Browse by Label: TZADIK

Artist:	HEUERMANN, CLAUDIA
Title:	A Bookshelf On the Top of the Sky
Label:	TZADIK
Format:	DVD
Price:	$27.00
Catalog #:	TZ 3001DVD

"A rare peek into the working methods of one of the most notorious and reclusive composers on the scene today. Filmed over a ten year period, this documentary includes live footage of Masada, Naked City, Cobra, as well as improvisations, his classical work and rare interviews. A prize winner at European festivals, this film documents Heuermann's very personal, fifteen year odyssey with the music of John Zorn. At times frightening, at times hilarious, at times frighteningly hilarious. Featuring: John Zorn, Mark Feldman, Erik Friedlander, Joyce Hammann, Wayne Horvitz, Joey Baron, Yamatsuka Eye, Bill Frisell, Fred Frith, Anthony Coleman, Susie Ibarra, Josh Roseman, Jim Staley, Jamie Saft, Chris Speed, Briggan Krauss, Roberto Rodriguez, Mason Wendell, Mark Dresser, Greg Cohen, Dave Douglas, Jennifer Choi, Mike Patton, Ikue Mori, Marc Ribot, David Shea, Jim Pugliese, Ariadne Daskalakis, Michael Schröder, Matthias Kaul, Hartmut Leistritz, Uwe Dierksen, Stefan Schäfer, Anna Carewe, Astrid Schmeling, Nele B. Nelle, Otis Klöber, Stefan Blum, Kenny Wollesen, John Medeski, Dave Lombardo, Bill Laswell, William Winant, Cyro Baptista, Mihoko Fujimura." 82 minutes; NTSC All-region; stereo; color; Letterbox 1.66:1; 16 x 9 enhanced.

Artist:	FERRERA, ANTONIO
Title:	Masada: Live at Tonic 1999
Label:	TZADIK
Format:	DVD
Price:	$27.00
Catalog #:	TZ 3003DVD

Featuring: John Zorn, Dave Douglas, Greg Cohen, Joey Baron. "Finally a chance to see one of the great working bands up close and personal. Filmed with an intimate three camera shoot by Antonio Ferrera, a close friend of Zorn and a long time cameraman for the documentary masters the Maysles Brothers, this beautiful DVD captures the band performing a passionate set of music at their home base in the Lower East Side, Tonic, back in the summer of 1999." 68 minutes; NTSC All-Region; Stereo; Color; Standard 4 x 3.

Artist:	JACOBS, KEN/ZORN, JOHN
Title:	Celestial Subway Lines/Salvaging Noise
Label:	TZADIK
Format:	DVD
Price:	$27.00
Catalog #:	TZ 3004DVD

Featuring: Ken Jacobs, John Zorn, Ikue Mori. "One of the most consistently experimental and prolific filmmakers in Avant Garde Cinema, Ken Jacobs has produced enough work for several lifetimes, and continues on stronger than ever into his seventh decade. From film and shadow play to magic lantern and nervous system, Jacobs is a master improviser with live film, inventing new ways of seeing and creating with each new project. This special collaboration with John Zorn, a fan and cohort of Jacobs' since the late 1970s, documents the very best of a series of performances originally presented at the Anthology Film Archives in 2004. Exquisitely mysterious landscapes of elusive beauty --fragile and mystical -- from two generations of the New York Underground."

Artist:	HEUERMANN, CLAUDIA
Title:	Sabbath In Paradise
Label:	TZADIK
Format:	DVD
Price:	$32.00
Catalog #:	TZ 3005DVD

"Claudia Heuermann's fascinating documentary on the Radical Jewish Culture movement out of downtown New York's East Village in the early 1990s. Featuring exciting concert footage, in-depth interviews with Anthony Coleman, Marc Ribot, Andy Statman, David Krakauer, Frank London, John Zorn and many others, this is a fascinating view into a small cultural revolution in the making. Included as a bonus is a new thirty minute film showing perspective through newly filmed interviews and concert footage with a new generation of Radical Jews, including Steve Bernstein, Jon Madof, Shanir Blumenkranz and Jamie Saft. Reminiscences by Anthony Coleman and Zorn himself bring a new clarity to the movement that continues to redefine New Jewish Music for the 21st century." Running time: 85 minutes; Original language: English; Original format: 16mm, 1:1.37; Format: NTSC all regions, stereo, color and b/w, 4:3 ratio. Bonus: exclusive 50-minute documentary about Radical Jewish Culture featuring rare interviews and concert footage.

Artist:	JACOBS, KEN
Title:	New York Ghetto Fishmarket 1903
Label:	TZADIK
Format:	DVD
Price:	$30.00
Catalog #:	TZ 3006DVD

"Born in Brooklyn in 1933, Ken Jacobs is one of the truly legendary figures in the New York Underground. Artist, filmmaker, inventor, theatrical innovator and teacher -- Ken Jacobs has been questioning and reinventing new film techniques for well over five decades. One of his most important and vital creations are his performances using the Nervous System, and New York Ghetto Fishmarket 1903 is among his best. Pouring over every frame of a vintage film from the turn of the century, Jacobs digs out magical details both unexpected and unprecedented. Accompanied by music and sound from vocalist Catherine Jauniaux and the late cellist Tom Cora, this is one of Jacobs' masterworks." Running time 132 minutes. Format: NTSC All Regions; Stereo; Color; Full Frame 1:1:33.

