Z'EV
Sign in to save'''Z'EV (born Stefan Joel Weisser''', February 8, 1951 – December 16, 2017) was an American poet, percussionist, and sound artist. After studying various world music traditions at CalArts, he began creating his own percussion sounds out of industrial materials for a variety of independent and underground record labels. He is regarded as a pioneer of industrial music.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 8 January 1933
- Died
- 2017-12-16
- Works
- 31
Top works
- El Trabajo Del Kabbalista
- Kabbalah School Of Soul
- The Kabbalist At Work
- The school of Kabbalah
- The anointed
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Z'EV (Stefan Joel Weisser, February 8, 1951 - December 16, 2017) was an American poet, percussionist, and sound artist. After studying various world music traditions at CalArts, he began creating his own percussion sounds out of industrial materials for a variety of record labels. He is regarded as a pioneer of industrial music. Z'EV was a strong presence in the New York City downtown music scene in the 1980s and 1990s, performing with Elliott Sharp <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Z%27EV">Re
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Key facts
- Musical artist.name
- Z'EV
- Musical artist.image
- StefanJoelWeisser aka Z'EV.jpg
- Musical artist.background
- non_vocal_instrumentalist
- Musical artist.birth_name
- Stefan Joel Weisser
- Musical artist.caption
- Z'EV in 2008
- Musical artist.birth_place
- Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- Musical artist.death_place
- Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
- Musical artist.genre
- Industrial
- Musical artist.years_active
- 1966–2017
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Key dates
- Born
- 8 February 1951
- Died
- 16 December 2017
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Joel
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles
- Place of death
- Chicago
- Occupation
- performance artist
- Educated at
- California Institute of the Arts
- Genre
- industrial music
- Instrument
- percussion instrument
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'''Z'EV (born Stefan Joel Weisser''', February 8, 1951 – December 16, 2017) was an American poet, percussionist, and sound artist. After studying various world music traditions at CalArts, he began creating his own percussion sounds out of industrial materials for a variety of independent and underground record labels. He is regarded as a pioneer of industrial music.
In 1983, critic Roy Sablosky wrote: "Z'EV doesn't just break the rules, he changes them." Journalist Louis Morra wrote in 1983: "Z'EV is a consummate example of contemporary performance art, as well as modern composition and theater." and, "Z'EV realizes many of modernist art's ultimate goals: primitivism, improvisation, multi-media/conjunction of art forms, the artist as direct creator."
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