ZOVIET FRANCE - SHOUTING AT THE GROUND [RED RHINO, 1988, UK]

Zoviet*France: is an idiosyncratic collective of anonymous postindustrialists, dronologists, and pseudo-ethnomusicologists. Their investigations have taken them into fictional cultures where nothing is easily located and reality often slips into the hypnagogic.

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.

Members in alphabetical order Paolo di Paolo (1984-1986), Andy Eardley (1990-1995), Lisa Hale (1980-1981), Peter Jensen (1980-1984), Ben Ponton (1980-present), Mark Spybey (1987-1989), Robin Storey (1980-1992), Mark Warren (1995-present)

01 Smocking Erde (2:52)
02 Palace Of Ignitions (2:14)
03 Come To The Edge (8:50)
04 Revenue Of Fire (2:06)
05 Dybbuk (1:26)
06 Camino Real (1:50)
07 Stocc Blawers (2:22)
08 Fickle Whistle, Hand Over Your Ears (3:35)
09 Carole The Breedbate (1:47)
10 Marrch Dynamic (2:48)
11 Wind Thief (1:35)
12 Shamany Enfluence (21:03)
13 The Death Of Trees (15:14)

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