Probably backstage smoking up every few minutes!
― so i had sex with a piñata (mh), Thursday, 29 September 2011 14:36 (twelve years ago) link
SF show this Friday. Fingerz crossed.
― Thee Macallan 18 Year, Thursday, 29 September 2011 15:24 (twelve years ago) link
one of the most hilariously contemptuous things I've ever seen
^^^^this
also onstage smoking up every few minutes as well.
― like a musical album. made by a band. (fucking in the streets), Thursday, 29 September 2011 18:24 (twelve years ago) link
for some reason the grin on the Guy Fawkes mask gave an impression that he was having a good time. and yeah, he'd lift it up an inch or so to smoke through it at least every 12 minutes or so. There was a real sense that he completely lost interest in performing after the first 30 minutes or so.
― rope (lloydwabbitt), Thursday, 29 September 2011 20:46 (twelve years ago) link
crummy show or am-i-getting-too-old-for-this-shit
cant decide
― Thee Macallan 18 Year, Sunday, 2 October 2011 18:00 (twelve years ago) link
http://nightbusriddim.tumblr.com/post/16820672149/zombymusic-under-attack-soundcloud
I have no idea whatsoever who the person is firing shots here but as Zomby seems like an absolutely dreadful human being I'm happy to share anything that denigrates him
― bs and 'Why Do You Listen To Frog?' (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 16:36 (twelve years ago) link
this guy, seriously
― Number None, Tuesday, 31 January 2012 17:38 (twelve years ago) link
I like how the businesslike course of action would be to say "Hey, there was a legal issue with this other musician and it has been settled and if you check he was credited on that track and I have nothing more to say"
Then there's the dramatic approach
― mh, Tuesday, 31 January 2012 21:27 (twelve years ago) link
His twitter feed is pretty wild right now.
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 31 January 2012 21:57 (twelve years ago) link
What a dingus.
― errant flynn, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 00:14 (twelve years ago) link
A couple of Zomby quotes from the interview in self-titled are doing the rounds:
Who’s singing on “Natalia’s Song” then?"A Russian singer. I don’t know her name. I’m surprised [that song] doesn’t have like 2 million [YouTube] views. It’s really a work of art. I’m really proud of some of my tunes. The aim’s always been to make records that haven’t been realized—the dream songs between the great songs you can’t quite hear."
and
"Like with “Natalia's Song”, I wrote it to give to Burial, really."
― Derartu Cthulhu (NickB), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 10:03 (twelve years ago) link
How do i like the first comment on that piece?
― Derartu Cthulhu (NickB), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 10:05 (twelve years ago) link
http://soundcloud.com/damu/damu-kernkraft-400
― Number None, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 10:19 (twelve years ago) link
lol at the comment on that Soundcloud "coming soon on 4AD"
― boxedjoy, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 11:46 (twelve years ago) link
as if i didn't have enough reasons to fucking hate what 4AD have become
― flagsteban postez (electricsound), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 11:49 (twelve years ago) link
ZombyMusic ZOMBY ®You cant fuck with me Ive nothing to hide and nothing to prove I dont back down and I stand for every word Ive said whats next9 hours agoRetweeted by AZEALIABANKS
― Derartu Cthulhu (NickB), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 11:53 (twelve years ago) link
she really is a dickhead eh?
I heard that if you can't handle Zomby at his worst you don't deserve Zomby at his best
― bs and 'Why Do You Listen To Frog?' (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 12:10 (twelve years ago) link
maybe she just doesn't know what's going on and thinks Zomby's just being non-specifically empowered? But, probably not.
― boxedjoy, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 12:22 (twelve years ago) link
why did it make her a dickhead? she might've just retweeted it so the world could see
― dan138zig (Durrr Durrr Durrrrrr), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 12:40 (twelve years ago) link
ZOMBY ® @ZombyMusic
Stop baiting up classic grime and jungle tune for ur shit club remixes make something new u aren't paying royalties it's a bootleg
Roska Roska @mrroska
. @ZombyMusic How can you talk about bootlegging when you blatantly stole someones tune? http://www.factmag.com/2012/01/31/natalias-song-did-zomby-even-write-it/
BA-ZING
― The Reverend, Monday, 20 August 2012 19:42 (twelve years ago) link
What're we making of With Love then?
