Zombi: RFI

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

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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 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