Zoon Phonanta - s/t [IMPORT PINK SPLATTER] – New LP

Pink Splatter vinyl w/ download

While it's easy say their sounds come from the 1980s, it's perhaps more accurate to say this comes out of the sounds of the 1970s that laid down much of the groundwork for the the decade that followed, this often sounding like it's coming out of various 1970s electronic soundtracks, such as the more menacing and dark side of the spectrum of bands like Tangerine Dream, perhaps showing an influence from TD's "Sorcerer" soundtrack (1977).  While this creates atmospheric soundscapes, it also has drive, and the influences of artists such as Kraftwerk, Pink Floyd, Carpenter and Moroder likely show up, as does perhaps the influence of early euro-disco of the mid 1970s with bands like Silver Convention (at at least one moment female vocals unexpectedly show up on this Zoon Phonanta LP) but reviewers use of "disco" even with the qualifiers seems a bit of a stretch.  Maybe you could place this album somewhere in the wide abyss between the raw electronic menace of early no wave and the highly produced sheen of early euro-disco, but others can probably point out some Kraut rock that had just as much influence, as this mixes the synths with organ, bass and drums.  I'd have to argue that whatever the influences, with the seamlessly mixing of sounds, this fires up the engines and provides an enjoyable trip and a fairly impressive take on a somewhat tired style. -- winch (green noise)

The debut record of Berlin’s favourite two-thirds Welsh, one-third Danish instrumental psych-disco trio, out Aug 30, 2024.  Imagine Jaki, JJ and Jarre*** locked in a room together, with a memo from John Carpenter that reads 'Goblin + Swans = ?' Something like that. Raw drums, bass, vintage organs and synths are utilised to brutal effect via 7 epic songs that deliver krautrock, disco disquietude, oscillating horror soundtracks and beyond. Or, as the band themselves insist: "the Nicki Minaj of dungeon synth". The band name, according to Anthony Burgess, is the Greek classifying nomenclature for man: aka The Talking Animal.

Zammit A.D. – drums, organs, synths.
TNT Taylor – 4-string electric bass.
Fred Alert – Moog, Dominion, percussion

featuring guest vocals from Gemma Ray.
Recorded and mixed by Ingo Krauss (Swans, Einsturzende Neubauten) at Candy Bomber, Berlin.

*** Liebzeit (Can), Burnell (Stranglers), Jean-Michel