Zombi: RFI

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

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