Artist:	MORI, IKUE
Title:	Bhima Swarga - The Journey of the Soul from Hell to Heaven
Label:	TZADIK
Format:	DVD
Price:	$27.00
Catalog #:	TZ 3007DVD

Featuring: Ikue Mori, Matthew Welch, Gamelan Dharma. "Years in the making, Bhima Swarga is a fascinating film project from one of the most creative electronic musicians around. Delightfully animating traditional paintings from the Kertha Gosa temple ceiling in Bali, Mori depicts the journey of the soul from hell to heaven in two versions: one scored using her signature laptop electronics and one scored by Matt Welch, featuring a full gamelan ensemble augmented by Ikue's electronics and Welch on saxophone and percussion. A spectacular audiovisual presentation for all ages." Language: English; Format: NTSC All Regions, Stereo, Color, 1:1:33.

Artist:	ZORN, JOHN
Title:	Lacrosse
Label:	TZADIK
Format:	CD
Price:	$22.00
Catalog #:	TZ 3161

"Dating from 1977, Lacrosse contains the first recordings of Zorn's infamous game pieces. Featuring two all star groups, including guitarists Eugene Chadbourne, Henry Kaiser, and Davey Williams, the music here sets the tone for much of what was to come -- sharp contrasts, block changes, unusual juxtapositions, instrumental virtuosity, and a personal approach to composition, improvisation, sound, silence, and color. Previously available in the lavish 7 CD box set The Parachute Years, these seminal recordings are now made available in separate issue. The complete sessions on two CDs, including a rare alternative version, outtakes, photos, the original and new liner notes, and more. Multiple versions of the same piece highlight the versatility of Zorn's approach to composing for improvisers."

Artist:	ZORN, JOHN
Title:	Hockey
Label:	TZADIK
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	TZ 3162

"Original recordings from 1980. In a catalog of bizarre oddities, this CD could be the weirdest yet. Written in 1978 the composition Hockey has produced some of the strangest music ever conceived. By limiting each improviser's personal language to five sounds and carrying them through a complex structure of solos, duos and trios, Hockey forces its interpreters to focus on timing, economy and context. Featuring all the music recorded at the original 1980 session (including over twenty minutes of unreleased material) this CD contains both the electric and acoustic versions of this startlingly bizarre piece."

Artist:	ZORN, JOHN
Title:	Pool
Label:	TZADIK
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	TZ 3163

"This second release from the acclaimed box set The Parachute Years features some of the strangest music ever put to tape. Containing the essential seed that was to grow into Zorn's legendary gamepiece 'Cobra', the extended composition 'Pool' was a major step in Zorn's compositional development. Featuring electronics wizard Bob Ostertag, percussion madmen Mark E. Miller and Charles K. Noyes (The Toy Killers), the legendary master of noise violin Polly Bradfield and of course the composer himself on sax, clarinets and duck calls, this is one of Zorn's most rigorous and enigmatic game composition. Included as a bonus track is the original test and false start of 'Archery'."

Artist:	ZORN, JOHN
Title:	Archery
Label:	TZADIK
Format:	3CD
Price:	$38.00
Catalog #:	TZ 3164

"Orchestral music from another dimension. Often fetching prices well over $100, the 1981 LP release of Archery is one of the most sought-after collector's items in the Zorn catalog. Leading the way back toward Zorn's most well known and oft-performed composition Cobra, Archery is Zorn's first large scale game piece and features an incredible all-star band, including, among others: Eugene Chadbourne, Bill Laswell, George Lewis, Bob Ostertag, Kramer, Tom Cora, Wayne Horvitz and of course the composer himself on saxophone and duck calls. Available from here in a newly remastered edition, complete with the original notes, inserts, session photos and over an hour of newly discovered outtakes."

Artist:	MASADA STRING TRIO
Title:	50th Birthday Celebration Volume One
Label:	TZADIK
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	TZ 5001

"People are still talking about Zorn's 50th birthday month, and if you weren't lucky enough to have been at Tonic in September 2003, this new series of recordings will take you there. All of these CDs are beautifully recorded and hand picked for release by Zorn himself. Inaugurating the series is one of the highlights of the month, the incredible set by the Masada String Trio. Featuring three of the most amazing string improvisers in the world in peak form, urged on by Zorn's inspired conducting, this set is every bit as breathtaking on CD as it was that very night."

