廻声Jangqerek by IZ band

继《影子》之后，蛰伏三年的IZ乐队终于打磨出全新专辑《廻声》，他们抛弃了更多的包袱，而脚步却越来越沉。
“从《影子》到《回声》，IZ乐队这一次几乎切断了跟哈萨克民歌和古诗的联系，以飓风般的混响巫魔，摧毁性感的肉嗓，以严酷无情的噪音、密集恐惧的打击节奏，抽掉抒情的脂肪，抽掉旋律的血，这是剔骨去肉的刀锋，那一道道寒光。他们更义无反顾地步入工业摇滚的迷宫，并引领你穿过工业的丛林，来到一个陌生的世界：鸣沙的空域。工业的背后，是大地和星空的无限循环，而从哈萨克面具后升起的，是夜空中最黑的星。”—张晓舟

IZ band is definitely a freak band in the history of Chinese music.

They are a mysterious figure in Chinese fans’ mouth, and they are a group of mustangs running with the Kazakh traditional music. In the decade, they started from the style of “Kazakh folk", "traditional music", "world music", later on they turned to the style of “Kazakh industrial rock". IZ band has constantly redefined the boundaries of them. Eventually they embarked on the lonely journey without hesitation.

Their music is full of midnight raving , it was deconstructed into fragments of ancient Kazakh epic; one electric bass and a bunch of fans are used as the percussion instruments, the mysterious rhythms of oxygen bottles, barrels of gasoline will awaken your slumbering wild, it makes you follow them to sneak toward the unknown darkness.

"IZ" is the meaning of "footprint" in Kazakh, these mantics is quite simple but it indicates the fate of the genius band: keep exploring and changing all the time, but they never arrived.

Located in Shenzhen, China, sells books and records. It's also a record label.

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