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| Landscape: | yes |
| Years Active: | 1980 - present |
| Origin: | Newcastle upon Tyne, England |
| Background: | group_or_band |
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Zoviet France (also known as :$OVIET:FRANCE:, Soviet France, :Zoviet-France: and latterly usually written as :zoviet*france:) are a music group from Newcastle upon Tyne in north east England. While often dissonant and made of industrial textures, their music also falls into the ambient music category. Formed in 1980, and remaining largely anonymous,[1] the group has had a number of members; presently it consists of co-founder Ben Ponton and Mark Warren. Former members included Neil Ramshaw, Peter Jensen, Robin Storey (who now records as Rapoon), Lisa Hale, Paolo Di Paolo, Mark Spybey (who now records as Dead Voices on Air) and Andy Eardley. In 2005 Storey, Spybey and Eardley formed a new group, Reformed Faction.
The band participated in the early-eighties underground tape scene. The packaging of their releases was often unconventional, involving materials such as hessian, tar paper and aluminium foil.[2]
Zoviet France also provided the music for the 2015 movie Savageland, a mockumentary that depicts the aftermath of a massacre on a US-Mexico border town that leaves every citizen dead except for an amateur photographer who is accused of committing it.
| Year | Title | Label |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Garista | Self-released |
| 1982 | [untitled] | Red Rhino Records |
| 1983 | Norsch | Red Rhino Records |
| 1983 | Mohnomishe | Red Rhino Records |
| 1984 | Eostre | Red Rhino Records |
| 1985 | Popular Soviet Songs and Youth Music | Red Rhino Records/Singing Ringing |
| 1985 | Gris | No Man's Land |
| 1986 | Misfits, Loony Tunes and Squalid Criminals | Red Rhino Records |
| 1986 | Gesture Signal Threat | Red Rhino Records |
| 1987 | A Flock of Rotations | Red Rhino Records |
| 1987 | Assault and Mirage | Red Rhino Records |
| 1987 | Loh Land | Staalplaat |
| 1988 | Shouting at the Ground | Red Rhino Records |
| 1990 | Look Into Me | Charrm |
| 1990 | Just an Illusion | Staalplaat |
| 1991 | Shadow, Thief of the Sun | DOVentertainment |
| 1991 | Vienna 1990 | Charrm |
| 1992 | Collusion | Mute Records |
| 1993 | What Is Not True | Charrm |
| 1996 | Digilogue | Soleilmoon |
| 1996 | in.version | Charrm |
| 1998 | Mort Aux Vaches: Feedback | Staalplaat |
| 2000 | The Decriminalisation of Country Music | Tramway |
| 2003 | utdrag | amino |
| 2008 | shteirlel | King Worldwide via alt.vinyl |
| 2012 | 7.10.12 | alt.vinyl |
| 2013 | The Tables Are Turning | Soleilmoon |