Lord of the Harvest is a 1993 album by
Bootsy Collins under the alias Zillatron (a.k.a. Fuzzface) and was produced by Collins and
Bill Laswell.
Background
Musically, the album leans toward funk metal, features extensive use of samples and is darker in tone than previous Bootsy Collins albums. The album also has a strong
science fiction theme. The album was released as part of Bill Laswell's Black Arc Series. Lord of the Harvest is dedicated to the memory of
Parliament-Funkadelic lead guitarist
Eddie Hazel who died some months earlier in December 1992.
Release history
The album was released by the
Polystar label in
Japan and by
Rykodisc in the
United States. A remastered version of Lord of the Harvest was reissued in 2003 by Laswell's Innerhythmic label. Some early copies of the album have the first two tracks combined as one.[2]
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