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Artist description
Alias Zone is a cross-genre take on Ambient Dub. Loops and live musicians perform side-by-side. Grooves range from techno to trip hop and from Asian to African. The vocal drops and spoken word passages are in Swahili, Indian, Malaysian, or Urdu as often as English. Ambiences both natural and industrial appear throughout. Sampled performances range from percussionist Bashiri Johnson to president Lyndon B. Johnson, and include Bill Laswell, David Torn, Peter Maunu, and Steve Stevens. Flashes of reggae, jazz, rock, drums & bass, illbient, Berlin Movement electronics, exotica and new age also make their appearances. |
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Music Style
ambient groove/dub |
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Musical Influences
ambient, world beat, tribal, techno, trip-hop, exotica, spoken word |
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Similar Artists
Bill Laswell (Sacred System, Tabla Beat System, etc.) |
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Artist History
Spearheaded by loopist/dub tactician Chris Meyer, Alias Zone is a spinoff of the Los Angeles ambient groove/spoken word ensemble Cosmic Debris. All tracks originated as live Debris jams, and were then edited, remixed, processed, and overdubbed in the studio. |
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Group Members
Blake Arnold, Richard Bugg, Chris Meyer, Keith Snyder, Lachlan Westfall, Richard Zvonar |
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Instruments
loops, ambiences, primitive percussion, keyboards, bass, hyperacoustic flute, warped guitars |
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Albums
Lucid Dreams |
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Press Reviews
"The sounds wrap around you and create a powerful image of musical vision... This is as good as it gets... Every song is amazing." - TheGlobalMuse.com"The sum is quite beautiful, quite engaging and new shapes appear as if called from the shadows with each subsequent listen." - Gajoob.com |
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Location
Los Angeles, CA - USA |
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