History Music / ZovietFrance

!! Zoviet France contains examples of:

* RedsWithRockets: averted, mostly. Despite their name, Zoviet France never really alludes to the Communist Russian state, unless of course you count ''Popular Soviet Songs...''. (you could also fit in vaguely that the animalistic essence of their music reflects on the decay of ideas and the brutal reality of a communist lead country but that would lead to {{Wild Mass Guessing}}.)

* ItsNotPornItsArt: The cover of their most recent album, ''The Tables are Turning'' features a naked, twirling woman with her discarded robe wrapped around her legs.

* {{Live Album}}: Quite a few. ''Vienna 1990'' and ''What Is Not True'' consist of mainly garbled and murkey droneing for an hour. One of their bootleg albums, ''Live in my livingroom'' is {{Exactly What It Says on the Tin}}. When the club that they were schedualed to perform at mistakenly booked someone else, the members of the group's response was, "whos appartment can we play at?"

* ''Norsch'' 1983 (packaged in a Aluminum foil sleeve)

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Their first few albums were made up of enough noise, ritualistic ambient, harsh earsplitting screams and Musique concrète to make {{Frank Zappa}} proud. The latter ones are tamer by comparison, but not by much…

* {{Sampling}}: a creepy example in ''Ram''[[http://youtu.be/PKsIe4w9w5E]]. Which was from an old telecast of Jim Jones attorney commenting on the Jamestown Massacre, it gets very unsettling when the actual song comes in.

* {{Lucky charms title}}: :$oviet:france: on their first two albums, they would switch the logo constantly throught the 80's, going from litteral fake symbols that spelt out their name[[https://rymimg.com/lk/o/l/baffd0edf839575b59aa225d2a0931be/1329926.jpg]] until around the late 80's to early 90's when they Settled with :zoviet*france:. The art work usually depicts a crescent moon under the asterix.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Their first few albums were made up of enough noise, ritualistic ambient, harsh earsplitting screams and Musique concrète to make {{Frank Zappa}} proud. The latter ones are much tamer by comparison, but not by much…

* {{Sampling}}: a creepy example in ''Ram''[[http://youtu.be/PKsIe4w9w5E]]. Which was from an old telecast of Jim Jones attorney commenting on the Jamestown Massacre, it gets very unsettling when the actual song come in.
* TitleOnlyChorus: While not technically the title ''Mudbast Boys'', ''Ji Boys'' from ''The Hessian Album'' and ''Rangmabasm'' from ''Garista'' count. (the latter being the album title)

* {{Lucky charms title}}: :$oviet:france: on their first two albums, they would switch the logo constantly throught the 80's, going from litteral fake symbols that spelt out their name[[https://rymimg.com/lk/o/l/baffd0edf839575b59aa225d2a0931be/1329926.jpg]] until around the late 80's to early 90's when they Settled with :zoviet*france:. The art work usually depicts a a crescent moon under the asterix.

The group is well known for their unconventional album packaging. Their first few albums came in everything from Masonite wood and hessian bags, to aluminum foil and roofing shingles. Many of these editions are handmade and commend a premium on online auctions.

* DarkerAndEdgier: hard to believe but their 90’s run is usually listed as such, Especially to their move towards Dark Ambient. ''Shadow, Theif of The Sun'' and ''Digilogue'' come to mind.

* {{Sampling}}: a creepy example in "Ram"[[http://youtu.be/PKsIe4w9w5E]]. Which was from an old telecast of Jim Jones attorney commenting on the Jamestown Massacre, it gets very unsettling when the actual song come in.

* {{Added Alliterative Appeal}}: the ''Charm, Ceremony, Chance, Prophecy'' series comes to mind
* {{Broken Base}}: many of the older fans have come to resent the overuse of digital synthesizers in their 90’s run. Many arguing that analog was a medium that presented their message of the finality of sound much better then.
* {{Crack is Cheaper}}: If you’re looking to build up a substantial discog of these guys, God help you. Most of their albums, (especially their first few ones) commend a premium. The CD reissue of ''Mohnomishe'' alone has been known to go for $190-$250 (US dollars) for a single copy.
* {{Crazy Awesome}}: take a look at some of their albums, there’s a reason why there so expensive. (and sought after.)

