Recorded throughout 97 and 98 this was one of the first cds that focussed on large ensemble work and moved away from sampling leading to the chamber classical works of 98-04. Based both on the original ancient Roman text by Petronius, the minister of pleasure and elegance under emporer Nero (believe it or not) and the Fellini film of the same name, this recording followed the fragmented narrative of the text and focused on the use of modern and traditional musical languages in a musical cinematic flow. Constructed of musical scenes, each style and sound icon was scored for various ensembles of musicians and was then mixed with samples of those same musicians. Exploring the orchestration between acoutic traditions and sampler, turntable, and computer instrument, Satyricon was the most complete cinema style work of mine in the 90's. It followed directly after the Tower of Mirrors and Hsi Yu Chi which was based on Chineese mythology and was a very personal search into the roots of western mythology and the shocking moderness of the original text. Working with musicians such as Zeena Parkins, Erik Friedlander, Anthony Coleman, Sebastian Steinberg (from Soul Coughing), Jim Pugliese and a group of traditional Italian musicians sampled from sessions during the recording of the Neustra Signora project (from that same year) organised by the great Tullio Angelini of More Music, the ensembles were constructed and/or recorded live to follow the diversity of historical and linguistic st