zs “buck” compact disc

• arms (2:56)
  
• retrace a walk (5:59)
  
• nobody wants to be had (6:41)
  
• pendulum (8:21)
  
• bump (7:31)
  
• slalom (4:02)
  
• mimesis (12:16)
  
• zs (2:26)

gilgongo press release...

zs buck cd gggr-013 expanded (50+ minutes) cd version of a live cassette originally released on folding.  zs. fifty minutes of live recordings from new york city prog / jazz / math kings zs. previous releases on troubleman and planaria. pieces which range from long and scattered minimalism to pieces which showcase their ability to craft fast paced mind-numbingly complex compositions. for fans of everything from upsilon acrux to steve reich to flying luttenbachers.

hubble “hubble linger” c61 cassette

• hubble linger (1) (30:00)
  
  
• hubble linger (2) (30:00)

nna tapes press release...

nna024: hubble "hubble linger" c61 debut release from ben greenberg of nyc no-wave psych clan zs. "hubble linger" lays down a full hour of cyclical and overlapping electric guitar workouts that are almost synth-like, but maintain their thrashiness throughout. the sound of guitar being used as a tool by a professional hypnotist.

zs “33” double seven inch single record set

• 33 (1)
  
  
• 33 (2)
  
  
• 33 (3)
  
  
• 33 (4)

northern spy press release...

artist: zs title: 33 catalog number: ns 016 format: double 7” street date: november 8th, 2011 avant heavyweights zs bring you a rare four-sided vinyl dreamscape of thunderous bass and infectious rhythm with their debut recording for northern spy. as you flip the wax from side to side, the picking and popping of this abstract dub will clean your brain and push you to the brink of dance and transcendental bliss. the limited edition double 7” is encased in a silk screened fold out sheath, delicately assembled for the true collector. recorded at brooklyn’s python patrol and mastered at pike’s point, the intentionally dense sounds on these tracks take the conventional wave form and turn it on its ear. in the tradition of underground urban abstractions, the music here is quite undefinable. if mark rothko were in tinariwen when zs were all growing up in dc as high school students in the early nineties, they might have made this record, and opened for nation of ulysses. if ellsworth kelly had taken up the banjo instead of painting, if barnet newman was a gangster rapper, they may have come up with aural musing such as these, but in the end, this music could only come from one group, place and time. the creative cauldron of brooklyn in 2011 and by no other trio but sam hillmer, ben greenberg and ian antonio. featured artists: sam hillmer: tenor saxophone ben greenberg: electric guitar ian antonio: drum set

hubble “hubble drums” long playing record

• nude ghost (10:33)
  
• hubble's hubble (10:40)
  
  
• glass napkin (20:18)

northern spy press release...

artist: hubble title: hubble drums catalog number: ns 015 format: lp street date: november 8th, 2011 planned since hubble’s first live performance in september of 2010, hubble drums is an inspired record of new guitar music. equal parts shred-fi, cyber-dread and fried psychedelia, hubble drums marks ben greenberg (of zs and pygmy shrews) ’s first full-length recording and debut for northern spy.  recorded at python patrol and lovingly mastered at bonati mastering, the cd and 150g lp features original artwork by michael yaniro and ben greenberg. “hubble’s hubble” serves as the soundtrack for a video of nasa sanctioned cosmic imagery captured by the actual hubble telescope. possibly the most minimal track, ben produces sheets of sound that circle through 3 channels, panning left to center to right, creating an aural environment that reflects the space and movement of deep space.  “nude ghost” is based off the first tapping riff that ben wrote when creating music for solo guitar. the glacially emerging beat mixed into the track came from two days of hazed studio jamming with joe williams (white williams), jon leland (janka nabay, skeletons) and matt papich (ecstatic sunshine). ”glass napkin” highlights ben’s mastery of both guitar tone and hypnotic rhythmic patterns, as well as his energetic patience in the face of a void of his own devising.

hubble “hubble drums” compact disc

• nude ghost (10:33)
  
• glass napkin (20:18)
  
• hubble's hubble (10:40)

northern spy press release...

artist: hubble title: hubble drums catalog number: ns 015 format: cd street date: november 8th, 2011 planned since hubble’s first live performance in september of 2010, hubble drums is an inspired record of new guitar music. equal parts shred-fi, cyber-dread and fried psychedelia, hubble drums marks ben greenberg (of zs and pygmy shrews) ’s first full-length recording and debut for northern spy.  recorded at python patrol and lovingly mastered at bonati mastering, the cd and 150g lp features original artwork by michael yaniro and ben greenberg. “hubble’s hubble” serves as the soundtrack for a video of nasa sanctioned cosmic imagery captured by the actual hubble telescope. possibly the most minimal track, ben produces sheets of sound that circle through 3 channels, panning left to center to right, creating an aural environment that reflects the space and movement of deep space.  “nude ghost” is based off the first tapping riff that ben wrote when creating music for solo guitar. the glacially emerging beat mixed into the track came from two days of hazed studio jamming with joe williams (white williams), jon leland (janka nabay, skeletons) and matt papich (ecstatic sunshine). ”glass napkin” highlights ben’s mastery of both guitar tone and hypnotic rhythmic patterns, as well as his energetic patience in the face of a void of his own devising.