Artist:	GRAVES/JOHN ZORN, MILFORD
Title:	50th Birthday Celebration Volume Two
Label:	TZADIK
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	TZ 5002

"Another one of the most talked about sets of the month was this historic fleeting between two of music's most powerful and controversial iconoclasts. Playing together yearly since 1999 for very special occasions, their musical connection and spiritual bond has gotten stronger and stronger. This set, played before a packed house of screaming enthusiasts, was without doubt their best and most outrageous performance to date. Intensity, fireworks and incredible mutual respect made this one of the highlights of the month."

Artist:	LOCUS SOLUS
Title:	50th Birthday Celebration Volume Three
Label:	TZADIK
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	TZ 5003

"Continuing Tzadik's series of live recordings from Zorn's 50th Birthday month is this classic reunion of three downtown legends, Arto Lindsay (Ambitious Lovers), Anton Fier (Golden Palominos) and John Zorn (Naked City). There has never been a band quite like Locus Solus. Dating hack to 1982, the music of these improvised rock units is still as fresh as the day they first hit, and seems to get better with age. This high intensity set features all three players at their very best. Strangled vocals, loping grooves and structural complexity make these improvised rock songs a continual delight. A fascinating and charming set of tension, love, ideas, communication and miscommunication."

Artist:	ELECTRIC MASADA
Title:	50th Birthday Celebration Volume Four
Label:	TZADIK
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	TZ 5004

"The long awaited first release of Zorn's most recent and most powerful Masada unit. A true downtown supergroup, blending the raw power of Naked City with the improvisational madness of Cobra and the lyrical soul of the Masada songbook, Electric Masada is considered by many to be the most exciting band Zorn has ever had. This set, the taut climax of a three night run at Tonic, features the full octet at its wildest and most creative. Incredible solos, jaw dropping ensemble conductions and much more."

Artist:	ZORN/FRED FRITH, JOHN
Title:	50th Birthday Celebration Volume Five
Label:	TZADIK
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	TZ 5005

"Working together since 1978, the partnership of Zorn and Frith is one of the most enduring musical partnerships in the downtown scene. Their periodic duo concerts have always been special events in themselves, but when it happens in celebration of Zorn's 50th Birthday, it takes on even greater meaning. Two masters of improvisation meet head to head in the red-hot crucible of Tonic for an hour of telepathic communication and exploration, and you are there."

Artist:	HEMOPHILIAC
Title:	50th Birthday Celebration Volume Six
Label:	TZADIK
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	TZ 5006

"Mike Patton, Ikue Mori and John Zorn are Hemophiliac, and together they are responsible for some of the wildest improvisational music ever. Performing for Zorn's 50th birthday month and playing to a packed house of screaming enthusiasts and obnoxious groupies, this set shows them at their most focused and most intense. Their first release since the 2001 online-only limited edition, this is new music from the outer reaches of madness."

Artist:	MASADA
Title:	50th Birthday Celebration Volume Seven
Label:	TZADIK
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	TZ 5007

"As the members of this classic quartet get busier and busier, performances get rarer and rarer. This first set out of six they performed over three nights during Zorn's infamous Birthday month, was on fire from first note to last. Filled with wild extended solos and dizzying group conductions, this unforgettable evening of music highlights show this amazing band continues to grow into its second decade. Included as a bonus is a CD-ROM video of the band live at Tonic, accessible on your computer."

Artist:	SMITH/IBARRA/ZORN
Title:	50th Birthday Celebration Volume Eight
Label:	TZADIK
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	TZ 5008

"The pioneer creator of the rhythm unit, the master of the game piece and one of the most dynamic drummers in the downtown scene square off head to head in duo and trio improvisations. Two full sets of music are presented here, beginning with a brilliant set of duos by Ibarra arid Zorn, who have been working together for many years. Both surprising and inevitable, the second set features the historic musical meeting of Wadada Leo Smith and John Zorn, and was one of the improvisational highlights from 2003's month of Zorn. Striking and radical sculptures of sound and silence from three generations of improvisational masters."

Artist:	ZORN, JOHN
Title:	Classic Guide to Strategy Volume Three: The Fire Book
Label:	TZADIK
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	TZ 5009

50th Birthday Celebration Volume Nine. Jim Pugliese, Okkyung Lee, Jamie Saft, Anthony Coleman, Marc Ribot, John Zorn. Two outrageous compositions dating from 1978 in brilliant realizations by some of Zorn's most illustrious longtime collaborators: the gamecall-hocket etude Hockey and the first release of his genre twisting game piece Fencing. Both were to be recycled many times in future Zorn compositions from Cobra to Cat O'Nine Tails and are part of the foundation of Zorn's compositional vision. Also included is his rare and striking solo performance, The Classic Guide to Strategy: the saxophone as you've never heard it before. Zorn's unique saxophone style is a microcosm of his entire body of work, and this set of improvisations are some of his best. The basic building blocks of Zorn's concepts of compositional form, pacing, juxtaposition, tension and release, sound and silence are revealed here in their rawest possible state."

