Strangled Curiosity

by Zebularin

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1.	tripha 01:19	buy track
2.	diplothian 03:25	buy track
3.	gestalt 05:38	buy track
4.	grammo 01:52	buy track
5.	deixis 10:23	buy track
6.	norigins 06:31	buy track
7.	therme 11:23	buy track
8.	valpergo 04:44	buy track

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ZEBULARIN is an ever-changing and shapeshifting instrumental collective hailing from Stuttgart.
Besides the mutual interest in improvisation, science, alchemy and the social implications of music, all of its members have different and sometimes even diverging musical backgrounds rooted in ambient, jazz, noise, classical music, postrock or freeform electronics.
There is no focus on a specific genre or aesthetic whatsoever, but rather on the constant interplay of tension and release as an intuitive playground of joined forces. Sounds are prone to aggregation and coagulation, structures pile up and explode/implode, deteriorate and vanish. Sometimes they reappear. Uneventfullness and density are always interconnected. Openness is the key.

Zebularin was/is/will be...

Peter Bone
Daniel Kartmann
Ekkehard Roessle
Yoshihiro Kikuchi
Daniel Vujanic
Ruediger Kurz
Heiner Stilz

musical direction/recordings/arrangements: Daniel Vujanic

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released June 5, 2020

limited edition tape is out on steep gloss.
(steepgloss.bandcamp.com)

"The pleasure of ‘Strangled Curiosity’ is that you don’t know how each of the tracks will progress. Each of the band’s member comes from different discipline of music, jazz, noise, freeform electronics, classical, ambient and postrock so the album is a hodgepodge of styles and sounds. In a good way of course. ‘Deixis’ is the track that epitomises this the most. From the opening crunches, it conveys the feeling of walking across a vast snowy landscape. Glacial synths lurk in the background as we make our weary way across the tundra. As ‘Deixis’ progresses the terrain gets steeper and a whiteout happens, and our sense of direction goes. Here it feels that the members of Zebularin are acting both independently and in unison with each other. It’s an album that yields more and more with each listen. You’ll want to play it about five times to start getting the full effect. The first time I played it I thought it was about the fear of missing out, but now I think it’s more about growing to be content. I’m looking forward to what I think it’s about next time I play it. This is great. It truly is."
- Nick Roseblade for Vital Weekly
www.vitalweekly.net/1242.html

"The Stuttgart collective is adroit at the noisy end of the experimental spectrum, but they don’t shy away from pulling back into a minimalist approach here and there. Far from being a freeform freakout and letting walls upon walls of noise crush you, Strangled Curiosity is more intimate, as the title suggests, opting to toss you about like a cat does a mouse before finally making you its prey."
- Ryan for Cassette Gods
cassettegods.blogspot.com/2020/08/zebularin-strangled-curiosity-c46-steep.html?m=1

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