JOHN ZORN - The Hermetic Organ Vol. 9 CD

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JOHN ZORN - The Hermetic Organ Vol. 9 CDFilled with wild sounds, bizarre juxtapositions, soulful melodies, and pulsating drones, this outrageous recital is one of Zorns very best. Inspired by Aleister Crowleys Liber Liberi vel Lapidis Lazuli, and performed in a kind of trance state, this is music beyond thought, beyond beauty, beyond rationality. Recorded at St. Johns Cathedral in Knoxville, Tennessee during the 2022 Big Ears Festival, this is Zorn at his metaphysical zenith. Organ

sitting comfortably alongside Rough Trade labelmates like black midi and Gilla Band

” Mouth Full of Glass opens with the bright acoustic flourishes of “Finally

A spiritual record for the ages

The intertwining of black metal

and is now regarded as one of the greatest and most influential albums in alternative rock

They practice the scales and draw lines on paper

give no sign of the heights and depths a living bird can reach

But why would he be so literal

even if they established those modes themselves

" Moving from one to the next

and ready to add their name to the long list of heavy music legends known to their home city of Boston

They weren't: Kourosh had protected them along with key ephemera from the 70's