Yogyakarta experimental rock band ZOO kick off their regional tour in Singapore with their singular blend of math rock, noise, tribal and reconfigured traditional music. Their live performances are intense, charismatic and wild. This is a band to be experienced in the flesh.
with AWK WAH (Shark Fung)
and CACTUS (Jordan & Marina)
21 Mar 2013 (Thu)
Night & Day, 139 Selegie Road
8pm
$15 (includes 1 drink)
Presented by Ujikaji and the Independent Archive & Resource Center
Venue hosted by Night & Day
ZOO:
The band was formed in 2005 after a year of building the concept. In the first EP Kebun Binatang (2007), Zoo was still playing fast, mathematic, and noisy music as often seen in Boredoms, Ruins, Melt Banana, or Hella. But in their first full album, Trilogi Peradaban (2009), elements of ethnic music was introduced, and then in their latest release, Prasasti (2012), Zoo’s music has now progressed toward significant direction; ethnic and tribal elements are no longer elements but has becoming an integral part of Zoo as a band and therefore creating a new undefined music. All these contrast crossovers of many different influences are there in order to align the music with theme that they try to put forward.
The theme behind every lyrics are all about modern civilization, human ambition of immortality, deterioration of cultural roots and some theme that encourage optimism.
PERSONNEL
RULLY SHABARA– VOKAL, DJEMBE, REBANA, SYNTH
BHAKTI PRASETYO– BASS
RAMBERTO AGOZALIE– DRUMS
DIMAS BUDI SATYA– DRUMS, CUSTOM PERCUSSION
CACTUS:
Cactus is the brainchild of producer-composer and multi-instrumentalist Jordan Johari Rais (b. 1978) and his wife, vocalist and bass and percussion player Marina Abu Hassan (b. 1982).
Cactus was born on the slopes of tea plantation in Cameron Highlands, Malaysia in April 2011 when the duo decided to interpret the colours, sights and sounds of the nature and life around them then into a creative product they can call their own.
They play an eclectic mix of analog and digital sounds wrapped in traditional harmonies and percussive beats, this time accompanied by two other musicians Matt Raham on drums and Maggot Isa on bass. Also joining them in full spirit and physical prowess inspiration yada yada, “Django”, the unborn child to mother Marina and Jordan.
AWK WAH:
Shark from Engineered Beautiful Blood, Amino Acid Orchestra and I\D started this solo project which resulted in the cult favourite Opera Box (2010), blowing our minds with its rhythmic noise and harsh miasmic darkness. When he reappeared at the inaugural Earthbound gig in 2012 unveiling a new set up of drums, effects, synth and sampler and creating a schizo mix of dirty noise and hypnotic beats, practically inventing a new genre that we like to call “distraught techno”. Awk Wah releases his second album on LP and download with Ujikaji in the middle of the year.
