残酷与美丽的混合体 抑制不住的情感宣泄【美国噪音/实验/数字摇滚/残酷前卫/自由即兴/嗡鸣/后极简】Zs - New Slaves（2010）

2010年5月11日发行

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Artwork – John Dwyer
Electric Guitar – Amnon Freidlin
Electric Guitar, Electronics – Ben Greenberg
Layout – Rich Zerbo
Mastered By – Colin Marston
Percussion, Electronics – Ian Antonio
Producer – Zs
Recorded By – Ben Greenberg
Tenor Saxophone, Talkbox [Pedals] – Sam Hillmer

Some releases are so incredible we just can’t help but exclaim EUREKA! While many of our picks here defy categorization and explore the constructed boundaries between ‘music’ and ‘noise,’ others complement, continue, or rupture traditions that provide new forms and ways of listening.

One thing that is for certain is that Zs cannot be accused of being slaves to any particular soundworld. Their discography is a whirlwind of sonic references, from free-jazz to minimalism to noise to punk to downtown and beyond. While making sense of their body of work as a totality is daunting, New Slaves is arguably their most challenging album yet, which doesn’t make the task any easier. One must eventually stop totalizing and learn to love the chaos of the darting sound-instances and their elusive origins. The sounds — created by guitars, mysterious electronics, percussion, and tenor sax — are grinding, emphasizing friction and rough texture. While the inverse of Steve Reich-like tranquility is captured, Zs simultaneously produce similar moods of historical movement, world-building (see track five, “Masonry”), and time.

1.Concert Black 00:00
2.Acres of Skin 05:10
3.Gentleman Amateur 12:52
4.Don't Touch Me 18:36
5.Masonry 21:53
6.New Slaves 25:36
7.Black Crown Ceremony I: Diamond Terrifier 46:31
8.Black Crown Ceremony II: Six Realms 59:41