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Salem 1692
Jazz · 2018 · 10 tracks · 43m

Salem 1692

John Zorn

A dark, atmospheric instrumental exploration of the Salem witch trials. Heavy organ, tense guitar, and slow-burning jazz-rock grooves evoke historical dread.

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It sounds like a gothic horror soundtrack played by a killer 1970s jazz-rock organ trio.

A heavy, historical dread wrapped in warm, vintage organ-led jazz-rock grooves.

Salem 1692 · vs · John Zorn
Organ+2.6σ

The instrumentation foregrounds organ far more than the catalogue usually does.

Tracklist · 10 Tracks · 43m
01
The Devil Bid Me Serve Him
3:34
02
Spectral Evidence
4:05
03
Tituba
5:31
04
Witness to an Invisible World
3:28
05
Spell Bound
6:38
06
Malleus Maleficarum
2:32
07
Dark of the Moon
4:40
08
Under an Evil Hand
3:45
09
Sarah Good
4:42
10
I Will Not Write in Your Book Though You Do Kill Me!
4:55
Moments Worth Waiting For
The heavy, doom-laden organ swell that opens the album on track 1, instantly setting a dark, historical scene.
The hypnotic, circular guitar motif on track 3 that mimics the frantic, spellbound energy of the accused.
The sudden, explosive drum fill halfway through track 10, breaking the tense silence like a gavel strike.

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