― the Shearer of simulated snowsex etc. (Dwight Yorke), Monday, 10 June 2013 17:25 (eleven years ago) link
listening to "disc 2" now and it seems lazy on the sound design tip. but maybe he's going for a specific '90s Projekt Records presets-meets-trap beats vibe, idk.
― precious bonsai children of new york (Jordan), Tuesday, 11 June 2013 00:22 (eleven years ago) link
almost every song has the same 808 sample
― precious bonsai children of new york (Jordan), Tuesday, 11 June 2013 00:24 (eleven years ago) link
Wow this guy is a touchy bastard, isn't he.
https://twitter.com/ZombyMusic
In response to, among other things:
http://www.spin.com/reviews/zomby-with-love-4ad/
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 19 June 2013 14:48 (eleven years ago) link
tweets being deleted from his twitter stream before my very eyes!
― Neil S, Wednesday, 19 June 2013 14:50 (eleven years ago) link
Roffle.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 19 June 2013 14:53 (eleven years ago) link
irony is that Spin review, while not exactly glowing, is hardly personally insulting in the way Zomby seems to think. Perhaps what criticisms there are felt a bit close to the bone?
― Neil S, Wednesday, 19 June 2013 14:58 (eleven years ago) link
loving the junglist throwbacks, esp "it's time"
― clouds, Wednesday, 26 June 2013 13:23 (eleven years ago) link
Anyone know if there are any plans for With Love to come out on reasonably priced vinyl?
― paolo, Wednesday, 26 June 2013 13:45 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, I would buy it on vinyl if it wasnt £10 per piece (same for the BOC album)
― StillAdvance, Wednesday, 26 June 2013 14:48 (eleven years ago) link
Loving this on first listen!
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Wednesday, 26 June 2013 15:28 (eleven years ago) link
Reckon he's being a bit disingenuous about the alphabetical sequencing. Well obviously it is alphabetically sequenced, but I wouldn't be surprised if he decided on the track titles after deciding the order. Some of the segues sound very deliberate.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Wednesday, 26 June 2013 15:31 (eleven years ago) link
Second disc's a little samey.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Monday, 1 July 2013 13:57 (eleven years ago) link
shhh, don't upset him!
― Neil S, Monday, 1 July 2013 14:27 (eleven years ago) link
Maybe he'll call off the twitter war when he hears I think the first disc is the best thing he's done?
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Monday, 1 July 2013 15:14 (eleven years ago) link
this is really cool, abrupt endings and lack of editing aside
― the late great, Sunday, 7 July 2013 21:47 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.sickchirpse.com/zomby-vs-the-world/
The problem is that once he takes to the internet he sounds like that kid in school who thought he was a badman for smoking a joint outside the portacabins
― xelab, Wednesday, 12 February 2014 15:02 (ten years ago) link
I have similar feelings about the website sickchirpse.com
― wilful brony (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 12 February 2014 15:43 (ten years ago) link
I noticed it is quite dreadful when I started clicking further..
― xelab, Wednesday, 12 February 2014 15:45 (ten years ago) link
Where was I in 2008? This is great. Sounds like he's maybe a dick so I won't read the stiff about him as a person.
― maybe/whatever/so what/boring (admrl), Monday, 16 June 2014 14:39 (ten years ago) link
dedication, the nothing ep and with love are even better imo
― clouds, Monday, 16 June 2014 16:33 (ten years ago) link
good. but overrated as hell
― the late great, Monday, 16 June 2014 16:41 (ten years ago) link
Yeah I've come to the conclusion he's not as good a producer as he thinks he is. Loads of interesting ideas, though.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Tuesday, 17 June 2014 13:52 (ten years ago) link
no one could be as good a producer as he thinks he is.
