Painkiller - Talisman: Live in Nagoya
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Artist: PainkillerEdition: Music CD
Format: Live
CD Release Date: 2002-11-26
Music Label: Tzadik
Soundtracks:
- Batrachophrenoboocosmomachia
- Transport Of Sorcerers
- Ahamkara
Free Music Notes for Talisman: Live in Nagoya
Free Music Review: 4 1/2 stars-- burning live show.
Hit: 4 Stars
Painkiller began life as a grindcore/death metal collaboration between downtown luminaries John Zorn and Bill Laswell and Napalm Death drummer Mick Harris and evolved into so much more over time. To describe the band by the time "Talisman: Live in Nagoya" was recorded was already exceedingly difficult-- somewhere between grindcore, dub, and free jazz.
The set opens with the extended (about 32 minutes) "Batrachophrenoboocosmomachia". Beginning with a funky groove set up by Laswell and Harris, Zorn hits the ground running on his entry and the band never looks back. Laswell tends to set the direction-- drifting in and out of dub territory and performing in a largely exploratory path, with Harris following and Zorn just railing away over the top. If it sounds like a fourth musician is on stage, that would be live sound engineer Oz Fritz, whose presence is almost always felt throughout the piece. What's remarkable about the performance is the extraordinary level of intensity that's maintained throughout-- the band never lets us, performing fiercely for the extent of the performance.
The second piece on the record is the briefest and probably my favorite-- "Transport of Sorcerers" opens with an extended dialog between Zorn and Laswell. The former is intense and frantic, the latter agile and almost nervous, with some real-time processing courtesy of Fritz before being joined by Harris for the frantic coda. This sets the stage for closing track, "Ahamkara", which opens frantically and then settles into a groove similar to "Batrachophrenoboocosmomachia".
When it's over, it's a pretty powerful experience-- one definitely gets the impression this band cooked in an unusual way live. This is certainly as good an entry point as any other for this project. Something stops me from giving it the five star rating, but it's an awfully good recording. Recommended.
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