ZN is a
duo from Mexico, though this tape found its way to me via Russia, so this is
really some sort of worldwide cassette right here. Let’s face facts right off the bat: this
music has already been to more countries than I have.
The
experimental sound of ZN is improvised and it falls into a category with many
other bands that are currently just going out there and laying it down. I enjoy this idea in the sense that Van Gogh
wouldn’t be asked to paint the same thing every night in a different city, so
why not have music that is kind of a one shot if you will? Yet, it is recorded so you can still go back
and listen to it anyway which is the point.
Besides, I think it’d be a lot more fun to partake in the listening of a
live performance that was being improvised and recorded for others to hear as
opposed to hearing songs you already knew.
I could
go on and on about the improvisation movement (Should we call it the “improvement”
now?) but that is only a fraction of what this cassette is about. From chaos and insanity to primal screaming,
this cassette strips music of any preconceived notions you might have about it
and presents it at its very core.
Through
the rattling and screeching, guitars present themselves before turning into the
ruckus of what can only be described as the sound an elephant makes mixed with
some erratic horn playing. This is all done
to the tune of cries that can be considered torture, in pain and finally, even
in death.
Let ZN
guide you through a journey of self discovery not too much unlike what you
might find in “Lord of the Flies” or some other survivalist method.
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