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Z'Ev

Z'Ev is credited on 116 releases across 39 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1981–2020 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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116

Pressings credited

39

Albums

5

Decades active

2

In collections

Biography

Z'EV (born Stefan Joel Weisser, February 8, 1951 – December 16, 2017) was an American poet, percussionist, and sound artist. After studying various world music traditions at CalArts, he began creating his own percussion sounds out of industrial materials for a variety of independent and underground record labels. He is regarded as a pioneer of industrial music. In 1983, critic Roy Sablosky wrote: "Z'EV doesn't just break the rules, he changes them." Journalist Louis Morra wrote in 1983: "Z'EV is a consummate example of contemporary performance art, as well as modern composition and theater." and, "Z'EV realizes many of modernist art's ultimate goals: primitivism, improvisation, multi-media/conjunction of art forms, the artist as direct creator." His work with text and sound was influenced by Kabbalah, as well as African, Afro-Caribbean and Indonesian music and culture. He studied Ewe music, Balinese gamelan, and Indian tala.

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Credited work

116 releases · 39 albums · active 1981–2020

  • Performance · 136
  • Other credits · 66
  • Engineering · 39
  • Production · 28
  • Mastering · 6

Studios: Sorcerer Sound · Radio City Music Hall Studio · St. Mark's Church, New York City · Vons Studios

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