Astronome

2006 studio album by John Zorn

Astronome

Studio album by

John Zorn

Released| October 17, 2006
Genre|

* Experimental rock
* avant-garde metal
* avant-prog
* avant-garde jazz
* noise rock
* free jazz

Length| 44:30
Label| Tzadik TZ 7359
Moonchild chronology
| Moonchild: Songs Without Words
(2006)  | Astronome
(2006)  | Six Litanies for Heliogabalus
(2007)

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John Zorn chronology
| Balan: Book of Angels Volume 5
(2006)  | Astronome
(2006)  | Moloch: Book of Angels Volume 6
(2006)

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [1]

Astronome is an album by American musician John Zorn featuring the "Moonchild Trio" of Joey Baron, Mike Patton and Trevor Dunn.[2] It is the second album by the trio, following Moonchild: Songs Without Words.

Theater director Richard Foreman staged an opera Astronome: A Night at the Opera: An Initiation based on this album which premiered at the Ontological-Hysteric Theater on February 5, 2009, and ran through April 5, 2009.[3][4]

## Track listing

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No.| Title| Length

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1.| "Act One: A Secluded Clearing in the Woods; A Single Bed in a Small Room; The Innermost Chapel of a Secret Temple"| 14:34
2.| "Act Two: A Medieval Laboratory; In the Magick Circle"| 17:02
3.| "Act Three: A Barren Plain at Midnight; An Unnamed Location"| 12:44
Total length:| 44:30

## Musicians

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* Joey Baron – drums
* Mike Patton – voice
* Trevor Dunn – bass

## References

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1. ^ Allmusic Review
2. ^ Tzadik catalogue
3. ^ Sellar, Tom (February 17, 2009). "John Zorn Scores Richard Foreman's Astronome". Village Voice Phoenix. Retrieved June 16, 2009.
4. ^ Garland, Jeff (February 1, 2009). "Evening Music: Ear to Ear: John Zorn". WNYC. Archived from the original on June 13, 2009. Retrieved June 16, 2009.

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John Zorn

Discography

Solo albums|

* The Classic Guide to Strategy
* First Recordings 1973
* 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 9
* The Hermetic Organ
* The Hermetic Organ Vol. 2

Game Pieces|

* Lacrosse
* Pool
* Hockey
* Archery
* Cobra
* John Zorn's Cobra: Live at the Knitting Factory
* John Zorn's Cobra: Tokyo Operations '94
* New Traditions in East Asian Bar Bands
* Xu Feng
* Cobra: John Zorn's Game Pieces Volume 2

File Card
Pieces|

* Spillane
* The Bribe
* Elegy
* Kristallnacht
* Godard/Spillane
* Femina
* Dictée/Liber Novus
* Interzone
* Mount Analogue

Cover albums|

* Voodoo
* The Big Gundown
* News for Lulu
* More News for Lulu
* Spy vs Spy

Classical|

* Redbird
* The Book of Heads
* Duras: Duchamp
* Angelus Novus
* Aporias: Requia for Piano and Orchestra
* The String Quartets
* Cartoon S/M
* Madness, Love and Mysticism
* Songs from the Hermetic Theatre
* Chimeras
* Magick
* Mysterium
* Rituals
* From Silence to Sorcery
* The Satyr's Play / Cerberus
* What Thou Wilt
* Lemma
* On the Torment of Saints, the Casting of Spells and the Evocation of Spirits
* The Alchemist
* Fragmentations, Prayers and Interjections
* In the Hall of Mirrors
* Myth and Mythopoeia

Filmworks|

* 1986-1990
* Music for an Untitled Film by Walter Hill
* 1990–1995
* S&M + More
* Tears of Ecstasy
* 1996
* Cynical Hysterie Hour
* 1997
* Trembling Before G-d
* In the Mirror of Maya Deren
* Secret Lives
* Three Documentaries
* Invitation to a Suicide
* Hiding and Seeking
* Protocols of Zion
* Workingman's Death
* Notes on Marie Menken/Ray Bandar: A Life with Skulls
* The Treatment
* The Rain Horse
* Sholem Aleichem
* Belle de Nature/The New Rijksmuseum
* The Last Supper
* El General
* The Nobel Prizewinner
* City of Slaughter/Schmatta/Beyond the Infinite

Bar Kokhba|

* Bar Kokhba
* The Circle Maker
* 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 11
* Lucifer: Book of Angels Volume 10

Masada
String Trio|

* The Circle Maker
* 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 1
* Azazel: Book of Angels Volume 2
* Haborym: Book of Angels Volume 16

Music Romance|

* Music for Children
* Taboo & Exile
* The Gift

Hemophiliac|

* Hemophiliac
* 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 6

Masada
Anniversary|

* Masada Guitars
* Voices in the Wilderness
* The Unknown Masada
* Masada Recital
* Masada Rock

50th Birthday
Celebration|

* Volume 1
* Volume 2
* Volume 3
* Volume 4
* Volume 5
* Volume 6
* Volume 7
* Volume 8
* Volume 9
* Volume 10
* Volume 11
* Volume 12

