Description
The Acid Lands, created by the Prague-based
Opening Performance Orchestra, was first heard
in public in 2014 at the Movement-Sound-Space
festival in Ostrava, to mark the centenary of
William S. Burroughs's birth. The piece was
performed live by Opening Performance Orchestra
and their guests, the theremin player Martina Potucková,
and the poet, musician and performer Pavel Z as the
narrator.
The studio version of The Acid Lands was made in
late 2019/early 2020 in collaboration with
Bill Laswell and Iggy Pop, who undertook the role
of the narrator. The piece, which pays tribute to
William S. Burroughs, features fragments from the
novels The Western Lands and Junkie. In addition
to the title composition, The Acid Lands, the record
contains Bill Laswell's instrumental remix, as well
as the collective piece Naming Seven Souls, featuring
samples of William S. Burroughs reading his own work.
Titles
01. The Acid Lands (24:45)
02. The Acid Lands (ambient mix-translation) (17:09)
03. The Acid Lands (mix-translation) - bonus track (4:34)
