ZENI GEVA
10,000 Light Years (Neurot Records)
Reviewed by Holly Day

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It's obvious to see why Japan's notorious Zeni Geva has been called one of the most influencial voices of the noise/deconstruction movement in music. For nearly 20 years, K.K. Null and his rotating collaborative staff of nutcases (including guitarist Mitsuru Tabata of the Boredoms) have been creating some of the most hellish, angry, arrhythmic music out there, and, unlike many of their Japanese counterparts, have had enough of a following that they've been able to take their act on the road with like-minded bands like Shellac and the Melvins and inspire countless youngsters to follow in their musical footsteps. 10,000 Light Years is actually quite tame in comparison to some of their previous releases, adhering to an actual song structure at times, but it's still amazingly disconcerting and cool.

© 2002 - Holly Day