Like a cross between cartoon soundtracks and free jazz, side 1 of this 1987 cassette-only release is a sprawling smorgasbord of countless samples and snippets of prior Rift releases mixed into a 44 minute sound-collage. Hear the album Trouser Press called: "patience-defying"! Casios, Chipmunk voices, backwards voices, video-game-like bloops 'n' bleeps, some things resembling actual rock music, and what sounds like 5 records playing at the same time...Fun stuff!
Side 2 is a found tape Zoogz claims was rescued from a garbage bin. It's a side of a polite jazzy group apparently called the Transients covering Beatles and (some fairly obscure) solo Beatle songs. That story might be more believable if the voices weren't so obviously sped-up. And then there's their, er, "cover" of "Revolution No. 9" which gives it all away. Still, judging by this set, Zoogz & Co. could have worked as a Holiday Inn lounge band. And who knows, maybe they did.
Zoogz Rift: "Son of Puke" - in 2 files, Side 1 and 2, just like a real tape.
Much thanks to maniac Michael B. for sending this rarity our way.
Been looking for this tape for years! There's never too much Zoogz.
ReplyDeleteI was bracing for the worst, but I'll be darned, this is a real beaut. Within one minute of side A all I could think to listen to after this was "Happiness is..." from "Too Many Humans" by No Trend. So goes today: total noise skronk fo shure.
ReplyDeleteWasnt familiar with that No Trend "tune" , but found it on the Tubes of You, and it is indeed some "good clean wholesome fun."
ReplyDeleteThanks! I used to have this one.
ReplyDeleteKind regards and keep it up!! =)
/Phil
cool - thanks for posting,
ReplyDeleteYayyy!
ReplyDeleteZoogz Tuesday should be a national holiday.