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:zoviet*france: is an idiosyncratic collective of anonymous postindustrialists, dronologists, and pseudo-ethnomusicologists. Their investigations have taken them into semi-fictional cultures where reality is not easily located - although oft-forgotten historical markers, such as beachhead bunkers, occasionally punctuate their cover artwork - and often slips into the realm of the waking dream.
Having secluded themselves in Newcastle, England since their inception in 1982, :Zoviet*France: have developed a radical relationship with the cheap technologies of old-fashioned tape recorders, homemade acoustic instruments, primitive looping and sampling devices, and basic dub trickery. From these machines, the collective has crafted a distinctly unique vocabulary of postindustrial sonic hypnosis. Just as :Zoviet*France:’s sound was alchemic reconfigurations of inexpensive technologies, their vinyl packaging literally covered their sounds with aluminum, roofing shingles, and porcelain. Adding to their mystery, linear notes are precious few and hard to find, to the point of 6-point typeface printed on the spine of Rorschach-like fold-out illustrations. In fact, during the pre-CD era their vinyl packaging usually evoked as much mystery and fascination as the music itself.
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DrCaligari wrote:
On Discogs under the sentence: "Zoviet France is an idiosyncratic collective of anonymous postindustrialists" there is a list of members. So, yes, it's kind of stupid.
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Sgarre1 wrote:
In :zoviet*france: genre mislabels you.[1] heh heh!
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Apsolutnost wrote:
@frags rofl
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mayskey wrote:
I quite like Decriminalisation Of Country Music
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frags wrote:
In :zoviet*france: genre mislabels you.
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waldojeffers1 wrote:
I don't think "post-industrial" is more bullshit than any other genre tag, it works well enough to split off those first-generation industrial groups who went in a more ambient or "speculative ethnic" direction (that's another bullshit term that still works for me). But other than that I agree with Roncsipar. If you think :zoviet*france: is a big mysterious thing then you haven't had your ear to this kind of music for very long.
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partialist wrote:
I love how pretentious someone sounds when they declare something to be pretentious :D
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Roncsipar wrote:
I think it's full of BS as well. 1. ZF is not that idiosyncratic. They had a scene to belong. 2. Their members are certainly not anonymous. 3. Postindustrial = bullshit genre. 4. Dronology = drone is a relatively new word when it comes to boxing this music, a word which became popular around the mid 00s. 5. Pseudo-ethnomusicologists = yeah, right... The bio sounds like more of a copywriting than an actual biography. Other than that I don't care what a hipster is or isn't.
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ManAmongstRuins wrote:
*use big words*....must be a hipster.
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spacemangraig wrote:
ehh I think that's the whole point of that sentence. who's the zombie now.
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cbn620 wrote:
how can someone read ":zoviet*france: is an idiosyncratic collective of anonymous postindustrialists, dronologists, and pseudo-ethnomusicologists" and not be absolutely disgusted at the level of pretentiousness in that statement? you are all hipster zombies
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post-morten wrote:
Both Zoviet France and Lustmord will appear at the Norberg Festival in Sweden too, July 28-30. http://www.norbergfestival.com/
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incubatetilburg wrote:
Zoviet France has been added to the lineup of Incubate 2011, supporting Lustmord's performance! http://inlog.org/?p=23890
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Sabotteur wrote:
yeah, that commercial was a little disturbing
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wm3105 wrote:
What albums you wanted that have been republished?
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hearnothere wrote:
The first song of the Mohnomishe LP was used in a recent German TV commercial.
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Shadowcast wrote:
"go and make a request at Type. begging them to reissue Thomas Köner's works seemed to work" so you were the only one who asked and they reissued TK's first three records? good work.
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Smirnon wrote:
i didn't even know there was an actual campaign for it
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twinklefz78 wrote:
great stuff!
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koyukon wrote:
favourite dark/experimental ambient / drone act for me now ... very unique ... never boring ... and a rather big library to dive into
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