the cleansing (2022)
Track Listing:
1. Brion Gysin 10:04
2. Aleister Crowley 6:52
3. Austin Osman Spare 6:47
4. William Burroughs 10:19
5. Alejandro Jodorowsky 3:41
Personnel:
John Zorn: Alto Saxophone
Bill Laswell: Bass
Production:
All pieces are real time improvisations
Producer: John Zorn
Associate Producer - Kazunori Sugiyama
Recorded and mixed April 9, 2021 at Orange Music, Orange, NJ by James Dellatacoma
Mastered by Scott Hull
all drawings and diagrams by David Chaim Smith
Design by (Chippy) Heung Heung Chin
Special Thanks to David Chaim Smith and Brian Marsella
TZADIK Blurb
Zorn and Laswell have been friends and musical compatriots since they first met in 1978, and have been responsible for some of the most intense and memorable music in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Recorded in early 2021, near the end of the year’s pandemic lockdown, it marks the first time Zorn had touched the saxophone in over fifteen months. Laswell had spent most of the year locked in his apartment. Something special was happening that day—and after the session Laswell felt rejuvenated—as if all the toxins and poisons had left his body. Soulful and essential, The Cleansing is an historic meeting—and the first recorded duo project by these two Downtown magicians.
Series: Spectrum Series
By Catalogue Number: TZ4037
Release Date: January 21, 2022