ZibraZibra - 777
ARTIST.....: ZibraZibra
TITLE......: 777
LABEL......: Royalty, Etc.
URL........: www.zibrazibra.com
RIP DATE...: Sep-17-2007
STORE DATE.: Jul-07-2007
GENRE......: New Wave
QUALITY....: VBR / 44.1Hz / Joint-Stereo
SIZE.......: 57,4 MB
Track Listing:
01 - The Earth Is A Clock 02:57
02 - Cruisin 03:26
03 - Arcade Catastrophe 03:12
04 - Lions On The Astroturf 03:34
05 - Kiss Kids 03:11
06 - 2, 3, 4, 5, Infinity 03:50
07 - Cat And Mouse 03:39
08 - Princess Of Incest 02:38
09 - Spaceport 03:36
10 - Cyberland 04:47
11 - I Am Your Machine 03:36
12 - The 21st Century 03:51
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42:17 min
Release Notes:
www.royaltyetc.com
www.myspace.com/zibrazibra
www.myspace.com/royaltyetcrecords
ZibraZibra are:
Z - vocal/synth/guitar
Vanilla - vocal/guitar
Technosaurus Flex - synth/guitar
The Atomic Wolf - synth/bass
777, the shocking dark secret ZibraZibra birthed, has already got
your attention.
Beware that dazzling combination of raucous synths, fearless
vocals, and guitar-mag shredding that leaves the average
ZibraZibra listener wondering where they are...and by God catch
ZibraZibra live for the release of 777 before they forget about
you!
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South American groups like Bonde do Role and CSS dont have a
monopoly on 80s-inspired dance floor madness; you can be just as
kitschy and electro in Finnish and German as you can in
Portuguese. Just ask ZibraZibra, who drop a distinctly
Scandinavian and Teutonic flavor into the tracks on 777, the
follow-up to their debut album End of the Lion. The resulting
collision of neon sensibility and cool calculation comes off a bit
like a florid and overripe Kraftwerk, especially toward the
albums end on more reserved tracks like "Spaceport" and
"Cyberland."
ZibraZibra arent just about blippy electronics and 808 kicks,
though; theyre equally enamored of that other 80s artifact, hair
metal guitar. Squealing pinch harmonics and pointy headstocks that
could put someones eye out are in force on "The Earth Is a
Clock," a track that wouldnt feel out of place on the
Transformers soundtrack - the original cartoon version, not
Michael Bays recent summer blockbuster. The albums high point is
"Cruisin," an updated take on Wars "Lowrider" overflowing with
fuzzed-out synth bass, pitch-shifted baritone vocals, and singer
Neil Zumwaldes breezy and aloof foreign language hook.
So if ZibraZibra set out to make a record equal parts new wave,
hair metal, space disco, and electro, 777 is a success. But it
fails to transcend its component genres to create something truly
new-sounding. Music that brazenly mines the past for inspiration
(the Black Keys take on garage blues, Wolfmothers gargantuan
arena rock) is most successful when it can do more than just mimic
or parody its source material. Maybe thats a lot to expect from
recent high school graduates, though. Theres no denying they
already know how to put on an outrageous and exuberant live show,
even if their recorded work remains, for the time, somewhat less
than transcendent.