{"id":19313,"date":"2026-04-10T09:38:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T14:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=19313"},"modified":"2026-04-10T09:38:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T14:38:47","slug":"instrumental-surf-music-tribute-to-john-zorn-golems-of-the-red-planet-out-june-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=19313","title":{"rendered":"Instrumental surf music tribute to John Zorn Golems of the Red Planet out June 12"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Friday, April 10, 2026 (Akron, Ohio) \u2013 Golems of the Red Planet<\/strong> are set to release their entirely instrumental debut album titled, Surf Masada: The Compositions Of John Zorn,<\/em><\/strong> on June 12, 2026 on Heyday Again Records (CD distributed by Redeye via Real Gone and digital via Distrokid and Bandcamp). Pre-sale link HERE<\/a> goes live at 10 a.m. Pacific time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All the tracks begin as musical \u201csnippets\u201d from composer John Zorn<\/strong>\u2019s monumental 613-piece Masada project\u2014rooted in Ashkenazi Jewish folk modalities that, perhaps unexpectedly, share DNA with the tonal language of classic surf music. \u201cWe expand, rearrange, and reimagine these compact compositions, adding our own elements without constraint\u2014except one: at least one toe must hit the surf\u201d says band co-founder Harvey Gold. Hence, Surf Masada<\/em><\/strong>\u2014where desert scales meet reverb and the Mediterranean crashes into the Pacific.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Golems of the Red Planet<\/strong> are a collision of lifers, iconoclasts, and joyful saboteurs drawn from the outer edges of art rock, jazz, surf, and the happily unclassifiable. Guitarist Harvey Gold, a founding force behind Akron, Ohio<\/strong>\u2019s legendary band Tin Huey<\/strong>, brings decades of boundary-pushing work with acts like Half Cleveland, Sally Spring, The HiFis, and his solo release It\u2019s Messy Vol. 1<\/em><\/strong>. Bassist Mark Allender\u2014true Zornophile\u2014emerges from The Pointless Orchestra and a string of idiosyncratic solo albums. Drummer Bob Ethington has anchored everything from bands like Unit 5 and Glenn Lazear to The Robert Ethington Quintet. Cellist Matt Reese adds a melodic wild card honed with Trial of Lucy and Flying Carpet People. Together, they form a band whose collective resume is really a map of creative resistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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