Will Z. is a musician, multi-instrumentalist, singer and record producer from

Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to ...

, leader of ''Cosmic Trip Machine'' and ''Black Moon Tape'', and producer of ''Book of AM'' with the

Psychedelic folk Psychedelic folk (sometimes acid folk or freak folk) is a loosely defined form of psychedelia that originated in the 1960s. It retains the largely acoustic instrumentation of folk, but adds musical elements common to psychedelic music. Chara ...

band ''Can am des puig'' and

Daevid Allen Christopher David Allen (13 January 1938 – 13 March 2015), known professionally as Daevid Allen, sometimes credited as Divided Alien, was an Australian musician. He was co-founder of the psychedelic rock groups Soft Machine (in the UK, 1966) ...

from

Gong A gongFrom Indonesian and ms, gong; jv, ꦒꦺꦴꦁ ; zh, c=鑼, p=luó; ja, , dora; km, គង ; th, ฆ้อง ; vi, cồng chiêng; as, কাঁহ is a percussion instrument originating in East Asia and Southeast Asia. Gongs ...

Biography

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing ...

, Will Z. founded ''Cosmic Trip Machine'' and recorded four albums, ''Lord Space Devil'', ''Vampyros Roussos'', ''The Curse of Lord Space Devil'' and ''Golden Horus Name'' for the Berlin-based Nasoni Records, home of

Earthling Society Earthling Society were an English space/psychedelic rock band formed in Fleetwood, England in January 2004 by vocalist/guitarist Fred Laird and drummer Jon Blacow with bassist, David Fyall. The band's debut album ''Albion'' was self-recorded by ...

, Vibravoid, Space Invaders &

Nik Turner Nicholas Robert Turner (26 August 1940 – 10 November 2022) was an English musician, best known as a member of space rock pioneers Hawkwind. Turner played saxophone and flute, as well as being a vocalist and composer. While with Hawkwind, ...

... In March 2016,

Iggy Pop James Newell Osterberg Jr. (born April 21, 1947), known professionally as Iggy Pop, is an American singer, musician, songwriter and actor. Called the " Godfather of Punk", he was the vocalist and lyricist of proto-punk band The Stooges, who w ...

broadcast three extracts of ''Golden Horus Name'' on his

BBC Radio 6 Music BBC Radio 6 Music is a British digital radio station owned and operated by the BBC, specialising primarily in alternative music. BBC 6 Music was the first national music radio station to be launched by the BBC in 32 years. It is available on ...

show During ''Golden Horus Name'' sessions, Will Z. helped the

band ''Can am des puig'', formed in

1977 Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democrati ...

Deià Deià is a municipality and small coastal village in the Serra de Tramuntana, which forms the northern ridge of the Spanish island of Mallorca. It is located about north of Valldemossa, and it is known for its literary and musical residents. ...

, to finish their four parts project and worked with

and

Gilli Smyth Gillian Mary Smyth (1 June 1933 – 22 August 2016) was an English musician who performed with the bands Gong, Mother Gong, and Planet Gong and released several solo albums and albums in collaboration with other members of Gong. In Gong, s ...

from

before launching a solo career. His first solo album, ''Shambhala Album'', inspired by

meditation Meditation is a practice in which an individual uses a technique – such as mindfulness, or focusing the mind on a particular object, thought, or activity – to train attention and awareness, and achieve a mentally clear and emotionally calm ...

is recorded, produced and distributed in 10 days. In 2013, Will Z. worked on ''12 Visions'', based on Là-bas by French novelist

Joris-Karl Huysmans Charles-Marie-Georges Huysmans (, ; 5 February 1848 – 12 May 1907) was a French novelist and art critic who published his works as Joris-Karl Huysmans (, variably abbreviated as J. K. or J.-K.). He is most famous for the novel '' À rebou ...

and ''Dark Tales'', inspired by

Syd Barrett Roger Keith "Syd" Barrett (6 January 1946 – 7 July 2006) was an English singer, songwriter, and musician who co-founded the rock band Pink Floyd in 1965. Barrett was their original frontman and primary songwriter, becoming known for his ...

and the first

Black Sabbath Black Sabbath were an English rock band formed in Birmingham in 1968 by guitarist Tony Iommi, drummer Bill Ward, bassist Geezer Butler and vocalist Ozzy Osbourne. They are often cited as pioneers of heavy metal music. The band helped de ...

albums. Will Z. used

Korg MS-20 The Korg MS-20 is a patchable semi-modular monophonic analog synthesizer which Korg released in 1978 and which was in production until 1983. It was part of Korg's MS series of instruments, which also included the single oscillator MS-10, the ke ...

plugged in Turbo RAT

effects pedal An effects unit or effects pedal is an electronic device that alters the sound of a musical instrument or other audio source through audio signal processing. Common effects include distortion/overdrive, often used with electric guitar in e ...

to create

Drone metal Drone metal or drone doom is a style of heavy metal that melds the slow tempos and heaviness of doom metal with the long-duration tones of drone music. Drone metal is sometimes associated with post-metal or experimental metal. Characteristics T ...

ambiances. After the release of his next album, New Start, with the first posthumous appearances of

and Carmeta Mansilla, lead singer of ''Can AM Des Puig'', on an album, Will Z. performed in 2015 during concerts in

and Germany with guests like

Sharron Kraus Sharron Kraus is an English singer, songwriter and musician with strong ties to the US. Kraus was born in New York but grew up in Leicester, England. She has lived in Philadelphia and collaborated with American musicians, including Meg Baird, He ...

and Alice Artaud. He wrote his last solo album in 2016, A New Mirrored You, inspired by

La Vita Nuova ''La Vita Nuova'' (; Italian for "The New Life") or ''Vita Nova'' (Latin title) is a text by Dante Alighieri published in 1294. It is an expression of the medieval genre of courtly love in a prosimetrum style, a combination of both prose an ...

, a text by

Dante Alighieri Dante Alighieri (; – 14 September 1321), probably baptized Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri and often referred to as Dante (, ), was an Italian poet, writer and philosopher. His '' Divine Comedy'', originally called (modern Italian: ...

. In June

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, Will Z. founded his new band Black Moon Tape and recorded another

Concept album A concept album is an album whose tracks hold a larger purpose or meaning collectively than they do individually. This is typically achieved through a single central narrative or theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, or lyrical. So ...

with songs written during 20 years and left unfinished. The album was available for download in several digital music stores, such as the

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with the help from Freaksville Records label.

Discography

Solo albums

* 2012 : ''Shambhala Album'' (as « Will Z.’s Amazing Flying Clock ») * 2013 : ''12 Visions'' * 2014 : ''Dark Tales Of Will Z.'' * 2015 : ''New Start'' * 2016 : ''A New Mirrored You''

Albums by other artists

* 2011 : oG Musique – ''The Woman Who Took A Flying Lead Over The Fence'' * 2012 : Can am des puig – ''The Book of AM'' * 2015 : Alice Artaud – ''Ouroboros''

With Cosmic Trip Machine

* 2008 : ''Lord Space Devil'' * 2009 : ''Vampyros Roussos'' * 2010 : ''The Curse Of Lord Space Devil'' * 2012 : ''Golden Horus Name''

With Black Moon Tape

* 2017 : ''The Salvation Of Morgane''

References

External links

Official Website

Discogs
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