredictable milestone in contemporary free improvisation.

Genres

  • Free Improvisation
  • Turntable Music

Tracklist

  1. Bass And The Treble
  2. The Acquisition & Control Of Fire
  3. Honey-Cab
  4. Switch
  5. Juan Talks It Out Of His System
  6. The Wish
  7. A Case Arose
  8. The Elf
  9. Getting Curly
  10. Don't Switch
  11. Smooth Cheeks Of A Big Ego
  12. Add Water
  13. Cold
  14. Friar T.
  15. Too Me
  16. Self-Satisfied
  17. Dot Dot, Dot
  18. Liver
  19. Heike Cipher Mystery
  20. Jedi Mind Trick
  21. Mysterious Island
  22. You Only Live Twice, Mr. Bond
  23. When Arrows Meet
  24. Never Say Never Again
  25. Sign Of The Four
  26. Locus Solus (Parts 1 & 2)
  27. Where Are My Victims?
  28. Disco Volante
  29. Kaiser In Borneo
  30. The Saint
  31. The Violent Death Of Dutch Schultz
  32. Thunderball
  33. White Zombie
  34. The Slaves Of Vesuvius