Heretic is the third studio album by the band Naked City

Naked City (band)

Naked City was an avant-garde music group led by saxophonist and composer John Zorn. Active primarily in New York City from 1988 to 1993, Naked City was initiated by Zorn as a "composition workshop" to test the limits of composition in a traditional rock band lineup...

, used as a soundtrack for the underground

Underground film

An underground film is a film that is out of the mainstream either in its style, genre, or financing.-Definition and history:The first use of the term "underground film" occurs in a 1957 essay by American film critic Manny Farber, "Underground Films." Farber uses it to refer to the work of...

 S/M

Sadism and masochism

Sadomasochism broadly refers to the receiving of pleasure—often sexual—from acts involving the infliction or reception of pain or humiliation. The name originates from two authors on the subject, Marquis de Sade and Leopold von Sacher-Masoch...

 film Jeux des Dames Cruelles. The album utilises different combinations of band members in duos and trios with the entire band performing together on only one track "Fire and Ice".

According to the Knitting Factory

Knitting Factory

The Knitting Factory is a music venue and concert house with locations in Brooklyn, Boise, Reno, and Spokane. The club originally specialized in jazz and experimental music and has expanded to showcasing all genres of music, performing arts and comedy....

, "Heretic is an experimental narrative in the form of an extended trailer. A very funny take on psychotherapy starring Karen Finley

Karen Finley

Karen Finley is an American performance artist, whose theatrical pieces and recordings have often been labelled "obscene" due to their graphic depictions of sexuality, abuse, and disenfranchisement...

."

Reception

The Allmusic review by Caleb Deupree awarded the album 4½ stars stating "Although this album is credited as a soundtrack for a porn movie (scenes from which decorate the sleeve art), its music will appeal to many improv-oriented listeners who have a hard time with the thrash/hardcore atmosphere that is so characteristic of the band's first album and the Torture Garden

Torture Garden (album)

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...

pieces".

Track listing

1. Main Titles (Eye, Horvitz, Baron) – 1:26
2. Sex Games (Frisell, Frith, Baron) – 2:21
3. The Brood (Zorn, Horvitz, Baron) - 2:48
4. Sweat, Sperm + Blood (Eye, Zorn) - 2:03
5. Vliet (Frisell, Frith) - 0:49
6. Heretic 1 (Zorn, Frith) - 2:32
7. Submission (Horvitz, Frisell, Baron) - 4:21
8. Heretic 2 (Zorn, Frith, Baron) - 1:44
9. Catacombs (Horvitz, Frisell) - 2:46
10. Heretic 3 (Zorn, Frith, Baron) - 2:41
11. My Master, My Slave (Horvitz, Frith) - 2:23
12. Saint Jude (Frisell, Frith, Baron) - 2:12
13. The Conqueror Worm (Zorn, Horvitz) - 2:31
14. Dominatrix 5B (Horvitz, Frisell, Baron) - 2:16
15. Back Through the Looking Glass (Frisell, Frith) - 2:39
16. Here Come the 7,000 Frogs (Eye, Zorn) - 1:59
17. Slaughterhouse/Chase Sequence (Frisell, Frith, Baron) - 2:18
18. Castle Keep (Horvitz, Frisell) - 1:48
19. Mantra of Resurrected Shit (Eye, Zorn) - 1:41
20. Trypsicore (Horvitz, Baron) - 1:46
21. Fire and Ice (Club Scene) (Naked City) - 2:37
22. Crosstalk (Horvitz, Frisell, Frith) - 1:40
23. Copraphagist Rituals (Eye, Horvitz, Baron) - 0:53
24. Labyrinth (Frisell, Baron) - 5:47

All music by Naked City

• Recorded and mixed at Shelley Palmer Studios, NYC in 1991

Personnel

• John Zorn
  John Zorn
  John Zorn is an American avant-garde composer, arranger, record producer, saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist. Zorn is a prolific artist: he has hundreds of album credits as performer, composer, or producer...
  
   - alto sax
• Bill Frisell
  Bill Frisell
  William Richard "Bill" Frisell is an American guitarist and composer.One of the leading guitarists in jazz since the late 1980s, Frisell's eclectic music touches on progressive folk, classical music, country music, noise and more...
  
   - guitar
• Wayne Horvitz
  Wayne Horvitz
  Wayne Horvitz is an American composer, keyboardist and record producer.-Biography:Horvitz, a "defiant cross-breeder of genres", has led the groups The President, Pigpen, Zony Mash, and the Four Plus One Ensemble...
  
   - keyboards
• Fred Frith
  Fred Frith
  Fred Frith is an English multi-instrumentalist, composer and improvisor.Probably best known for his guitar work, Frith first came to attention as one of the founding members of the English avant-rock group Henry Cow. Frith was also a member of Art Bears, Massacre and Skeleton Crew...
  
   - bass
• Joey Baron
  Joey Baron
  Joey Baron is an American avant-garde jazz drummer probably best known for his work with Bill Frisell, Stan Getz, Steve Kuhn, and John Zorn...
  
   - drums
• Yamatsuka Eye
  Yamantaka Eye
  , real name , born February 13, 1964 in Kobe, is a Japanese vocalist and visual artist, best known as a member of Boredoms. He has changed his name three times, from Yamatsuka Eye, to Yamantaka Eye, to Yamataka Eye, and sometimes calls himself eYe or EYヨ...
  
   - voice

Production

• Recording Engineer: Jason Baker
• Mixing Engineer: Roger Moutenot
• Mastering by Bob Ludwig
  Bob Ludwig
  Bob Ludwig is an American mastering engineer.He is a well known and respected figure within the music industry. His name is credited on the covers of albums released across the world, and he has won numerous awards....
  
  
• Digital editing by Scott Hull
• Illustration by Maruo Suehiro
  Suehiro Maruo
  , is a Japanese manga artist, illustrator, and painter.-Biography:Maruo graduated from junior high school in March 1972 but dropped out of senior high school. At the age of 15 he moved to Tokyo and began working for a bookbinder...
  
  
• Typesetting by Lisa Wells
• Designed by Tomoyo T.L. (Karath=Razar)
• Executive Producer: Disk Union
• Associate Producer: Kazunori Sugiyama
• Produced by John Zorn
  John Zorn
  John Zorn is an American avant-garde composer, arranger, record producer, saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist. Zorn is a prolific artist: he has hundreds of album credits as performer, composer, or producer...
  
  
• Special thanks to: Derek Bailey, Larry Ochs, Mike Patton
  Mike Patton
  Michael Allan "Mike" Patton is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and actor, best known as the lead singer of the metal/experimental rock band Faith No More. He has also sung for Mr...
  
  , Shelley Palmer, Kazunori Sugiyama and Kim Su Theiler.

This record is dedicated to Harry Smith

Harry Everett Smith

Harry Everett Smith was an American archivist, ethnomusicologist, student of anthropology, record collector, experimental filmmaker, artist, bohemian and mystic...

, Mystic Animator, Pioneer Ethnomusicologist, Hermetic Scholar, Creator of "Heaven + Earth Magic", one of the greatest films of all time.