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A lot more was already part of Zu's DNA, including an instinctive ability to digest the myriads of influences that permeated them, without ever copying anything but transforming it all into their own personal voice. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter about two years of intense rehearsals, this tape was the first demo they sent out. The cassette circulated around so much that Zu themselves no longer found a copy, until recently when one mysteriously reappeared, intact and still perfectly listenable: which, digitalised and mastered, becomes now, 25 years later, The Lost Demo.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Subsound","offers":[{"title":"Black LP.","offer_id":50430206083403,"sku":"2200446","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50430205624651,"sku":"2200435","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/test_289f069b_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726845662"},{"product_id":"carboniferous","title":"Carboniferous","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLIMITED EDITION SPLATTER VINYL WITH NEW ARTWORK.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor over 15 years, Zu's modus operandi of straddling and abusing musical genres has resulted in over fifteen unique album releases across labels such as Ipecac, Atavistic and Headz (Japan). Their experimental amalgam of metal, math, no-wave, noise and electronics, led acclaimed composer John Zorn to describe their sound as \"a powerful and expressive music that totally blows away what most bands do these days\".\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the running for the title of \"the world's hardest working band,\" Zu have performed over 1000 shows throughout Europe, US, Canada, Asia, Russia, Mexico and even Africa, touring with the like of Mike Patton (as the Zu\/Patton quartet), also sharing the stage with Faith No More, Fantomas, The Melvins, Lightning Bolt, Sonic Youth, The Ex, and countless others. They have also collaborated with a vast number of musicians including Mike Patton, The Melvins, Dalek, Jim O' Rourke, FM Einheit (Einsturzende Neubauten), Peter Brotzmann, Nobukazu Takemura, Eugene Robinson (Oxbow), Steve MacKay (The Stooges), The Ex, Thurston Moore, Stephen O Malley, Damo Suzuki (Can), Mats Gustafsson, NoMeansNo, Joe Lally (Fugazi).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCARBONIFEROUS is their masterpiece, originally released on Ipecac in 2009, it includes collaborations with Mike Patton, King Buzzo, Giulio Ragno Favero.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Subsound","offers":[{"title":"Clear LP","offer_id":50435474194763,"sku":"2200427","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/test_79fc679f_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726904176"},{"product_id":"cortar-todo","title":"Cortar Todo","description":"\u003cp\u003eZu are an Italian instrumental \/ experimental music band from Rome. Zu release their brand new full length via Ipecac Recordings, entitled 'Cortar Todo', recorded in the countryside near Bologna, Italy, in the summer of 2014. The album features some very special guests including keyboard player Joey Karam (The Locust), Italian guitar maverick Stefano Pilia (who plays regularly with the likes of Mike Watt, David Grubbs and Rokia Traore) and, perhaps most unexpectedly, a field recording of an indigenous Shipibo medicine man recorded by Zu bass player Massimo during his travels around the Amazon. The band have previously toured with Mike Patton as Zu \/ Patton Quartet. 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However, the band's lack of experience in recording work weighed heavily because the impact they had live was not present in the CD's sound at all. Thus, during the \"very light forced break\" from 2020 onwards, Zu finally found the time to reopen those recordings, rework them in various ways, replay some parts, and release Bromio exactly 25 years later, now with a sound much closer to the impact of their early live performances. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eListening to it again 25 years later, it still sounds fresh and vibrant, not being tied to any predetermined genre or current fashion of the day (curious and almost comical the definition they were given of \"jazzcore\" when in reality the foundations of their sound drew much more from prog and metal). 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