John Zorn’s Rituals CD is reviewed online at PitchforkMedia.com
As with other recent Zorn works like 2002’s IAO and last year’s Magick, the piece draws inspiration from the abstruse, mystical writings of Aleister Crowley, although Rituals includes no libretto as such. In practice, this lack of lyrics serves to enhance the music’s captivating, luminous intrigue, and heighten its mysterious incantatory energies. View the review here.