Zombi: RFI

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 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