Electric Masada: At the Mountains of Madness

At the Mountains of Madness is a 2005 double live album by American composer and saxophonist John Zorn's Electric Masada featuring performances recorded in Moscow and Ljubljana.[1][2] It is the second release by Electric Masada.

At the Mountains of Madness
Live album by
Electric Masada
ReleasedNovember 22, 2005
RecordedApril 29 and May 4, 2004
Length156:44
LabelTzadik
ProducerJohn Zorn and Kazunori Sugiyama
Electric Masada chronology
50th Birthday Celebration Volume 4
(2004)		 At the Mountains of Madness
(2005)
John Zorn chronology
Mysterium
(2005)		 At the Mountains of Madness
(2005)		 Filmworks XVII: Notes on Marie Menken/Ray Bandar: A Life with Skulls
(2006)

Reception

The Allmusic review by Sean Westergaard awarded the album 4 stars noting that "the band is at the top of their game after all the touring, and everyone seems to have kicked up the energy a notch or two. There's a lot more conducted improvisation than on the previous Electric Masada release... Thanks to their improvisational skills, you hardly notice that the program is much the same on both discs. Score another one for John Zorn and company. At the Mountains of Madness is a winner."[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
Rolling Stone

Track listing
  • Disc one
  1. "Lilin" – 16:14
  2. "Metal Tov" – 5:35
  3. "Karaim" – 16:15
  4. "Hath-Arob" – 5:17
  5. "Abidan" – 8:09
  6. "Idalah-Abal" – 6:33
  7. "Kedem" – 15:41
  8. "Yatzar" – 6:05
  • Disc two
  1. "Tekufah" – 17:59
  2. "Hath-Arob" – 6:55
  3. "Abidan" – 9:59
  4. "Metal Tov" – 5:52
  5. "Karaim" – 15:15
  6. "Idalah-Abal" – 6:08
  7. "Kedem" – 14:47
All compositions by John Zorn.

Personnel

References
  1. Tzadik catalogue
  2. Masada World: At the Mountains of Madness, accessed January 6, 2020]
  3. Westergaard, S. Allmusic Review accessed July 29, 2011.
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