YOUR QUESTION

12/20/2020 Zemaraim

Hey Trevor, I'm curious what was behind the decision to go outside of the bandleader with the track "Zemaraim" for the Unknown Masada release in 2003, having you, rather than Patton, arrange it, and what was your approach--were you trying to sort of arrange like Mike/achieve the Fantomas sound, or were you simply thinking, "Ok, I've got rock guitar, electric bass, Dave Lombardo, and Patton, what can I do with this Zorn composition in this context?" It's interesting, but not surprising, that this is the one thing recorded by Fantomas that doesn't really sound like Fantomas. I think your metal roots really come through in this arrangement!

MY ANSWER

Zorn asked me to arrange that Masada tune and I can’t remember if he suggested using Fantomas or if it was my decision. My guess it that I was under a time constraint but also busy in the studio with those guys in California, so I used what was at my disposal, whipped up a fairly simple arrangement and had us blast through it during some down time. It is certainly not in the style of Fantomas, merely utilizing the players.