Zygote Myspace Online! Tuesday, February 28th, 2006 Hey Kids, Thought you'd like to hear that Zygote has launched a MySpace account.... you can find us now at www.myspace.com/thegote Swing on by and check it out.. there are songs for downloading, video, photos, art, you name it, we got it. So check it out. Also, for those of you who missed your chance at the show, there are still Zygote T-shirts available for purchase. Here's a snazzy artist's rendition of said shirt: If you want one, send an email saying so to zygoteshirts@hotmail.com and we'll hooks you up good! Thanks, see you over on Myspace! ZYGOTE KICKS ASS, BLACKS OUT ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD! Saturday, February 4th, 2006 It's true, folks! With a surreal sense of timing, ON THE VERY LAST NOTE OF THE SHOW last night, Zygote overloaded the board and plunged the venue and a few neighboring streets into blackness. Crazy. Oh, and the show was crazy as well. What a great night! Thanks to Beyond Rusty and Mint for putting on excellent sets, and for the Zygote crew for makin' it happen, cap'n. Check out the full review of the Feb 3rd 2006 show at the Opera House here. ZYGOTE TICKETS FOR FEB 3RD SHOW ONSALE RIGHT NOW! Wednesday, January 18th, 2006 ZYGOTE Live in concert at the Opera House Friday February 3rd 2006 with special guests Beyond Rusty and Mint. All Ages, Licensed event $15 advance tickets on sale right now at: Beyond Impressions, Sonic Temple, Kops Records, and through bands Doors at 8pm, Zygote onstage at 11pm MORE DETAILS FOR FEB 3rd ZYGOTE SHOW Thursday, January 12th, 2006 Hey gang... Everything is allll riiiiight at Zygote Central. The show is booked solid and creeps ever closer, and all the brass tacks are settling into place. Here are a few of them: Opening acts have been booked, after careful consideration and enthusiastic interest from the local indie community. This time around we are welcoming back Mint., who rocked the place last time, and the newer outfit Beyond Rusty, who showcase great energy and style. Check out their websites by clicking their names. Tickets are right now ON SALE and they are teleporting off the shelves as anticipated. Don't be a chump. Get yours today. Hell, get ten and try to scalp them... you'll make money on the deal. You can get tickets from either opening band, or at: Beyond Impressions clothing stores (locations at Promenade and Fairview Mall) Sonic Temple (5165 Yonge Street) Kops Records (229 Queen Street W) ...we are interested in selling from other locations as well, so if any of you have any hot connections to a retail location that would take on the burden, email us or have them email us here. The band has been jamming feverishly in preparation for the show and things sound better than ever... This set will include some favourites that were skipped last time, plus some other treats and tricks that will turn yer crank, stuff you've never seen at a Goteshow before, count on it. Here are the details in their usual format: ZYGOTE Live in concert at the Opera House Friday February 3rd 2006 with special guests Beyond Rusty and Mint. All Ages, Licensed event $15 advance tickets on sale right now Doors at 8pm, Zygote onstage at 11pm Stay tuned for more, see you at the show! ZYGOTE RETURNS IN 2006! Wednesday, December 21st, 2005 A little intelligence gleaned from the sizzling circuitry of our satellite spy systems: Our sources indicate that ZYGOTE will be gathering once again to set off a dirty bomb full of of dirty funk. The blast radius is certain to affect the whole of the GTA and beyond. This is your early warning to head towards the epicentre of the explosion so as to catch the deadliest dose of groove radiation possible. Details are few as yet, but here's what I've got: ZYGOTE Opening acts T.B.A. Friday, February 3rd at the Opera House in Toronto All Ages All other details T.B.A. consider this OFFICIAL CONFIRMATION.... Zygote is currently searching for opening bands to play the show, so if you know of any prospects, please have them email zygoteerforever@hotmail.com! Josh out. ZYGOTE AT THE OPERA HOUSE FRIDAY JUNE TENTH! Tickets on sale RIGHT NOW! Tuesday, May 17th, 2005 So ya want Zygote tickets, do ya? We got the fix to cure the shakes that ache your bones! Fresh hot Zygote tickets just like gramma used to make, ladled out with loving care at these following locations: KOPS RECORDS (299 Queen St. West) SONIC TEMPLE (5165 Yonge St.) OR email zygotetickets@hotmail.com! So fill your rock prescription now, while they're still $12! Prices jump to $15 at the door, so you're best off getting them early... See you at the show! ZYGOTE IS PLAYING A SHOW! - MY five MOST favourite words. Tuesday, May 10th, 2005 Zygote gathers once more for the paralyzing powerhouse of a show that's guaranteed to give you synaptic seizures! ZYGOTE LIVE IN CONCERT PATIENCE PAYS OFF Friday June 10th, 2005 at The Opera House (735 Queen St. E) with special guests The Oracy, Jesse Labelle, and Mint. All Ages / Licensed event Doors 8pm Advance Tickets $12.00 From The Webmaster... Monday, June 3rd, 2002 hey... this is alex, who runs the server and maintains the code (josh handled content and design). I'll keep the site up as long as it's