Artist:	EYE/ZORN DUO
Title:	50th Birthday Celebration Volume Ten
Label:	TZADIK
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	TZ 5010

Yamataka Eye, John Zorn, Sawai Taeji, Fred Frith. "One of the most talked about and well attended shows of Zorn's 50th Birthday month was his much anticipated duo concert with Boredoms mastermind, Yamataka Eye. Close friends and musical associates since 1985, their love, respect and telepathic interplay was augmented on this occasion by electronic technician Sawai Taeji, who responded to Eye's sensor movements via powerbook. Jewish Alchemy meets Japanese Shamanism in this ritual performance of music and magic from two of the world's most unusual and unclassifiable adepts. Included as a bonus is a Quicktime video of the performance accessible on your computer."

Artist:	BAR KOKHBA SEXTET
Title:	50th Birthday Celebration Volume 11
Label:	TZADIK
Format:	3CD
Price:	$22.00
Catalog #:	TZ 5011

Marc Ribot, Mark Feldman, Erik Friedlander, Greg Cohen, Joey Baron, Cyro Baptista, John Zorn. "Bar Kokhba brings together six core members of the Masada family in a dynamic and versatile ensemble of strings and percussion. All the players were at their best on these nights. At times lush and lyrical, at times driving and powerful, but always filled with the intoxicating joy of music making, this long- awaited release is a real treasure. Featuring one set from each of their three nights, the band begins relaxed and laid back and slowly builds to an intense unstoppable powerhouse. This is a rare chance to hear how the band grows over the course of an engagement -- a specially priced 3CD package containing some of Zorn's most beautiful and exhilarating music. Sephardic exotica for young moderns."

Artist:	PAINKILLER
Title:	50th Birthday Celebration Vol. 12
Label:	TZADIK
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	TZ 5012

John Zorn, Bill Laswell, Hamid Drake plus special guest on vocals: Mike Patton. "A powerful and breathtaking meeting of masters. With the tight rhythm section of Laswell and Drake, who have a long history working together in a variety of bands and contexts, and the empathetic insanity of Patton and Zorn, this set was as much of a surprise to the musicians as it was to the pumped up crowd that were lucky enough to hear that night. Although billed as Painkiller, this once in a lifetime unit was really something completely different. At times hilarious, exhilarating, outrageous and transcendent, this is music only the New American Underground could create. East Coast meets West Coast meets Midwest: New York, California and Chicago come together in this twisted, funky improviser's paradise."

Artist:	CURRAN, ALVIN
Title:	Animal Behavior
Label:	TZADIK
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	TZ 7001

Tzadik is John Zorn's most prolific label; similar (though not directly related) to his continuing Avant label, but these are pressed in the US, w/ a domestic list price. Their output has been very prolific to date, divided into 5 label series: Composer, Radical Jewish Culture, New Japan, Archival (for reissues) and Lunatic Fringe. The design is typically nice (mostly under the direction of Ikue Mori), with lovely 5-color graphics, detailed notes, small score reproductions, etc. Each release on the label seems to have some sort of burning personal aesthetic ingrained within, making Tzadik one of the most significant US labels of the contemporary continuum. The Tzadik Composer Series starts off with Alvin Curran, who was a founding member of the legendary MEV in the 60s, and has been one of the main outside composers of new music for the past few decades. This CD features 2 recent works: "Animal Behavior" is a slightly dated piece for sampler, juxtaposing Gulf War insanity with the moans and groans of Ms. Annie Sprinkle. "Why This Night Different Than All Others" is much more spectacular, a beautiful 30 minute piece for small ensemble: Curran (piano), Roy Malan (violin), Donal Haas (accordion), Peter Wahrhaftig (tuba), William Winant (percussion). A perfectly realized textural opus.

Artist:	BROWN, CHRIS
Title:	Lava
Label:	TZADIK
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	TZ 7002

"Chris Brown, San Francisco based composer, pianist, and electronic instrument builder, studied composition with William Brooks, electronic music with Gordon Mumma and computer music with David Rosenboom. His music includes pieces for solo instruments with interactive electronics, and improvisational ensemble works... Lava describes a primordial state of flux, the transmutation of one material into another through a streaming of intensely concentrated energy. 'Lava' is written for brass quartet, four percussionists and 4-channels of electronic sound generated by a computer controlled signal processing system. Aspects of the physical structure of a volcano are applied to control musical elements, creating their own musical grammar. The fluid motion of burning lava streams are modeled by a score that describes all musical elements as states of change: there are no fixed pitches, loudnesses or timbres, only directions of pitch, timbre, and dynamic motion... The electronic sounds are all created by live sampling from the acoustic sounds of the instruments, and there are no synthesizers or previous recordings involved. The change from a solid (earth) into a liquid (lava) is modeled by this transformation of the acoustic sounds into electronic sounds that create an enveloping musical landscape." This is a fantastic 60 minute piece, in a very organic electroacoustic vein.

