ZOMBIE ZOMBIE

RITUELS D’UN NOUVEAU MONDE (Versatile Records)

14/20

French duo Zombie Zombie are an experimental electronic outfit who like to do things a little differently. Their debut release A Land For Renegades played out like a score from a dusty, off-kilter B-movie. They took their concept one-step further with the follow up, Zombie Zombie Plays John Carpenter, which updated the director-cumcomposer’s themes from sci-fi classics such as Escape From New York and The Thing. Two years later, the alien textures and disparate parallels that fill the kaleidoscopic universe of Rituels d’un Nouveau Monde are the duo’s new focus, embarking on a psychedelic pilgrimage through outer space. Forêt Vierge and Black Paradise are two highlights of this cosmic journey, with both successfully intertwining ethereal pads and haunting echoes with skittery percussion and sinuous, interstellar bass lines. Rocket #9, a cover of the Sun Ra classic, is a slow motion trudge through lines of decedent synth patterns and ominous, ritualistic chanting in a far more sinister part of the galaxy. Highly instrumental and a total oddity, Rituels d’un Nouveau Monde definitely risks alienating some listeners, but in Crack’s opinion it’s a voyage worth taking.

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Words: Matt Riches