Zombi: RFI

I'd definitely go w/out hesitation, Maria, but I'm afraid the whole 9-to-5 don't-wanna-do-anything malaise might kick in, and I'm looking for some REALLY REALLY GOOD reason to go (though "Zombi are great!" might do it).

I guess there are some folks in CT hoping around various VFW halls in the state putting on the sorta-punk-rockin' shows, including one w/ MELT-BANANA that I'm going to even if it kills me.

analog synths/italian prog have been ruling my life recently. i know these guys arent italian, but whatever...

Got my driving directions & everything. Will be leaving straight from work, rockin' the Dockers.

Also - the official Zombi website.

CT-MTL is 5-6 hours + random wait at the border I believe. No big deal for a tour drive.

Good stuff. Reminiscent of "Welcome To The Machine" & "Tom Sawyer" @ times (in the good "no Waters, no Geddy" way).

Granted, it would've been better w/out the asshats around me being all teenagery via A) ironically head-banging (that is, banging head to the rawk, then turning to friend to see if they are appreciating the headbanging, and then STOPPING the headbanging once the novelty wore off) (same dude also worked some dumbass chin-stroking gesture) (I hate drunk 10 year olds) and B) imitating the kewl synth tones (cf. when the dude's tuning his bass to his synth, and the asshat w/ broken glasses behind me mimics the tone) (bass dude picked up on it, tho - "That's our show - goodnight!"). Please note that these folks seemed to be part of the same clique. I hate people. Zombi was cool, though (as was Apse, the group that preceded them - dunno if they're touring w/ Zombi) (2 drummers!).

by the way, to answer rake's almost-5-month-old question, the twilight sentinel tracklisting is thus:
1. sequence 8 (alt. version) [this is a re-recorded version of a song from the original zombi EP.]
2. gemini, part 2
3. twilight sentinel
4. dmc-12, (10 minutes of silence), green earrings (steely dan cover)

anyway, great show, great band, cant wait to see what they do next.

I thought Relapse released their records? That would explain the metal connection.

pretty much OTM except high on fire, mastodon, unearthly trance and some excellent reissues (repulsion, cryptic slaughter, atheist, disembowelment).

Hypertension Records are releasing Zombi - Surface To Air on vinyl if anyone wants/needs it on vinyl. Its only 10 euros as well.
http://www.hypertensionrecords.com/

14 July 2006:
ZOMBI "SURFACE TO AIR" PREORDER NOW AVAILABLE
From today on we are accepting preorders for the long awaited and highly acclaimed ZOMBI "Surface To Air" LP. For this preorder we've set a special price of 10 euro. Only the first 100 preorders will be receiving COLORED VINYL. The album comes in a deluxe gatefold cover and is printed on high quality thick vinyl.

(Kerr, you know about Sleazy's on Wednesday?)

the first two records have been re-released. has anyone heard them?

http://www.piccadillyrecords.com/ver2/search1.php?new=1&search=Zombi

Steve Moore demos from 2003 are getting a vinyl release next month. These were only available on cdr a few years back, I've never heard them so look forward to this. The Henge was really good.

holy crap, i was just listening to surface to air.

Spooky!

it is. it just ended and i clicked on ilx. whoooa.

Would've been even more spooky if you had searched for this thread and you got an xpost

http://www.hlava-temple.com/images/moore_cover_big.jpg
You may have already heard Steve Moore's work as one-half of the unbelievably awesome prog-rock instrumental duo Zombi, or through his phenomenal first solo-album called "The Henge" (Relapse/Static Caravan, 2007). Now Moore gives us "Demo 2003," a re-issue of his first solo recordings from the turn of the millenium. In contrast to Zombi's tightly structured progressive epics, "Demo 2003" is an exploratory, psychedelic meditation. Over the course of its 10 tracks, including the previously unreleased "Fever Dream", "Demo 2003" explores psychedelic paths through dark atmospheres and drifting harmonies. Smaller in scale than "The Henge," these tracks document Moore's initial fascination with analog synthesizers, focusing more on experimental timbres and droning ambience than on composition or form. This is why this long-player becomes the soundtrack of the mind. It is paranoid, monumental music that hypnotizes the listener with an unholy mix of gloomy, nightmarish, electronic ambiences and the neverending and almighty cosmic beauty.