not too much of a strain on the server or bandwidth. I liked the band as much as any of you and feel that leaving it running is the least i can do for the gote. have fun, and play nice. Zygote Has Broken Up - My Four Least Favourite Words. Friday, May 31st, 2002 Well, here it is. Confirmation of Zygote's dissolution, although I gather that a good many of you have figured out by now what the deal is. Zygote is no more. I have been silent on the matter so far, and a lot of you have been asking for answers, posting theories on the bulletin board, emailing us with words of gratitude, words of disbelief, words of disappointment. I have been silent because I honestly don't know what to say to a lot of the questions, and because I have been hesitant to draw the line between what should be public and what should be private. This intensely complicated breakup has affected all six of us deeply, and I have found myself without the words to explain the situation. This is a strange feeling for me, since I have been "speaking" to so many of you for so long. To explain a few things, Zygote did not break up for lack of success... the band was drawing bigger than any other in the local scene, and our recent demo was being successfully shopped around with active interest from major American labels. Zygote broke up because of years-old internal problems. That is as candid as I am going to be about the situation, and I hope that you can appreciate the sensitivity necessary for all parties involved. Keeping the final show a secret... this was a hotly debated issue among us and I personally was on the "tell the fans" side of things. Democracy is democracy, however, so there you go. The fact of the matter is that we were all confused and miserable and didn't want the last show to have a doom vibe throughout, adding to our confusion and misery. We also didn't want to put that final nail in the coffin.. maybe this was a way for us to hang on as long as possible, maybe Zygote will someday perform again, maybe we are only human and just wanted to shrink away from what is a painful admission. I don't know. If you felt insulted or unappreciated as fans and friends because of that secrecy, then know that I am more sorry about it than you probably realize. I have struggled for years to keep Zygote's relationship with our fans pure and honest and loyal, and I am heartbroken to not have had the chance to say a proper and worthy farewell. This website is going to have to come down, I'm afraid. Without Zygote, there is nobody to pay the bills. Before it goes offline, I'm going to get some of the studio tracks from our last demo and release them for free download here. I'll try and get the Unofficial Zygote Site to hold them for us too, although I'm not sure how long that site will remain online. (www.zygotemusic.cjb.net) Please please enjoy these songs - Girl Next Door and I Did It For You. They are both richly beautiful songs fantastically performed and produced. We are so proud of them, and we want you all to have the chance to listen to just a little more new Zygote.... maybe some more live stuff will make it out there as well. Click HERE to jump right to the Album Sounds page This past six years with the band have been overwhelming. I have made six of my best friends in the world (I'm counting Helman here, can't forget ol' Moot), have been proud to grow as a crew with Dveris, Bryan, Cousin A and Zach, and have had some amazing experiences along the way. Hundreds of shows, thousands of fervent conversations, endless posters, flyers, stickers, clothing, album covers, website stuff... probably sixty percent of the art I've produced in the last six years has something to do with Zygote. It has been a creative outlet for me as well as for the musicians, and I have to force myself to remember every ten minutes or so that it's all done with. I have been honoured to be the visual and verbal connection between the 'Gote and you guys, but I guess that's over now too. I am pretty sure that this will be my final update to the homepage. So this is goodbye. I know that Zygote was something special, and I will be thankful to the end of my days that I was a part of it. All of my love for you, the fans, the friends, the crew, and my six brothers Aaron, Amir, Brian, Jeremy, Mike, and Shlag. The sun will rise, but first it must set. Josh Cappel The Zygoteer Show bumped from $10 to $12! Massive giveaway announced! Tuesday, May 21st, 2002 Slight change of plans to report.... First, let me just remind you all about the big fat blob of a Zygote show that's happening this coming Friday May 24th at the Opera House. The REAL May 2-4. In case you didn't notice, this past Victoria Day weekend was a little on the chilly side.... like fifteen degrees too deep into the chilly side. SO, we've decided to say hello to the summer in that special Zygote way. The louder, hotter, BETTER way. Fantastic local talent The Salads, Buzzd, and Filmore Slim are on board to help us do just that. The show is All Ages so the youngsters can join us, and there's a licensed balcony area where the oldsters can get their sauce on. Doors open at 9pm. You know all this stuff already. So what's different? The cover