Astrology, Ecology, Musicology
Zizia. (20-March 2023). Genera [DL, MC]. Zizia.
Band. Genus (Family, Description) [36:00]
- Honeyania (Erebidae, Insects)
- Jepsonia (Saxifragaceae: Dicots)
- Pisaura (Pisauridae, Arachnids)
- Tsunogaipagurus (Parapaguridae, Crustaceans)
- Vicia (Fabaceae, Dicots)
- Formania (Asteraceae, Dicots)
- Taenidia (Apiaceae, Dicots)
- Grubbia (Grubbiaceae, Dicots)
- Charaxes (Nymphalidae, Insects)
- Erica (Ericaceae, Dicots)
- Meehania (Lamiaceae, Dicots)
- Ketupa (Strigidae, Birds)
- Ericameria (Asteraceae, Dicots)
- Burkea (Fabaceae, Dicots)
- Nepenthes (Nepenthaceae, Dicots)
- Davispia (Cicadidae, Insects)
- Jonesiobryum (Rhachitheciaceae, Mosses)
- Robinia (Fabaceae, Dicots)
- Coulterella (Asteraceae, Dicots)
- Matteuccia (Onocleaceae, Ferns)
- Wedelia (Asteraceae, Dicots)
- Chrysopsis (Asteraceae, Dicots)
- Daucus (Apiaceae, Dicots)
- Leersia (Poaceae, Monocots)
- Bachia (Gymnophthalmidae, Reptiles)
- Greta (Nymphalidae, Insects)
- Strongylodon (Fabaceae, Dicots)
- Triodanis (Campanulaceae, Dicots)
- Rayjacksonia (Asteraceae, Dicots)
- Andropogon (Poaceae, Monocots)
- Ryania (Salicaceae, Dicots)
- Kerria (Rosaceae, Dicots)
- Stevensius (Carabidae, Insects)
- Rachana (Lycaenidae, Insects)
- Martynia (Martyniaceae, Dicots)
- Danis (Lycaenidae, Insects)
Information
Genera are taxa ranked below families and above species. Zizia (Alexanders) is a genus of flowering plants in the carrot family with three species native to North America: Z. aptera (Heart Leaf), Z. aurea (Golden), and Z. trifoliata (Meadow). Zizia benefits the health of soils, insects, birds, and humans with foods and medicines.Zizia is a band formed by Amber Wolfe and Jarrod Fowler in Massachusetts during 2018. Wolfe was in the post-apocalyptic Americana band O You Villain and Fowler was in the ecological horror duo Species pluralis. Zizia creates experimental music inspired by biodynamics to collaborate with nature.
Zizia was named with poetry and word play in mind: Genus/Species pluralis, golden/Amber, carrot/Jarrod, Alexanders/parents ... Zizia grew new genera and families, including Achillea and Asclepias. Pisaura (feat. Michael Pisaro-Liu) evolved around Los Angeles and Asteraceae was published by Sedimental Records in 2020.
Genus means birth, clan, produce, or origin. Forty musicians shared birth info and sounds. Genera gathers 36 bands: 34 trios plus two quartets (feat. Charalambides and nmperign). Aster Trek: The Next Genera; Compound Eye/I; Cosmic Community Garden; Selected Ambisonic Works; Worldwide Nursery Web; Zizia Park Zoo ...
Thirty-six composite scores were charted and sequenced by date with MuseScore. Scores were tuned with planetary scales, played with seashore sounds, programmed as drum kits, and performed with Ηπ TBX2 and preenfm3. Sounds were compiled with Audacity, tuned to triads, and performed with a Bastl Instruments microGranny.
Audio was combined with bee buzzers, field recordings, monophonic synths, planetary tuning forks, tape loops, and voltage controlled acoustic instruments and processed with analog and digital effects. Recordings were made with a RØDE SoundField NT-SF1 Ambisonic Microphone, two Sanken CO-100Ks, and a Zoom F6 Field Recorder.
Credits
- Amberboa (Asteraceae, Dicot) Wolffia (Araceae, Dicot)
- Jarra (Braconidae, Insect) Fowlea (Colubridae, Reptile)
- Composed, produced, recorded, and mixed by Zizia, 2020–2023
- Mastered by hibari sound engineering
- Designed by Zizia and Moé Kamura
- Duplicated by Analogue Media Technologies
Collaborators
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- 4MS Pod34X Desktop Case
- Acid Flower Joy Buzzers
- Akai MPC1000 Music Production Center
- Apium graveolens L.
