ZOLTAN return with their second full-length album, following hot on the heels of the \u201cTombs Of The Blind Dead\u201d soundtrack EP on Rise Above Records. Sounding more focused and confident than ever, the 5 tracks that make up \u201cSixty Minute Zoom\u201d are a continuation and improvement on previous Zoltan releases. Identifying as \u201ccyborg prog\u201d and comparable to forebears Goblin, Heldon and Zombi, Zoltan have succeeded in making a fictional soundtrack for an uncertain age. Inspired by the dystopian sci-fi writers Yevgeny Zamyatin and J.G. Ballard, the album creates a foreboding atmosphere, intimating a near-future urban hell where paranoia and violence are never far away. Pulsating sequencers, eerie analog synths and a pounding rhythm section drive the music into realms of retro-futurist dread, interspersed with brooding interludes that take a pause for reflection without letting up on the intensity for a minute. The album climaxes with the 20 minute song-suite \u201cThe Integral\u201d, based on Zamyatin\u2019s prescient 1920s novel We, journeying through a realm of ominous arpeggios, jazz-inflected drumming and creeping synth lines before blasting into inner space. Since 2012\u2019s Cineploit debut \u201cFirst Stage Zoltan\u201d the band have been honing their reputation as a devastating live act, with appearances including Supersonic 2012 and Dresden\u2019s Cinestrange Film Festival. At the same time they have also been developing a parallel life as interpreters of film-scores on their non full-length releases, to wild acclaim from the international horror cognoscenti. Adaptations of the themes to Brit biker-horror classic \u201cPsychomania\u201d (a 12\u201d release on Cineploit Records in 2012) and the aforementioned 12\u201d on Rise Above show a versatility to Zoltan that will surely see them reap the acclaim they so richly deserve.<\/p>\n
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