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Ground Zero, Otomo Yoshihide's powerhouse noise group, disbanded in April 1997 after a European tour. Nearly a year later, Yoshihide brought several members of the group together with some new faces for a final concert on March 8, 1998. This concert is the subject matter for this, the last Ground Zero album. The group is the largest conglomerate ever to record under the name, with 13 members (including three sax and three synthesizers, in addition to regulars like Sachiko M on sampler). The first track is a workout for the electronic keyboards, with analogue synthesizers layering sounds, some harmonic and melodic, and sometimes filling in the gaps. It almost sounds more like the early Teutonic groups than what we've come to expect from Yoshihide. The second track feels like more familiar ground. The rock instruments start the barrage of noise, all woven together, while the sax attempts to be heard playing Miagete goran (also heard on the Plays Standards album). The final track, the climax of the concert, starts with low, ominous rumbles before the hojok announces the piece as their long masterwork "Consume Red." The shamisen gets more time with the hojok than on the studio version, and the lengthy barrage at the end of the piece is replaced by a version of the Antonio Carlos Jobim song "Dindi." The last minutes of the piece point the way to Yoshihide's current directions, the sine wave electronics of the Filament and I.S.O. groupings. Ground Zero was a unique experiment in no
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