Zanzi
Steve's chasing the trails of fate on this one, in a way his most radical (one long piece, which stretches to an hour of music) and yet an extremely catchy album (lots of powerful grooves and captivating melodic patterns). The theme of "Zanzi" is revealed in the sleeve of its booklet: "Turn around, it's make-believe behind you. Look ahead, there is nothing to see - only dreams made reality by chance..." Just like "Japanese Butterfly" consisted of ten individual tracks which made up one coherent whole, this is one single composition seperated into different, recognisable parts. Out of an ocean of nebulous clouds, closely connected passages rise like bubbles to the surface, shifting against each other and leading to a haunting climax. The intellect is nothing here, it is just you and the music: "If you play the album, be prepared, be still in your heart, listen to your inner voice, don't think of me but of you, don't wonder how it was done or presume how it would be repeated, it never will be. It happened one day through chance."
Tracklisting:
1. Zanzi 60'55 => listen to excerpt 1!
=> listen to excerpt 2!
=> listen to excerpt 3!
=> listen to excerpt 4!