Album US 1996 on Tzadik label
Electronic, Jazz and Rock (Illbient, Avant-garde, Experimental, Contemporary Jazz)
"Maul" examines the lives and deaths of Jewish gangsters throughout the ages, using texts in the lost language of Rotwelsch (a Yiddish-based thieve's language used in Germany from the 14th to the 19th Century). Recorded and mixed at Point's West Studio, December 28-30, 1995. Digital editing at Studio Pass, January-February 1996. All Rotwelsch texts were recorded at Studio Pass. In "Blue Mirror" (named for the Newark night club owned by Longy Zwillman) all titles are names of Jewish gangsters from NYC in the first half of the 20th Century. Recording and processing at Studio Pass + Studio zOaR, January-March, 1996. Recording and MAX programming with H3000 January-February 1996. Recording/processing/digital editing March 1996. Cover photo - January 19, 1917.
Zeena Parkins hrp, eb, *1956 US sampler, piano, producer, composed by, harp, electric, album by | |
Mark Stewart eg, g, cello, guitar, mandolin | |
Margaret Parkins vc, cello, voice | |
Andy Haas sax, didgeridoo | |
Jim Pugliese perc, *1952 US drums, vibraphone, vibes | |
Alex Noyes edited by, recorded by, rotwelsch texts, recorded by, programmed by | |
Margaret Lanzoni photography by, zeena parkins | |
Elliott Sharp g, *1951 US recorded by, edited by, technician, processing | |
Sara Parkins vn, US violin | |
Carsten Dane voice, live and voice samples | |
Matthias Breitenbach , *1963 DE voice, voice samples |
KimSu Theiler design |
John Zorn executive-producer |
David Newgarden executive-producer, associate producer |
Kazunori Sugiyama executive-producer, associate producer |
Anthony Coleman mixed by, extra ears in mixing |
Zeena Parkins |
No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration | |
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1 | Maul | Zeena Parkins | |||
2 | Benya Krik | Zeena Parkins | 6:52 | ||
3 | Zero Hour | Zeena Parkins | |||
4 | "Wie Sieben Meilen Miesen Dirach" | Zeena Parkins | 1:40 | ||
5 | Betrayer | Zeena Parkins | 3:38 | ||
6 | Torrid Zone | Zeena Parkins | 4:38 | ||
7 | Dough | Zeena Parkins | 8:23 | ||
8 | Weaponistic Charms | Zeena Parkins | |||
9 | Italyid | Zeena Parkins | |||
10 | No Thing | Zeena Parkins | 2:43 | ||
11 | Simcha | Zeena Parkins | 3:44 | ||
12 | Chase | Zeena Parkins | 2:16 | ||
13 | Hod | Zeena Parkins | 3:08 | ||
14 | Blue Mirror | Zeena Parkins | |||
15 | Ice Pick | Zeena Parkins | 3:08 | ||
16 | The Dasher | Zeena Parkins | |||
17 | Red | Zeena Parkins | 0:37 | ||
18 | 2Gun | Zeena Parkins | 2:53 | ||
19 | Abbaddabbah | Zeena Parkins | 4:41 | ||
20 | Lucky | Zeena Parkins | 1:28 | ||
21 | Nails | Zeena Parkins | 2:23 |
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