published on thebomberjacket.com
Za! is an insane hodgepodge of experimental music which includes base elements of heavy droning guitar, weird vocal loops, and styles lifted from every corner of the world. They try to emulate and make fun of everything they like, from jazz to Japanese manga soundtracks to traditional Portuguese guitar to video game sound bytes to strange throat music from shepherds in Tuva, Russia.
The guys told me about all of the influences that inspired the infinitely interesting yet danceable mess that was their last release, Megaflow. We met for a drink on the sidewalk terrace of the first bar we wandered upon in Gracia. It was surprisingly fair in Barcelona for January weather. Sweat was beading on the glasses of our cañas and the guys were eating some fried tapas, croquetas and a salsa drenched bomba.
Spazzfrica Ehd [Edu]and Papa duPau [Pau] were joined by afriend, Marcos Junquera. Although he doesn’t play in Za!, he has another project with both of the guys called La Orquesta del Caballo Ganador [Orchestra of the Winning Horse] in addition to his own band, Betunizer from Valencia. They told me he only joined us because they knew the interview was for thebomberjacket.com and he was wearing an authentic colonel’s jacket from the Spanish army.