― festival culture (Jordan), Tuesday, 17 June 2014 15:27 (ten years ago) link
his twitter feed is 90% how great he is and how he'll beat-up anyone who challenges his greatness. his music is good, tho.
― Daniel, Esq 2, Wednesday, 18 June 2014 01:17 (ten years ago) link
who the fuck reads twitter
― clouds, Wednesday, 18 June 2014 01:22 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otstvzzutVE&feature=youtu.be
― paolo, Sunday, 10 January 2016 12:14 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMi8pXOaR9M
So how about this then
― paolo, Friday, 29 July 2016 13:39 (eight years ago) link
After one listen I think it sounds more like Burial than Zomby and that one or both of them have been listening to juke recently
― paolo, Friday, 29 July 2016 13:41 (eight years ago) link
Wait I thought Zomby hated Burial?
― chap, Friday, 29 July 2016 15:13 (eight years ago) link
zomby talks a lot of shit but seems like a top bloke
― mh, Friday, 29 July 2016 18:10 (eight years ago) link
Well, this was a collaboration that played to nobody's strengths
― 🐸a hairy howling toad torments a man whose wife is deathly ill (James Morrison), Monday, 1 August 2016 10:32 (eight years ago) link
did something leak? I've only heard the darkstar collaboration
― mh, Monday, 1 August 2016 12:33 (eight years ago) link
this is actually quite excellent. like zomby producing burial, rather than zomby x burial, or zomby vs burial or whatever. all burials samurai slices and clinks and drizzly crackle but none of the other stuff that is considered his trademarks. be interesting to know who did what.
― StillAdvance, Monday, 1 August 2016 14:38 (eight years ago) link
If everyone's making future music why does it usually all sound the same
The idea isn't to create a scene it's to create a vision
https://twitter.com/ZombyMusic/status/759817836730523648
― StillAdvance, Monday, 1 August 2016 14:39 (eight years ago) link
ha.https://twitter.com/ZombyMusic/status/754119270112628737
― StillAdvance, Monday, 1 August 2016 14:44 (eight years ago) link
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YMi8pXOaR9M
For anyone else who didn't know where this was
― mh, Monday, 1 August 2016 15:47 (eight years ago) link
is ultra going to be really good or what
three days out and I've only heard two songs!
― mh 😏, Tuesday, 30 August 2016 15:52 (eight years ago) link
guess what arrived in the mail today :D
― mh 😏, Thursday, 1 September 2016 01:01 (eight years ago) link
It is indeed really good. Not really a major development of his sound but still a cracking album
― paolo, Sunday, 11 September 2016 17:34 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvA9Y_AFxR4
The vocal sample in Fly2 is taken from this. I'll be keeping an eye on Banshee because that's one of the best tracks on the album
― paolo, Sunday, 11 September 2016 17:40 (eight years ago) link
love the Darkstar collab track
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Sunday, 11 September 2016 17:58 (eight years ago) link
ended up picking up a used cd copy of "with love" while traveling, since it's sometimes nice to listen to discs in the car on a long drive
better than i remembered, but i am 90% sure i was using "top bloke" ironically upthread since the guy's a notorious shithead
― mh, Monday, 9 March 2020 20:37 (four years ago) link
I used to post on the dubstepforum probably circa 2006/7 or whatever and zomby was on there, early in his production career when like "one spliff" or whatever that song was out and he was probably 18 or so., obviously a total prick of a poster.
anyway, there was another annoying poster, a 12 year old boy white-rapper who just spammed constantly. zomby took exception to this and wrote a post, which has become seared in my memory, saying that if this child ever released a record, zomby would go to a store selling it, take all the copies they had and piss on them
― frederik b. godt (jim in vancouver), Monday, 9 March 2020 20:50 (four years ago) link
a few sites list his birth year as 1980 (!) but I'm guessing they all loop back to the same sketchy source
― mh, Monday, 9 March 2020 21:12 (four years ago) link
I think it was an assumption on my part based on his posting style
― frederik b. godt (jim in vancouver), Monday, 9 March 2020 21:16 (four years ago) link