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New Zum Audio compilation to come

Posted by Loren on October 17, 2021

New Zum Audio compilation to come
Zum Audio Vol 4

Zum Audio record label has a new 32-track compilation coming soon, called Zum Audio Vol 4 -- with follows suit from volumes 1-3, but is available exclusively on digital platforms, which also allows for more material than its previous incarnations.

Artists include Diu Xiu, Acid Mothers Temple, Death Grips, and more, with four tracks now streaming via Bandcamp (Zach Hill, Xiu Xiu, Body Double & Prissy Whip).

In the words of a press release, "Zum Audio Vol 4 surveys a cross-section of this decade’s art rock, punk, damaged electronics, and improvised music," with artists from US, Canada, Japan, the UK, Italy, and Australia.

It releases on Nov. 5 on Bandcamp, hitting other platforms on Nov. 19.

Artist: Various Artists
Album: Zum Audio Vol 4
Record Label: Zum Audio
Release Date: November 5th, 2021

01. Alien Owl Cafe - Magick Matcha Moment
02. My Heart, an Inverted Flame - Five Felt Sevenly, Pallid and Sallow
03. Looose - It Was All Nearly Mine!
04. Kris & Tavi - Carrington Event
05. Earth Jerks - July 17th, 1959
06. The Urxed - Re-Regional
07. Prissy Whip - Not Impressed
08. The Acharis - Nothing’s Sacred
09. Body Double - Prisonous Mind
10. Watkins/Peacock - Stone Cold Stole Dub One
11. It Sound - Inbetween the Seas (Lectric Sand Dub Mix)
12. Michael Beach, Bonnie Mercer, Carla Oliver, Peter Warden - Kyneton #1
13. Barbican Estate - Abandon
14. Maskara - Dear Inertia… (#3)
15. Xiu Xiu - A Bottle of Rum (Live Radio)
16. Core of the Coalman - Incarnate Words
17. Somnambulists - Discordances
18. Spaceburn - New Growth
19. Pod Blotz - Remote Viewing Case #80787
20. Cube - Carpet ESP
21. Zach Hill - Startled Ea
22. Necking - Abyssal Joy
23. Chris Brian Taylor - Super Reverse Commuter
24. Jasmine Dreame Wagner - Three Themes from Drifts (Red Zone, Blue Ice, White Snow)
25. Father Murphy - His Face Showed No Distortions (Live at WFMU)
26. Neil Campbell - Rickety Bridge in the Rain
27. Bavaria - Nouveau Couteaux
28. Carrom - Number 4 (A.T.S.T.S.)
29. Kern Haug - to Mass
30. The Skin Horse - High Desert
31. Gabriel Saloman - Spatial Poetics
32. John Benson - Blood and Milk

New Zum Audio compilation to come
Zum Audio Vol 4

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