Zombi is an American

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duo from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, consisting of Steve Moore on bass and synthesizers and Anthony Paterra on drums. The group makes use of looping to create multi-layered compositions. They have toured with Don Caballero, Isis,

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, The Psychic Paramount,

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, Red Sparowes,

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, and Goblin. They are currently signed to

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. In 2006, the band signed with Belgian record label Hypertension Records to release ''Surface to Air'' on vinyl. Moore was previously a member of Microwaves, a metal/no-wave band from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and has toured with Red Sparowes. Paterra is a former member of the Pittsburgh band

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. Their song "Sapphire" was remixed by Norwegian DJ/producer Prins Thomas.

Musical style and influences

Zombi's musical style was influenced by film score composers John Carpenter and Goblin, electronic music artists Tangerine Dream and Vangelis, and progressive rock bands King Crimson and

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. 2011's ''Escape Velocity'' showed influence from

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and

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. Following their 2013 tour with Goblin, Zombi's style became more

-oriented for their following releases. The band takes its name from the Italian title of

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's '' Dawn of the Dead'' (''Zombi'').

Discography

Studio albums

* '' Cosmos'' (2004) * ''

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'' (

, 2006) * ''

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'' (2009) * ''Escape Velocity'' (2011) * '' Shape Shift'' (2015) * ''2020'' (2020)

Other releases

* ''Zombi'' demo (2002) * ''Twilight Sentinel'' EP (2003) * ''Zombi Anthology'' (re-issue of first two EPs, 2005) * ''Digitalis'' tour EP (2006) * ''Split LP with Maserati'' (2009) * ''Slow Oscillations'' EP (2011) * ''Evans City'' EP (2020) * ''Liquid Crystal'' (2021)

References

External links

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Steve Moore
* * American instrumental musical groups Musical groups from Pittsburgh Relapse Records artists American space rock musical groups Temporary Residence Limited artists Hypertension Records artists {{US-rock-band-stub