Zu (band)
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| Origin | Rome |
| Genre(s) | Avant-garde Free jazz Math rock Punk jazz |
| Years active | 1999-present |
| Members | |
| Luca Mai Massimo Pupillo Jacopo Battaglia |
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The Zu are an Italian punk jazz trio from Rome.
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[edit] Biography
Zu formed in Rome in 1997, where they began as composers and players for theatre performances. The band is composed of three members: Luca Mai on baritone saxophone, Massimo Pupillo on bass and Jacopo Battaglia on drums. The band released 13 albums, including a live album and two splits, and played in festivals in Europe and America. In 2006 the band toured with the Fantômas Melvins Big Band, a superband which is a fusion of Fantomas and the Melvins.
[edit] Style
The band's music is a fusion of hardcore punk, free jazz and noise rock. Zu's style, despite changes over the years, is improvisation-based, with hardcore-like rhythmic sections and free-jazz based saxophone solos.
One constant element in Zu's music is collaboration; many of the band's albums are billed as collaborations with a guest musician (such as Mats Gustafsson, Eugene Chadbourne, and Nobukazu Takemura). Often, a collaborater will join them at live performances as well. Members of the band also collaborate with other musical projects, most of which exist only as live performances.
[edit] Band Members
- Luca Mai - baritone saxophone
- Massimo Pupillo - bass
- Jacopo Battaglia - drums
[edit] Major Collaborators
- Roy Paci - trumpet on Bromio
- Eugene Chadbourne - guitar on The Zu Side of the Chadbourne and Motorhellington
- Fred Lomberg-Holm - cello on The Way of the Animal Powers
- Jeb Bishop - trombone on Igneo
- Ken Vandermark - saxophones on Igneo
- Spaceways inc. (band)- on Radiale
- Mats Gustafsson - saxophones on How to Raise an Ox
- Xabier Iriondo - on Zu/Iceburn
- Nobukazu Takemura - on Identification with the Enemy - A Key to the Underworld
- Mike Patton - vocals on some live dates
[edit] Discography
- Bromio - 1999
- The Zu Side of the Chadbourne - 2000
- Motorhellington - 2001
- Igneo - 2002
- Live in Hellsinki - 2003
- Radiale - 2004
- The Way of the Animal Powers - 2005
- How to Raise an Ox - 2005
- Zu v/s Dälek (split) - 2005
- Rai Sanawachi Koe Wo Hassu - 2006
- Zu/Iceburn (split) - 2006
- Identification with the Enemy - A Key to the Underworld - 2007
- 7" Picture Disk - 2007
[edit] Trivia
- John Zorn said about the band: "You have created a powerful and expressive music that totally blows away what most bands do these days!"
- They are members of the italian folk-jazz group Ardecore.
[edit] See also
- Gronge
