Heretic (Naked City album)

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Heretic

Studio album by Naked City

Released

1992

Recorded

1991

Genre

soundtrack, free jazz, noise, hardcore, metal, classical

Length

56:34

Label

Avant

Producer

John Zorn

Professional reviews

Heretic (Naked City album) at Allmusic

Naked City chronology

Grand Guignol
(1992)

Heretic
(1992)

Radio
(1993)

This article is about the album by Naked City. For the album by Morbid Angel, see Heretic (Morbid Angel album).

Heretic is the third studio album by the band Naked City, used as a soundtrack for the underground S/M film Jeux des Dames Cruelles. It is a different kind of Naked City album in that John Zorn is, along with the rest of the band, more of an improviser than composer.

According to the Knitting Factory, "Heretic is an experimental narrative in the form of an extended trailer. A very funny take on psychotherapy starring Karen Finley."

1 Track listing
2 Musicians
3 Liner Notes
4 Notes

[edit] Track listing

Main Titles (Eye, Horvitz, Baron) – 1:26
Sex Games (Frisell, Frith, Baron) – 2:21
The Brood (Zorn, Horvitz, Baron) - 2:48
Sweat, Sperm + Blood (Eye, Zorn) - 2:03
Vliet (Frisell, Frith) - 0:49
Heretic 1 (Zorn, Frith) - 2:32
Submission (Horvitz, Frisell, Baron) - 4:21
Heretic 2 (Zorn, Frith, Baron) - 1:44
Catacombs (Horvitz, Frisell) - 2:46
Heretic 3 (Zorn, Frith, Baron) - 2:41
My Master, My Slave (Horvitz, Frith) - 2:23
Saint Jude (Frisell, Frith, Baron) - 2:12
The Conqueror Worm (Zorn, Horvitz) - 2:31
Dominatrix 5B (Horvitz, Frisell, Baron) - 2:16
Back Through the Looking Glass (Frisell, Frith) - 2:39
Here Come the 7,000 Frogs (Eye, Zorn) - 1:59
Slaughterhouse/Chase Sequence (Frisell, Frith, Baron) - 2:18
Castle Keep (Horvitz, Frisell) - 1:48
Mantra of Resurrected Shit (Eye, Zorn) - 1:41
Trypsicore (Horvitz, Baron) - 1:46
Fire and Ice (Club Scene) (Naked City) - 2:37
Crosstalk (Horvitz, Frisell, Frith) - 1:40
Copraphagist Rituals (Eye, Horvitz, Baron) - 0:53
Labyrinth (Frisell, Baron) - 5:47

[edit] Musicians

John Zorn - alto sax
Bill Frisell - guitar
Wayne Horvitz - keyboards
Fred Frith - bass
Joey Baron - drums
Yamatsuka Eye - voice

[edit] Liner Notes

All music by Naked City
Recorded and mixed at Shelley Palmer Studios, NYC 1991
Recording Engineer: Jason Baker
Mixing Engineer: Roger Moutenot
Mastering by Bob Ludwig
Digital editing by Scott Hull
Illustration by Maruo Suehiro
Typesetting by Lisa Wells
Designed by Tomoyo T.L. (Karath=Razar)
Executive Producer: Disk Union
Associate Producer: Kazunori Sugiyama
Produced by John Zorn
Special thanks to: Derek Bailey, Larry Ochs, Mike Patton, Shelley Palmer, Kazunori Sugiyama and Kim Su Theiler.

This record is dedicated to Harry Smith, Mystic Animator, Pioneer Ethnomusicologist, Hermetic Scholar, Creator of "Heaven + Earth Magic", one of the greatest films of all time.