Tuesday 21 June 2016

ZOG - "Thee First Commandment Of ZOG" (Year Zero records YEAR038) 2016

Free improvised Jazz/Noise Rock from deepest France. Featuring former Electric Buttocks anchorman, Christophe Medina on drums and vocals, Blind Man Walking Phil Allison on Tenor Saxophone, erstwhile 'Outsider' Nadine Aleman, knob twiddling on the Korg MS10, and Sampler, with Jon Zchivago clawing his own raw path on,what can only be described as a, Bass Guitar.
All music is improvised in one take,with no rehearsals or discussion beforehand,and only the minimum of editing afterwards. Like a Dogma 95 for music.
ZOG channels every dead or dying musician's soul from the last 60 years of popular music, as if remote viewed from one of the plusher corners of purgatory. If this doesn't excite you, you're dead already.
For terrestrial references, think Archie Shepp fronting Can's better half of Suzuki and Liebezeit , with a dash of Hawkwind, and Jean Jacques Burnel gene spliced with Bootsy Collins; a sort of funkier version of John Zorn's Painkiller without the boring dub bits. 


PS...ZOG is avaiable for gigs,festivals,bar mitzvah's and children's partys. Leave any possible leads in the comments section.

Track Listing:

1 - The Smell of ZOG
2 - ZOG brings World Peace
3 - Kneel Before ZOG!
4 - Horses In Love
5 - Faster ZOG, Kill, Kill!
6 - O'Dowd's Spunk Bucket Hostage
7 - Sexyback by Timberlake
8 - Man Bites ZOG
9 - Raining In My Brain
10- ZOG 3:16

ZOG commands you to DOWNLOAD it HERE!

9 comments:

rev.b said...

If I ever were put in charge of getting the music for a children's party, this sounds like the band I'd hire. The adults would probably be looking all stupid but I bet the kids would get it.

Jonny Zchivago said...

Exactly.
Newly single,I went on a date last week to a gig by Zu (good group). I played her some ZOG.....she didn't like it and said it lacked emotion,and was purely cerebral!?.....I insisted it was the sound of Joy.....she didn't agree.Thats why kids would get it!
My date left three tunes into the gig saying it was 'too Loud'!?...I stayed......Next!

Chris Sessions said...

Thanks Jonny! Looking forward to checking out ZOG!

Zebulón Whateley said...

Excellent sounds for a wide variety of human activities!

Thanks!!!!!

W. said...

Excellent post - you've been busy creating.

ZOG is good. Thank you so much for sharing freely.

Unknown said...

overuse of tom tom

/][/ said...

okay dum dum

Anonymous said...

Beautiful music, awful placement of recording equipment!!!!

btw, i'll enjoy jamming with you

Llith

Jonny Zchivago said...

Tanx....limited mixer capability was de problem Lil.
Later albums were better
Come Jam with me
JZ