zZz release Running With The Beast on January 19th 2009

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 00:01:00 -0800

Dutch psychedelic-electro, garage soul and rock & roll duo Björn Ottenheim and Daan Schinkel, otherwise known as zZz release their new album, Running With The Beast, through Anti on Monday 19th January.

Running With The Beast features the single Grip, the video for which, directed by Roel Wouters, received the Award for "Best International Music Video" at the Music Video Festival in France and the song and remake of the video is currently being used in the Fiat TV advert, you know the one with the trampoline: click here.

zZz were formed in Amsterdam in 2001 when Björn (vocals/drums) and Daan (organ) decided to make music with a simple drum kit and an old $50 church organ and some electronic gadgets in their basement.

zZz released their first demo Bikini Inferno in 2002 followed by debut The Sound Of zZz in 2005, which had Spin Magazine enthusing their music is "both innovating and captivating" whilst the NME professed zZz are "the dark oily afterbirth of organ-punk… electro-krautrock loons."

The band have already built up a notorious live reputation having toured worldwide with the likes of - Fatboy Slim, Juliette & The Licks, Gossip, Franz Ferdinand and The Happy Mondays.

ZzZ sign with ANTI Records

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 00:07:00 -0700

Anti- Records is pleased to announce the signing of Dutch "dirt rock" duo zZz. The Amsterdam-based duo, consisting of Björn Ottenheim and Daan Schinkel, was formed in 2001 and makes a remarkable mix of psychedelic electro wave, garage soul and dirty rock & roll. The sound of zZz is based on an old church organ and a simple drum kit, getting help and amplification from various electronic equipment.

zZz' last album has received rave reviews in the UK press: Spin Magazines has described their music as "both innovating and captivating", NME called it "the dark oily afterbirth of organ-punk and "the electro-krautrock loons of zZz" even took Q-Magazine "by surprise".

On July 14th, zZz released "Grip" - the first single from their forthcoming album "Running With The Beast". The video for "Grip" recently received the Award of "Best International Music Video" at the Music Video Festival in Aix-en-Provence, France. Next to that, the song and remake of the video will be used for a multimillion TV ad campaign by a well-known automobile manufacturer, which will kick off in July 2008 in UK and Germany.

The band has built up a notorious live reputation by extensive worldwide touring with the artists like Fatboy Slim, Juliette & The Licks, Jarvis Cocker, Franz Ferdinand and The Happy Mondays. A new UK tour has been scheduled and announced for July 2008 and will be followed by a club tour throughout Europe, Canada and the USA from August onwards.

"Running With The Beast" will be out in the fall off 2008 worldwide (excl. BeNeLux) through Anti Records. In BeNeLux the album will be out through Excelsior Recordings.

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zZz release Running With The Beast on January 19th 2009

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