FILMWORKS XVI: Workingman's Death (2005)
Track Listing
1. Gadani Slipway 9:02
2. Juju 6:15
3. Sulphur Mining 6:30
4. Horn Carrier 3:16
5. Atmosphere 2:14
6. The Miners 3:06
7. Steel Foundry 6:01
8. Work Trance 3:20
9. Ghost Ship 2:51
10. Dark Caves 3:18
11. Slaughterhouse 9:10
12. Guitar Juju 6:20
Personnel
Cyro Baptista: Percussion
Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz: Bass
Ikue Mori: Electronics
Jamie Saft: Electric Piano, Guitar
John Zorn: Organ, Gamelan
Production
All Music Composed and Arranged by John Zorn
Produced by John Zorn
Associate Producer: Kazunori Sugiyama
Recorded and Mixed by Jamie Saft at Frank Booth, Brooklyn, NY January - March 2005
Mastering by Scott Hull at Jigsaw Sound, NYC
All Photos courtesy of the director (used by permission)
China: Zhou Hai; Indonesia: Mohamad Iqbal; Nigeria: Uche; Pakistan: G.M.B. Akash; Ukraine: Michael Glawogger, Andrea Gurtner, Viktor Marushchenko
Notes by John Zorn
Design by Chippy (Heung-Heung Chin)
TZADIK Blurb
Zorn’s latest soundtrack is scored for percussion and electronics, and features two masterful musicians who have been working with him consistently since 1981: Cyro Baptista and Ikue Mori. The subject of the film is quite remarkable—men who work life-threatening jobs—and as the settings jump from Java to China, Nigeria to the Ukraine, so does the music. Steaming sulphur mines, the bloodbaths of a brutal slaughterhouse…these are just a few of the scenes that are evoked in this unique score that blends dynamic rhythms with ambient soundscapes.
Series: Filmworks, Archival Series
Catalogue Number: TZ7347
Release Date: May 2005