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The CapitalClinic refered me to Zaman 8 and I'll admit, initially, while listening to the 1st song, I thought to myself "are they a bit too world music-y?"
See, unbeknownst to The CapitalClinic, I was once a sales rep for a wholesale import distribution company that in the late 90's and early 2000's was the primary importer of the endless sea of World Music and Chill Out/Lounge comps that saturated the End Caps of Borders and Barnes & Nobel along with the stereos and...
Very nice and very pure music from what I've heard so far. I agree with fuzzygroove that your music reminds me of some of the original jungle stuff before it became all about 170BPM head rippers. I love the mixture of music and machine it's a perfect balance.
Two things that I wish:
That I could hear a vocal once in a while.
That these songs could be bought here on Fuzz at 320kbps MP3s. (I'm buying the first two EPs from iTunes but I really want the best sound I could get.) So...
Hey, DD [David Douglas -our faithful and plugged-in Fuzz Reviewer - check him out], I just came across your review of ZAMAN 8's Sukra (Venus) in the "recent activity" tag on the Fuzz Music page. I'm glad you reviewed this piece and share my own opinion about the quality of the work and the group generally - although with a different, but as usual informative, take on it. It reminded me that I committed earlier to review the group myself when I first heard their postings at...
This is the best music I've heard on fuzz yet. My first impression was that it was going to be a noodley little jam band but I kept on listening and found myself being sucked in further and further. This music is deep.
The world beats provide a wonderful drone to the remarkable sax and guitar work. Add in some funky bass and the perfect compliments of some auxiliary percussion and you've got what I'm hearing right now.
The production is very cool with little breaks happening...