Limited to 500 copies!

http://www.hlava-temple.com/audio/s_m_underwater_worlds.mp3
http://www.hlava-temple.com/audio/s_m_jefferson_institute.mp3

http://www.HLAVA-temple.com
http://www.myspace.com/hlava
http://a800.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/52/l_7d1848c554cc83edd7392b6991d08917.jpg

The back cover is too big to post here so go to
http://www.bilder-hochladen.net/files/3yrg-b-jpg.html

Played The Henge tonight in anticipation. Really good album.

fuck 500 copies

The Henge is my favourite instrumental album in years. so beautiful.

(can someone get rid of the bloody italics? i keep getting errors when i try)

New album Spirit Animal is easily the best thing they've ever done. Better than Cosmos.

Zombi drummer Tony Paterra is on tour now with Gil Mantera's Party Dream. Gonna catch them in Portland tomorrow.

New album Spirit Animal is easily the best thing they've ever done. Better than Cosmos.

cosign. absolutely love it.

it was even worth the $32 + shipping to the UK for the vinyl from Relapse

so fuckin rad

how does a band get this rad

get high, listen to goblin
get high, listen to goblin
get high, listen to goblin
get high, listen to goblin
get high, listen to goblin

I don't think Spirit Animal is as good as Cosmos. But then again... Cosmos was a pretty high benchmark. Maybe I should just listen to it a bit more and see if it grows on me. You know, play twice before listening and all that.

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o49/SKULL_ANDRE/ANIMATIE-IMAGE/EMOTICONES/smiley_emoticons_joint.gif

New album is easily best thing they ever did.

What I said

the disco heads might like to know that throne of blood, the rapture's label, re-released 'sapphire' as a 12" with another full-on italo track and a remix of 'sapphire' by escort. remember escort??

I do! And after being reminded of them I am sad :(

this only came out last month or so, maybe they're about to crank back into action!

i'll also rep for 'the henge' while i'm here, what a great record.

Got this in today. Loving it.
http://www.normanrecords.com/images/covers/110932.jpg

TELL US MORE

Limited to 1000 copies, Majeure's debut isn't expected to be available too long given that it's a project of Zombi's drummer, A.E. Paterra, and their stuff is so in demand these days. Plus it's totally amazing! More rhythmically focused than the stuff his main band have been doing for the past few years, the three side-long odysseys that make up this double LP eschew the more proggy stop-start stuff in favour of sticking a pin in the sky, focusing on a star and propelling you right the fuck there. He's dropped the horror for a little bit of star gazing.. Although John Carpenter still frequently comes to mind. At various points I'm also reminded of the mint Vangelis tune that plays over the Blade Runner credits, Detroit techno, classic electro, the cosmic disco of prime Cerrone, Moroder etc. etc. Klaus Schulze more than deserves a mention too, especially as Timespan sounds like it could easily pass for one of his album titles. Totally stompin' analogue synth heaven and the best thing I've heard either he or Steve Moore do since their brilliant early releases. And it's all packaged up in a lavish sci-fi themed gatefold sleeve that fits the sounds a treat, comes with an MP3 download code and sports a tasteful geometric etching on the fourth side.

It's like the missing link between Lindstrom and, you know, *real* prog. And it's awesome.

Not as dance-oriented as that review implies, but still awesome. (Take that with a grain of salt, as I didn't hear the dance influence in Black Meteoric Star, either.)

hehe everything is Lindstrom to you!

I think I might have a new obsession.

But it is pretty Lindstromy, you have to admit. Or rather, Lindstrom and this are exploring pretty similar ground - i.e. the strange hinterland between synth-prog and EDM.

Where the hell did my Vangelis CD go? Could have sworn I got one out this morning.

have you heard the Steve Moore albums?
I assume you have all the Zombi.

