Ground Zero (band)

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Ground zero
Otomo Yoshihide on guitar, turntables and electronics
Otomo Yoshihide on guitar, turntables and electronics
General information
origin Japan
Genre (s) Noise , jazzcore
founding 1990
resolution 1998
Founding members
Yoshihide Otomo
Hideki Kato
Masahiro Uemura

Ground Zero is a band founded in 1990 by Yoshihide Otomo with changing members.

history

Originally the band was initiated by John Zorn to perform the free improvisation piece called Game Piece Cobra , but quickly developed into Otomo's main project, which contributed to its increasing popularity in the following years. The group, often consisting of nine people, consisted essentially of Yoshihide Otomo, Hideki Kato and Masahiro Uemura, and later Mitsuru Nasuno , Sachiko M and Kazuhisa Uchihashi . The band's name changed from Ground-0 to Ground Zero in the first few years ; the project was also mentioned as the Ground Zero Orchestra and Ground Zero Ensemble . The group was active from 1990 to 1998. The band released their last appearance the following year under the title Last Concert.

style

The style of the group is known as New Improvisation Music or Noise as well as Jazzcore . On their self-titled debut album in 1992 , Ground Zero was the first band to use turntables for free improvisation. A fact that represented a recognizable further development of previous listening habits for those interested in jazz as well as for fans of electronic music. The band also mixed traditional Asian instruments with instruments from general rock and pop music.

Discography

  • Ground zero. Ground zero. God Mountain, GMCD-002, 1993.
  • Ground zero. Null & Void. Tzadik , TZ 7204, 1995.
  • Ground zero. Revolutionary Pekingese Opera. Trigram, TR-P 909, 1995.
  • Ground zero. Revolutionary Pekingese Opera, version 1.28. ReR, GZ1, 1996 (UK); Locus Solus, LSI 1007 (Japan).
  • Ground zero. Revolutionary Pekingese Opera, version 1.50. 7 "single. Gentle Giant, GG701, 1996.
  • Baestard / Ground-Zero. Pinball Tenacity / Live Mao '99. Split 7 "single. PANEMONIUM Rdz, PAN010, 1996.
  • Ground zero. Plays standards. Nani / Disk Union, NCD-201, 1997.
  • Ground zero. Consume Red. Sank-ohso / Creativeman, CMDD-00046, 1997 (Japan); ReR, ReR GZ2, 1997 (UK).
  • Ground zero. Conflagration. Sank-ohso / Creativeman, CMDD-00047. 1997.
  • Ground zero. Consummation. Sank-ohso / Creativeman, CMDD-00048, 1998.
  • Ground zero. Last Concert. Valve / Amoebic, AMO-VA-02, 1999 (Japan); Alcohol, ALGZ1CD, 1999 (UK).
  • Ground zero. Live 1992+. doubtmusic, dmh-114, 2007.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Todd S. Jenkins: Free jazz and free improvisation: an encyclopedia . Greenwood Publishing Group, 2004, ISBN 0-313-29881-5 , pp. 165 ( online [accessed September 28, 2010]).
  2. ↑ a b c d Caleb Kelly: Cracked media: the sound of malfunction . MIT Press, 2009, ISBN 978-0-262-01314-7 , pp. 188 ( online [accessed September 28, 2010]).
  3. ↑ Yoshihide Otomo on culture base ( Memento from June 21, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on September 28, 2010)
  4. ↑ a b Band biography on Japan Improv (accessed September 28, 2010)
  5. ^ Christoph Cox, Daniel Warner: Audio culture: readings in modern music . Continuum International Publishing Group, 2004, ISBN 0-8264-1615-2 , pp. 405 ( online [accessed September 28, 2010]).
  6. ↑ All publications on Japan Improv (accessed September 28, 2010)