Artist:	DREYBLATT, ARNOLD
Title:	Animal Magnetism
Label:	TZADIK
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	TZ 7004

"These pieces for just-intoned electric guitar, bass violin, cimbalon, percussion and horn section emphasize dynamics and sonorities, achieving stunning acoustical effects. American composer Dreyblatt studied under minimalist greats La Monte Young, Pauline Oliveros and Alvin Lucier, and formed the Orchestra of Excited Strings in 1979. He has released 2 previous albums on India Navigation and Hat Art." From Jim O'Rourke's Minimalism Top web site: "This is the record that really steps out as the first genuinely new sound in maybe 10 years. It's as if the Dirty Dozen Brass band got a hold of some of Arnold's records and decided to give it a go. I cannot overstate how unbelievably brilliant this record is. When played loud, I firmly stand by my declaration that it is one of the 4 or so best records ever made."

Artist:	SHEA, DAVID
Title:	Hsi-Yu Chi
Label:	TZADIK
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	TZ 7005

Shea's 3rd release, following the excellent Shock Corridor CD on Avant, and the Prisoner (Sub Rosa). This one is based on the 1592 novel, and dedicated to "the Hong Kong film directors who use both technological, commercial, western, and traditional Chinese sources to create new work... Each musical territory is created with samples, live playing, traditional tunes, scored and improvised material... the travels cross internal and external space through religious devotion to B film exploitation." Shea uses a sampler, piano, turntables, CDs; with Zorn (as), Zeena Parkins, Marc Ribot, Jim Pugliese, etc.

Artist:	ZORN, JOHN
Title:	Redbird
Label:	TZADIK
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	TZ 7008

This first CD consists of two pieces of composed acoustic minimal/ambient music, as influenced by Scelsi, Feldman & Olivier Messiaen. The first part ("Dark River") is for bass drums only, and acts as a low-toned pulse-stopper intro for the main title piece, which goes on for (only!) 41 minutes of harp, viola, cello and percussion, which is beautifully performed in the new '90s minimalist style (ala Feldman Hat Art recordings), slowly evolving, luxuriously toned acoustic sound waves.

Artist:	ZORN, JOHN
Title:	Book of Heads
Label:	TZADIK
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	TZ 7009

Composition for solo guitar, from 1978. Originally written for Eugene Chadbourne, it is performed here by Marc Ribot. "I took the scores home and stared at them for a long time in complete bewilderment. Virtually every note involved some sort of extended technique, non-traditional notation or nearly impossible juxtaposition. This was not surprising, given the task Zorn had set out for himself: to compose in the language of the late 70's/early 80's 'free improv' guitarists (Chadbourne, Frith, Bailey), a language most had assumed to be unnotatable."--Ribot.

Artist:	PARTCH, HARRY
Title:	The Seventeen Lyrics of Li Po
Label:	TZADIK
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	TZ 7012

"Composer, theorist, inventor of musical instruments, and one of the most colorful characters of the 20th century music, Partch (1901-1974) broke with Western tradition and forged a new music based on a more primal, corporeal integration of the elements of speech, rhythm and performance using the intrinsic music found in the spoken word, the principles of acoustic resonance and just-intonation. The Seventeen Lyrics of Li Po were composed between 1931 and 1933 and are among Partch's earliest extant compositions. They were composed for Intoning Voice and Partch's Adapted Viola, a hybrid instrument consisting of a cello neck grafted onto the body of a viola, its open strings sounding one octave below the violin. Partch used texts from the 8th century Chinese poet, Li Po. This is the 1st recording of all 17 of Partch's 'Lyrics of Li Po.'"

Artist:	KANG, EYVIND
Title:	7 NADEs
Label:	TZADIK
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	TZ 7013

Debut album by Kang (one previous 7" on RGI), who plays violin, keyboard, voice, piano, tape manipulations, bass, erhu, harp, tuba, microphone and noise, along with a large accompanying cast. Kang is well known for his associations with the Sun City Girls and has also played with Zorn, Joe McPhee, Wayne Horvitz, etc. "One of the quirkiest and most indescribable of sound sculptures from a new generation of experimentalists. A composition that will bring new revelations with each listening. Kang is one sick puppy." --Zorn

Artist:	SUNG, LI CHIN
Title:	Past
Label:	TZADIK
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	TZ 7014

Discovered on the historic 1995 Zorn/Eye tour of China. "Sung's debut album, a collection of his works from 1992 to '95, was never intended for commercial release. The subject matter of this work is deeply personal, dealing with the people and things around him, especially his family and friends, and as such does not always obey traditional music logic...Past presents intriguing and personal ambient/noise/environmental works by this adventurous young Hong Kong composer. Inspired by influences as diverse as Brit-pop, Luc Ferrari and Taoism, Sung has created a unique sound world that is both perplexing and seductive." Performed almost completely solo by Sung, on percussion, guitar, CD, synthesizer, voice and tapes; it's noisy and unpredictable, and should go over big with Otomo Yoshihide fanatics.

Artist:	SHARP, ELLIOTT
Title:	Xenocodex
Label:	TZADIK
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	TZ 7016

"The Soldier String Quartet performs two extended compositions from the master of fractals: the psychedelic transformations of 'Xtopia' and the dark, jagged snapshots of 'Intifada.'" Sharp plays Buchla Thunder, fretless guitar, clarinet in addition. "Xtopia" is a lovely real-time approach to Elliott's re-assemblage techniques (prev. documented by "Crytid Fragments," where string materials were radically sculptured through time-expansion/compression, pitch-shifting, filtering, editing, etc.).

