Zoviet France is a prolific music group from Newcastle upon Tyne in north east England. While often dissonant and made of industrial textures, their music also falls into the ambient music category. Formed in 1980, and remaining largely anonymous, the group has had a number of members; presently it consists of co-founder Ben Ponton and Mark Warren.

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  • Zoviet France is a prolific music group from Newcastle upon Tyne in north east England. While often dissonant and made of industrial textures, their music also falls into the ambient music category. Formed in 1980, and remaining largely anonymous, the group has had a number of members; presently it consists of co-founder Ben Ponton and Mark Warren. Former members included Neil Ramshaw, Peter Jensen, Robin Storey (who now records as Rapoon), Lisa Hale, Paolo Di Paolo, Mark Spybey (who now records as Dead Voices on Air) and Andy Eardley. In 2005 Storey, Spybey and Eardley formed a new group, Reformed Faction. Their music often consists of droning textures set against fractured rhythms and fleeting dissonant melodies and their earlier recordings have been described as "evoking a cross between musique concrète and tribal music". Neglected sound sources are frequently used, such as obscure radio broadcasts, toy instruments, and field recordings, often heavily processed or looped. Over time, they have increasingly added electronic elements but without adopting computer based composition techniques. In describing their approach to making music, the group has been quoted as saying: The packaging of their early works was extraordinary with records released in hessian, roofing felt (roofing shingles), and aluminium foil, amongst other materials. Their CDs weren't often so unusually packaged, but felt, decorative pins, and wood veneer have been used with some releases.
  • Zoviet France on ambient industrial, tai "post-industrial" -yhtye Englannin Newcastle upon Tynestä. Vuonna 1982 perustetussa Zoviet Francessa on sen historian aikana ollut lukuisia jäseniä, mutta tällä hetkellä se koostuu vain Ben Pontonista. Sen entisiä jäseniä ovat muiden muassa Robin Storey, jonka sooloprojekti on Rapoon, ja Mark Spybey, joka tekee musiikkia Dead Voices On Air -nimellä. Zoviet Francen musiikki, joka koostuu usein drone-tekstuurien ja tribaalisten rytmien vastakkainasettelusta sekä hetkellisistä melodioista, tehtiin usein huomiotta jätetyistä äänenlähteistä kuten epäselvistä radiolähetyksistä tai lelusoittimilla, joita käsiteltiin vahvasti ja loopattiin. Yhtyeen alkuajan julkaisut olivat erikoislaatuisia: pakkauksissa oli mukana muun muassa säkkikangasta, kattopäreitä, tinafoliota, huopaa, koristeellisia neuloja ja vaneria. Storey ja Spybey perustivat yhdessä kolmannen entisen Zoviet France -jäsenen Andy Eardleyn kanssa "The Reformed Faction Of Soviet France" -yhtyeen vuonna 2005. Vuonna 2006 he vaihtoivat yhtyeen nimeksi pelkän "Reformed Faction", välttääkseen mahdollisia oikeusjuttuja muiden Zoviet Francen entisten jäsenten kanssa.
  • Zoviet France est un collectif ambient à tendance industrielle (mise en avant de la dissonance et de l'improvisation post-Throbbing Gristle), originaire de Newcastle upon Tyne, au nord-est de l'Angleterre.
  • :zoviet*france: - brytyjska eksperymentalna grupa rockowa związana blisko z gatunkami ambient i industrial. Minimalistyczna muzyka grupy oparta jest głównie na instrumentarium elektronicznym.
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  • Zoviet France is a prolific music group from Newcastle upon Tyne in north east England. While often dissonant and made of industrial textures, their music also falls into the ambient music category. Formed in 1980, and remaining largely anonymous, the group has had a number of members; presently it consists of co-founder Ben Ponton and Mark Warren.
  • Zoviet France on ambient industrial, tai "post-industrial" -yhtye Englannin Newcastle upon Tynestä. Vuonna 1982 perustetussa Zoviet Francessa on sen historian aikana ollut lukuisia jäseniä, mutta tällä hetkellä se koostuu vain Ben Pontonista. Sen entisiä jäseniä ovat muiden muassa Robin Storey, jonka sooloprojekti on Rapoon, ja Mark Spybey, joka tekee musiikkia Dead Voices On Air -nimellä.
  • Zoviet France est un collectif ambient à tendance industrielle (mise en avant de la dissonance et de l'improvisation post-Throbbing Gristle), originaire de Newcastle upon Tyne, au nord-est de l'Angleterre.
  • :zoviet*france: - brytyjska eksperymentalna grupa rockowa związana blisko z gatunkami ambient i industrial. Minimalistyczna muzyka grupy oparta jest głównie na instrumentarium elektronicznym.
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