Igneo is the fourth album by Italian band Zu, involving

Ken Vandermark Ken Vandermark (born September 22, 1964) is an American composer, saxophonist, and clarinetist. A fixture on the Chicago-area music scene since the 1990s, Vandermark has earned wide critical praise for his playing and his multilayered composit ...

on sax,

Jeb Bishop Jeb Bishop (born 1962) is an American jazz trombone player. Biography Bishop grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina, and attended Jesse O. Sanderson High School. He has studied music (classical trombone performance) at Northwestern Universit ...

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, Fred Lonberg-Holm on

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and Jacopo Battaglia on

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. The record was produced by

Steve Albini Steven Frank Albini (; July 22, 1962 – May 7, 2024) was an American musician and audio engineer. He founded and fronted the influential post-hardcore and noise rock bands Big Black (1981–1987), Rapeman (1987–1989) and Shellac (band), ...

Track list

# The Elusive Character Of Victory - 2:18 # Solar Anus - 3:52 # Eli, Eli, Elu - 6:27 # Arbol De La Esperanza Mantente Firme - 2:31 # Monte Zu - 4:55 # Untitled Samba For Kat Ex - 2:16 # Muro Torto - 5:02 # Tikkun Olam - 2:12 # Mar Glaciale Artico - 10:29

References

Zu (band) albums 2002 albums {{2002-album-stub