Artist:	SMITH, WADADA LEO
Title:	Tao-Njia
Label:	TZADIK
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	TZ 7017

"A breathtakingly beautiful document of new compositions from a founding member of the Chicago's AACM and one of the world's most important contemporary musician/composers. Featuring his ensemble Nda-Kulture and California E.A.R. Unit." Smith (trumpet, flugelhorn, bamboo flute, monophony-bar, Indian low-bell, Japanese high-bell, nohkan flute, axatse, mbira); other members on drums, vibraphone, tubular bells, flute, piano, clarinet, cello, violin, etc. This fits in perfectly in that nowhere zone of post-jazz/new music composition of cosmic intention.

Artist:	KLUCEVSEK, GUY
Title:	Stolen Memories
Label:	TZADIK
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	TZ 7018

Featuring the Bantam Orchestra: Klucevsek (accordion, piano, melodica), Sara Parkins (violin), Margaret Parkins (cello, voice), Achim Tang (bass). "World-renowned accordionist Guy Klucevsek has played with Kronos Quartet, Laurie Anderson, Bill Frisell, Anthony Braxton, John Zorn and Robin Holcomb, and is also a highly original composer in his own right. These stirring compositions are inspired by (among other things) John Cage, African melodies, sacrificial chickens and Fresh Kills, the world's largest landfill."

Artist:	GISBURG
Title:	Shadows In The Sea
Label:	TZADIK
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	TZ 7019

Gisburg (voice, fl), Jeff O'Malley (narration), Christine Bard (perc.), Anthony Coleman (p), Midori Seiler (violin), Ron Lawrence (viola), Guy Tyler (bass). "Gisburg is an extraordinary young vocalist and composer, with influences ranging from Schoenberg to jazz to Fluxus. She has performed in an ensemble of Dieter Schnebel and in the vocal duo Alli Gaa in Berlin, and worked with Anthony Coleman, Marc Ribot, John Zorn and others in NYC. Using texts by Majakowksi, Plath and Fassbinder, Gisburg's second Tzadik CD continues her fascinating exploration of imaginary movie music. With a dramatic edge combining the smoky tones of Marlene Dietrich, the acrobatics of Cathy Berberian and an Ellingtonian sense of orchestration, she creates a unique compositional style that can't be pigeon-holed."

Artist:	MORI, IKUE
Title:	Garden
Label:	TZADIK
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	TZ 7020

"Ikue more, a legend on the NY music scene, has played regularly with the world's top improvisers since 1979, as well as in the groups DNA, Tohban Djan, Death Praxis, Fukuko, Worlds of Love and Death Ambient. Mori has developed a personal and innovative technique of playing samplers triggered by adapted drum machines. Garden, her first solo recording, is a textbook in compositional economy, displaying her amazing approach to an instrument she has made her own." Adopting some of the crystallized-fracture ethos of concrete/surreal constructs and the spatialization of certain minimalistic ambient/techno works, this is a pure masterpiece of reproduced sound and one of the finest listening experiences to date within the Tzadik universe.

Artist:	LAM, BUN-CHING
Title:	....Like Water
Label:	TZADIK
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	TZ 7021

"Bun-Ching Lam's extended composition '...Like Water' is an evocative and imaginative work, as sensuous as its title. A native of Macau, now living in NYC, Lam has studied composition with Roger Reynolds, Pauline Oliveros, and Robert Erickson, and has been previously commissioned to compose for the Arditti String Quartet, Ursula Oppens and Fritz Hauser." Performed by the trio of David Abel (violin, viola), Julie Steinberg (piano) & William Winant (percussion). "'Like Water' consists of short self-contained movements. It makes reference to images of water and its various manifestations such as ice, steam and mist."--Lam.

Artist:	ZORN, JOHN
Title:	Duras:Duchamp
Label:	TZADIK
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	TZ 7023

"France has been the birthplace of some of the greatest creative minds of the 20th century. Duras:Duchamp is a tribute to two timeless figures who have forever changed our view of the world. Over 30 minutes in length, 'Duras' is a major new composition inspired by the romantic writings of Marguerite Duras and the mystical music of Olivier Messiaen. Seductive, elusive, ritualistic. 'Duras' is a hypnotic work of startling clarity and complexity. 'Étant Donnés' is the perfect companion piece to 'Duras': a provocative noise trio inspired by the enigmatic last masterpiece of Marcel Duchamp, on of France's greatest conceptualists." "Duras' features Mark Feldman (violin), Cenovia Cummins (violin), Anthony Coleman (piano), John Medesky (organ), Christian Bard (perc.) & Jim Pugliese (perc.) and is strongly recommended ala Zorn's prior minimalist masterwork "Redbird". "Étant Donnés" is performed by Feldman, Pugliese and Erik Friedlander (cello).

