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An avant-garde jazz and rock trio out of Rome, Italy.
Zu feature a punk-informed free jazz style that defies easy categorization.Formed in the late '90s, the trio consists of Luca T. Mai on alto and baritone sax, Massimo Pupillo on bass. Ever touring and prolific, Zu have a lengthy album discography that includes Bromio (1999), The Zu Side of Eugene Chadbourne (2000) and Motorhellington (2001), both with Eugene Chadbourne, Igneo (vinyl LP in 2002 and CD in 2005), Radiale (2004), The Way of the Animal Powers (2005), How to Raise an Ox (2005 with Mats Gustafsson), Identification with the Enemy: A Key to the Underworld (2007), a collaboration with Japanese electronics wiz and DJ Nobukazu Takemura.
Latest album to date is Carboniferous, released on Mike Patton's label Ipecac Recordings.
Albums
Bromio - Wide Records - 1999
Zu & Eugene Chadbourne - The Zu Side Of The Chadbourne - Felmay - 2000
Zu & Eugene Chadbourne - Motorhellington - Felmay - 2001
Igneo - Amanita - 2002
Live In Helsinki - Tang Plastik Records - 2003
Zu / Spaceways Inc.- Radiale - Atavistic - 2004
The Way Of The Animal Powers - Xeng - 2005
Zu & Mats Gustafsson - How To Raise An Ox - Atavistic - 2005
Rai Sunawachi Koe Wo Hassu / Vernal Equinox - Macaroni Records - 2006
Zu & Nobukazu Takemura - Identification With The Enemy: A Key To The Underworld - Atavistic - 2007
Carboniferous - Ipecac Recordings - 2009
Singles & EPs
Dälek Vs Zu - Zu Vs Dälek - Psychotica Records, Wallace Records - 2005
Zu & Xabier Iriondo / Iceburn - PhonoMetak Labs, Wallace Rec - 2006
Observing The Armies In The Battlefield - Implied Sound - 2007
Il Teatro Degli Orrori / Zu - La Tempesta Dischi - 2008
Damo Suzuki With Zu & X. Iriondo* - PhonoMetak Labs, Wallace Rec - 2008
Axion (Phantomsmasher Remix) / Chthonian (James Plotkin Remix) - Public Guilt - 2011