Absinthe
by Naked City
- Type: Album
- Released: 10 December 1993
- Label: Avant
- Country: United States
- Length: 35:53
- Community rating: 3.92/5 from 5 ratings
Artists on this release: Disk Union
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Standing in stark contrast to the group's frantic jazz-grindcore fusions, this final studio album immerses the listener in creeping, minimalist soundscapes inspired by the works of Paul Verlaine and Charles Baudelaire. The compositions eschew traditional instrumentation in favor of subtle textures, utilizing drone and musique concr猫te to evoke an atmosphere of narcotic haze and psychological unease.
Genres
Descriptors: Avant Garde, scary, avant-garde, ambient, minimal, experimental, atmospheric, saxophone
Tracklist
- Val De Travers (6:13)
- Une Correspondance (5:04)
- La F茅e Verte (5:10)
- Fleurs Du Mal (4:06)
- Artemisia Absinthium (4:30)
- Notre Dame De L'Oubli (For Olivier Messiaen) (4:47)
- ...Rend Fou (6:03)
Credits
- Naked City - primary artist
- Bill Frisell - performer
- Fred Frith - performer
- Joey Baron - performer
- Wayne Horvitz - performer
- Lisa Wells - typography [photo typesetting]