Zoogz Rift & Marc Mylar - Nutritionally sound (1990)

This duo goes wacky (in a Zappa-ish sense), utilizing electronics and studio gimmickry to the max. Actually, most of this consists of carefully done space age (and new age) instrumentals, usually of an extended nature. The first time vocals come in, it is a spoken dialogue over a musical backing. This is followed by a growling blues vocal on a saxophone-laced, almost progressive jazz number. In the middle of this madness we get a somewhat straight ahead cover of Freddie & the Dreamers' "I'm Telling You Now" (what the hell's going on here?) and, later, a fairly straight ahead cover (although Oingo Boingo-like) of James Brown's "Get Up Off That Thing." I don't know if the nine minutes worth of Biblical-inspired dialog in "Crazed Be the Lord" means anything, but the shorter "You Are Being Watched" makes for some fine Pere Ubu-type noise. A lot of meticulous care seems to have been taken putting this together, and I'm sure the participants are satisfied with the results. If eccentrics like Steve Fisk are your cup of tea, then this is for you.' Frank Beeson, Option Magazine


Tracks:

1- Take the "A" train
2- Take the "Z" train
3- Pearl necklace
4- Conditions for employment
5- All bets are off
6- Skeleton protopunk quagmire 10
7- I'm telling you now
8- Crazed be the lord
9- You are being watched
10- Secret Marines - the untold story
11- Get up offa that thing

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