Thursday, December 9, 2021

Zum Audio announces Noise Pop Festival showcase in Feb 2022, 32-track compilation featuring Zach Hill (Death Grips), Xiu Xiu, others out now


Longstanding California record label Zum Audio marks its 24th year by joining the lineup of the 29th Noise Pop Festival in February 2022. Talent Moat and Zum present a night at Bottom of the Hill with BODY DOUBLE, MY HEART, AN INVERTED FLAME, and THE ACHARIS. Tickets available HERE. 


All three acts have released albums with Zum since the onset of COVID19. Body Double’s debut album Milk Fed received rave reviews and radio play on Henry RollinsKCRW program. They recently played The Mosswood Meltdown Festival with John Waters.  bodydoubleusa.bandcamp.com 


This will be My Heart, an Inverted Flame’s debut live performance. Their double LP Plague Notes, Unnamed, Unknown, A Finger Dragged Through Dust (co-released with Deathbomb Arc and tUMULt) was well-received by The Wire and SF Weekly. Composed entirely of synthesizers and percussion, MHAIF features members of A Minor Forest, Common Eider, King Eider, I Am Spoonbender, Never Knows. They have been releasing an EP every month of 2021 on Bandcamp. myheartaninvertedflame.bandcamp.com


The Acharis (from Oakland/Detroit) co-released their latest album Blue Sky/Grey Heaven with Zum and French label Cranes. They just got off a fall tour of France and the UK.

theacharis.bandcamp.com/album/blue-sky-grey-heaven 

 

All three acts feature prominently on the Zum Audio Vol 4 digital compilation, a survey of art rock, noise punk, damaged electronics, and improvised music. Curated by Zum label founder George Chen (KIT, Common Eider, King Eider, Chen Santa Maria), a writer and musician-turned-comedian, the compilation features musicians from the US, UK, Canada, Japan, Italy, and Australia. Zum Audio Vol 4 was featured on Bandcamp New & Notable, BrooklynVegan, Treble, and Idioteq.


Established by siblings George and Yvonne Chen as a magazine in the San Francisco Bay Area, Zum released its first stand-alone compilation CD in 1998 (with contributions from Songs:Ohia, David Pajo, Duster, and Grandaddy). In the two decades since launching, the label has worked with a diverse roster including Abe Vigoda, Mincemeat Or Tenspeed (Davey Harms), Weird Weeds, !!!, Zs, Growing, AIDS Wolf, and many more.


George Chen is available for interviews. Bio link here: 

zumonline.com/collections/george-chen


Interview with George and Marc Masters in Pitchfork : pitchfork.com/features/the-out-door/7825-the-out-door-5


Acts: 

Body Double

My Heart, an Inverted Flame

The Acharis 

Date: Tuesday, February 22nd 2022

Venue: Bottom of the Hill, 1233 17th St, San Francisco, CA 94107

Ticket Price: $13 advance / $15 at the door

Age Restriction: 21+


Noise Pop sells festival badges at noisepopfest.com/badges- this is part of their Phase 2 Announcement.





Artist: Various Artists

Album: Zum Audio Vol 4

Record Label:  Zum Audio

Release Date: November 5th, 2021


01. Alien Owl Cafe - Magick Matcha Moment
02. My Heart, an Inverted Flame - Five Felt Sevenly, Pallid and Sallow
03. Looose - It Was All Nearly Mine!
04. Kris & Tavi - Carrington Event
05. Earth Jerks - July 17th, 1959
06. The Urxed - Re-Regional
07. Prissy Whip - Not Impressed
08. The Acharis - Nothing’s Sacred
09. Body Double - Prisonous Mind
10. Watkins/Peacock - Stone Cold Stole Dub One
11. It Sound - Inbetween the Seas (Lectric Sand Dub Mix)
12. Michael Beach, Bonnie Mercer, Carla Oliver, Peter Warden - Kyneton #1
13. Barbican Estate - Abandon
14. Maskara - Dear Inertia… (#3)
15. Xiu Xiu - A Bottle of Rum (Live Radio)
16. Core of the Coalman - Incarnate Words
17. Somnambulists - Discordances
18. Spaceburn - New Growth
19. Pod Blotz - Remote Viewing Case #80787
20. Cube - Carpet ESP
21. Zach Hill - Startled Ea
22. Necking - Abyssal Joy
23. Chris Brian Taylor - Super Reverse Commuter
24. Jasmine Dreame Wagner - Three Themes from Drifts (Red Zone, Blue Ice, White Snow)
25. Father Murphy - His Face Showed No Distortions (Live at WFMU)
26. Neil Campbell - Rickety Bridge in the Rain
27. Bavaria - Nouveau Couteaux
28. Carrom - Number 4 (A.T.S.T.S.)
29. Kern Haug - to Mass
30. The Skin Horse - High Desert
31. Gabriel Saloman - Spatial Poetics
32. John Benson - Blood and Milk














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