I have all the Zombi, but don't know the Steve Moore.

However, at the moment I am too busy leaping up and down on my bed, striking courageous and adventurous poses while staring off into space and listening to Vangelis. It just has to be done sometimes.

well now you can listen to steve moore

Thank you! I'll listen on Monday as it took me the better part of 5 hours to get that Majeure album. :-(

this amg reviewer http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fbfoxzlkldse~T1 i doubt has actually played the album.

Nah, I'm sure they listened to at least one or two songs. However, being totally unfamiliar with anything referenced within (Goblin, Tangerine Dream, Vangelis, etc.) - they just went for the only vaguely proggy sounding reference they could think of.

..Which sound fuck all like Zombi..

OK, really loving the freebie track from that Majeure album...
http://temporaryresidence.com/descriptions/trr145.php

I recommend it

love the steve moore album so much

Well, I'm listening to Henge right now. It seems a lot more PROOOGGGGG than the Majeure album so far. But I'm not out of the introduction yet.

well of course it's gonna be prog!

did you play the rest of it? and did you try Vaalbara?

lol u guys, this isn't electronic music or metal

it's fucking PROG

(I have no problem with this. album is rad so far.)

who said it was electronic/metal? (and who denied it was prog?)

the people who were selling me on this

(they didn't deny it being prog, I don't think prog was ever mentioned)

Paterra drums on and produced Gil Mantera's Party Dream's (now going as GMPD) most recent album, Dreamscape. I used to be really into Gil Mantera but I feared that their schtick would have gotten old. I guess they did too because it sounds just different enough to be pretty good.

Majeure record is pretty tight.

yep

I just got it today, hard to keep track of what those dudes are up to. On first blush I prefer this to the Henge.

holy shit this majeure record is good

Yeah it's pretty solid. I prefer the Steve Moore album more though

MAJEURE "Timespan Remixes"

http://temporaryresidence.com/images/covers/trr185.jpg

Timespan Remixes is exactly what the title implies: The entire debut album by Majeure (aka A.E. Paterra of sci-fi rock luminaries Zombi), remixed by three of his friends and favorite producers. Zombi co-conspirator Steve Moore expands on the opening minutes of "Timespan" to give it an ominous John Carpenter dread. Jesu mastermind Justin K Broadrick transforms "Teleforce" into a 10-minute vertigo-inducing shoegaze epic. Renowned French producer Black Strobe closes out the album with a staggering 20-minute reinvention of "The Dresden Codex," a white-hot house banger that scorches straight away before disintegrating into an ambient heap of sci-fi ash. Includes a download coupon for free MP3 versions of the album.

THIS VINYL-ONLY RELEASE IS STRICTLY LIMITED TO 500 COPIES.

TRACK LISTING
1. Timespan (Steve Moore Remix)
2. Teleforce (Justin K Broadrick Remix)
3. The Dresden Codex (Black Strobe Remix)

I'm a bit excited to hear these. And I haven't heard anything from Black Strobe for a few years.

this is on Temporary Residence

It's in the mail! Looking forward to this one.

dresden codex is a facemelter already, interested to hear this

I couldnt wait for this and bagged the last copy at Juno.

It's great.

Timespan is the sound of Snake Pliskin gliding into new york.

Teleforce has that de-tuned shoegaze/MBV drone

I listened to the Dresden codex yesterday whilst napping. it's a dark monster.

I was pleasantly surprised by the Black Strobe mix after hearing that once Smagghe had left they (he) had gone downhill fast.

Will look out for the original album.

but f**k this 500 copies shit...

man i like zombi, but more as a reference point than as a thing. like, i'm gonna enjoy moroder or carpenter or goblin more. hell, i enjoy the early black devil disco club stuff a LOT more. and half the crap what comes out on italians do it better. not that i don't enhoy sombi, but...

plus when you factor in the obscurantist collector-bait bullshit...

Whatever. "Night Rhythms" off Surface to Air is as good as anything you could say they're ripping off.

Holy shit this Justin Broadrick remix of Teleforce!

