ArtistInfo

Zoviet France

Band, FR
Electronic and Dance

Zoviet France is an idiosyncratic collective of anonymous postindustrialists, dronologists, and pseudo-ethnomusicologists. Their investigations have taken them into fictional cultures where nothing is easily located and reality often slips into the hypnagogic. Having secluded themselves in Newcastle, England since their inception in 1980, Zoviet France have developed a radical relationship with the cheap technologies of old-fashioned tape recorders, homemade acoustic instruments, primitive looping and sampling devices, and basic dub trickery. From these machines, the collective has crafted a distinctly unique vocabulary of postindustrial sonic hypnosis. Just as Zoviet France's sound was alchemic reconfigurations of inexpensive technologies, their vinyl packaging literally covered their sounds with aluminum, roofing shingles and porcelain. Members: Lisa Hale (1980-1981) Robin Storey (1980-1992) Peter Jensen (1980-1984) Ben Ponton (1980-present) Paolo di Paolo (1984-1986) Mark Spybey (1987-1989) Andy Eardley (1990-1995) Mark Warren (1995-present)

Members

	Mark Spybey *1961 GB
	Robin Storey key, voc, fl, g *1992 GB
	Ben Ponton GB
	Andy Eardley GB
	Paolo Di Paolo GB
	Peter Jensen FR
	Lisa Hale GB
	Mark Warren