Torture Garden (album)
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| Compilation album by Naked City | ||||
| Released | 1990 | |||
| Recorded | 1989-1990 in Brooklyn, New York City and Tokyo | |||
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Jazzcore Grindcore |
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| Length | 22:28 | |||
| Label | Toy's Factory, Shimmy Disc | |||
| Producer | John Zorn | |||
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Torture Garden is an album by John Zorn's band Naked City featuring Yamatsuka Eye on vocals. The album is a compilation of the "hardcore miniatures" that were also released on Naked City and Grand Guignol. Unlike other Naked City albums, there are no breaks between the screaming, the seemingly random saxophone blasts and grindcore. The album was originally released on vinyl and cassette by Shimmy Disc and on CD by Toy's Factory in 1989. Following controversy over Naked City's album covers it was re-released in 1996 on Tzadik Records with Leng Tch'e simply as Black Box. The tracks were also released as part of Naked City: The Complete Studio Recordings in 2005.
The name for the collection comes from Le jardin des supplices, an 1899 decadent novel by Octave Mirbeau.
The Allmusic review by Bradley Torreano awarded the album 4 stars stating "Songs blur together but never get boring, no lyrics are actually sung, and few songs last longer than a minute. It also never takes itself seriously, a nice relief from Zorn's heavy-handed ambient collaborations. This would make a great introduction to the noise/jazz efforts that this group of musicians pioneered in the early 1990s."
All compositions by John Zorn and Yamatsuka Eye
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