Torture Garden

• Artist: Naked City
• Rating:
• Release Date: 1990
• Type: Soundtrack, Instrumental, Contains explicit content
• Genre: Avant-Garde

Review

From the violent cover art to the Japanese text inside the album, at first glance one might mistake Torture Garden for a fetishist soundtrack. But jazz madman John Zorn and Boredoms frontman Yamatsuka Eye assembled another group of open-minded musicians to carry on their vision of grindcore and jazz uniting. Distinguished musicians Wayne Horovitz and Bill Frisell help Zorn and Eye take this from a curious side project to a fantastic metal band. Songs blur together but never get boring, no lyrics are actually sung, and few songs last longer than a minute. It also never takes itself seriously, a nice relief from Zorn's heavy-handed ambient collaborations. This would make a great introduction to the noise/jazz efforts that this group of musicians pioneered in the early '90s. ~ Bradley Torreano, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Blood Is Thin	John Zorn, Yamatsuka Eye	Naked City	(1:00)
Demon Sanctuary	Yamatsuka Eye, John Zorn	Naked City	(:38)
Thrash Jazz Assassin	Yamatsuka Eye, John Zorn	Naked City	(:45)
Dead Spot	John Zorn, Yamatsuka Eye	Naked City	(:31)
Bonehead	John Zorn, Yamatsuka Eye	Naked City	(:51)
Speedball	Yamatsuka Eye, John Zorn	Naked City	(:17)
Blood Duster	John Zorn, Yamatsuka Eye	Naked City	(:13)
Pile Driver	Yamatsuka Eye, John Zorn	Naked City	(:33)
Shangkuan Ling-Feng	John Zorn, Yamatsuka Eye	Naked City	(1:14)
Numbskull	John Zorn, Yamatsuka Eye	Naked City	(:29)
Perfume of a Critic's Burning Flesh	John Zorn, Yamatsuka Eye	Naked City	(:24)
Jazz Snob Eat Shit	John Zorn, Yamatsuka Eye	Naked City	(:24)
The Prestidigitator	John Zorn, Yamatsuka Eye	Naked City	(:43)
No Reason to Believe	Yamatsuka Eye, John Zorn	Naked City	(:26)
Hellraiser	John Zorn, Yamatsuka Eye	Naked City	(:39)
Torture Garden	Yamatsuka Eye, John Zorn	Naked City	(:35)
Slan	John Zorn, Yamatsuka Eye	Naked City	(:23)
Hammerhead	Yamatsuka Eye, John Zorn	Naked City	(:08)
The Ways of Pain	John Zorn, Yamatsuka Eye	Naked City	(:31)
The Noose	Yamatsuka Eye, John Zorn	Naked City	(:10)
Sack of Shit	John Zorn, Yamatsuka Eye	Naked City	(:43)
Blunt Instrument	John Zorn, Yamatsuka Eye	Naked City	(:54)
Osaka Bondage	John Zorn, Yamatsuka Eye	Naked City	(1:14)
Igneous Ejaculation	Yamatsuka Eye, John Zorn	Naked City	(:20)
Shallow Grave	Yamatsuka Eye, John Zorn	Naked City	(:40)
Ujaku	John Zorn, Yamatsuka Eye	Naked City	(:27)
Kaoru	John Zorn, Yamatsuka Eye	Naked City	(:50)
Dead Dread	Yamatsuka Eye, John Zorn	Naked City	(:45)
Billy Liar	John Zorn, Yamatsuka Eye	Naked City	(:10)
Victims of Torture	Yamatsuka Eye, John Zorn	Naked City	(:23)
Speedfreaks	Yamatsuka Eye, John Zorn	Naked City	(:29)
New Jersey Scum Swamp	Yamatsuka Eye, John Zorn	Naked City	(:41)
S&M Sniper	John Zorn, Yamatsuka Eye	Naked City	(:14)
Pig Fucker	John Zorn, Yamatsuka Eye	Naked City	(:23)
Cairo Chop Shop	John Zorn, Yamatsuka Eye	Naked City	(:22)
Fuck the Facts	John Zorn, Yamatsuka Eye	Naked City	(:11)
Obeah Man	Yamatsuka Eye, John Zorn	Naked City	(:17)
Facelifter	John Zorn, Yamatsuka Eye	Naked City	(:34)
N.Y. Flat Top Box	Yamatsuka Eye, John Zorn	Naked City	(:43)
Whiplash	John Zorn, Yamatsuka Eye	Naked City	(:19)
The Blade	John Zorn, Yamatsuka Eye	Naked City	(:36)
Gob of Spit	Yamatsuka Eye, John Zorn	Naked City	(:18)

Credits

Fred Frith (Bass), Joey Baron (Drums), Wayne Horvitz (Keyboards), Yamatsuka Eye (Vocals), Bill Frisell (Guitar), John Zorn (Sax (Alto))

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