IAO (album)
IAO (Music in Sacred Light) | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | May 21, 2002 | |||
Length | 51:25 | |||
Label | Tzadik TZ 7338 | |||
Producer | John Zorn | |||
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IAO (subtitled Music in Sacred Light) is the tenth studio album by John Zorn released in 2002 on the Tzadik label.[1] It was inspired by Aleister Crowley and his follower, filmmaker Kenneth Anger. Its title is drawn from the Kabbalistic identity of IAO, the initials of Isis, Apophis and Osiris, used as a magical formula in the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and in Aleister Crowley's Gnostic Mass.
Reception
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Source | Rating |
Pitchfork | 8.3/10[3] |
Writing for
On All About Jazz, Farrell Lowe wrote that "John Zorn incorporates a wide array of influences and musical styles in IAO. To his credit, he never loses sight of his reason for creating the music in the first place. Like an alchemist, he seems to be interested in the manifestation and transformation of human physicality into numinous spirit... IAO is powerful music outside the realm of head/solo/head mentality, but equally valid—and a welcome addition to the canon of creative music".[4]
Track listing
All compositions by John Zorn
- "Invocation" - 7:19
- "Sex Magick" - 13:26
- "Sacred Rites of the Left Hand Path" - 6:31
- "The Clavicle of Solomon" - 9:28
- "Lucifer Rising" - 5:23
- "Leviathan" - 3:26
- "Mysteries" - 5:50
Personnel
- John Zorn - alto saxophone
- Rebecca Moore - violin
- Jamie Saft - keyboards
- Greg Cohen - bass
- electric bass
- Jim Pugliese - drums
- percussion
- vocals
- Beth Anne Hatton - vocals
- vocals
References
- ^ Tzadik catalogue
- ^ a b Couture, F. Allmusic Review accessed October 29, 2013
- ^ a b Pitchfork Media review August 1, 2002
- ^ Lowe, F. All About Jazz Review, March 8, 2003