There’s a Nitrada interview in the Back to the Basics-Issue of IdN Magazine. The attached DVD also contains two previously released Nitrada songs (”Start Today” from the last album We Don’t Know Why But We Do It and the Apparat-Remix of “Fading Away” available on the Four Remixes 12″). It’s not the last issue and they interviewed me quite a while ago, but we got our copy just some days ago. Looks very nice.
March 28th, 2006
Jukka, guitarist of Giardini di Mirò, has uploaded some songs he recorded under the moniker “DieStadtDerRomantischePunk”, an “ambient-noise project based on live vocal-loops”. Shut the blinds, dim the light, crank up the volume and listen to DieStadtDerRomantischePunk.
March 17th, 2006
Zucchini Drive, Bleubird and Shadowanimals (Tom and Nomad) played at the Golden Pudel Club in our hometown Hamburg. Here are some photos I took at the show.
Btw: Guys, we’ve found a pair of grey socks underneath the couch. Please call if you miss them ;)
March 14th, 2006
“Listening to Being Kurtwood by Zucchini Drive, one is reminded of how arbitrary music genres are.”, starts the review by Angry Ape. Read the full text here.
Ron Schepper wrote a review for Cyclic Defrost and says: “Being Kurtwood is an accomplished gem from start to finish.” We fully agree on that.
Some more reviews in German language: Intro, Groove, ugrap.de
Tom from Zucchini Drive did an Interview for Flashmag (also in German). Read it here.
March 10th, 2006
Hooray, “Being Kurtwood”, the first album by hiphop duo Zucchini Drive is out now!
Here are a couple of mailorders where you can purchase the record:
sonicane (Germany)
Hausmusik (Germany)
Vinylkingz (Germany)
Hiphopvinyl (Germany)
Dot (Sweden)
Soul Seduction (Austria)
Norman Records (UK)
Boomkat (UK)
fnac (France)
These shops don’t have it listed yet on their website, but they should have the record in stock very soon:
Wide (Italy)
Red Musical (Spain)
De Konkurrent (Netherlands)
Tonevendor (USA)
If you want to learn more about “Being Kurtwood”, read the release info (while listening to this mp3):
Artist: Zucchini Drive
Title: Being Kurtwood
Cat. No.: 2ND028
Format: CD/LP
Release Date: 06.03.2006
File Under: Hiphop
Label: 2nd rec
Distributor: Hausmusik
Tracklist:
01. Painting Things In Harsh Colours
02. Sombre City
03. Easy Tiger
04. Knucklesandwich
05. 1000 Streets Beneath The Sky
06. Vagabondage
07. Earth To Kurtwood
08. Banned From Poland
09. Bonafied Gambler
10. Good Music & Indian Food
Info:
Although one might expect Tom de Geeter (aka Siaz) and Marcus Graap to be more than occupied with their respective main projects – Tom can look back on five albums and countless of gigs across Europe with Belgian avant hop trio Cavemen Speak and Marcus, too, has released a string of groundbreaking records with his own band Stacs of Stamina – time and again these two hyperactive creators squeeze in a few days, weeks or months for one or the other side project. Unafraid of bridging distances (Tom lives in the Belgian town of Kortrijk, Marcus in London) they regularly meet up to pursue their joint musical vision.
“Being Kurtwood” continues a string of fertile and varied endeavours. While Marcus contributed a few rhymes to the Cavemen Speak LP “Wooden Cast”, the Swedish-Belgian duo already surprised us with an entire album as The World After 4/02 or passed the mike back and forth in their electro-noise hop combo Gunporn (with Bleubird and Xndl).
Zucchini Drive, on the other hand, is far more than yet another spontaneous interlude. For their new album, the prolific team took several months to finetune the album, select the right beats, write the lyrics and hone their raps. Illustrious support was provided by a plethora of producers and guest musicians from indie rock to electronica, most of whom approached the tracks with decidedly unorthodox means.
On the opener “Painting Things In Harsh Colours”, for example, Italian band Giardini di Mirò blend dream pop guitars with fast break beats, on other tracks Markus Acher (The Notwist, 13 & God et al.) and Aqua Luminus III prove that lo-fi strumming and hip-hop DO mix while B. Fleischmann (Morr Music) cranks up his groove box to the max.
Further guest appearances include: Finnish mastermind Lauri, Styrofoam, Lord Grunge (of US hip-hop duo Grand Buffet), Pilot Balloon, Populous, Anticon member Alias and American emcee Bleubird who adds his inimitable raps to the mighty bounce of “Easy Tiger”.
Supported by this distinguished company Tom and Marcus have come up with a gem of an album that would leave most of their peers taking a well-deserved rest – but not those two. With “Being Kurtwood” awaiting release, the tireless pair are already out there hunting for new beats and raps for their follow-up release…
“It’s about killing your time right, we won’t get away.”
March 7th, 2006
Romain has some great shots from the Zucchini Drive / Bleubird show in Paris on his blog.
March 7th, 2006
“Though one shouldn’t necessarily be surprised by Flowing Seasons’ superior craft given the quality of Giardini di Mirò’s own output, di Mira’s first solo release still disarms for being so remarkably accomplished.” (Ron Schepper, textura.org)
Another review in English language can be found at Angry Ape. And here a couple of German reviews: Gaesteliste, Groove, Plattentests, Alternative Nation
March 2nd, 2006
