Electric Masada led by John Zorn combines the raw power and manic speed of … Read Full Bio ↴Electric Masada led by John Zorn combines the raw power and manic speed of Naked City, the improvisational edge of Cobra and the spiritual lyricism of the Masada songbook.

The band features:
Cyro Baptista on Percussion
Joey Baron on Drums
Trevor Dunn on Bass
Ikue Mori on Electronics
Marc Ribot on Guitar
Jamie Saft on Keyboards
Kenny Wollesen on Drums
John Zorn on Alto Sax

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Mental Tov
Electric Masada Lyrics

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Comments from YouTube:

armills20

16y↑1

i like this version more than the naked city version. the recordings from at the mountains of madness are awesome

musichuqui

18y

simplemente genial

Max Rush

3y↑1

I think people are missing the point of Electric Masada. It's just extended, electric versions of Masada pieces and Metal Tov.
It's meant as a totally light-hearted project, mostly showcasing the performers themselves.
There's already so much 'serious' Masada. It's nice to just hear something like this or Masada Rock every now and then.

boogster123321

15y↑3

the first time i heard zorn it reminded me of zappa. in fact i think alot of people are reminded of zappa in zorns music

boogster123321

15y

the thing that keeps it fresh is the improv of the players.

Drew Silverman

16y

They are so great

Munchylego

11y↑1

For sure. I have this transcription and just thought mostly long or short for the notes...before writing it out properly. Great fun!

Mark Battersby

16y

"This just sounds like a forced inbreed of Masada and Naked City." This song was originally written for Naked City, and it was one of the earlier "klez" sounding songs that Zorn played, so it IS an inbreed of Masada and Naked City. I think Electric Masada and fantastic, and while I prefer Masada's Idalah-Abal and Lilin, Electric's versions of Tekufah and Kedem can't be beat--by any of the other Masada groups.

Brunschweig

14y

Good sync between the two drummers. And very cool overall - not for the ordinary listener, though.

Pedro de Sá

15y

cool! i liked this, strange but audible. i see some musics from Naed City...oh...they´re impossible to litens without TOTAL AND ABSOLUTE CONCENTRATION. you need be a music specialist to undestand. Zorn is a Genius!

Monkey King Video

18y

great band great song too. masada is the best. well one of them at least

shan666666

15y

how do they memorize that riff!!!!

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Trojanlol

16y

I really like what zorn made with electric masada, but think he should do more things like "Magick", he has already done a lot with groups. Well he should stop spending time eating or doing any other thing that music I want more zorn ^^. Seriously the only thing I find a bit hard are his "game" (like Cobra),even though that's interesting and I hope I'll be able to get pleasure from it with the time(sorry for my english, maybe "get pleasure" seems a bit strange doesn't it ? ^^)

lexo30

12y

Well, maybe I will! Hah.

ADURG1

12y

just transcribe it, man....you can do it! would be fun...take liberties in the interpretation, too.. F it all.....haha....

lexo30

12y↑1

I love this tune. But I can't help thinking that, if Zorn genuinely wants to create a Masada songbook that musicians other than those who get to play with him can perform, he ought to stop arsing around with teasy little scraps here and there and properly publish some Masada tunes. I'd love to learn this, and I think I could transcribe it, but it'd be a f*** of a lot easier if I could just read it. I'd pay money.

Charles Kieny

3y↑2

@Krwiomocz.Bogurodzicy Ⓥ @lexo30
I just transcribed it, I can send it to you in PDF or .sib if you want :-)

Krwiomocz.Bogurodzicy Ⓥ

5y↑1

lexo30,
I think I'll be doing my sad and desperate attempt to transcribe this sometime soon. Have you got anything at all?

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shan666666

15y

oh yea! haha...

cleomagoolando

16y

While I respect a lot of Zorn's work and all of these players, the Electric Masada group has to the worst project that any of them (Zorn included) are involved with. The quartet with Baron, Douglas, and Cohen is great. This just sounds like a forced inbreed of Masada and Naked City. Zorn should concentrate on his increasingly compelling composed music and stop cashing in on this hot-air-balloon of a group.

cleomagoolando

16y

I think that the group has TOO MUCH direction and that there's too many members simply doing whatever Zorn says to do. On top of that, Zorn's compositional approach to this project does nothing to make it any different from any other Masada project, just louder and heavier. Aside from some of the newer Masada Book II discs, which does take a more interesting approach (using solo performances and allowing reinterpretations), the project as a whole has become kind of stale and predictable.