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The ZoiD Ensemble

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The ZoiD Ensemble's debut album, Live@The Project, is available now for FREE!
download here: http://www.last.fm/music/The+ZoiD+Ensemble/Live%40The+Projec t

ZoiD Ensemble live at Project Arts Centre

ZoiD @ Kilkenny Arts Festival

"ZoiD Versus the Jazz Musicians of Ireland" is out now on Diatribe/D1 Recordings (from zoidan.net). 8 tracks featuring 6 different Irish Jazz musicians:
Ronan Guilfoyle: www.ronanguilfoyle.com
Tommy Halferty: www.tommyhalferty.net
Sean Carpio
Greg Felton
Mike Nielsen: www.mikenielsenmusic.com
Michael Buckley

you can buy the album at zoidan.net or as download from d1.ie


by Des McElroy

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/9/2006
Band Website: zoidan.net diatribe.ie
Band Members: people. such as Nick Roth (alto sax), Cathal Roche (Soprano and tenor sax), Justin Carroll (Fender Rhodes), Cormac O'Brien (bass) Matthew Jacobson (drums) and Colm O'Hara (trombone).
Influences: Xenakis, Morton Feldman, Frank Zappa, electronic music, irish traditional music, jazz, chinese traditional music, braindance
Sounds Like: check out podcast of the album launch: www.thebubble.ie/week16.html
Record Label: Diatribe Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

ZoiD Ensemble youtube vids from tour

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Posted by The ZoiD Ensemble on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 04:49:00 PST

jmi review of zoid

ZOIDROB CASEYZoid vs. the Jazz Musicians of IrelandDiatribe Recordings DIACD001When asked to comment in 1971 on the growing presence of electronic instruments in jazz, the pianist Bill Evans remarked ...
Posted by The ZoiD Ensemble on Tue, 15 Jan 2008 07:57:00 PST

Going Away and Mammoths. of wool.

i'm going away for a year. to do long-term sitting and serving at vipassana centres in america, canada and india. i won't be bringing my laptop or my guitar or my drum machine or my x0xb0x or anything...
Posted by The ZoiD Ensemble on Thu, 03 Jan 2008 08:11:00 PST

Album Launched

well it was a family affair, various friends, their mums, my mum and dad, aunty mary and uncle len, my brother and his girlfriend. and some lovely electronic music with jazz ontop. we sold 18 cds! hur...
Posted by The ZoiD Ensemble on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 02:39:00 PST

Nanko coming to Ireland

Nanko is coming to Ireland. we'll be playing individual sets followed by an improvised duo set at Kilkenny Arts Festival. check out his music, it's great: www.myspace.com/nankomusic
Posted by The ZoiD Ensemble on Tue, 05 Jun 2007 01:35:00 PST