charge has been bumped up to $12 from the originally announced $10. I know, I know.... trust me, I'm just as unhappy to announce it as you are to read it. Although we juggled the numbers a dozen ways to try and avoid it, it just has to be this way. BUT DON'T YOU FRET. Always sensitive to the value of the almighty dollar, we at Zygote Headquarters are unleashing a merch giveaway plan of unprecedented scope! Here's the dilly-o: You walk in the door and pay the $12 cover, you get a special ticket. Bring that ticket to the Merchandise Booth at the show at any time during the night, and you can redeem it for one piece of Zygote merchandise of your choice. Any album, any piece of clothing, first come first served. Not too shabby for $2. The only catch is that we have just a few hundred items to give away. Since the Opera House holds a thousand people... well, do the math. First come first served is the order of the day. If you get to the booth and there's nothing left you want, or nothing left at all, it's out of our hands. You snost, you lost. Once we're out of goodies, the giveaway is over. Basically we need to bump up the price a hair and we thought that this would be a good way to soften the blow a bit and let hundreds of happy fans go home with a 'Gote freebie. Bam. So that's it. Bad news/good news, whaddaya gonna do? Here are the show details, presented in their Usual Format: ZYGOTE with The Salads, Buzzd, and Filmore Slim Friday May 24th, 2002 at the Opera House (735 Queen St. E at Broadview) All ages / licensed event $12.00 at the door Doors open at 9pm This will be a landmark show, you have to believe me on this one. Zygote at the Opera House. The REAL May 2-4. Don't snooze. Don't lose. We'll see you at the show. We reach the Weekpoint! Zygote at The Opera House May 24th! Friday, May 17th, 2002 Hello peeps... we are at the Weekpoint here, seven delicious days (three of which should be spent in cottage country if you've got any sense at all) left until the REAL May 2-4, Zygote's really big show at The Opera House. YOU REALLY SHOULD NOT MISS THIS SHOW. That's all I can say about it, really. In addition to Zygote's usual barrage of musical missiles, find yourself the target of such bands as The Salads, Buzzd, and Filmore Slim. Link to their websites and check 'em out: The Salads Buzzd Filmore Slim This will be an ALL AGES show, so all you minors can get a sweet taste of the action... Speaking of sweet taste, this will also be a LICENSED EVENT, so all you NON-minors can make your way up to the balcony area where refreshing cocktails and vodka-drinks will be available for the purchasing. We plan to see as many as possible of you mothers out at this show. Whatever other plans you've got, CANCEL THEM. See you at 735 Queen Street East, Friday May 24th. $10.00 cover, dance yo' ass off. Zygote's May 24th 2002 show approaches! Wednesday, May 1st, 2002 We are entering the final stretch in our approach to May 24th and Zygote's massive tribute to summer's beginning... the REAL May 2 - 4... Details are falling into place constantly, promotion is in motion, all of our TBAs are being A'd, and you are getting more and more excited with each passing day.. Local superheroes The Salads, Buzzd, and Filmore Slim are on board, material is being fine-tuned, and all the special tricks and treats you've grown accustomed to are being brainstormed and written down diligently on small pieces of paper..... see you in THREE WEEKS EXACTLY. MAY 24th, all ages, at the Opera House. Watch this space for more news, suckas...... More Details for the REAL MAY 2 - 4! Wednesday, April 24th, 2002 Zygote's show on May 24th (that's one month from now, suckas) at the Opera House has taken on a bit more form, as the opening bands have been hooked and booked. Joining the chaos will be: THE SALADS, amazing guitar-heavy funk-rap with killer style, BUZZD, a pro melodic rock trio fronted by our old friend Brad Kazer, and FILMORE SLIM, an energetic outfit that were very impressive at our recent Feel The Love concert. More details to come, only a month to go, keep your eyes on the prize, people! Happy Birthday Amir!! Sunday, April 21st, 2002 For Amir's birthday a whole crew of us - like 20 people - cruised out to Niagara for a night of mad slots, hot dice, and varied intoxicants. Shlag is the maddest slot-monkey of them all, he's a beast. He works two machines at once, snarling at any old ladies who crowd in too close.... those grannies are SERIOUS on the slots, guy. Some of them have a cash I.V. hooked right up to their bank account. Ca-chink, ca-chink, ca-chink. They don't have the patience to mess around with coins like us young'uns, better that the money is sucked directly out of their RSP's I guess. Best machine in the casino: Krazy Kops #BO206, non-smoking floor. This machine paid me out over seventeen thousand dollars. I won so much out of this machine that they had to refill it twice. The System never fails, baby. Casino Fun Activity #1: Stage a fake nervous breakdown. Clutch your friend by the front of his shirt and howl "I CAN'T BELIEVE I LOST FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS! WHAT THE FUCK AM I GOING TO DO? MY WIFE IS GOING TO FUCKING LEAVE ME, DO