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Zombi

Surface To Air

[CD]

By: Bob Ignizio

I absolutely loved Zombi’s debut album ‘Cosmos’, and I still pull that disc out for a listen fairly often. So as you can imagine, I was really looking forward to this follow up album, while at the same time dreading that it wouldn’t live up to my expectations. Thankfully, any fears I might have had are quickly proven to be unfounded by ‘Surface to Air’.

For those of you still unfamiliar with this instrumental duo, they play synth and bass driven music reminiscent of seventies prog rockers like Goblin and Tangerine Dream. There’s even a hint of Georgio Moroder on “Digitalis”, which kind of reminds me of Moroder’s “Theme From Midnight Express”. My favorite tracks are probably the two most driving numbers, “Legacy” and “Surface to Air”, both of which would sound right at home in a seventies Italian horror film. But the most ambitious composition here is “Night Rhythms”, which clocks in at almost twenty minutes and pulls off the difficult feat of remaining interesting for the entire running time. Definitely not for everyone, but if you like this style of music pick this up immediately.

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