Naked City Live Volume 1: Knitting Factory 1989

by Naked City

Naked City Live Volume 1: Knitting Factory 1989 cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: May 2002
  • Label: Tzadik
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 52:04
  • Community rating: 4.18/5 from 5 ratings

Artists on this release: Bill Frisell, Fred Frith, Wayne Horvitz, Joey Baron

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Excavated from John Zorn's personal archives, this performance captures the avant-garde supergroup in its chaotic infancy at the quintessential downtown New York venue. The ensemble violently pinballs between blistering grindcore, surf rock, and free jazz in mere seconds, establishing their trademark hyper-eclectic, jump-cut compositional style.

Genres

Descriptors: instrumental, improvisation, avant-garde, technical, experimental, live, dissonant, genre-blending

Tracklist

  1. Batman (2:07)
  2. Latin Quarter (4:06)
  3. You Will Be Shot (1:24)
  4. Shot In The Dark (3:32)
  5. Skate Key (1:06)
  6. Erotico (5:24)
  7. Snagglepuss (2:09)
  8. I Want To Live (1:58)
  9. New York Flattop Box (0:44)
  10. Inside Straight (8:13)
  11. Chinatown (6:04)
  12. Igneous Ejaculation (0:22)
  13. Ujaku (0:31)
  14. Blood Duster (0:17)
  15. Hammerhead (0:12)
  16. Speedball (0:44)
  17. Obeah Man (0:19)
  18. Den Of Sins (1:19)
  19. Demon Sanctuary (0:56)
  20. The Way I Feel (10:37)

Credits

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