Locus Solus (album)

Locus Solus is an album of improvisations by John Zorn and other musicians. Originally released as a double vinyl album on Rift records in 1983 it was re-released as a CD with additional tracks on Eva/Wave in 1990 and on Zorn's Tzadik Records label in 1997.

Reception

The AllMusic review by Joslyn Layne stated: "This captures over an hour's worth of John Zorn's search for the improvised song form.... Overall, an album of short, angular, experimental energy tracks."

The Penguin Guide to Jazz observed: "This is one of the sacred texts of '80s New York improv, a fierce scrabbly set of associations that draw heavily on the power trio aesthetic of bands like Husker Dü... It's impressively compact but sometime rather abrupt".

Track listing

Note: (16,18,20,22) are extra tracks not available on the LP pressing.

Personnel

• John Zorn – alto and soprano saxophones, game calls, B♭ clarinet
• Christian Marclay – turntables (tracks 1–9)
• Peter Blegvad – vocals (tracks 1–9)
• Arto Lindsay – guitar, vocals (tracks 10–22)
• Anton Fier – drums (tracks 10–15)
• M. E. Miller – drums (tracks 16–22, 31–38)
• Ikue Mori – drums (tracks 23–30)
• Wayne Horvitz – keyboards (tracks 23–30)
• Whiz Kid – turntables (tracks 31–38)

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