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 Arnold: Guitar/Vocals
Remko: Electronics
Two boys (living in Amsterdam, Holland) transforming
their wide variety of influences (such as hiphop, techno, noise and pop)
into their very own style.
They re-arrange and mix their influences until the fragments fall into an
exciting new form of song. At first maybe not manifest, but behind subtle
structures and strange chord-changes a catchy song always shows through.
Ultimately rich in expressing different moods in an electro-acoustic
environment the songs are to-the-point, with a head and a tail.
Energy, surprise, excitement and some nice moments of tranquillity are fed
by playful inspiration.
Zea shows in a ghostly-carousel whirl of samples and melodies with passion
that popmusic still has unlimited possibilities and with that the beauty
of it: originality caught in a unique form.
Selected discography
7" We Buried Indie Rock Years Ago
CD Today I forgot to complain
7" An experience of trouble
7" Counting backwards leads to explosions
The late John Peel played tracks of both albums and
the vinyl singles on BBC Radio 1 and on BBC Worldservice.
Selective gigs:
England: Seven tours between 2000-2006
(o.a.: The Monarch and Upstairs at the Garage (3x), Buffalo Bar, Brixton
Windmill, London; Megagig-Festival 2000 and Adelphi Club, Hull; Moles
Club, Bath; Upstairs at Academy 3, Birmingham), Truck-festival 2005, Go
North-festival 2006.
USA 2001: Brownies, Sidewalk and CBGB's Gallery in NYC.
USA March 2003: 4 weeks-tour, SXSW-Festival and session for KUT-Radio,
Austin, Texas; Sidewalk (2x) NYC).
USA October 2003: 10-day tour, including CMJ Music Marathon, NYC;
WarehouseNextDoor, Washington DC and The Middle East, Boston.
USA October
2004: a.o.: CMJ Music Marathon, NYC; session for WFMU-radio, New Jersey;
Tonic Upstairs, NYC; Midway, Boston)
Canada 2005: tour 2005
Germany: Popkomm 2001 in Cologne and 2004 tour, Moers-festival 2005, several
tours 2005-2007.
France: a.o.: 7-day tour with The Ex (The Ex Anniversary tour), Printemps
de Bourges-festival 2005, Furia Sound Festival 2005, Pontoise
Scandinavia: a.o.: Gigs in Sweden (Debaser-Stockholm) and Denmark
(Aalborg).
Holland: a.o.: Nation-wide radio (4x) and television; Paradiso, Amsterdam
(10x); Noorderslag-Festival 2000 and 2004, Waterpop-Festival 2000,
Lowlands-Festival 2000, Eurosonic-Festival, Groningen 2006.
Belgium: Session for "Studio Brussel", Dour-festival 2005.
Russia: 2005 tour plus TV-performance, 2006 tour, 2008 tour.
Ethiopia:
Five gigs (o.a.: Alize Club, Hager Fekir Theatre, Le Bateau
Ivre) in Addis Ababa, May 2008.
Ghana: gig in Accra (with Ken Carbonu), July 2008.
The band did 400+ gigs all over the place in the last three years.
Their third CD "Insert
Parallel Universe" was released June 6, 2006 (Netherlands)
and August 21 (UK).
Zea recorded a live-session for Huw Stephens' BBC Radio One programme
at the Maida Vale studio's in London on October 4, 2006.
After the 2008 Ethiopia tour Zea has been slimmed down to Arnold solo. You will see him play at unusual places. He played as Zea in Accra, Ghana in July 2008 and at several places in Holland since then.
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