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- Zack
With so many similar acts out there, it's a relief when something falls into your lap that smacks you in the face and reminds you that music is about entertainment, and content, not just pulling riff after riff. Night after night a lot of us music fans go out and watch people crank out 3 and 4 chord 4/4 safe tunes, I've done it myself. Not the case with Olympia's Z Kamp Express. When I received my Z Kamp Express Press kit in the mail, I was anxious already due to what I heard on their Myspace page (www.myspace.com/zkamp).
When I opened the envelope and got my hands on "Whereuhjuanuhgo", it sank right into the side of my laptop and was slapped like a Stanley Cup goal into my iTunes. But the disc was not the only items in the envelope. Some great swag was also contained within. I have to give a preemptive thank you to Pizza T.
The discordant, melodious din that ensued thereafter was a pang of different sounds that meshed together and drove into some unforeseen territory. An Aural assault of psychedelia. The generous portions of electronica, organic instruments, and varied vocal effects, samples, all of it was a great currency for the idea behind the music.
My favorite track above all was Masonik Part 1. A monolithic endeavor seeing just how far the rabbit hole will go. And then breaking out a shovel to dig a little deeper.
Cheers,
NW Jambands - NW Jamband Coalition
Discography
We currently have 2 studio releases and one live CD on Pizza T Recordz.
You can hear tracks from both of these albums on KAOS 89.3fm and FRO 98.5 fm, as well as several independent internet radio stations throughout the US.
Online they are active almost everywhere.
*Z Kamp released their second studio album, titled WHERUHJUANUHGO, for their spring tour of April 2008. The album has received great acceptance by audiences and fans nationwide.
Z Kamp teamed up with Ed Riebsamen of Roots Vision Design for the cover of WHERUHJUANUHGO. He is the creator of The Ghetto Lot Kids and a very talented and respected artist.
*Z Kamp's first official studio album is 'Doyajuanuhwinnuhrainbo'. This album was released March 2007.
*Z Kamp 'Summer Kamp 2006' CD which we sold all summer out of the back of a 1988 Subaru, while the band was on tour. Several hundred copies of this album were also given out at the 2006 Rainbow Gathering.
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Bio
Based out of Olympia, Washington. Pizza T and Pizza MTM have been playing music and making movies together since 2001. They met at the Evergreen State College in 2000 and share a passion for art and spirit of rock. Together they started Pizza T's Z Kamp Ex or Z Kamp for short. Z Kamp has opened for Donna Jean from the Grateful Dead and David Gans of the Grateful Dead Hour. Tommy Mckaughan aka Pizza T and Micheal T Mercker aka Pizza MTM formed Z Kamp in 2006.They have also played with the European Psychedelic legend Daevid Allen of Planet Gong. Recently, they played the Jack Herer Memorial show in Olympia and headline the Spokane Music Culture Barter Festival. In 2007 Z Kamp became a local staple at the Olympia Hempfest and has played there ever since. In 2008 Z Kamp was caught up in hot celebrity gossip and was featured in STAR Magazine and on Evening Magazine the local NW TV show. The band has a full name which is Pizza T and the Z Kamp Exploration in which the Ex word changes every year because Z Kamp believes change is the only constant. So far it's been the Experience, Experiment, Express, and Extravaganza. From Vermont to Colorado, Z Kamp gets around. Just recently they sold 200 cd's at Sasqwatch Music Fest. THere dream is to play Seattle Hempfest!!!!!!!!
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