Astronome

Album by John Zorn

Astronome is a 2006 John Zorn album, the second instalment of his Moonchild project, composed for Mike Patton (voice), Trevor Dunn (bass) and Joey Baron (drums) and released on Tzadik. It presents wordless vocals, bass and drums in an avant-garde/experimental rock and noise idiom, and later served as the score for Richard Foreman’s stage work Astronome: A Night at the Opera.

First released: 17th October 2006

Rock Opera Classical Avant-Garde Experimental

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Act 1, Scene 1: A Secluded Clearing in the Woods / Scene 2: A Single Bed in a Small Room / Scene 3: The Innermost Chapel of a Secret Temple
14:34
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Act 2, Scene 1: A Mediaeval Laboratory / Scene 2: In the Magick Circle
17:02
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Act 3, Scene 1: A Barren Plain at Midnight / Scene 2: An Unnamed Location
12:44