The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 1½ stars stating "There are some colorful segments, but in general, these self-indulgent performances would be much more interesting to see in person than to hear on record. Taken purely as a listening experience, one is surprised that this material has even been released."^[1] Guy Peters stated "If this is your first acquaintance with Zorn’s multifaceted universe, chances are you’ll never visit it again and therefore it only can serve as a treat for those who were there, seriously dedicated fans."^[2]

All compositions by John Zorn

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

Note: All songs are named after subspecies of Cobra snakes

• 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
• Tracks 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
• Tracks 11 & 12 – recorded in October 1992
• Track 13 – recorded in November 1992
• Track 14 – recorded in December 1992

Performers edit

• Christine Bard (1,3,7) – drums
• Anthony Coleman (1,2,3,7,9) – sampler
• Mark Degliantoni (1,2,3,9) – sampler
• Curtis Fowlkes (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 (1,3,7,9) – soprano, alto, tenor
• James Pugliese (1,2,7,9) – drums, sampler, percussion
• Marcus Rojas (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 (3) – synthesizer
• Zeena Parkins (3,7) – electric harp
• Marc Ribot (3,7) – electric guitar
• Jay Rodrigues (3) – alto
• E.J. Rodriguez (3,14) – drums, percussion
• Bill Ware (3) – vibraphone
• Jeff Buckley (4,5) – voice (tenor)
• M. Doughty (4,5) – voice (tenor)
• Judy Dunaway (4,5,8) – voice (mezzo-soprano), electric guitar, balloons
• Mark Ettinger (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 (4,5) – voice (baritone)
• Kevin Sharp (4,5) – voice (throat)
• Louie Belogenis (6) – drums
• Steven Bernstein (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 (6,10) – alto, baritone, flute
• Ed Broms (7) – string bass
• Tamela Glenn (7) – voice (soprano)
• Lee Hyla (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 (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 (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 (14) – slide guitar