Zia: Shem
- Space Multimedia
- Future 4:25
- Hand Held 3:58
- Lie 3:57
- River 3:40
- Disevolve 4:28
After listening to the 'Pagan Goddess' on Mind/Body Volume 3 and the sheer
ferocity of Elaine Walkers vocals finally on a digital medium I was eagerly
awaiting this EP. I had at one point in the past heard some Zia's older
material on a demo tape as well and was happily surprised to notice the refined
sound of the newer tracks. Some of the older material had been exceedingly
rough around the edges and ended up sounding like an aggressive experimental
band. Elaine has since smoothed out her vocals and eliminated many of the more
subtle imperfections that gave it a harsh edge. Instead she seems to radiate a
great amount of harmony even on some of the more assertive tracks compared to
her older style. Also included on the EP is a multimedia presentation which
explores terrestrial based space exploration in our solar system and beyond.
From the days of Sputnik to the more modern Galileo space probe. The
presentation was actually written and composed in it's entirety by Elaine and
Bob Gourley of Chaos Control magazine. Elaine has once again surprised me with
both her unique perspective into the atonal structuring of electronic music and
her wide variety of technical skills.
Zia are: Elaine Walker & Rob Trainor
Contact:
Fifth Column Records
P.O. Box 787
Washington, DC 20044
(202) 783-0044
E-mail: fifthcolvmn@tunanet.com,
zia@world.std.com
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