REGRESSION, SPYKES, NZAMBI, SICK LLAMA and DOG LADY at the ZANZABAR, Saturday October 24th
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Title: REGRESSION, SPYKES, NZAMBI, SICK LLAMA and DOG LADY at the ZANZABAR, Saturday October 24th
Location: Zanzabar Louisville
Description: REGRESSION (Nate Young of WOLF EYES)
SPYKES (John Olson of WOLF EYES)
NZAMBI (Christopher Cprek of PAX TITANIA)
SICK LLAMA (from Michigan)
DOG LADY (from Detroit, Michigan)
Saturday, October 24th
at ZANZABAR
2100 S. Preston Stree
Date: 2009-10-24
From BOOMKAT: “WOLF EYES founding member NATE YOUNG has taken the noise levels down several notches for his new solo outing as REGRESSION, although the air of implicit, floating darkness cast over the whole affair is very much within his established oeuvre. You could neither classify REGRESSION’s self-titled LP as a noise record or a death ambient record, instead the analog synth dissections and tape treatments more closely reference library music, horror soundtracks, or in its more austere moments, early electronic music. REGRESSION is an outstanding album, proving to be more delicate than a WOLF EYES full-length has ever been, yet it’s able to match the group’s sonic gravitas – and their uncanny ability to make the extremes of music sound so incredibly seductive.”
SPYKES is one of John Olson of Wolf Eyes’ many projects, along with running the American Tapes label and playing in Dead Machines and Birth Refusal.
NZAMBI is the new synth project from Christopher Cprek, also known as PAX TITANIA. Christopher uses an arsenal of DIY modular synthesizers. His former projects include Darker Florida with Irene Moon, Auk Theatre with Irene Moon, and as a member of Warmer Milks a few years back.
“SICK LLAMA holds the rotten essence of Midwest Basement Mystery Mind Sound inside the marrow of his weird skull, right behind the strawberry blond tuffs, unblinking bug eyes, and scandi-molded mildew skin. Born Again to Die is his debut [album], and any signs of progression are tossed out the windows of Ham Studios. I mean it’s electronics, tape hiss, and ….?????? Heath really doesn’t get any better or more refined, just……. stranger and more strange. …seems like [SICK] LLAMA has a nice mutant groove going on and then just jets for 10min, leaving the machine motionless. If you can tell what the hell is going on inside these grooves…bottle it and sell it, it would be ideal to have on tap…….it could be like taking a skinny dip inside the caverns of a black pool filled to the brim with soul-frying electricity waves. Born Again To Die: maybe our kid’s rat kids will comprehend. Then maybe they can attempt to decode this funky pandemonium.” –John Olson (Wolf Eyes, SPYKES), May 2007.
DOG LADY is one Mike Collino of Detroit, Michigan on violin and modified electronics. DOG LADY has played shows with incredible acts including Aaron Dilloway, Andrew Coltrane, and Caroliner. DOG LADY has released a number of tapes on his own label, as well as a recent release on Trilogy Tapes, and one coming up on Rampart Tapes (label run by Trevor Tremaine of Hair Police). Before DOG LADY, Mike played under various names, including Cannibal Scab and Gamble Gore. Mike used to organize Guerrilla SkatePark in Detroit, whereby abandoned buildings would be transformed into makeshift Saturday night skateparks and bands would play. Mike’s other projects are Waste Ground and Pool Water and Gloria (with Wyatt Howland of Skin Graft).
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