Timespan remixes is a fucking great record.

also in the Goblin-worship vein, Umberto is totally incredible

No doubt, 'From the Grave' is tight. The Child....

seriously killin me today - I loved the From the Grave but the new one, Prophecy of the Black Widow, is just unbelievable

Oh shit there's another one out there? I must have it.

Bumping because Umberto's Prophecy of the Black Widow is a top 10 of 2010 album. Fucking A. What a record.

new Steve Moore album Primitive Neural Pathways streaming here:
http://www.self-titledmag.com/home/2010/11/18/test-pressing-stream-steve-moores-limited-primitive-neural-pathways-lp/

just got the new Steve Moore lp and its really good!

want but don't want the vinyl, i wish there was some indication of whether a digital version is forthcoming..

agreed.

even with the vinyl releases, I usually dub it to .mp3 and file away the record forevermore.

I emailed Static Caravan.

Very probably and very soon with luck was the answer.

That probably means a no

ha

SC are usually pretty good about their digital releases, however they frequently appear many months after the vinyl

primitive neural pathways now out on digital, yay

everything this guy touches is gold imo

^ Real talk

Really looking forward to the new album, out May 10th

http://shop.relapse.com/dbimages/sleeves/escapevelocity_362.jpg

finally. anyone else feeling the Dylan Ettinger releases?

Love the new album, by the way. Easily their best work, in my opinion, not to mention their boldest.

Thought Dylan Ettinger's "New Age Outlaws" last year was great.

I heard the 'Director's Cut', not what I expected given the descriptions, but I still enjoyed it. What's his connection to the Zombi crew?

i just want to go on record saying that the spirit animal album cover is one of my favorite of all time

cosign

PNP is wayyy more mellow (PINA moves) than the henge

dig it tho

http://soundcloud.com/houseanxiety/sets/miracle-fluid-window

i guess moore has 2 soundtracks out as Gianni Rossi. Star Vehicle & Gutterballs. sounds pretty amazing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Bb2bwZxjMs

Ugh this Miracle stuff is some really horrible Hoxton electro bullcrap. Get back into outer space man!

Another new Zombi track up--sounds a bit lighter in spirit than their usual

http://soundcloud.com/zombicosmos/slow-oscillations

Is Relapse ever going to release a promo of this?

I am just now discovering these guys

holy wow

Yup, they're good dudes. New album's sharp.

this is what I thought Emeralds was going to be like

Don't snooze on the side projects!

As mentioned upthread Steve Moore's "Primitive Neural Pathways" is fantastic; groovy artwork too:

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSMIV5JogCpJe5HIPJ9ES3BwGQG_8hD6iwmYl99SYZkkxnVEjKDyg

As was also mentioned upthread, the Miracle album is terrible altogether.

Any newer sideproject releases? I'm not so good at keeping track.

i didn't know that steve moore was gianni rossi! those albums are so great

majeure released a spilt with sankt otten pretty recently. it's great, and the vinyl version is beautiful.
http://www.denovali.com/sanktotten/

Loved the Majeure remixes. Gonna get on that split album now.

All these things are on Spotify, excellent! Gonna check out Gianni Rossi and Majeure now...

Was hoping that Miracle would be good, but so far it's dreadful...the vocals are ugh. Much love for Majeure. Also if no one's checked out the new Maserati, Pattera's influence looms pretty heavily on it compared to previous outings.

i can't wait to pick the new one up tomorrow.. DE3's got some great lindstrom vibes

I need to get this new one asap

Exclusive stream: Zombi ‘Escape Velocity’

http://rock-a-rolla.com/main/?p=1968

my copy of escape velocity is defective /: hole is off center

Escape Velocity is great--love the last track especially

swapped my defective vinyl for another copy and it has the same defect.grrr... did anyone else pick up the black vinyl?

really digging Steve Moore's Zero Point Field 12"

xp to diamonddave85: I have the new one on colored vinyl and no defects that I can tell.

really digging Steve Moore's Zero Point Field 12"

― mizzell, Friday, May 13, 2011 10:26 AM (3 days ago)

No kidding. Sometimes I prefer and enjoy Steve Moore's solo stuff more so than him working with his partner. This new 12" is solid gold.

