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Artist profile: Super Z Attack Team

Super Z Attack Team promotional photo
Super Z Attack Team promotional photo

Super Z Attack Team started as a spin-off from the band Zhongyu, a studio-oriented project formed by multi-instrumentalist and composer Jon Davis. With the unusual instrumentation of Stick, bari sax, and drums, the trio incorporates electronics into music that straddles rock energy and the jazzy spirit of improvisation. They relish the intersection of planning and chance, always focusing on maintaining a groove, regardless of what meter they use.

Personnel:

  • James DeJoie — Woodwinds, voice, electronics
  • Randy Doak — Acoustic and electronic percussion
  • Jon Davis — Chapman Stick, electronics

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Artist profile: Zhongyu

Although Zhongyu, the band, is relatively new to the world, its seeds stretch back several decades. It started as a recording project for the compositions of Jon Davis, which defy categorization by combining qualities of progressive rock, jazz, space rock, chamber music, and Asian traditional music. These compositions are the result of years of listening to challenging music, and strive to present balance: between complexity and simplicity, noise and silence, beauty and terror, energy and calm.

Personnel:

  • Jon Davis — Stick, guzheng, theremin
  • Dennis Rea — guitar
  • Alicia DeJoie — violin
  • James DeJoie — woodwinds
  • Randy Doak — drums

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