Z'EV & BRYAN LEWIS SAUNDERS

"DAKU"

ONE MAN'S JOURNEY THROUGH THE EVOLUTION OF HIS INTERPRETATION OF PAIN

VOCALS BY BRYAN LEWIS SAUNDERS.  MUSIC BY Z'EV (CREATED SOLELY FROM VOCALS).  RECORDED BY PHIL LEONARD.  MIXED AND MASTERED BY Z'EV.  ART AND STORY BY BRYAN LEWIS SAUNDERS.

 STAND-UP TRAGEDY RECORDS

 SUT-9 / ©2008

Certainly one of the stranger releases I recently reviewed was Bryan Lewis Saunders' 'N1-N4 Variations', of him talking in his sleep. Here he has another set of spoken word - four stories and an introduction of the word 'Daku'. It can be love, time, god or anything. Its meaning is its use, Saunders says. Saunders recites his texts, or rather tells his stories and Z'EV uses his voice to create the music. Z'EV's recent outings in electronic music, say 'Forwaard' and 'Outwaard', where he processes environmental sounds and which are far away from his usual percussion based work (although nothing new for him, as Z'EV also created text sound pieces in the earlier days of his career). Even when following the text is something that I don't always do, concentrating more on the texture of the voice in combination with the music, this is a great story telling release. Saunders has a great voice, telling stories about being sick and pain that grabs the listener, while Z'EV provides a fine
soundtrack to it. The voices are transformed into animalistic cries and whispers, adding scary elements to the music. I'm not entirely sure if it is meant as such but there is an uneasy, horror like element that is part of this music. Excellent radioplay stuff.  - Frans de Waard

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