Track listing

1. "Hemachatus Haemachatus" - 2:11
2. "Naja Naja Atra" (Organized by David Shea) - 8:43
3. "Many-Banded Krait" - 10:53
4. "Taipan" - 1:30
5. "D. Popylepis" - 3:20
6. "Lampropeltis Doliata Syspila" (Organized by Joe Gallant) - 2:19
7. "Boomslang" - 11:07
8. "Maticora Intestinalis" - 6:13
9. "Acanthopis Antarcticus" - 4:00
10. "Hydrophiidae" - 5:42
11. "Ngu Sam Liem" - 0:53
12. "Ophiophagus Hannah" - 1:25
13. "Boulengerina" - 5:23
14. "Laticaudia Laticaudia" (Organized by Steven Bernstein) - 3:03

All compositions by John Zorn

• All tracks recorded live at the Knitting Factory, New York City
• Track 1 - recorded in January 1992
• Track 2 - recorded in February 1992
• Track 3 - recorded in March 1992
• Track 4 & 5 - recorded in April 1992
• Track 6 - recorded in May 1992
• Track 7 - recorded in June 1992
• Track 8 - recorded in July 1992
• Track 9 - recorded in August 1992
• Track 10 - recorded in September 1992
• Track 11 & 12 - recorded in October 1992
• Track 13 - recorded in November 1992
• Track 14 - recorded in December 1992

Performers

• Christine Bard (1,3,7): drums
• Anthony Coleman
  Anthony Coleman
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   (1,2,3,7,9): sampler
• Mark Degliantoni (1,2,3,9): sampler
• Curtis Fowlkes
  Curtis Fowlkes
  Curtis Fowlkes is an American jazz trombonist. In 1987 he founded, together with saxophonist Roy Nathanson, The Jazz Passengers, an eclectic group dedicated to putting entertainment and humor back into jazz. The two had met performing in John Lurie's The Lounge Lizards, a group that shares a...
  
   (1,3): trombone
• Evan Gallagher (1,2,6,8,10): keyboards, sampler, trombone, cornet
• Gisburg (1,4,5,7): voice (soprano), mouth organ, tin whistle
• Roy Nathanson
  Roy Nathanson
  Roy Nathanson has a varied career as a saxophonist, composer, bandleader, actor and teacher. He is leader and principal composer of the Jazz Passengers, a six piece group that he founded with Curtis Fowlkes in 1987. They have toured Europe many times and played at major festivals in Finland,...
  
   (1,3,7,9): soprano, alto, tenor
• James Pugliese (1,2,7,9): drums, sampler, percussion
• Marcus Rojas
  Marcus Rojas
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   (1,13): tuba
• David Shea (1,2,9): sampler
• Doug Wieselman (1): clarinet
• Michelle Kinney (2,13): cello, electronics
• Tim Spelios (2): CD players
• David Weinstein (2): sampler
• Brad Jones (3): string bass
• Myra Melford
  Myra Melford
  Myra Melford is a jazz pianist and composer. In recent years, Melford has begun playing the harmonium as well as piano.Melford grew up in the Chicago area...
  
   (3): synthesizer
• Zeena Parkins
  Zeena Parkins
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   (3,7): electric harp
• Marc Ribot
  Marc Ribot
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   (3,7): electric guitar
• Jay Rodrigues (3): alto
• E.J. Rodriguez (3,14): drums, percussion
• Bill Ware (3): vibraphone
• Jeff Buckley
  Jeff Buckley
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   (4,5): voice (tenor)
• M. Doughty (4,5): voice (tenor)
• Judy Dunaway (4,5,8): voice (mezzo-soprano), electric guitar, balloons
• Mark Ettinger
  Mark Ettinger
  Mark Ettinger is an American singer, songwriter, conductor, multi-instrumentalist, and juggler from New York City. He performs regularly as a member of the Flying Karamazov Brothers under the stage name Alexei Karamazov.-Background:...
  