Gonna have to check that one out...I'm enjoying Escape Velocity quite a bit at the moment but I wouldn't say it's much of a progression from Spirit Animal.

Just picked up Escape Velocity at lunch break and eager to drop the needle when I get home.

I'm enjoying this but I gotta say, anyone who's really tripping balls over this one really needs to do themselves a favour and check out Jean-Michel Jarre's Magnetic Fields, which this occasionally seems a pretty direct rip of.

Escape Velocity is the first/only Zombi album I've heard that occasionally makes me think of EBM synth sequences, especially DAF (maybe it's the four-on-the-floor/dance emphasis on this one).

Craig, forgive me- is that a particular synth or a musician?

Oh, sorry--DAF, the German band signed to Mute in the early '80s (here's a stream of their third album, from the particular period I was nodding to):

http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/RxkhU-imcmw/

this album's really good, just picked it up. i need to go back and check out Spirit Animal too huh?

Yeah, Spirit Animal's a keeper. Just one run through of this one--sounds good so far. Side 2 sounds like it could have been called Majeure though. did they always split the songwriting on previous releases?

xp *insert frothing Algerian Goalkeeper recommendation for Spirit Animal*

miss that dude

Side 2 sounds like it could have been called Majeure though.

Side A is Steve Moore / Side B is Paterra

yeah exactly. It just seems not quite different enough.

where did AG go?

nice review ned! i was thinking the same thing about the drums. when someone upthread mentioned it was a JMJ rip, i was gonna reply 'but THE DRUMS! THEY HIT SO HARD!!'

as a side note, can anyone suggest some kraut with heavy hitting motorik?

the drums on this really don't work for me, they seem too detached from the synths and it all sounds a bit disjointed. Same as a lot of Spirit Animal and the Maserati split.. i think maybe the drumming is just not quite as intuitive as it was on Surface to Air, when it really seemed like he was feeling the rhythms

it's a shame, cos when they drop the drums on Shrunken Heads it lets the piece really breathe, so you can get lost in that ebb and flow they do so well. One of my favourites of the year that track

"Shrunken Heads" is a great track--tempted to attempt to play it alongside "Time Warp" by Eddy Grant in a DJ set...

Steve Moore just remixed a track of mine for release in the fall. So honored and psyched. It's gorgeous.

Wow, cool... Keep us posted! Steve Moore just started selling a 2xCD issue of Primative Neural Pathways and another OOP 12" - looks great, but it's $16, which is a bit steep for me at the moment.

sounds tight. LOOVE PNP, more than the new Zombi actually, though I'd hate to choose.

Steve Moore just remixed a track of mine for release in the fall. So honored and psyched. It's gorgeous.

nice! will watch out for that.

Press Release:

Pittsburgh progressive duo Zombi has released a free digital EP featuring the track "Slow Oscillations" as well as four fan-made remixes of the song. The remixes were hand-picked by the group as part of a Self-Titled Magazine contest and include a version by Ipecac recording artist, Dälek. The EP is currently available for free download exclusively via Amazon MP3 at this location http://amzn.to/pDlLf6.

"Slow Oscillations" is taken from Zombie's fourth full-length album, Escape Velocity, which was released this past May and can currently be streamed via their Bandcamp page here http://zombi.bandcamp.com/.

not available outside of north america. Someone want to do a lenny kravitz (and send it my way)?

thanks for the tip! downloading through amazon is a pain in the ass, wow.

Check yr webmail, Mr Ratfucker

thanks man!

