Shem

Artist: Zia
Label: Caroline Distributio
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 798686321426
EAN: 0798686321426
ASIN: B000001C4U

Release Date: 1996-03-05

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Tracks:

Space Multimedia For PC And Macintosh Computers
Future
Hand Held
Lie
River
Disevolve

Customer Reviews:

zia's shem.......2006-11-02

This cd was given to me when it first came out in 1996 by my uncle who also does haft of the samples and percussion on the album and i thought wow what a weird cd.

The lyrics are great. Elaine's voice is soo pretty and works very well over the music that is being made. The beats are pretty awesome and overall the cd is pretty good for a band who only made this ep and for a cd that only has 5 tracks. i suggest to buy/find this cd if you enjoy good vocal, space related lyrics and electronic beats.

affirmative, informative, far out, and beautiful.......2002-08-21

Zia are pro-space electro pop/hard electronica with some good ideaz about colonizing marz and commercializing the moon. their music is microtonal, meaning it is not played on the traditional western scale and utilizes midi trigger sequences (mounted on racks of circuit boards) that are hit with sticks. elaine walker singer and founder also heads the new york chapter of the space society.

Punky Pop!.......2002-06-23

Like Blondie and The Pretenders jamming with Billy Joel! I Love it! The is primal Zia; they have since progressed to smoother electronica on the compilation. "She: A Female TripHop Experience," available on this site (also very good!).

Very good.......1999-06-20

As the other reviewer commented, this is a very excellent semi-industrial band. It also comes complete with a documentary on space narrated by the lead vocalist, Elaine. Seems a little out of place, but she has a nice voice. You'd do yourself a favour to pick this one up... just listen to the provided samples! (Trent Reznor is credited as helping out... but don't let that stop you from checking out Zia)

Electro-industrial with a New Wave bent........1999-06-09

This is a excellent little piece of work from NYC electro band ZIA. Elaine Walker is the main force behind the group, with humorous and insightful lyrics and a good voice to back them up. Although not as typically "industrial" as say, Skinny Puppy, ZIA hearkens back to '80s electro/dance/New Wave sounds which aren't as fierce. The lyrics have a definite cyberpunk edge -- some of them are almost verbatim from William Gibson's "Neuromancer!" If you want some guitarless industrial that won't grind over you or get obnoxiously repetitive, then give this disc a spin.

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