Artist:	SLUSSER, DAVID
Title:	Delight At The End Of The Tunnel
Label:	TZADIK
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	TZ 7024

"Composer, performer, one of the foremost sound designers on the West Coast, the mad genius of David Slusser has enhanced the films of David Lynch, George Lucas, Francis Ford Coppola and the music of John Zorn, Mike Patton and Angelo Badalamenti. Drawing inspiration from sources as diverse as 1950's mood music, industrial demos, early musique concrete and beer commercials, Slusser takes on an exotic trip through his insane sound world via sound effects, Theremins and other rare electronic instruments that either have been or should have been long forgotten."

Artist:	FUJIEDA, MAMORU
Title:	Patterns of Plants
Label:	TZADIK
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	TZ 7025

"Generating melodic material through the micro-changes of surface-electric potential on leaves, Mamoru Fujieda's 2nd Tzadik release was composed completely based on data taken from plants. Combining alternate tuning systems (just intonation, Pythagorean) with traditional instruments of China and Japan (sho, koto and the ancient 25-stringed zither, the hitsu), Fujieda has again created a world of sound never before imagined possible. Delicate and subtle variations of tone and timbre give a whole new life to classical musical forms such as the passacagalia and strophic variations in this bizarre and fascinating mixture of European Medieval music, the traditions of Asia and modern science."

Artist:	MOOREFIELD, VIRGIL
Title:	The Temperature In Hell Is Over Three Thousand Degrees
Label:	TZADIK
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	TZ 7026

"Composer Virgil Moorefield was born in Chapel Hill, NC in 1956 and grew up primarily in Europe. Living in NY since 1975, Moorefield recorded and toured as a drummer with numerous rock bands and avant garde ensembles, including the Swans, Glenn Branca, Bill Laswell, Elliott Sharp, and Damage. The music on this disc is a reflection of his recent interest in microtonality and in creating a music which is looser in structure than his previous works. Alternating between strict notation and passages which may be described by nothing more than a drawing -- Virgil blends minimalism, microtonal tunings and improvisations to create a unique sound world of precision, movement and surprise." Performed on violin, violincello, synthesizer, baritone sax, clarinet, bowed guitar, fretless guitar.

Artist:	DRESSER, MARK
Title:	Banquet
Label:	TZADIK
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	TZ 7027

"One of the world's greatest virtuoso bass players, this CD features two of Mark's most important recent works. 'Banquet' is a double concerto for flute, bass and string quartet, featuring the Swiss flute virtuoso Matthias Ziegler and Mr. Dresser himself. Twisting timbres, jagged melodies and driving rhythms combine in this exciting work exploring extended instrumental techniques. 'Loss of the Innocents', written for the unusual combination of tuba, cello and clarinet, is a piece of haunting beauty."

Artist:	ZORN, JOHN
Title:	Angelus Novus
Label:	TZADIK
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	TZ 7028

"Here is a side of Zorn's work that has pretty much remained hidden -- his compositions for classical chamber ensembles. This CD marks the first in a series documenting these pieces, commissioned by some of the world's leading ensembles and appearing on CD for the first time. The works here span over 20 years, and include 'Christabel', a student piece written in 1972 inspired by the romantic mystic poetry of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, the wind octet 'Angelus Novus' composed for the world-renown Netherland's Wind Ensemble and dedicated to the Jewish cultural theorist Walter Benjamin, the dynamic chamber symphony 'For Your Eyes Only' and 'Carny', a virtuosic solo piece that receives an impassioned and breathtaking performance by pianist Stephan Drury. Students of the New England Conservatory perform this challenging music with startling clarity and intensity that will surprise and delight Zorn fans and detractors alike."

Artist:	GOODE, DANIEL
Title:	Tunnel -- Funnel
Label:	TZADIK
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	TZ 7029

First recording of this work by composer/clarinetist Goode, performed by The Crosstown Ensemble, conducted by Eric Grunin. Scored for: 3 flutes, 4 trombones, 4 strings, and percussion. "Composed in 1985, it is one of his most ambitious and exhilarating works...Trains have been a large part of Dan's dream and fantasy life: 'A funnel is a tunnel seen in perspective, and it is a focusing device. When reversed it's a telescope which magnifies, putting a more generous space around each thing magnified."

Artist:	GRAVES, MILFORD
Title:	Grand Unification
Label:	TZADIK
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	TZ 7030

"Professor, herbalist, healer, Milford Graves is first and foremost one of the world's great geniuses of the drum. Rarely heard live, even more rarely found in the studio, a new recording by Graves is a special event. This is the CD that free jazz fans and every drummer in the world has been waiting for: his music for solo drums. Intense, shooting off in all directions at once and yet always firmly rooted in the tradition, Tzadik is proud to release this important and historic solo recording."

