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CD09
STEVE TALLIS
ZOZO
ZOMBI MUSIC
Before you put this CD into your player, be sure you've made peace with your ancestors because Zozo is sure to bring them from the great beyond, right into your living room in dream state Technicolour! This album is over seventy minutes of multi-textured, defiantly eclectic grooves definitely grounded in the blues though vigorously embracing all manner of musics, philosophies and hoodoo charms.
Steve Tallis has crafted all but one of the tunes and I guarantee they boast the most interesting and challenging lyrics you'll have heard in some time, with titles such as Midnight The Cloud Of Darkness and Crow Magick. Steve also contributes the vocals and guitar. He is joined on this dark journey by Gary Ridge (percussion) and Dave Clarke (mandolin, violin and mouth organ).
I loved this album with its kaleidoscopic variety of sounds, primeval chants, preternatural lyrics and anarchistic rhythms, pushing the boundaries of the blues. Stretch your mind and add this CD to your collection posthaste.
Helen Farley
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