The Books
Paul de Jong and Nick Zammuto, otherwise known as the Books, incorporate an array of sound fragments and miniature stories into their music.
2003 / The Books / TCF / WBEZ, USA
Paul de Jong and Nick Zammuto, otherwise known as the Books, incorporate an array of sound fragments and miniature stories into their music.
The results are part songs, part "documentary vignettes," -- an original approach to making both documentary audio and music.
NOTE: the track above is called "Enjoy your worries, you may never have them again" from the Books's album Thought for Food (2002). Check out another song down below in Extra.
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Paul de Jong and Nick Zammuto (otherwise known as the Books) started working together in 2000 while living as neighbors in Inwood, a small neighborhood at the very northern tip of Manhattan, regularly referred to as 'Upstate Manhattan' by New Yorkers.