Video for Steve Moore's remix of my track "Assassins" from HASSAN album. Should be out in the next few weeks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rALjdNFdPBs

Steve Moore's new album as Lovelock ('Burning Feeling') is killing me softly right now - had heard/liked some stuff beforehand but it works super well as an album

it's a lot more pop/dancefloor/space disco than Zombi but there's still tons of sweeping synths and what have you

oh wow, finally a lovelock album. thx for the heads up

Anybody else listen to Steve Moore's latest solo album Light Echoes? It's similar to the glacially paced cosmic ambience of the rest of Steve Moore's solo stuff (which is all pretty incredible IMO, especially Primitive Neural Pathways) but for some reason this one hits me a little more than rest...particularly the huge closing track Ancient Shorelines II.

Man I've missed out on that one. Also new Majeure on its way, as well as Umberto (who's obv not related except in spirit.)

A new Majuere is very welcome. I think that their first one competes with much of the Zombi discography, except for maybe Surface to Air which I think is Zombi's pinnacle so far.

I rate Cosmos above all, maybe because it's the one I heard first. Funny that I listen to Timespan & PNP alot more than the last proper Zombi record though. Escape Velocity was less satisfying because it ended up just sounding like a sampler of the solo stuff. Also maybe I'm just expecting more prog when they work together as well.

New Umberto not charming me the way the last one did tbh.

Same here-- from what I understand he did it for a film fest and didn't initially intend to release it. Just blasted Prophecy of the Black Widow last night and it is still ACE

Totally agree. POTBW is still an incredibly strong album. I too, was getting all seasonal with Umberto for the past week or so. What is the new album called?

THE NIGHT HAS A THOUSAND SCREAMS, on Rock Action.

When I was a metalhead I had some Zombi tracks on Relapse compilations, and now I'm into house Steve Moore has releases on LIES. It's like he's stalking me or something. I do like his stuff though so it's OK

steve moore got me into tangerine dream. that bastard

So there is a new Majeure album out...and it's pretty good. I'm not sure how it stacks up with Timespan which I loved. I thought that even the Timespan remix album was pretty incredible. I need more time with Solar Maximum but for the most part it's pretty much an extension of the first one.

An extension in the best way possible.

not as good as timespan imo but timespan is so so great. still a darn good record tho. also the 'synthesizer of the gods' ep is top hole

i'd like to hear them both extend themselves a bit more on their solo stuff. surely moore has another 'henge' (in spirit if not necessarily in sound) in him somewhere

I agree, Timespan would be awfully hard to match.

Henge certainly is great. Definitely one of the only albums out of this genre to legitimately scare me. Not that that is the ultimate goal here. But I think it even has a jump-scare moment in there somewhere.

I haven't heard Synthesizer of the Gods. That's a Majeure EP?

yep. he's got a bunch of pretty consistently good odds n ends here: http://majeure.bandcamp.com/

Is Zombi's cover of "Green Earrings" floating around anywhere? Used to be on Soundcloud, but seems to have vanished.

Let me see if I can help you out

New Umberto is pretty sweet on first listen: http://vimeo.com/57582753

Absolutely digging this. Not as overtly soundtrack-y as Prophecy, as if that was a problem, which it's not IMO.

New Umberto is pretty sweet on first listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkslF_Beuf0

Is Zombi's cover of "Green Earrings" floating around anywhere? Used to be on Soundcloud, but seems to have vanished.

It's back online!

Zombi
6 September 2017 ·

Now that we’ve had a few days to process the loss of the great Walter Becker we'd like to offer, as comic relief, our cover of “Green Earrings.” An outtake from our 2003 'Twilight Sentinel' "sessions." Special Guest Jeff Gretz on auxiliary percussion.

https://soundcloud.com/stevemoore2600/zombi-green-earrings-steely-dan-cover

The new Steve Moore album Beloved Exile is good in general but I especially love the last track, “My Time Among the Snake Lords,” and how it shapeshifts seamlessly throughout - I think it might be the longest solo track he’s recorded? I may be wrong.

Looks to be about the same as the closing track on The Henge.

I didn't even know he had a new one, thanks for the tip. It's really quite good but not surprising- the quality level of his releases is generally high imo.

New album coming soon! Is the title a nod to Van Halen's 1984?

https://zombi.bandcamp.com/album/2020

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zj46X2aHAaU

this is just a thing they're doing now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiPyw9Ul03E