Gig Review: Zombie Zombie – The Late Review....

Zombie Zombie, Freebutt, Wednesday 28th January 2009

In the midst of mud and cancelled acts, Zombie Zombie blew my mind at Bestival. Nothing could have prepared me for the wild enthusiasm of Cosmic Neman and Etienne Jaumet. The security had no idea how to get them off stage. It was brilliant, charming and cooler than fuck.

Despite this, deep inside a fear worm wriggled; was it a one off? The Freebutt is now one of the worst venues on earth. Once it was the best. Could the poor environment induce a hideous failure from this fine French duo? Hell, no.

Give these guys a stage and they will party. They probably party in their own bedrooms. As long as there are analogue synthesizers and drums, Zombie Zombie will frighten the foundations of both buildings and souls, and the world will be happy. It’s weird, wonderful, downright dirty and it’ll make you grin until it hurts.

Jaumet gives it the big fish, little fish. Jaumet give his all. For he is Lord of Theremin and he is Lord of the Synth. And he is the Lord of the Dance say I. Surrounded by towering equipment, he is grinning, bouncing, tapping buttons, twiddling knobs and letting his hands channel frequencies like a man enraptured. His enthusiasm is relentless and it shines through like healing rays of sunshine.

And then there are the beats. The goddamn beats. Late last year, I sang Cosmic Neman’s praises. Check out the Herman Dune review. Cosmic Neman is Néman Herman Düne. It’s the very same dude. This guy is the God of Drumming. His distorted to fuck vocals complete the act.

The act is complete. It is so fucking complete. I am still enthusing 23 days later.

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