alto saxophone [alto sax], vocals John Zorn bass Fred Frith tracks 2-1 composed by, producer [produced by] John Zorn cover [leng tch'e] Tomoyo T.L. design [blackbox edition] Kimsu Theiler design [blackbox edition] Yasunori Arai design [original cover design] Tomoyo T.L. design [torture garden] Tomoyo T.L. design [torture garden] Tony Lee drums Joey Baron executive-producer John Zorn tracks 1-1 to 1-42 guest [special guest], vocals Yamatsuka Eye guitar Bill Frisell illustration [torture garden] Suehiro Maruo keyboards Wayne Horvitz mastered by [mastering] Bob Ludwig tracks 1-1 to 1-42 mixed by Roger Moutenot tracks 2-1 mixed by [mix] Oz Fritz photography by [torture garden, rephotography by] Macioce producer [associate producer] David Newgarden producer [associate producer] Kazunori Sugiyama tracks 1-1 to 1-42 producer [produced by] John Zorn tracks 1-1 to 1-42 recorded by Martin Bisi tracks 1-1 to 1-42 recorded by Roger Moutenot tracks 1-1 to 1-42 recorded by Seigen Ono tracks 2-1 recorded by [recording] Alec Head tracks 1-1 to 1-42 songwriter [all songs by] John Zorn vocals Yamatsuka Eye Phonographic Copyright (p) Tzadik Copyright (c) Tzadik Published By Theater Of Musical Optics Designed At Karath=Razar Issued in a thick double jewel case, with Obi and 3 booklets: 8-page foldout booklet pertaining to Torture Garden, 6-page foldout booklet pertaining to Leng Tch'e and 4-page booklet titled On The Artwork.
[Obi] A specially-priced double-CD reissue, BlackBox couples two of Zorn's most extreme and violent creations with the controversial music and artwork intact. Torture Garden (1991) presents Naked City's intense and groundbreaking music combining free jazz, bebop, r&b, country, funk, rockabilly, surf, metal, hardcore, grindcore - and usually in the same song! Leng Tch'e (1992), released only in Japan, and long out-of-print, features Naked City in an agonizingly, slow, brutal 32-minute assault.
[Torture Garden] All songs published by Theatre Of Musical Optics (BMI) Recorded by Martin Bisi (Brooklyn), Roger Moutenot (NYC) and Seigen Ono (Tokyo) 1989-1990.