We live in interesting times, musically. Never has there been such instant and complete access to the multiplicity of genres and histories of music. While this creates a cornucopia of listening potential for the consumer, it also creates a place where artists can make their connections and syntheses with no restrictions save for skill and creativity.
Zs choose to create some of the most radical mash-ups of form and content that have ever made any music marketer's life a living hell. On Xe, industrial skronk meets free-jazz saxism meets math-rock meets marching band serialism meets ambient drone-age. I mean, if it wasn't for the fact that they make eminently coherent and vital music, one could conclude that this release was an experiment in ADD-fueled randomness.
Once a sextet, Zs strip down to a ferociously direct and cutting trio here, issuing a challenge to the audience to listen up and pay attention, if they really claim to be fans of music. This is art rock at its finest.
(Northern Spy)Zs choose to create some of the most radical mash-ups of form and content that have ever made any music marketer's life a living hell. On Xe, industrial skronk meets free-jazz saxism meets math-rock meets marching band serialism meets ambient drone-age. I mean, if it wasn't for the fact that they make eminently coherent and vital music, one could conclude that this release was an experiment in ADD-fueled randomness.
Once a sextet, Zs strip down to a ferociously direct and cutting trio here, issuing a challenge to the audience to listen up and pay attention, if they really claim to be fans of music. This is art rock at its finest.
