Six Litanies for Heliogabalus is an album by John Zorn. It is the third album to feature the "Moonchild Trio" of Mike Patton, Joey Baron and Trevor Dunn, following Moonchild: Songs Without Words (2005) and Astronome (2006) and the first to feature additional performers. The promotional notes that accompany the US CD Release indicate that the concept for the recording was inspired by the Roman Emperor Heliogabalus.

Track listing

All compositions by John Zorn

Personnel

John Zorn – alto sax, composer, conductor

Joey Baron – drums

Trevor Dunn – bass

Ikue Mori – electronics

Mike Patton – voice

Jamie Saft – organ

Martha Cluver – voice

Abby Fischer – voice

Kirsten Sollek – voice

References

2007 albums

Moonchild albums

Albums produced by John Zorn

Tzadik Records albums

Cultural depictions of Elagabalus

Six Litanies for Heliogabalus