Crouched Head
Crouched Head
1. CH New Year
2. Chicago Fire
3. Harps Of Montreal
4. Scratch For Papa
5. NFM
6. This and That
7. Lilac Day
8. Wake Me
9. A Crouched Head
10. Buffalo Bills Steak Lunch
11. Influence Farm
12. Horn Notes 35
13. Old Time A Runnin'
14. Ferry Song
* album cover artwork by Chrissy Cheung
Crouched Head is Joshua Zubot and he was raised on a farm in Saskatchewan. Josh was surrounded by bird sounds, his mother’s art work, and a brother and father who are both musicians. As a teenager he studied classical music and played in a punk band. After touring China, Europe and North America with a popular seven piece violin ensemble, he has burried himself into the world of electronic and improvised music. His debut cd is an entangled mesh of intimate beats, tight attractive arrangements, horn melodies (played by his father Orville), electro-acoustics and free jazz influences.
These days Crouched Head bides his time in Montreal. Recently, he has done collaborative gigs in Calgary with Venus and Fergus, Masacote Diego Medina, Chad VanGaalen and The Bell Orchestre. In Montreal he has performed with Lori Freedman, Phillipe Lauzier, Joel Prenovault, Michael Blake and many others. In 2006, Josh received his bachelor's degree in electro-acoustics from Concordia (Montreal) where he was involved in a special grant program working under acclaimed composer Tim Brady. Crouched Head has writing credit on the Juno winning Zubot and Dawson album. With help from his brother Jesse Zubot (on the production side), he has managed to create an exciting and original piece of work.
PERSONNEL:
Josh Zubot - electronics, drum machines, mandolin, violin, samplers, programming
Orville Zubot - saxophones
Press
“…a polyglot electro-acoustic stew of curdling downtempo beats, voice samples, and eclectic sounds into fourteen dense and offbeat settings.” - textura.org
“…electro-acoustic music with soul. File Next To: Things to play when trying to prove coolness" - wavelengthtoronto.com
Album Review: textura.org
Album Review: Wavelength