What does New Zealand, Ohio and Alaska have in common?
Every New Yorker knows the answer: lousy bagels!
But now, thanks to our friends at Infraction Records, there is a
better answer:
Zimiamvian Night 2
Yes, that prankish noise-meister, Zimmy Knight, is back at it again
with the latest in his wild "grooves and moves" experimentation. And
mad scientists make pretty good music, too!
You'll find your feet comin' alive once the needle hits these
grooves, it's just a shame it's a compact disc.
It all started when our hero, Zimmy Knight, had come off a successful
run at the A-Go-Go Club, high atop the Howard Johnson's just outside
Fargo, North Dakota. His e-mail penpal buddy, Christopher Orczy, New
Zealand's Harmonium King, had completed his year-long
extravaganza "Harmonium Diaries" and was looking for remix-ers to
help mutate his tracks. Faster than zombies looking for something to
kill, the slots to do this were full but Zimmy Knight had found a
berth! October, The Month Nobody Wanted, was his assignment, CO
said "OK, punk, re-make my day!".
Back home in Ohio, Zimmy set to it, wasting and losing months by
cleaning out the gutters, taking out the trash, doing dishes, making
the beds, setting and emptying the innumerable mouse traps and
generally completely avoiding any slightly productive work on it.
Finally, in a fit of pique over the furnace filters, Zimmy popped off
October The First Is Too Late, a long-form piece using CO's harmonium
mixed with some other sounds he can't even remember putting in
there. Ta-da! And the final mixdown was accomplished by Zimmy
falling asleep during the crucial finish, 23 minutes into it, and his
head pushing the various sliders to a miraculously perfect
configuration to complete the piece!
Luckily, those pesky face marks will eventually come out.
Now, Alaska, is the home of Walt Tape, a photogenic guy who likes to
takes cool photogravatures. ZN 2 will feature his work as cover art,
the perfect compliment to the music inside.
So, here it is, a new Zimiamvian Night CD, titled Zimiamvian Night 2,
with 2 pieces:
A Little Flower In October, the remix piece from CO's Altered Days
remix project and
October The First Is Too Late, the long-form worth waiting for (we
hope).
Total length: 1 hour
Available from Infraction Records, www.infractionrecords.com