Zig-Zag Band - Chigiyo Music Kings 1987-1998 Artist_Annie & The Caldwells it's distinctly Merzbow

it's distinctly Merzbow

Released in 2011

A rebuke of former categorizations of his work in Brazilian music scenes

Bearing influence from New Order and The Cure in particular

the kind of creative convergence you’d expect when online friends start spending time together IRL (their debut was completed before the whole band had ever been in the same room at the same time)

Zig-Zag Band - Chigiyo Music Kings 1987-1998 Artist_Annie & The Caldwells it's distinctly MerzbowIn 2002, I traveled to Zimbabwe with my friend Marc, a fellow musician. After a month long record safari, he insisted that the highlight of the entire trip was discovering the Zig Zag Band. At the time, I was so immersed in the raw, gritty Chimurenga sound that his comment barely registered. Fast forward twenty years and I found myself back in Zimbabwe, this time with Volkan who after another digging trip, told me that despite all the music we had