Z_Bug 3,2,1 ... And Tippo Live
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Your Imaginary Friend
Reviewed 2008-08-20
Reviewed 2008-08-20
Live experimental, avante with an improv feel mostly. Free jazz drum stylings, spacey synths, fuzzy basses, all sorts of cool stuff. Nothing particularly harsh/wall of noise, but also nothing new agey or goatee stroking either. Most tracks are on the long side and take a few minutes to build upon themselves, so patience is required. For fans of downtown type avante, Tzadik/Zorn type artists. These guys/gals are about as local as it gets: David Bug, aka Leikam.
1) starts off sparse, fuzzy analog synths and rumbling bass, percussion thrown in for an overall dark and creepy vibe
2) free-jazz meets distorto noise, dominated by improv drums, lots of good fuzzy noisey bass, kicks into a rock beat near end, cool
3) sparser, with drums, noises, and treated voice/samples, drums pick up a driving beat midway, things get denser, then they fall apart again
4) 8 seconds
5) very sparse, fuzzy stuff, tinkling piano, drums appear quietly, midway it gets noisier, still fairly chill though
6) very sparse to start, drum solo’ing, about 8:30 in a slow noise rock beat and feel emerges for a minute or two, then it falls to sparseness, even close to dead air at ~8:30, builds up again to some sparse improv
7) treated vocalization (or very vocal sounding source), spacey ambience underlies, improv feel dominates, with drums and subtle sound sources
1) starts off sparse, fuzzy analog synths and rumbling bass, percussion thrown in for an overall dark and creepy vibe
2) free-jazz meets distorto noise, dominated by improv drums, lots of good fuzzy noisey bass, kicks into a rock beat near end, cool
3) sparser, with drums, noises, and treated voice/samples, drums pick up a driving beat midway, things get denser, then they fall apart again
4) 8 seconds
5) very sparse, fuzzy stuff, tinkling piano, drums appear quietly, midway it gets noisier, still fairly chill though
6) very sparse to start, drum solo’ing, about 8:30 in a slow noise rock beat and feel emerges for a minute or two, then it falls to sparseness, even close to dead air at ~8:30, builds up again to some sparse improv
7) treated vocalization (or very vocal sounding source), spacey ambience underlies, improv feel dominates, with drums and subtle sound sources
Recent airplay
One (Z_Bug, 1), Two (Z_Bug, 2), Three (Z_Bug, 3)
In Your Ear Radio | 2nd-last radio, 9A-2P @kzsu. — Dec 31, 2015
Mopus . ., Mopus .
In Your Ear | Thursdays Pt. 1 — May 10, 2012
[Untitled track #2, performed by Z_Bug]
Memory Select — Oct 06, 2009
[untitled track 7]
Memory Select — Oct 10, 2008
[untitled track 3; by the trio z_bug]
Memory Select — Sep 12, 2008
Charting
2008-09-07 — 2008-11-09
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Oct 12 | 1 |
| Sep 14 | 1 |
Track listing
| 1. | Three (Z_Bug, 3) | ||
| 2. | Two (Z_Bug, 2) | ||
| 3. | One (Z_Bug, 1) | ||
| 4. | Pause | ||
| 5. | Mopus 1 (Tippo, .) | ||
| 6. | Mopus 2 (Tippo, . .) | ||
| 7. | Mopus 3 (Tippo, . . .) |