Absinthe (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Absinthe
Type = album
Artist = Naked City


Released = December, 1993
Recorded = December, 1992
Genre = Ambient (music) Noise (music)
Length = 47:00
Label = Avant
Producer = John Zorn
Reviews = *amg|id=10:djfpxqlgldte|rating|2.5|5
Last album = "Radio"
(1993)
This album = "Absinthe"
(1993)
Next album = ""
(2002)

"Absinthe" is the final recording from the band Naked City. Unlike the band's other genre-mixing releases, the music on "Absinthe" is consistently in an ambient and noise style.

The titles of many of its tracks refer to the works of Paul Verlaine, Charles Baudelaire and other figures in the fin de siècle Decadent movement, and to the drink after which the album is named.

The album's cover and liner notes feature photographs by the German Surrealist Hans Bellmer.

The album was also released as part of on Tzadik Records in 2005.

From the official description on the Avant website:

Track listing

# "Val de Travers" – 6:19
# "Une Correspondence" – 5:09
# "La Feé Verte" – 5:12
# "Fleurs du Mal" – 4:06
# "Artemisia Absinthium" – 4:31
# "Notre Dame de L'Oubli (for Olivier Messiaen)" – 4:48
# "Verlaine: Part I: Un Midi Moins Dix" – 4:24
# "Verlaine: Part II: La Bleue" – 6:01
# "...Rend Fou" – 6:03

:"All compostions by John Zorn."

Personnel

*John Zorn: alto saxophone, vocals
*Bill Frisell: guitar
*Wayne Horvitz: keyboards
*Fred Frith: bass
*Joey Baron: drums

Liner Notes

*Published by Theatre of Musical Optics, BMI
*Produced by John Zorn
*Executive Producer: Disk Union
*Recorded at Electric Lady, NYC December 1992
*Mixed at Platinum Island, NYC January 1993
*Engineered by Joe Ferla
*Assistant Engineer: Hoover Le
*Mastered by Scott Hull
*Cover photo: Hans Bellmer "Les Jeux de la Poupée"
*Design: Tomoyo T.L. (Karath=Razar)
*Photo typesetting: Lisa Wells
*Special thanks to: Fujieda Mamoru, Giacinto Scelsi, Mick Harris

Notes

*Recorded at Electric Lady, New York City in December 1992
*Produced by John Zorn