Music for Dog Walks with Zaliva-D
For the last 20 years, Beijing duo Zaliva-D have been making mind-melting audio-visual experiments.
Comprised of Li Chao on musical duties and Aisin-Gioro Yuanjin on the visual side of things, the pair’s frenetic rhythms, eerie vocals and tribalistic industrial sounds have caught the ear of labels like R$N favourite Knekelhuis, Do Hits and Shanghainese imprint SVBKVLT, the home of their fourth album 孽儿谣 Misbegotten Ballads, which was released into the world at the end of 2022.
They’re just as revered for their live sets too which, before the pandemic, had taken them to clubs and venues across the world including Lentekabinet, Golden Pudel, De School and Fold, right here in London.
This privilege to travel and play was taken away from them over the last few years but with their latest album, which was made with little software on a set up that included an old Roland ROM module, a Yamaha FM module and an E-mu sampler, they’ve said “a new period has started”.
Following its release, Li selects some of the music that soundtracks his daily dog walks. There’s old favourites, video game soundtracks and plenty of bands from his youth – get your dog on their lead and get yourself out there…
“Here are some of the tracks I’ve been listening to in the last half year walking my dog for about an hour each a day. Since I work with TV & Film sound design, I have to listen to sounds all day. I only listen to music when walking the dog, with a pair of small bluetooth speakers that you can hang around your neck. The music has little to do with my own work. There is some very old music that has accompanied me for half my life. Some of the earlier tracks are more intense, some of the later ones are quieter.”
孽儿谣 Misbegotten Ballads is out now.
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One of my favorite bands from my band days. The rhythm of the stride makes me think of destroying all the annoying, yelping poodles I see.
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