   (4,5): voice (tenor)
• Cassie Hoffman (4,5): voice (soprano)
• Nina Mankin (4,5): voice (mezzo-soprano)
• Chris Nelson (4,5): voice (baritone)
• Juliet Palmer (4,5): voice (alto)
• Wilbur Pauley (4,5): voice (bass)
• Rick Porterfield (4,5): voice (baritone)
• Eric Qin
  Eric Qin
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   (4,5): voice (baritone)
• Kevin Sharp (4,5): voice (throat)
• Louie Belogenis (6): drums
• Steven Bernstein
  Steven Bernstein
  Steven Bernstein is a trumpeter, slide trumpeter, arranger/composer and bandleader from New York City. He is best known for his work in The Lounge Lizards, Sex Mob, Spanish Fly and the Millennial Territory Orchestra...
  
   (6,10,13,14): sampler, trumpet, slide trumpet
• Dawn Buckholz (6): sampler
• Joe Gallant (6,10): string bass, 6-string contrabass guitar
• Randy Hutton (6): synthesizer
• Margaret Lancaster (6): soprano, alto
• Fred Lonberg-Holm (6,8,11,12): electric harp, tape recorder, CD players, noisemakers, cornet
• Vito Ricci (6): electric guitar
• Walter Thompson
  Walter Thompson
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   (6,10): alto, baritone, flute
• Ed Broms (7): string bass
• Tamela Glenn (7): voice (soprano)
• Lee Hyla
  Lee Hyla
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   (7): sampler
• Tim Smith (7): bass clarinet
• Chris Wood (7,9): string bass
• Bob Lipman (8): electric guitar, bongos, percussion
• Leslie Ross (8,11,12): bassoon, electric bassoon, shawm, various reeds
• Blaise Siwula (8): alto, trumpet
• Kiku Wada (8): electric guitar
• David Watson
  David Watson
  David Watson may refer to:*Dave Watson , actor and playwright*David Watson , anarchist author*David Watson *David Watson , Australian Senator...
  
   (8,11,12): electric guitar, trumpet
• Steve Waxman (8): electric bass, pocket trumpet, percussion
• Michael Evans (9,10): drums, percussion
• Craig Flanagin (9): electric guitar
• K.J. Grant (9,11,12): electric bass, voice (alto)
• John King (9): dobro
• Sharon Topper (9): voice (soprano), noisemakers
• John Zorn
  John Zorn
  John Zorn is an American avant-garde composer, arranger, record producer, saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist. Zorn is a prolific artist: he has hundreds of album credits as performer, composer, or producer...
  
   (9): alto
• David Cast Castigilione (10,14): tenor, bass clarinet, baritone saxophone
• Allan Chase (10): soprano, alto
• Hollis Headrick (10): drums
• Rolf Sturm (10): electric guitar
• Steve Swell (10): trombone
• Thomas Ulrich (10): cello
• Nick Balaban (11,12): synthesizers
• April Chung (11,12): violin
• Paul Hoskin (11,12): baritone
• Donna Jewell (11,12): voice (soprano)
• James Lo (11,12): drums
• Makigami Koichi (11,12): voice (tenor)
• Matthew Ostrowski (11,12): analog synthesizer
• Greg Anderson (13): acoustic, string instruments
• David Krakauer (13): clarinet, bass clarinet
• Frank London (13): trumpet, percussion
• Paul Morrissett (13): kaval, gaida, violin
• Andrea Parkins (13): accordion
• Sebastian Steinberg (13): electric bass
• Alicia Svigals (13): violin
• Jane Tomkiewicz (13): percussion
• Billy Martin (14): percussion, talking drum
• Ben Perowsky (14): drums
• Adam Rogers (14): electric guitar
• Dan Rosengard (14): synthesizers
• Danny Sedownik (14): percussion
• Paul Shapiro (14): soprano, tenor, flute
• David Tronzo
  David Tronzo
  David Tronzo is an American guitarist, best known for his innovation of pairing the techniques of electric slide guitar to the genres of bebop, modern jazz, rock, downtown music and experimental music...
  
  (14): slide guitar