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Facing the zoo? I wouldn't!'

My first meeting with the three ingredients of Zooface came about nearly ten years ago. At that time I was producing the debut album (Cheese for Chumps), for the band The Peoples Chocolate Army. The seven members of the band were all extremely talented but two drew my attention immediately. Colin or Zachary Birdnoose as he was known back then could bang a set of pans to make even the blindest man see; whilst Chill Will (Zoot Maclamay) had a way of blowing a horn that parched the throats of water babies everywhere. When the rest of the band had retired for the day these two musical warhorses would stay behind talking about all elements of music. Sometimes sleeping in the studio inside a long forgotten hollowed out sheeps head. It was during one of these all night sessions or anessions as we would call them that the third member of the Zooface family raised his moss chops and the magic began.Fatty Acids, (Jonty Slackborne), was recording in the studio next door with his band The Men Men. This four piece odyssey never shirked their doctrine of playing live with negative or no instruments. Fatty found the whole four piece structure constricting and was looking for something new, he found it. The three met and decided to dedicate their combined talents to creating the most wigged out Hip Hop in the world But it wasnt as simple as that, oh no. Before Zooface could record a single word they were all press ganged into joining yet another Psych/ooom pah band. You or someone you know, will definitely own one of their delightful platters of corrugated cut along the line a stitch in time lime and wondrous musical fare (and that is a fact). Thats right I am talking about Pig finger. As the embers of a year long tour of the Channel Islands were being extinguished a single spark floated away across the sea. Zooface being lovers of shiny things followed that spark, until at last they were able to rest in a dusty old jam jar. Jam jar glass is known for its brittle qualities and with their combined might the Zoo smashed their way out to funky freedom. Today still as mighty but fractionally taller Zooface are able to bring the world their poetic lunacy. So raise a glass along with me and drink deep for Colin Esterol, Fatty Acids, and Chill Willy. Zooface Zooface Zooface.

Len Shepard
Brighton 2005.