Zea – Ethiopia Tour 2008 compilation audio-cassette (60 minutes)

In Ethiopia manufactured compilation 60 minutes audio-cassette comprising a selection of songs from the Zea albums "Today I Forgot To Complain" and "Insert Parallel Universe" with as a bonus track "Song For Electricity", a Zea song based on the Ethiopian song "Bogiye" by Abonesh Adenew.

The cassette was released during Zea's tour in Ethiopia May 13 - 23, 2008.

Tracklisting:

In their ghostly-carousel whirl of beats, samples and melodies the Amsterdam duo focus on "Insert Parallel Universe" more on the groove of dubstep, the depth of dub-reggae and the percussive directness of breakcore and combine those elements with inventive pop-melodies and the energy of noisy rock & roll, creating in a mix of digital and analogue techniques an exiting, very lively and confronting amalgam of rhythms, sounds and melodies.

Behind an at times sonic blast lurks a layered mesmerising, intoxicating psychedelic alienation, that together with an agitated, strongly personal mood creates an intense, both slumbering and lightly-inflammable cocktail of unusual usage of electronics and violent guitarsounds within the 3-4 minute popsong.  

On “One Bomb Fits All-Zea remixed” four respected artists from different countries remix four different songs from Dutch electro-pop duo Zea’s album “Today I Forgot To Complain” and their split 7” (with Fonda 500) “We Buried Indie Rock Years Ago”.  

1-Speed Bike, from Canada (amongst other projects, drummer of God Speed You Black Emperor with releases on Constellation and Broklyn Beats) gives the original “We Buried Indie Rock Years Ago” his mentalist rudebuoy bass-heavy treatment.
www.cstrecords.com/html/1sbmain.html
http://broklynbeats.net/artist_1_speedbike.html

Japanese noise monsters Melt Banana show themselves in their remix of “Flying Objects Will Reach You Soon” from a more delicate side: a soundwise psychedelic trip with great dynamics.
www.parkcity.ne.jp/~mltbanan

American Jason Forrest aka Donna Summer puts “Kiss Kiss Revolution” through his breakcore blender, not forgetting to add a Latin feel to it!
www.cockrockdisco.com

Felix Kubin from Germany (Gagarin Records, A-Musik) gives “Mountain Every Minute” his Sci-Fi treatment making the song an instant hit on radio Mars.
www.felixkubin.de

A1.  1-Speed Bike: Along With the Rest of this Racist System, We Left the Body of Indy Rock on a Plateau for the Vultures to Eat  (4:41)
A2.  Melt Banana: Flying objects arrived  (3:09)
AA1. Jason Forrest/Donna Summer: Kiss kiss (folk-rock remix) (3:21)
AA2. Felix Kubin: Slides from yesterday ( 4:58)

The Fonda 500 song is their vocoder-led live favourite Digital Space Pop. Futuristic loveliness from the Fonda 500 universe.

Release Date: 20/10/03

Second vinyl single preceding Zea’s second album. Was the first a split single with Dutch band Persil, this one has three Zea tracks. The title track is a 2 minutes 20 seconds both staccato and guitar-wall driven stormer based on drumband-like percussion and larded with subtle electronic sounds.
The two non-album tracks on the b-side are more in a acoustic home-fi vein with a touch of a psychedelic feel to it.
The single is pressed on blue vinyl.

Zea’s first release in a series of 7”-es preceding their second full-length to be released in Spring 2003. Brought back from a five members band format to a two-some ‘Counting backwards leads to explosions’ shows the core of their music: Energy, surprise and excitement. Loosely akin to todays terms like 'indietronics' and 'lappop' it's a whirly carrousel of samples, beats and melody. 

After their well received debut single ‘Agony Aunt’ (1999 Shifty Disco), a split 7” with Grandaddy and Beachwood Sparks with Devil in the Woods (US) and the cd-ep ‘Snapcracklepop’ (2002 Shifty Disco/Star Harbour), ‘Mum’ is Persil’s fourth release. Catchy, upbeat synth/electro-pop with clear, sensual girl vocals. 

Persil toured the UK twice and recorded two John Peel sessions.