The Books
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| The Books | ||
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 Left to right: Nick Zammuto, Paul de Jong
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| Background information | ||
| Origin | North Adams, Massachusetts, United States | |
| Genre(s) | Electronic music, Folk, Experimental | |
| Years active | 2000 – present | |
| Label(s) | Tomlab | |
| Website | Official site | |
| Members | ||
| Nick Zammuto Paul de Jong |
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| Former members | ||
| Anne Doerner Mikey Zammuto |
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The Books are a band founded by and consisting of American Nick Zammuto and Dutchman Paul de Jong in New York City in 2000. Their music is a mix of aleatoric, electronica, folk, and acoustic music (de Jong is a cellist and Zammuto plays acoustic guitar and electric bass), incorporating samples of sounds, speech and music. They have released three albums, all on the German (Cologne) label Tomlab. They are currently recording and residing in North Adams, Massachusetts.
Their 2006 live shows consisted primarily of live acoustic performance (cello, guitar and vocals), played with prerecorded electronics and synchronized video.
Their music ("Tokyo" from The Lemon of Pink) was featured in the KnowHIVAIDS television ad campaign.[1]
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[edit] Discography
- (2002) Thought for Food (CD/LP)
- (2003) The Lemon of Pink (CD/LP)
- (2005) Lost and Safe (CD/LP)
- (2006) Music for a French Elevator and Other Short Format Oddities by the Books (Mini CD)
[edit] Other work
- The Loneliest Road: Soundtrack and audio production for Gregory Whitehead's radioplay, BBC3, October 2003.
- 1%: Four tracks for the elevators of the new Ministry of Culture building, Paris, France within the project '1%' by D. Jourdan & Y. Oshima, April 2004.
- Sound Art: Nick Zammuto also makes what he calls "sound sculptures", the first of which is for sale on their website. The prototype of the "Spoon Box" is made of wood, plexiglass, zinc plates, measuring spoons, and closeout radioshack parts. It hooks up to a CD player and small amplifier which cause the spoons to dance. There are small speakers behind the spoons that move in response to the sounds on the CD which were carefully composed using low frequency sine waves and kitchen sounds. The speakers, in turn, blow small puffs of air into the spoons which cause them to bounce/vibrate in rhythmic patterns.
- Prefuse 73 Reads The Books - After collaborating with Prefuse 73 on his 2005 LP 'Surrounded By Silence', an additional EP of further remixes of Books tracks was released.
