Zoviet*france Is An Idiosyncratic Collective Of Anonymous Postindustrialists Dronologists And Pseudo-Ethnomusicologists. Their Investigations Have Taken Them Into Semi-Fictional Cultures Where Reality Is Not Easily Located - Although Oft-Forgotten Historical Markers Such As Beachhead Bunkers Occasionally Punctuate Their Cover Artwork - And Often Slips Into The Realm Of The Waking Dream. Having Secluded Themselves In Newcastle England Since Their Inception In 1982 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. Adding To Their Mystery Linear Notes Are Precious Few And Hard To Find To The Point Of 6-Point Typeface Printed On The Spine Of Rorschach-Like Fold-Out Illustrations. In Fact During The Pre-CD Era Their Vinyl Packaging Usually Evoked As Much Mystery And Fascination As The Music Itself. In Spite Of The Digital Polish Resulting From Their Usage Of Hard Disk Editing On Their Latest Records Zoviet*France Has Continuously Fashioned A Beautiful Eeriness With Unplaced Signifiers Sonorous Echoes And Hazy Driftscapes. There Are No Political Social Or Psycho-Acoustic Attributions To Be Found On A Zoviet*France Product Which Differentiates Them From The Sometimes Didactic Authorings By Ambio-Noise Mates The Hafler Trio Muslimgauze Esplendor Geometrico And Others. Perhaps The Most Fulfilling Aspect Of Purchasing A Zoviet*France Recording Is Its Very Absence Of Anything To Latch Your Brain On To. One Is Left To His/her Own Mental Formations As The Artwork And Music Engage One To Explore Sans Reference Those Pre-Logical Meanderings So Much Of This Genre Of Music Is All About. Members Ben Ponton Mark Warren Past Members Andy Eardley Lisa Hale Mark Spybey Paolo Di Paolo Peter Jensen Robin Storey Discography Garista 1982 - Soviet France Cas 1985 - Red Rhino\Singing Ringing Cas 1990 - Charrm CHARRMTC1 Cas 1990 - Charrm CHARRMLP1 LP 1990 - Charrm CHARRMCD1 CD untitled Hessian 1982 - Red Rhino RED 12 EP EP 1985 - Red Rhino RED 12 EP EP 1990 - Charrm CHARRMLP2 EP 1990 - Charrm CHARRMCD2 CD Norsch 1983 - Red Rhino RED23 EP 1990 - Charrm CHARRMCD3 CD Mohnomishe 1983 - Red Rhino REDLP40 Dbl-LP 1990 - Charrm CHARRMCD4 CD Eostre 1984 - Red Rhino REDLP 45 Dbl-LP 1985 - Red Rhino REDLP 45 Dbl-LP 1990 - Charrm CHARRMCD5 CD Popular Soviet Songs And Youth Music 1985 - Singing Ringing/Red Rhino REDC58 Dbl-Cas 1994 - Staalplaat STCD 024 Six-CD 1995 - Staalplaat STCD 024 Tpl-CD 2004 - Staalplaat STCD 024 Tpl-CD Gris 1985 - No Mans Land NML 8505 EP 1985 - No Mans Land NML 8505 EP Misfits Loony Tunes And Squalid Criminals 1986 - Red Rhino REDLP67 LP 1995 - Charrm CHARRMCD8 CD Gesture Signal Threat 1986 - Red Rhino REDLP67A Cas 1995 - Charrm CHARRMCD9 CD Loh Land 1987 - Staalplaat STAALTAPE 00L Cas 1992 - Staalplaat STCD 018 CD A Flock Of Rotations 1987 - Red Rhino REDLP68 LP 1995 - Charrm CHARRMCD10 CD Assault And Mirage 1987 - Red Rhino REDLP68A Cas 1995 - Charrm CHARRMCD11 CD Shouting At The Ground 1987 - Red Rhino REDCD91 Dbl-LP 1987 - Red Rhino REDLP91 CD 1990 - Charrm CHARRMLP12 Dbl-LP 1990 - Charrm CHARRMCD12 CD Look Into Me 1990 - Charrm CHARRMLP14 LP/EP 1990 - Charrm CHARRMCD14 CD Just An Illusion 1990 - Staalplaat STCD 005 CD 1995 - Staalplaat STCD 005 CD 2005 Staalplaat STCD 005 CD Shadow Thief Of The Sun 1991 - DOVentertainment DOVeCD66 CD Vienna 1990 1991 - Charrm CHARRMCD15 CD 1991 - Charrm CHARRMCD15 CD Collusion 1992 - The Grey Area Of Soleilmoon SION 1 CD What Is Not True 1993 - Charrm CHARRMCD17 CD Unentitled 1995 - These THESE 11 CD CD Digilogue 1996 - Soleilmoon SOLV 004 LP 1998 - Soleilmoon SOL 62 CD CD In.Version 1996 - Charrm CHARRMCD24 CD Mort Aux Vaches Feedback 1998 - Mort Aux Vaches / Staalplaat No# CD The Decriminalisation Of Country Music 2000 - Tramway TRAM1 CD CD Music For A Spaghetti Western 2005 - Klanggalerie GG111 CD 2008 - Shteirlel King Worldwide Via Alt.Vinyl