Pellucidar: A Dreamers Fantabula Explained

Pellucidar: A Dreamers Fantabula
Type:Album
Artist:John Zorn
Cover:Pellucidar A Dreamers Fantabula.jpg
Released:June 23, 2015
Recorded:February 2015 at Eastside Sound, NYC
Genre:Jazz
Length:51:45
Label:Tzadik TZ 8333
Producer:John Zorn
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Pellucidar: A Dreamers Fantabula is an album by John Zorn's group, The Dreamers, released in June 2015 on the Tzadik label.[1]

Reception

Allmusic said "It's similar to both The Dreamers and O'o, but the playing of this group never gets old. ...Pellucidar is another great offering from Zorn's most accessible project." PopMatters stated "The peculiar thing about Dreamers is that despite the stunning musical acumen of all involved, they aren’t really what one would call a "musician’s band." Their performances are impressive, but in a subtle way. There are no flights of fancy, just an atmosphere to drape over your senses. When a cozy blanket is covering you, you don’t think about the individual fibers. And when you listen to a Dreamers album, you don’t think about Trevor Dunn’s time in Mr. Bungle. You think about how sweet life is and how having another Dreamers album is now a part of that sweet life."[2]

Track listing

All compositions by John Zorn

  1. "Magic Carpet Ride" – 7:36
  2. "Gormenghast" – 8:29
  3. "Queen of Ilium" – 5:19
  4. "Once Upon a Time" – 5:13
  5. "Flight from Salem" – 4:20
  6. "Pellucidar" – 3:35
  7. "Atlantis" – 4:59
  8. "A Perfume from Cleopolis" – 6:09
  9. "Jewels of Opar" – 6:10

Personnel

References

  1. http://www.tzadik.com/index.php?catalog=8333 Tzadik Records album entry
  2. John Garratt, PopMatters Album Review: John Zorn – Pedllucidar: A Dreamers Fantabula, July 13, 2015