"Plays Standards"
by Ground-Zero
- Type: Album
- Released: 15 April 1997
- Label: Nani
- Country: Japan
- Community rating: 4.13/5 from 5 ratings
Artists on this release: Gene Raskin, Bertolt Brecht, Abe Kaoru, Otomo Yoshihide, Fred Maher, Nelson Cavaquinho, Ei Rokusuke, Yumiko Tanaka, Burt Bacharach, Taku Izumi, Sabu Toyozumi, Misha Mengelberg, Steve Beresford, Seiichi Yamamoto, Kikuchi Naruyoshi, Fred Frith, Masami Shinoda, V铆ctor Jara, Omoide Hatoba, Hanns Eisler, Guilherme de Brito, Kunio Miyauchi, Nasuno Mitsuru, John Philip Sousa, Bill Laswell, Uchihashi Kazuhisa, Joseph Koo
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Ironic in its title, '"Plays Standards"' is a manic, overwhelmingly dense deconstruction of recognizable themes through harsh turntable music and avant-prog. Ground-Zero utilizes chaotic free improvisation, heavy noise rock, and complex sound collage to create a highly playful yet abrasive avant-garde experience.
Genres
Descriptors: avant-garde, sampling, noisy, experimental, improvisation, electronic, dissonant
Tracklist
- El Derecho De Vivir En Paz + Shinoshin 3/4
- Ultra Q
- Those Were The Days
- Folhas Secas
- Washington Post March + Japan Dissolution
- Akashai No Ame Ga Yamu Toki
- Bones
- Where Is The Police? + The Bath Of Surprise
- Miagetegoran, Yoru No Hoshi Wo
- Yume No Hansyu
- Die Pappel Vom Karlplatz
- A Better Tomorrow + I Say A Little Prayer (Roland Kirk Version)
Credits
- Ground Zero - primary artist
- Uemura Masahiro - drums [kit], percussion
- Yoshigaki Yasuhiro - drums [kit], percussion
- Nasuno Mitsuru - electric bass
- Uchihashi Kazuhisa - guitar, effects
- Noda Shigenori - producer
- Otomo Yoshihide - producer, turntables, guitar
- Sachiko M - sampler
- Kikuchi Naruyoshi - saxophone
- Yumiko Tanaka - shamisen, voice
- Masami Shinoda - written-by
- Victor Jara - written-by
- Kunio Miyauchi - written-by
- Gene Raskin - written-by
- Guilherme de Brito - written-by
- Nelson Cavaquinho - written-by
- John Philip Sousa - written-by
- Omoide Hatoba - written-by
- Abe Kaoru - written-by
- Sabu Toyozumi - written-by
- Bill Laswell - written-by
- Fred Frith - written-by
- Fred Maher - written-by
- Misha Mengelberg - written-by
- Steve Beresford - written-by
- Ei Rokusuke - written-by
- Taku Izumi - written-by
- Seiichi Yamamoto - written-by
- Bertolt Brecht - written-by
- Hanns Eisler - written-by
- Burt Bacharach - written-by
- Joseph Koo - written-by