Zone Black

Description

Originally, Emil Amos (Grails, OM, Lilacs & Champagne, Holy Sons) was commissioned by KPM, the legendary music library, to create this work for television and film. But after the departure of the head of the experimental branch, Emil brought Zone Black to Drag City and remixed it into a true album. Although the album was inspired by 70s television music, it transformed into a genuine attempt to reach a new type of library music. With Zone Black, Emil offers a much more personal interpretation of what we consider music written for television. Drawing inspiration from classic and dark pieces that marked his childhood, like the theme from the original Hulk TV series, he envisioned an alternative environment where composers were allowed to explore more extreme states of mind, all while under the influence of much stronger drugs... completely separating library music from its outdated commercial constraints. In the spirit of classic synth-based soundtracks like Firestarter or Midnight Express, the instruments narrate the experience. Each track illuminates a different corridor of Emil's brain, but A.E. Paterra and Steve Moore from ZOMBI occasionally step in to provide sax and drum solos to add color to the mix. Zone Black is a fully inhabitable world, with a narrative divided into an improbable balance between morbid ambient anthems and carefree hip-hop instrumentals.