Z'EV - Rhythmajik
ARTIST........: Z'EV
TITLE.........: Rhythmajik
LABEL.........: SmallVoices
URL...........: http://www.rhythmajik.com
GENRE.........: Industrial
QUALITY:......: 204 kbps avg/ 44100Hz / Joint Stereo
RIP DATE......: 2006-06-02
RELEASE DATE..: 2005-10-20
Tracklist:
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01. One 2:10
02. Two 2:06
03. Three 2:03
04. Four 2:13
05. Five 1:53
06. Six 1:56
07. Seven 1:58
08. Eight 2:18
09. Nine 1:54
10. Alef 1:22
11. Bet 1:33
12. Giml 1:23
13. Dalet 1:21
14. Hay 1:23
15. Vav 1:21
16. Zayin 1:16
17. Het 1:23
18. Tet 1:21
19. Yod 1:21
20. Cof 1:23
21. Lamed 1:26
22. Mem 1:24
23. Nun 1:28
24. Samech 1:18
25. Ayin 1:21
26. Pay 1:15
27. Tzady 1:22
28. Cop 1:24
29. Resh 1:25
30. Shin 1:19
31. Tav 1:24
32. Nine Chambers 3:48
Total 52:32
Release Notes:
Since the 1970Æs Z'EV worked in a variety of media and was one of the founders
of the cultural movement now known as æIndustrialÆ. After several releases on
important label like Die Stadt, Staalplaat, Touch, Soleilmoon, Tzadik,
Subterranean, Dossier, Cold Spring, etc..., and great collaborations with
artists like Sonic Youth, Glenn Branca, Psychic Tv, Genesis P-Orridge, Organum,
The Hafler Trio, John Zorn, La Fura dels Baus, etc......, we are very pround to
presents new Z'EV studio album recorded in Los Angeles in 2003-2004. This audio
material accompany the Italian edition of "Rhythmajik" (RHYTHMAJIK: Practical
uses of Number, Rhythm and Sound). Z'EV, percussionist extraordinaire, played
his homemade instruments (gongs, hand-made metal percussions, titanium plate,
low steel drums). Z'EV proved to be a sensitive and skilled master of his
instruments, creating complex rhythms and varied timbres... Experimental
percussive industrial music... Don't miss this magical album!!! Z'EV is a
pioneer!
"SmallVoices asked me to provide some audio materials to accompany their edition
of rhythmajik. They suggested that perhaps there could be an audio
æstatementÆ/ÆdemonstrationÆ for each chapter. I thought long and hard about this
and eventually took a look back at the work itself to see what i thought it
would want. basically rhythmajik is more about numbers and a ænewÆ way of
relating to them than it is about any particular style of drumming. and it deals
with these numbers in two ways." Z'EV
In "RHYTHMAJIK", Z'EV has radically reformulated the mystical tradition commonly
known as the Qabalha from an Astral/Cosmological focus, to an Earth-based
paradigm, in harmony with the needs of our current time. It requires no
knowledge of the Qabalha, nor do