* {{Darker and Edgier}}: hard to believe but their 90’s run is usually listed as such, Especially to their move towards Dark Ambient. ''Shadow, Theif of The Sun'' and ''Digilogue'' come to mind.
* {{Distinct Double Album}}: ''Popular Soviet Songs and Youth Music''[[http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?release=100568]]. The album contains two cassettes packaged in a clay pot. Included in said pot is a Muslim-silk American flag with Hammer and sickles in place of stars, an instruction sheet in English, French and Spanish detailing the various uses of the pot (i.e. improvised musical instrument.) oh yeah…did I mention the ''Radioactive seagull feathers'' glued to the back?
* {{Early Installment Weirdness}}: Their first few albums were made up of enough noise, ritualistic ambient, harsh earsplitting screams and Musique concrète to make {{Frank Zappa}} proud. The latter ones are much tamer by comparison, but not by much…
*{{Everything Is an Instrument}}: very much a staple of the group, their 80’s years especially. Utilizing walkie-talkies, homemade kalimbas, slide whistles and simple two way ''tin can phones'' to create some of their distinct sounds.

* {{Hell is that noise}}: lordy, torchered screams and the jarring wall of sound instrumentals usually figure prominentaly. Look no further then ''Garista'' for the {{Ur Example}} of this trope.
* {{It's Not Porn, It's Art}}: The cover of their most recent album, ''The Tables are Turning'' features a naked, twirling woman with her discarded robe wrapped around her legs.

*{{Title Only Chorus}}: While not technically the title ''Mudbast Boys'', ''Ji Boys'' from ''The Hessian Album'' and ''Rangmabasm'' from ''Garista'' count. (the latter being the album title)
* {{Torture Cellar}}: Envoked on ''Mounw'' from ''The Hessian Album''.
* {{True Art Is Incomprehensible}}: very much so.
* {{Reds with Rockets}}: averted, mostly. Despite their name, Zoviet France never really alludes to the Communist Russian state, unless of course you count ''Popular Soviet Songs...''. (you could also fit in vaguely that the animalistic essence of their music reflects on the decay of ideas and the brutal reality of a communist lead country but that would lead to {{Wild Mass Guessing}}.)
* {{Word Salad Title}}: Practicly every song they've ever released is a jumbled scrabble word, some of their albums count too. (''Gesture Signal Threat'', ''Misfits, Loony Tunes and Squalid Criminals'', ''A Flock of Rotations'' etc.)

* {{Hell is that noise}}: lordy, torchered screams and the jarring wall of sound instrumentals usually figure prominentaly. Look no further then ''Garista'' for the {{Ur Example}} of this group.

* {{Reds with Rockets}}: averted, mostly. Despite their name, Zoviet France never really alludes to the Communist Russian state, unless of course you count ''Popular Soviet Songs...''. (you could also fit in vaguely that the animalistic essence of their music reflects on the decay of ideas and the brutal reality of a communist lead country but that would lead to {{Wild Mass Guessing}}.)

* {{Industrial}}: of the Tribal/ambient veriety.
* {{Sampling}}: a creepy example in "Ram"[[http://youtu.be/PKsIe4w9w5E]]. Which was from an old telecast of Jim Jones attorney commenting on the Jamestown Massacre, it gets very unsettling when the actual song come in.
* {{Torture Cellar}}: Evoked on ''Mounw'' from ''The Hessian Album''.

* {{Distinct Double Album}}: ''Popular Soviet Songs and Youth Music''[[http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?release=100568]]. The album contains two cassettes packaged in a clay pot. Included in said pot is a Muslim-silk American flag with Hammer and sickles in place of stars, an instruction sheet in English, French and Spanish detailing the various uses of the pot (i.e. improvised musical instrument.) oh yeah…did I mention the ''Radioactive seagull feathers' glued to the back?