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Zone was formed in 1988, by
Andrew Cadmore &
Chris Brandrick, almost alone
amongst contemporary Welsh bands to explore the legacy of pioneer and
visionary Velvet John Cale. Zone’s eclectic musical influences range from the
intense industrial music of Throbbing Gristle, the ambient electronics of
Brian Eno & early Tangerine Dream, to the experimental and avant-garde of Karlheinz
Stockhausuen, Fred Frith (Henry Cow & Art Bears), Faust, & Can. On occasion
gothic, forever ethereal, Zone’s music weaves across time into world music of
infinite style and express wholeness.
Ever since Zone’s formation, Potentia has been the platform and
label for all of Zone’s work. Since 1991 Zone’s musical releases have been
handled through World Serpent Distribution, until their unfortunate demise
in mid 2004, haven to numbers of radical modern artists including "Coil"
"Carter Tutti (formerly Chris and Cosey)", "Nurse With Wound" & "Current
93".
Eschewing convention and compromise, always seductive and compassionate, Zone’s
isolated and deceptively primitive approach to recording music has in itself
become the third mind within Zone, where the whole is far more than the sum of
the parts. Zone’s work has always been a passion, never a profession.
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Latest News - 'Freely'
Stream Listen to Zone's 'Alien Nature'
August 2007 - Following in-line with all of Zone earlier music, Zone
have taken the highly un-commercial decision to make all tracks off their
last album 'Alien Nature' now
'freely' available to stream listen, un-edited, direct from this web
site. The sound quality of Zone's streamed music is good
(stereo, 22.05kHz, 64kbps) though clearly not quite comparable to the
original CD's. Listen to Zone's music. This
now means that the whole of Zone's back catalogue of recorded music is
freely available to stream listen too, un-edited, direct from this web site.
Statement of Intent
Zone 1988
Zone is a creative unit, based in the United Kingdom,
who recognise the apparently differing individual, social and religious needs
inherent in all cultures as permutations upon the central NEED for Love, Life
and Light.
The constant revelation of this NEED allows one to be
open to an ever expanding awareness of the communicative interconnections
potentially inherent in everything. Zone's field of work lies in the expression
and communication, through varying artistic media, of this vast expanse of
potential energy and the constant revelation when one
is receptive to this
NEED."
The inspiration for the name 'Zone' was derived from
the following:
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The dictionary definition of the word 'Zone' itself
means 'bounded' or 'limited'. This may only be applied when the word itself is
appended. 'Zone' always requires further definition to exist even if only with
the definite article. By this understanding, 'Zone' cannot but mean
'unlimited' and 'unbounded', representing everything, including nothing.
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The film 'Stalker'
by
Andrei Tarkovsky.
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The poem 'Zone'
by Guillaume
Apollinaire.
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