Ground Zero (band)
| Ground Zero | |
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| Origin | Tokyo, japan |
| Genres | noise free improvisation Japanese noise rock |
| Years active | 1990–1998 |
| Past members | |
| Yoshihide Otomo Hideki Kato Masahiro Uemura |
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Ground Zero was a Japanese noise/improvisation[1] band during the 1990s led by guitarist and turntablist Yoshihide Otomo that had a large and rotating group of performers with two other regular performers[1]
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[edit] Musical style
The band performed on such instruments as turntables, sampler, shamisen, saxophone, koto, omnichord, electric guitar and two drum kits. They were the first free improvising musicians to use turntables[2]
Their music was virtuoso and mixed free jazz, improvisation, pop, rock and experimental noise.[3] They are most highly regarded for their album Consume Red, on which the performers improvise around a short sample of hojok music played by Korean holy musician Kim Seok Chul.
[edit] History
The band was initially formed to play the John Zorn game piece Cobra.[3] They first played in August 1990 and last played in March 1998.[3]
Ground Zero's last project was in 1998 when they re-worked material from a 1992 Cassiber concert in Tokyo. It was released on the second CD of Cassiber's double CD, Live in Tokyo (1998).
[edit] Discography
- Null And Void (1993)[4]
- Revolutionary Pekinese Opera ver. 1.28 (1996, ReR GZ1)
- Consume Red (1997, Sank-ohso/Creativeman)[3]
- Last Concert (1999, (Valve/)Amoebic)[1][3]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Jenkins, Todd S. (2004). Free jazz and free improvisation: an encyclopedia. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 165. ISBN 0313298815, 9780313298813. http://books.google.co.uk/books?hl=en&lr=lang_en. Retrieved 2010-05-30.
- ^ Audio culture: readings in modern music. Continuum International Publishing Group. 2004. p. 405. ISBN 0826416152, 9780826416155. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=FgDgCOSHPysC&pg=PA405&dq=%22ground+zero%22+music+Otomo+Yoshihide&hl=en&ei=peUCTO30Do2lOIO86dYE&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CEcQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=%22ground%20zero%22%20music%20Otomo%20Yoshihide&f=false. Retrieved 2010-05-30.
- ^ a b c d e Kelly, Caleb (2009). Cracked media: the sound of malfunction. MIT Press. p. 188. ISBN 0262013142, 9780262013147. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=xy2HyIl3Y7oC&pg=PA188&dq=%22ground+zero%22+music+Otomo+Yoshihide&hl=en&ei=desCTLeNBcSVOJuY4NYE&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CEwQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=%22ground%20zero%22%20music%20Otomo%20Yoshihide&f=false. Retrieved 2010-05-30.
- ^ Scaruffi, Piero (2003). A History of Rock Music: 1951-2000. iUniverse. p. 505. ISBN 0595295657, 9780595295654. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=04KtwVkHNv0C&pg=PA505&dq=%22ground+zero%22+music+Otomo+Yoshihide&hl=en&ei=peUCTO30Do2lOIO86dYE&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22ground%20zero%22%20music%20Otomo%20Yoshihide&f=false. Retrieved 2010-05-30.
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