JOHN ZORN: NOTHING IS TRUE EVERYTHING IS PERMITTED with CHAOS MAGICK and SIMULACRUM

featuring
John Medeski
Brian Marsella
Matt Hollenberg
Kenny Grohowski

CHAOS MAGICK
John Medeski organ
Brian Marsella electric piano
Matt Hollenberg guitar
Kenny Grohowski drums

Chaos Magick is a contemporary magical practice based on the ideas of Austin Osman Spare. Remarkably inclusive, it embraces and has influenced the work of William Burroughs, Robert Anton Wilson, Aleister Crowley and many others. Inspired by these magical practices, Zorn enlists the three members of his most powerful 21st century ensemble Simulacrum with special guest Brian Marsella on electric piano into this eclectic new quartet Chaos Magick. A fast moving, improvisational ensemble that draws upon classical, jazz, funk, improvisation, metal, and more.

SIMULACRUM
John Medeski organ
Matt Hollenberg guitar
Kenny Grohowski drums

The most extreme organ trio ever, Simulacrum is yet another wild new direction from Downtown Alchemist John Zorn. Dramatic through-composed pieces that unfold with a cinematic logic, this genre-bending music is Zorn’s most intense 21st century ensemble. Featuring an all-star trio of John Medeski, Matt Hollenberg, and Kenny Grohowski, this is powerful and fascinating music that blends metal and jazz into a stunning new musical direction!