Artist description If Brian Eno produced Sonic Youth performing Squarepusher covers.

Music Style Organic ambient anti-techno

Musical Influences Brian Eno, Stereolab, Aphex Twin, Sonic Youth, Gastr del Sol, Stockhausen, Miles Davis (circa 1973), Squarepusher, Bjork, Prince, DJ Shadow

Similar Artists Brian Eno, Can, Stereolab, Aphex Twin, Sonic Youth, Squarepusher, Stockhausen, Miles Davis (circa 1973), DJ Shadow, Tortoise, Bill Laswell

Artist History Zapruder Red is one person. He began recording music in the hills of Athens County, Ohio. At his disposal were a drumset, guitar, and a plethora of keyboards: Moog, Rhodes, Digital Piano, and even a cheap Casio. He started to mimic the music that was on his stereo: Aphex Twin, Stereolab, the beats found in Bjork's music and the atmosphere of Miles Davis' 70's rhythm band. When finished, the project became his first CD, "blackburn," a collection of odd instrumental tracks and their remixes. Now in a more "urban" landscape, Zapruder Red is utilizing many of the same instruments (although the Moog and Rhodes were returned to their rightful owner), combining them with the latest computer technology. The "Sandy Day" EP was an experiment with loop technology, and features some of his most popular tracks, including "Derailleur" and the title track. Zapruder Red recently released his second full length CD, "Glassblower." A summation of the last 3 years, the disc combines the loops of Sandy Day and the raw, inspired instrumentation of "blackburn." Although influenced by Drum and Bass and Trip-Hop, the record has a sound all its own. Not one for categories, Zapruder Red creates a sound all his own. In May 2000, Zapruder Red quietly released "Steven and Wilhelm," music for a modern dance piece of the same name. This summer will see the release of a full length CD of "ambient musique concrete," and he has commissioned many different artists to create remixes for an upcoming remix CD.

Group Members Zapruder Red.

Instruments Loops, casio keys, synth bass, piano, fender rhodes, guitar, live drums, bass, and feedback

Albums Glassblower, Sandy Day, blackburn

Press Reviews "Harsh, relentless guitars and dark, standing synths afflict sickly rhythms like a dormant cancer in the body. Nauseous electronic textures churn over passive Trip-Hop beats." - www.listen.com"Layers of live instrumental funkiness and freakoutage..."2" adds acoustic piano to the mix and brushes to the drumset. There's a chiming moodiness to this track in particular that gives it a troubled beatnik feel... "6" is slow, feedbacky triphop. And damn fine slow, feedbacky triphop at that! "9" is borderline ambient with just a few sonic blips and blomps skating across the silence. Good shit. Like a jazzier, less death-metal HARLAN." - Ian C Stewart, AUTOreverse "Sounds like some kind o' new flavor of hashish to ME, kid-doze... & that's NOT just th' title of th' band, either, I mean th' MUSIC! I listened to all the tracks they have listed for an upcoming album called "Sandy Day" (because it was listed as EXPERIMENTAL)... sorta' like ambient-phunk, if you can grab onta' that! Someone needs to take that bass & tweak it in th' mix a bit... but maybe that's what they want anyway! This'll get you (about) as HIGH as th' Lebanese I alluded to earlier; HIGHLY RECOMMENDED by us!" - RZ, Zzaj Productions

Location Columbus, Ohio - USA

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