Zoviet France

:zoviet*france: is an idiosyncratic collective of anonymous postindustrialists, dronologists, and pseudo-ethnomusicologists. Their investigations have taken them into semi-fictional cultures where reality is not easily located - although oft-forgotten historical markers, such as beachhead bunkers, occasionally punctuate their cover artwork - and often slips into the realm of the waking dream. Having secluded themselves in Newcastle, England since their inception in 1982, :Zoviet*France: have developed a radical relationship with the cheap technologies of old-fashioned tape recorders...

In spite of the digital polish resulting from their usage of hard disk editing on their latest records, :Zoviet*France: has continuously fashioned a beautiful eeriness with unplaced signifiers, sonorous echoes, and hazy driftscapes. There are no political, social or psycho-acoustic attributions to be found on a :Zoviet*France: product, which differentiates them from the sometimes didactic authorings by ambio-noise mates The Hafler Trio, Muslimgause, Esplendor Geometrico and others. Perhaps the most fulfilling aspect of purchasing a :Zoviet*France: recording is its very absence of anything to latch your brain on to. One is left to his/her own mental formations as the artwork and music engage one to explore, sans reference, those pre-logical meanderings so much of this genre of music is all about.

Members:
Ben Ponton
Mark Warren
Past members:
Andy Eardley
Lisa Hale
Mark Spybey
Paolo Di Paolo
Peter Jensen
Robin Storey

Discography:

:Garista:
1982 - (:soviet:france: ) Cas
1985 - (Red Rhino\Singing Ringing) Cas
1990 - (Charrm CHARRMTC1) Cas
1990 - (Charrm CHARRMLP1) LP
1990 - (Charrm CHARRMCD1) CD
untitled (Hessian)
1982 - (Red Rhino RED 12 EP) EP
1985 - (Red Rhino RED 12 EP) EP
1990 - (Charrm CHARRMLP2) EP
1990 - (Charrm CHARRMCD2) CD
Norsch
1983 - (Red Rhino RED23) EP
1990 - (Charrm CHARRMCD3) CD
Mohnomishe
1983 - (Red Rhino REDLP40) Dbl-LP
1990 - (Charrm CHARRMCD4) CD
Eostre
1984 - (Red Rhino REDLP 45) Dbl-LP
1985 - (Red Rhino REDLP 45) Dbl-LP
1990 - (Charrm CHARRMCD5) CD
Popular Soviet Songs And Youth Music
1985 - (Singing Ringing/Red Rhino REDC58) Dbl-Cas
1994 - (Staalplaat STCD 024) Six-CD
1995 - (Staalplaat STCD 024) Tpl-CD
2004 - (Staalplaat STCD 024) Tpl-CD
Gris
1985 - (No Mans Land NML 8505) EP
1985 - (No Mans Land NML 8505) EP
Misfits, Loony Tunes And Squalid Criminals
1986 - (Red Rhino REDLP67) LP
1995 - (Charrm CHARRMCD8) CD
Gesture Signal Threat
1986 - (Red Rhino REDLP67A) Cas
1995 - (Charrm CHARRMCD9) CD
Loh Land
1987 - (Staalplaat STAALTAPE 00L) Cas
1992 - (Staalplaat STCD 018) CD
A Flock Of Rotations
1987 - (Red Rhino REDLP68) LP
1995 - (Charrm CHARRMCD10) CD
Assault And Mirage
1987 - (Red Rhino REDLP68A) Cas
1995 - (Charrm CHARRMCD11) CD
Shouting At The Ground
1987 - (Red Rhino REDCD91) Dbl-LP
1987 - (Red Rhino REDLP91) CD
1990 - (Charrm CHARRMLP12) Dbl-LP
1990 - (Charrm CHARRMCD12) CD
Look Into Me
1990 - (Charrm CHARRMLP14) LP/EP
1990 - (Charrm CHARRMCD14) CD
Just An Illusion
1990 - (Staalplaat STCD 005) CD
1995 - (Staalplaat STCD 005) CD
2005 (Staalplaat STCD 005) CD
Shadow, Thief Of The Sun
1991 - (DOVentertainment DOVeCD66) CD
Vienna 1990
1991 - (Charrm CHARRMCD15) CD
1991 - (Charrm CHARRMCD15) CD
Collusion
1992 - (The Grey Area Of Soleilmoon SION 1) CD
What Is Not True
1993 - (Charrm CHARRMCD17) CD
Unentitled
1995 - (These THESE 11 CD) CD
Digilogue
1996 - (Soleilmoon SOLV 004) LP
1998 - (Soleilmoon SOL 62 CD) CD
In.Version
1996 - (Charrm CHARRMCD24) CD
Mort Aux Vaches: Feedback
1998 - (Mort Aux Vaches / Staalplaat no#) CD
The Decriminalisation Of Country Music
2000 - (Tramway TRAM1 CD) CD
Music For A Spaghetti Western
2005 - (Klanggalerie GG111) CD
2008 - shteirlel
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