- Apple iPhone 6s
- Arturia KeyStep 37 Controller and Sequencer
- Audacity Multi-Track Audio Editor and Recorder
- Banded Royal Butterflies
- Bastl Instruments microGranny 2 Monophonic Granular Sampler
- Bastl Instruments Kastle Drum Monophonic Drum Synthesizer
- Bastl Instruments SoftPop 2 Semi-Modular Synthesizer
- Bee Buzzers
- Behringer Eurorack MX602A Mixer
- Black Market Eurorack Patch Cables
- Blue Butterflies
- Bluestem Grasses
- BOSS MA-1 Mascot Amplifier
- BOSS SP-303 Dr. Sample
- Brookfoams
- Capsicum annuum L.
- Carrots
- Cat’s Claws
- Clearwing Butterflies
- Creeping Mints
- Creeping Oxeyes
- Cutgrasses
- D16 Group Decimort 2 High Quality Bit Crusher
- Daucus carota L.
- Devil’s Willows
- Duckweeds
- Emperor Butterflies
- Extinct Cicadas
- Fairfield Circuitry Long Life Parametric EQ
- Fairfield Circuitry Meet Maude Analogue Delay
- Fairfield Circuitry Randy's Revenge Ring Modulator
- Fairfield Circuitry Shallow Water K-Field Modulator
- Fairfield Circuitry Unpleasant Surprise Experimental Fuzz/Gate
- Fender TL-62 Telecaster Custom Reissue Solid Body Electric Guitar
- Fender Rumble 100 v3 Bass Combo Amplifier
- Fish Owls
- Fulltone Custom Shop Supa-Trem 2 V2
- Goldenasters
- Golden Leaves Alight Will Gently Fall and Color All Our Yesterdays
- Ground Beetles
- Heaths
- Hermit Crabs
- Ηπ Instruments Custom Scale Editor
- Ηπ Instruments TBX2 Microtonal Tuning Machine
- Ηπ Instruments Universal Tuning Editor
- Jade Vines
- Jupiter Cancer
- Kay Hollow Body Electric Guitar
- Kent 822 Hollow Body Electric Bass Guitar
- Korg Monologue Monophonic Analog Synthesizer
- Larynx
- Locusts
- Mars Aquarius
- Meinl Sonic Energy Planetary Tuned Tuning Forks TF-SET-16
- Mekong Asters
- Mercury Scorpio
- Micro Temps Utile 6X Clock Generator
- Mooer Audio Slow Engine
- Moog MF-104 Analog Delay
- Moon Virgo
- Mosses
- Moths
- MuseScore
- MXR M303 Clone Looper
- Neptune Sagittarius
- Nursery Web Spiders
- Onde Magnétique Cassette Tape Echo
- Onde Magnétique OM-1 Cassette Synthesizer
- Origin Effects Cali76 Compact Bass Compressor
- Ostrich Ferns
- Parasitic Wasps
- Pimpernels
- Pluto Libra
- preenfm3
- Rabbitbrushes
- Radial Engineering JDI Duplex Passive Direct Box
- Realistic Minisette-20 Compact Cassette Recorder
- RØDE NT-SF1 Ambisonic Microphone
- Rucci Handmade 3X2 Matrix Mixer
- Rucci Handmade 4X4 Matrix Mixer
- Sanken CO-100K Omnidirectional Condenser Microphone
- Saturn Scorpio
- Sillyberries
- Smallsound/Bigsound Fuck Overdrive
- Sony MDR-7506 Headphones
- Sony TCM-200DV Standard Cassette Voice Recorder
- Spectacled Lizards
- Strymon Deco Tape Saturation & Doubletracker
- Strymon El Capistan dTape Echo
- Strymon Flint Tremolo & Reverb
- Sun Scorpio
- Sweet Sultans
- Synthrotek Eurorack Patch Cables
- Tansyasters
- TC Electronic Sentry Noise Gate
- Teisco Checkmate 88 Combo Amplifier
- Tropical Pitcher Plants
- Umnodo Trees
- Uranus Scorpio
- Vaderin HP-X Harmonic Percolator Distortion/Fuzz
- Venus Libra
- Venus’ Looking Glasses
- Vetches
- Vox AC10C1 10-watt Tube Combo Amp
- vpme.de Euclidean Circles v2 Sequencer
- Water Snakes
- Yamabuki
- Zildjian 13" K/Z Hi Hats
- Zildjian 16" Z Heavy Power Crash
- Zildjian 16" Z Light Power Crash
- Zildjian 18" Z Power Crash
- Zildjian 20" Z China Boy
- Zildjian 20" A Hollow Logo Earth Ride
- Zizia spp.
- Zoom F6 Multitrack Field Recorder
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Acknowledgements
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