Nani Nani

1995 studio album by John Zorn & Yamantaka Eye
Nani Nani
Studio album by
John Zorn & Yamantaka Eye
ReleasedOctober 1995
RecordedApril 17–18, 1995
GenreAvant-garde
Length41:38
LabelTzadik TZ 7206
ProducerJohn Zorn
John Zorn chronology
Redbird
(1995) 		Nani Nani
(1995) 		The Book of Heads
(1995)
John Zorn and Yamataka Eye chronology
Nani Nani
(1995) 		Zohar
(1995)

Nani Nani is an album of improvised music by American composer and saxophonist/multi-instrumentalist John Zorn (as Dekoboko Hajime) and Yamataka Eye.[1] A sequel album Naninani II was released in 2004.[2]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Stacia Proefrock awarded the album 4 stars stating "This album is not for Sunday afternoon relaxation, but its obvious playfulness make its more discordant elements eminently tolerable, even amusing in their cleverness".[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]

Track listing

  1. "Eep Man" - 1:07
  2. "Test Tube" - 3:11
  3. "Thank You For Not Thinking" - 2:36
  4. "Pulp Wars" - 2:57
  5. "Sticky Beethoven's Pipeline" - 1:15
  6. "Laughing Eskimo" - 1:28
  7. "Damascus" - 1:11
  8. "Yoga Dollar" - 5:17
  9. "Propolution" - 1:36
  10. "My Rainbow Life" - 1:44
  11. "Bad Hawkwind" - 18:13
  12. "We Live" - 0:56
  • All compositions by John Zorn & Yamataka Eye

Personnel

  • Yamataka Eye - Vocals, Drums, Toys
  • John Zorn - Saxophone, Harmonica, Guitar, Sitar, Sampler

References

  1. ^ Tzadik catalogue
  2. ^ Tzadik catalogue
  3. ^ a b Proefrock, S. Allmusic Review accessed July 25, 2011
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