Book of Angels|

* Astaroth
* Azazel
* Malphas
* Orobas
* Balan
* Moloch
* Asmodeus
* Volac
* Xaphan
* Lucifer
* Zaebos
* Stolas
* Mycale
* Ipos
* Baal
* Haborym
* Caym
* Pruflas
* Abraxas
* Tap
* Alastor
* Adramelech
* Aguares

Moonchild|

* Moonchild: Songs Without Words
* Astronome
* Six Litanies for Heliogabalus
* The Crucible
* Ipsissimus
* Templars: In Sacred Blood
* The Lost Judgment

The Dreamers|

* The Dreamers
* O'o
* Ipos: Book of Angels Volume 14
* A Dreamers Christmas
* Pellucidar: A Dreamers Fantabula

Alhambra|

* Alhambra Love Songs
* In Search of the Miraculous
* The Goddess – Music for the Ancient of Days

Simulacrum|

* Simulacrum
* The True Discoveries of Witches and Demons
* Inferno
* The Painted Bird
* 49 Acts Of Unspeakable Depravity In The Abominable Life And Times Of Gilles De Rais
* The Garden Of Earthly Delights
* Baphomet
* Chaos Magick
* Nostradamus: The Death of Satan

Tributes and
Inspirations|

* IAO
* Enigmata
* Nova Express
* At the Gates of Paradise
* Nosferatu
* Rimbaud
* A Vision in Blakelight
* The Concealed
* Dreamachines
* Shir Hashirim
* Psychomagia
* On Leaves of Grass

Gnostic Trio|

* The Gnostic Preludes
* The Mysteries
* In Lambeth

Collaborations|

* In Memory of Nikki Arane with Eugene Chadbourne
* Locus Solus
* Yankees with Derek Bailey & George E. Lewis
* Deadly Weapons with Steve Beresford, Tonie Marshall & David Toop
* Ganryu Island with Sato Michihiro
* The Art of Memory with Fred Frith
* Zohar with Yamantaka Eye
* Nani Nani with Yamantaka Eye
* Harras with Derek Bailey & William Parker
* Euclid's Nightmare with Bobby Previte
* Weird Little Boy with Trey Spruance, Mike Patton, William Winant & Chris Cochrane
* Downtown Lullaby with Wayne Horvitz, Elliott Sharp and Bobby Previte
* Prelapse with Prelapse
* Buck Jam Tonic with Bill Laswell & Tatsuya Nakamura
* Naninani II with Yamantaka Eye
* The Stone: Issue One with Dave Douglas, Rob Burger, Bill Laswell, Mike Patton & Ben Perowsky
* The Stone: Issue Three with Lou Reed & Laurie Anderson
* The Art of Memory II with Fred Frith
* Late Works with Fred Frith
* @ with Thurston Moore
* Sonic Rivers with George E. Lewis & Wadada Leo Smith

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Mike Patton

Discography

Solo|

* Adult Themes for Voice
* Pranzo Oltranzista
* Mondo Cane

Soundtracks|

* A Perfect Place
* Crank: High Voltage
* The Solitude of Prime Numbers
* The Place Beyond the Pines
* 1922

Faith No More|

| Studio albums|

* The Real Thing
* Angel Dust
* King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime
* Album of the Year
* Sol Invictus

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Live and video albums|

* You Fat Bastards: Live at the Brixton Academy
* Video Croissant
* Who Cares a Lot? The Greatest Videos
* Double Feature: Live at the Brixton Academy, London (You Fat Bastards) / Who Cares a Lot? The Greatest Videos

Compilation albums|

* Who Cares a Lot? The Greatest Hits
* This Is It: The Best of Faith No More
* Epic and Other Hits
* The Platinum Collection
* The Works
* The Very Best Definitive Ultimate Greatest Hits Collection

Fantômas|

| Studio albums|

* Fantômas
* The Director's Cut
* Delìrium Còrdia
* Suspended Animation

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Live albums|

* Millennium Monsterwork 2000

Other|

* Animali In Calore Surriscaldati Con Ipertermia Genitale/Cat in Red

Tomahawk|

* Tomahawk
* Mit Gas
* Anonymous
* Oddfellows
* Tonic Immobility

Mr. Bungle|

* Mr. Bungle
* Disco Volante
* California
* The Raging Wrath of the Easter Bunny Demo

Kaada/Patton|

* Romances
* Kaada/Patton Live
* Bacteria Cult

Hemophiliac|

* Hemophiliac
* 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 6

Peeping Tom|

* Peeping Tom

Lovage|

* Music to Make Love to Your Old Lady By

Nevermen|

* Nevermen

Other projects|

* Dead Cross
* General Patton vs. The X-Ecutioners
* Irony is a Dead Scene
* Laborintus II
* Corpse Flower

with John Zorn|

| Moonchild Trio|

* Moonchild: Songs Without Words
* Astronome
* Six Litanies for Heliogabalus
* The Crucible
* Ipsissimus
* Templars: In Sacred Blood
* The Last Judgement

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Other|

* Elegy
* Weird Little Boy
* Taboo & Exile
* The Big Gundown
* The Gift
* IAO
* 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 12
* Naked City: The Complete Studio Recordings
* The Stone: Issue One
* A Dreamers Christmas

Related|

* List of songs recorded by Faith No More
* List of songs recorded by Tomahawk

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