ZOMBIE NATION – “Zombielicious”

RELEASE DATE: 9th March 2009

This is Zombielicious, the new Zombie Nation Album. Ten years after
his first release Florian Senfter gives his core project the next paint job
- and it´s pink! The 4th longplayer continues the evolution of
the zombie-sound, following his unique approach to electronic
music and emphasizing his skills as producer.

As part of his ongoing love affair with analogue studio machines
and vintage synthesizers, Florian is on his mission to put that noisy
weed in the right place so it can shine bright. High octane drums
and dirty basslines are his associates when it comes to dribbling
with krank energies. This slice of original Munich street beat is
stacked with synth wizardry and electronic disco funk.

In other words: this is the perfect soundtrack to jerk around in your
favourite club, eat a pizza while cruising with your Citroen CX, or to
go on a truffle hunt with your pig in the northern Italian Alps.
Florian on Zombielicious:
The whole production including mastering was done at Zombie
Studios in Munich. The sound comes natural, but there are many
bits and pieces involved in creating a song. I want to give you a
snapshot of what´s going on in my studio and how things develop
in a Zombie´s brain.

1. Mas de Todo [5:53]
In Munich there are 3 spots where you can surf on a standing
wave on the Isar-river. One of them only appears when it rains a lot
for 2 weeks straight, which happens when the clouds are stuck at
the nearby alps. Anyway – one day I had the idea to film the surfers
and make a song while having that image in my mind. For the “solo” I
used a spring reverb which is the main ingredient to 60s Beach Boys
style surf music.
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2. Get It [4:30]
This song needed vocals, I just couldn’t find words. In this
case I always call “My Robot Friend” in New York. He liked the song,
and came up with lyrics perfectly complementing over the weekend.
Yeeeee – easy as that.

3. Supercake 53 [7:11]
Guitars, Violins, Tambourine and a Rhodes. Almost like a hippie Band.
Me all by myself dancing in circles shaking my hair like there’s no tomorrow.

4. Radio Controlled [4:46]
This song is the result of a little too much Augustiner beer with Steve P.,
who was also involved in the past (“Money Talks”). In this song most
instruments are played by hand without time quantization and
looped afterwards. Just listen to the wacky “solo” in the middle of
the song and you know what I mean .

5. The Fact [4:44]
When Tiga and I were in the process of finding a name for our
project ZZT he said, ‘Man “Dj Laserface” – that´s it.’ Luckily we went
for ZZT instead Well, should DJ Laserface really exists he’d fire his lasergun
Well, if DJ Laserface really exists he fires his lasergun in this song.
The percussions were recorded on location in a smelly public underpass.

6. Worth it pt1 [4:40] / 7. Worth it pt2 [5:05]
“….it’s got the real funk, not too heavy, almost deep in a strange
way…..I love it”. It is summer 2008 -
everybody’s chillin´ in the sun … Sitting in my studio, a basement
connected to the outside world only by a small soundproof double
window I am working on this song and watching the legs of happy people
walking by on their way to the beer garden. The window is open,
sometimes somebody sticks his head in. I am sure they are all going
to the beer garden and in 10 minutes they will be holding a big beer in
their hands, eating roasted pork, chatting with friends while breathing

8. Mystery Meat Affair [7:00]
It would be hard for me to pick my favourite song from the album,
but this one is definitely in the tops.
The burning bass of my beloved Sidstation pairs up with the 70s Organ
and some recorded claps and percussions. This song to me tells a story.

9. Shottieville [4:51]
That one took a long time. Axel (Weber) hammered that incredible beat
on his 70s Gretsch Drumset and there was no synth or nothing that
could live up to the power of it for a long time. The original beat
was lying around for one full year until I finished it. All the instruments
were played manually and I kept the synths straight, simple and heavy.

10. Filterjerks [4:07]
Filterjerks was released already on the “Gizmode 12″ – I think it´s still fresh
and it definitely belongs on this album.

11. Seas Of Grease [4:08]
I needed to release some energy. This one is rough and nerve wrecking.
12. Stand By [3:55]
Traditionally there has to be one slower song on a Zombie Nation Album –
this is it. Sounds to me like David Hasselhoff on acid.

13. Forza [4:27]
When Forza came out in October 2008 I received a lot of great feedback.
That gave me a good energy push during the final mixdown stages of my
album recordings. It’s got the funk.

14. Bass Kaput [4:48]
By touring with Soulwax quite a few times I learned, that turning the
filter knob with some noise in it is always a funny thing to do. So I planned
to make a song with only noisy filter in it as a tool for the lazy
DJ to play in between 2 songs. Initially this song didn´t even
have a bassdrum – but I got a hint that no one besides me would
understand this song without bass or bassdrum in it – so I gave in this one time.
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