Artist:	LAM, BUN-CHING
Title:	The Child God
Label:	TZADIK
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	TZ 7031

"For her second Tzadik CD, Lam has assembled some of the greatest traditional music performers of China and matched them with some of NY's most creative instrumentalists in creating a beautiful and lyrical meeting of western art music and Chinese troubadour traditions. Her mini-opera, The Child God written as a shadow play, incorporates spoken narration, instrumental music and tenor songs, and is based on a Ming Dynasty mystical novel The Creation Of The Gods. It tells the story of No Cha, from his miraculous birth, to the discovery of his own supernatural powers through various adventures which bring danger to his parents' lives. Adventurous, charming and delightful."

Artist:	KANG, EYVIND
Title:	Theatre of Mineral NADEs
Label:	TZADIK
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	TZ 7032

"NADE: (Sanskrit): Channels of the subtle body/also: sound/also: nothingness. Eyvind Kang has one of the strangest musical minds on the scene today, and this second installment of his 'NADEs' series is, as one would expect, something completely different. Medieval crumhorns, ecstatic arrangements, lilting melodies, unusual concepts and, of course, Eyvind's virtuosic violin stylings. This epic work, a year and a half in the making, is Kang's personal take on 'East' and 'West'. Theatre of Mineral NADEs is Kang's Sgt. Pepper's. Destined to become one of the most important records of the year."

Artist:	FERRARI, LUC
Title:	Cellule 75
Label:	TZADIK
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	TZ 7033

"Irreverent, psychosexual and always fascinating, Ferrari's work manifests itself in texts, instrumental textures, electroacoustic compositions, reportings, films, theatre, etc. It is an honor for Tzadik to release two of his most important works from the 1970s, recorded under the supervision of the composer himself. 'Place des Abbesses,' the first electro acoustic portrait work realized at his home studio in Paris, 1977, is an evocative portrait of a small square between The Sacred Heart of God and Saints and the Pigalle of licentiousness and sex, two familiar Ferrari obsessions. 'Cellule 75' is an explosive, dynamic work for piano, percussion and tape, balancing improvisational spontaneity with the more exacting writing of classical forms."

Artist:	FRITH, FRED
Title:	Pacifica (1993-95)
Label:	TZADIK
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	TZ 7034

"A major new composition by the world-famous guitarist, improvisor and composer. Over an hour in length and composed for a large ensemble of winds, strings and percussion, Pacifica sets the poetry of Pablo Neruda into a seductive and hypnotizing sound world that slowly metamorphoses into something altogether different. Lyrical written passages, inspired improvisations, sensual vocals and provocative sound effects all come together into a fascinating whole -- one of Frith's most brilliant orchestral creations."

Artist:	ITO, TEIJI
Title:	King Ubu
Label:	TZADIK
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	TZ 7036

"Teiji Ito is one of contemporary music's most elusive mavericks. Born in Tokyo in 1935, he moved to NY at the age of six, and by 1952, at the age of seventeen, he was already composing music for the influential avant-garde film work of Maya Deren. Accompanying her to Haiti in 1955, Ito learned ceremonial and secular drumming techniques from the legendary Haitian musician Coyote. Applying these principles to his knowledge of traditional Japanese music, contemporary classical and African traditions, Ito's scores are a shocking precursor to today's cutting-edge composers. King Ubu, originally written for a 1961 NY production of Alfred Jarry's pre-Dadaist masterpiece, is a delightful and eclectic score filled with sly humor and ingenious dramatic effects. Intermixing a wise range of traditional and ethnic instruments, all of which are performed with great skill by the composer himself on this rare original recording, Ito's score to King Ubu establishes him as one of the most extraordinary and personal composers in the NY underground."

Artist:	ZORN, JOHN
Title:	Aporias: Requia for Piano and Orchestra
Label:	TZADIK
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	TZ 7037

"An aporia is an impossible passage and this 'Requia' pays tribute to the indomitable creative spirit that negotiates the aporia of life and death. Written for piano soloist, six boy sopranos and full orchestra, Aporias is John Zorn's most accomplished composition to date. This monumental piece, part piano concerto, part Requiem has been universally hailed by performers, composers and audience alike as a new vision of modern orchestral music. Performed here by pianist Stephen Drury, the Hungarian Radio Children's Choir and the American Composers Orchestra, this premiere recording made under the supervision of the composer is an exhilarating experience filled with subtle detail, unusual instrumental colors and emotional power."

Artist:	HEBERT/BOB OSTERTAG, PIERRE
Title:	Between Science and Garbage
Label:	TZADIK
Format:	DVD
Price:	$27.00
Catalog #:	TZ 3002DVD

Artist:	FELDMAN, MARK
Title:	Violin Alone
Label:	TZADIK
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	TZ 7006

Artist:	TAKAHASHI, YUJI
Title:	Finger Light
Label:	TZADIK
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	TZ 7010

Artist:	O'ROURKE, JIM
Title:	Terminal Pharmacy
Label:	TZADIK
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	TZ 7011

Artist:	PATTON, MIKE
Title:	Adult Themes For Voice
Label:	TZADIK
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	TZ 7015

Artist:	YAMADA, NORMAN
Title:	Being And Time
Label:	TZADIK
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	TZ 7035