FEED US is a Boston based musical collaboration between Zizza (Nick Zampiello) and r|verghxst (Ben Didsbury). FEED US is a Dark-Wave electronic dance music album born from the real need for new Halloween party music.
The instruments employed are a sweeping array of classic analog synthesizers and drum machines married to live sampling, organic sound and sound effects. Each song harkens back to a different classic spooky style, given new life, and tempered into a cohesive whole. If you need spooky, just press play and enjoy FEED US.
How did the band form and what does the band name mean?
FEED US is the Italo-horror movie soundtrack duo you never knew you needed. We love soundtracks and obscure movie genres so the focus of this collaboration became a group with these basic ideas represented. We aim to make something new but identifiable. This is not meant to be 2 minute concise formulas. Nor is it totally experimental ambient.
Previous musical projects? How'd you first get into music?
There’s too many previous projects to name. My main other project is This Bliss. Also on the same label. In grade school I was playing snare drum with all my friends in the back of the orchestra. We would goof off for 40 minutes and then do the big snare roll and bass drum cymbal crash that ends every classical piece. We were just barely able to pay attention for that long. Once I graduated to drum set I realized that I really enjoyed the outlet. After attending UMass Lowell for classical music I came to Boston and joined noise and rock bands…
First concert that you ever went to?
Whitesnake or Aerosmith. Mid 1980’s. Worcester Centrum. Worcester MA.
What's your writing process like?
We start pieces individually and hand them off for experimentation. It’s wild. Sometimes I get a demo that is musically developed and I focus mostly on drums. Other times there’s a rhythm track and I am looking for chords and other sounds. Sometimes I am just adding a weird layer of Fairlight CMI III to add an otherworldly quality to a section.
What other artists or songs inspire your music?
What's the live experience like and your philosophy on playing live? Do you think the music live should be identical to the recorded version or should it be it's own thing?
We are not as of now a live project. It would take considerable staging to achieve this and I would do it is there was demand.
Has the band toured?
Not yet. If we have a breakthrough composition and want to support it live I would love to do this with real original equipment and personnel. TOTAL AUTHENTICITY.
What's up next for the band?
The release will coincide with HALLOWEEN. We started this band so that we could play our own Halloween soundtracks at our own Halloween parties! MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!
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