If you haven’t checked out Zilla yet, do your ears a favor and queue these guys up! Zilla is a trio from Colorado comprised of String Cheese Incident drummer Michael Travis, hamer dulcimer guru Jamie Janover, and jam virtuoso Aaron Holstein. Their sound is completely different from anything I’ve heard before. Everything about Zilla is improv, they have no written songs and everything they do is composed on the fly. The idea sounds a little strange before you hear it, but removing the confines of a written composition and melody has freed these guys to take the music to some really cool places. I love the sound of the hammer dulcimer and Janover takes a really beautiful approach to the instrument. Its great to hear the dulcimer sound in a trio format with drums, bass, guitar, keys and a sampler. Check them out:
Zilla MP3 here:
| Portions | |
| Smarmy Minions | |
| Dumpster Derby | |
| Crab Lynx |
And a killer soundboard recording:
Band/Artist: Zilla
Date: January 29th, 2006
Venue: The Jellyphish Lounge
Location: Houston, TX
Source: Matrix (MG200/M20* > V2) + (SBD >Behringer Composer Pro >TCE M1) > MX 602 > DA-P1
Lineage: DAT > HHB 800 > CD > S.F. 5.0 > CDR
Taped by: Stan Smith
Transferred by: Stan Smith
Get it here:
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