Zoviet France - Pearroc (Oestre 1984)

Zoviet France is an idiosyncratic collective of anonymous postindustrialists, dronologists, and pseudo-ethnomusicologists. Their investigations have taken them into fictional cultures where nothing is easily located and reality often slips into the hypnagogic. Having secluded themselves in Newcastle, England since their inception in 1980, Zoviet France have developed a radical relationship with the cheap technologies of old-fashioned tape recorders, homemade acoustic instruments, primitive looping and sampling devices, and basic dub trickery. From these machines, the collective has crafted a distinctly unique vocabulary of postindustrial sonic hypnosis. Just as Zoviet France's sound was alchemic reconfigurations of inexpensive technologies, their vinyl packaging literally covered their sounds with aluminum, roofing shingles and porcelain

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Music

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• Zoviet
• France
• Pearroc
• (Oestre
• 1984)

[yeow136]

In Zoviet France music listens to you.

[moonphone]

I wish Zoviet France would release a box set of their entire work. I'd buy it in a second!

[999klondike]

Every ZF album is different, unique, and a masterpiece.

[pidza21]

@pidza21

Zoviet France are alive and well and can even be found on Facebook.

[magnusbijec]

well, Rapoon WAS not far from the original :z*f: sounds but in more recent releases he really IS far from that...the only excurse from his electronic trip is Time Frost delving more into ambient loops again...

[klondike999]

They were ahead of their time and original, that's for sure. Search out all their material. It's a great investment.

[pidza21]

@moonphone

ya that would be awesome....since they broke up though...not sure if that would happen. But the remainder of zoviet france became Rapoon..and they're not very far from the zoviet france sound.

[1980deadsouls]

this takes me back. still got the vinyl for this this lot. think it was about 5 albums in that they actually used an ordinary sleeve.('shout at the ground' or something like that). going have to listen to them all again.

[radiantopaque]

really like

i this

[sixtijnsekapel]

Eostre (not Oestre)

thx for sharing

[MyDeepdark]

ambientism....