Jersey City artist’s “Icaro Nouveau,” produced by John
Agnello (Dinosaur Jr, Waxahatchee) out now, along with 80’s-era, Spanish EP “Syn
Illusión”.
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J Hacha De Zola as photographed by Robin Souma
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Head over to
The Joy of Violent Movement to read
an in-depth interview with J Hacha
De Zola where he discusses his “Reductive
Synthesis” method of composition.
“Sits at his own, most likely oddly shaped table,”
says Pancakes and Whiskey in its premiere
coverage of the music video for J Hacha
De Zola’s “Super Squeaky”
single. Watch it here
or at the link below!
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J Hacha De Zola – Live
04/18/2019: Jersey City, NJ @ FM
Restaurant Bar and Lounge
J Hacha De Zola co-headlines a record release show with Drum & A Tantrum and St. Gevedon
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J Hacha De Zola – In The Press
“A wild man in the vein of such fire breathing artists
like Screamin’ Jay Hawkins.” — Paste
“The kind of alluring character found in old
children’s books.” — UTNE
“Enticing as it is distant and strange.” — MAGNET
“Dangerously delightful.” — The Big Takeover
“Bound to light the way forward and inspire a legion
of imitators.” — PopMatters
“There’s no one around left to hit him with any sort
of healthy competition.” — Ghettoblaster
“Beckoning listeners somewhere exciting and
unfamiliar.” — BTRtoday
“A challenging, at times daunting, listen.” — BLURT
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J Hacha De Zola, Icaro Nouveau, and “Reductive Synthesis”
“This is an ‘Urban
Junkyard’ record.”
It’s a descriptor that J Hacha De Zola has been casually using over the course of three
album releases. With the new full–length Icaro Nouveau (out now), the Jersey
City–based musician defines the genre in detail.
Produced by iconic engineer John Agnello, a career–long cohort of another “J” – J. Mascis of Dinosaur Jr – and more recently the man behind albums by Waxahatchee, the new Hacha De Zola songs are described by
the artist as full of “villains, spells, desires, romance, danger, redemption,
and revelations.”
“The way I go about making an ‘Urban Junkyard’ record
is through my ‘Reductive Synthesis’
method,” Hacha De Zola explains of
his approach to record-making. “I’ll borrow structures from existing musical
forms, break ‘em up, and then recombine them. I’ll sit in the producer’s chair next
to a master producer like John Agnello
and then bring in my cabal of musical associates. I honestly let the session
players play whatever they want over these structures and just have ‘em all
throw the kitchen sink at it. I am an
enabler!”
J Hacha De Zola’s fourth full-length album Icaro Nouveau is out now.
The artist’s current EP ‘Syn Illusión,’
a four-song, 80s-era synth-driven, all-Spanish language release, is also available now.
Hacha de Zola is available for interviews. Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic for more information.
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J Hacha De Zola
Icaro
Nouveau
(Caballo
Negro)
Out Now
Track Listing:
01. Anarchy (VIDEO)
02. El Chucho (Hooko)
03. On A Saturday
04. Juan Salchipapas
05. A Song For Her
06. Hollow Trees
07. A Fool's Moon
08. Ode To Ralph Carney
09. Super Squeaky (VIDEO)
10. Hacha's Lament
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J Hacha De Zola
‘Syn Illusión’ EP
(Caballo
Negro)
Out Now
Track Listing:
01. Syn Illusión (VIDEO)
02. Otro Lado
03. Lejos De Mi
04. El Mago Negro
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J Hacha De Zola – Links
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Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion
