John Zorn

Psychomagia is the new album by the fabulous quartet of Abraxas, the acclaimed Moroccan Rock arrangements for the Book of Angels series. Here they perform a complex new suite of music written expressly for them by Downtown alchemist John Zorn. Drawing inspiration from the magical writings of Giordano Bruno and Alejandro Jodorowski and others, Zorn has written a bold collection of compositions that challenge the musicians to the breaking point. With a program ranging from some of the most intense ritualistic sounds you are likely to hear to tender minimalistic odes, this is a surprising new volume in Zorn’s mystic series that matches the intensity and power of Moonchild, PainKiller and Naked City. Recorded at Orange Music and mixed by Bill Laswell. Essential.

PERSONNEL:

Aram Bajakian
Eyal Maoz
Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz
Kenny Grohowski

TRACKS:

01. Squaring the Circle
02. Circe
03. The Nameless God
04. Four Rivers
05. Evocation of The Triumphant
06. Beast
07. Celestial Mechanism
08. Metapsychomagia
09. Anima Mundi
10. Sacred Emblems