| Locus Solus | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | John Zorn |
| Cover: | Locus Solus (album).jpg |
| Released: | 1983 re-released 1990 and 1997 |
| Recorded: | 1983 |
| Genre: | Avant-garde, jazz, classical |
| Length: | 68:37 |
| Label: | Rift, Eva/Wave, Tzadik |
| Producer: | John Zorn |
| Chronology: | John Zorn |
| Prev Title: | Archery |
| Prev Year: | 1982 |
| Next Title: | Yankees |
| Next Year: | 1983 |
Locus Solus is an album of improvisations by John Zorn and other musicians. Originally released as a double vinyl album on Rift records in 1983 it was re-released as a CD with additional tracks on Eva/Wave in 1990 and on Zorn's Tzadik Records label in 1997.[1]
The AllMusic review by Joslyn Layne stated: "This captures over an hour's worth of John Zorn's search for the improvised song form.... Overall, an album of short, angular, experimental energy tracks."[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz observed: "This is one of the sacred texts of '80s New York improv, a fierce scrabbly set of associations that draw heavily on the power trio aesthetic of bands like Husker Dü... It's impressively compact but sometime rather abrupt".
Note: (16,18,20,22) are extra tracks not available on the LP pressing.