This album is also an excellent representation of Zorn's 80's studio recordings. These "vertically layered" albums rely heavily on mixing and overdubbing to achieve their caucaphonous, multi-layered sound. They spark the imagination with the various sounds and styles inducing powerful visual images in the listener's imagination.
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Luli Shioli - vocals
Jim Staley - trombone, bass trombone
Bill Frisell - electic guitar
Anthony Coleman - piano, harpsicord, organ, vocals.
David Weinstein - Mirage, microcomputer
Bobby Previte - percussion, tympani, vocals
Jorge Silva - surdo
Claudio Silva - pandeiro
Ciro Baptista - cuica
Daduca Fonseca - caixa
Reinaldo Fernandes - repique
Arto Lindsay - batucada contractor
John Zorn - alto saxophone, saw, vocals, game calls, piano
Orvin Aquart - harmonicas
Tim Berne - alto saxophone
Arto Lindsay - electric guitar, vocals
Wayne Horvitz - piano, organ, celeste, electronic keyboards
Bob James - tapes
Anton Fier - drums
Bobby Previte - drums, percussion, tympani
Toots Thielmans - whistling, harmonica
Guy Klucevsek - accordion
Carol Emanuel - harp
Fred Frith - electric guitar, acoustic guitar
Jody Harris - electric guitar
Melvin Gibbs - electric bass
Laura Biscotto - sexy Italian vocals
Shelley Hirsch - vocals
Big John Patton - organ
Vicki Bodner - oboe, English horn
Christian Marclay - turntables
Ned Rothenberg. - shakihachi, ocarina, Jew's harp
Michihiro Sato - Tsugaru shamisen
Diamanda Galas - vocals
Vernon Reid - electric guitar
Polly Bradfield - violin
Mark Miller - drums, tympani
Jim Staley - trombone
Robert Quine - electric guitar