YOU UNDERSTAND?" Trail off into sobbing. After a moment, regain your composure, shrug, and say "Ahh whatever, it's only money." Walk away chatting breezily. Casino Fun Activity #2: Collect dirty looks. Every slot machine acts sort of like a change machine, in that you can insert paper money, hit "Cash Out", and a bunch of coins pour out noisily. If you cash a large bill, like a fifty, it sounds like a substantial win... Look around until you see someone consistently losing on a machine. (this should take you about three seconds) When they finally give up on the machine, dart over, insert a large bill, hit "Cash Out", and start whooping madly with joy as coins pour out in an apparent big payout. Scream "I'm rich!!" over and over again. Grab handfuls of coins and rub them on your chest like you're taking a money-bath. Other gamblers love this. STATISTICAL ANOMALY: Nine of us lined up in a row, bet the max on nine machines, and pulled the levers simultaneously. Nobody won a damn thing. Not a wild cherry, not a blazing 7, not a even a single free credit. Ah, good times. I'm exhausted, and I didn't even hit the second run to the casino. (Most of us hit the hotel at around 4:30am, but a group of hardcores managed to rouse themselves for the 7am - 10am shift.) One of the best birthday parties I've ever been to, hands down. A long fun night with many memories and tons of laughs. Happy birthday Amir, we love you. A parting quote from Shlag: "Fine, fuck off, I'll take a cab home. This fucking machine is going to fucking pay out, I can fucking FEEL it." Grindig to ROCK Air Canada Centre! Tuesday, April 16th, 2002 Just wanted to remind you all that our good friends from Grindig will be destroying the sidestage on Tuesday April 16th at the ACC. As in "Air Canada Centre". Holy shit. Other bands include Tea Party, Sloan, and Edwin. Heavy hitters all. It's a huge gig and Grindig deserves it a hundred times over. They will rock the place forward, backward, and upside-down. Have a good set boys... New Goteshow confirmed! May 24th at the Opera House... The REAL May 2-4! Friday, April 12th, 2002 Thass right muthafuckas! Another Zygote concert shows up on the radar, this time on May 24th, 2002. We will be exploding at the Opera House with our personal welcome to the summer season, delivering all the rump-rockin riffage and brain-bending beats your sun-starved soul has desired for far too long... more details to come, we are consolidating the event blueprints as I type this..... May 24th falls on the weekend AFTER the long weekend, so we can all get our cottage fix in (thank god) and still make the Zygote scene. Here comes the sun, baby....... Click HERE to jump right to the Upcoming Shows page Live version of "C" up in Sounds Friday, April 12th, 2002 More Live Zygote Goodness, straight from our archives to yours. Cruise on by the Live Sounds section and download this funkalicious favourite for your listening pleasure.... Click HERE to jump right to the Live Sounds page Another live cut in Sounds! Tuesday, April 2nd, 2002 In response to consumer demand we have scrounged a live version of Saturn off that same show and have given it a good home in the "Live Sounds" section of the Sounds page. Swing by and give 'er a listen.... Click HERE to jump right to the Live Sounds page New live track in Sounds section! Sunday, March 31st, 2002 Check check it out! A sizzling version of Nejuan from the show at Kool Haüs with Big Sugar has been uploaded to the Live Sounds page of the Sounds section! Download it, play it, burn it, choreograph an interpretive dance to it, whatever you like! Click HERE to jump right to the Live Sounds page Zygote Bulletin Board is UP! Saturday, March 30th, 2002 Well well, what do you know? Finally we have upgraded our Guest Book (which fans were using as a bulletin board anyway) into an honest-to-god Bulletin Board! What does that mean? That means that the giant haphazard conversation with a dozen topics that's been progressing so far can now be split up and contained in a series of different topic threads. Pick the conversation you want to reply to and say your piece, instead of posting it at the top of a generic list and hoping it makes sense! Ahh, what a world we live in! Check it out in the Fun section or click HERE to jump right to the bulletin board Studio break..... Wednesday, March 27th, 2002 We're taking a few days off from recording for various scheduling reasons.... most of the work is done, we just need another day for finishing touches, then it's on to the mixing stage.... final overdubs conclude on Monday, we'll have the next installment of the Studio Diary series for you then. Studio Diary: Day 3 of 7 Monday, March 25th, 2002 Another day of solid work. Today saw Ovakim finish up all of his guitar work and Jer start in on vocals. Shlag was pushed to tomorrow for some reason or other. The guitars on this recording are so nice they make me want to barf out of sheer happiness. Jer is a superhero on the mike, he's been roaring through takes and we have multiple versions of everything to pick final cuts from. We're really starting to see what a good team Andy and Vic are, and we're settling into a very comfortable and often vulgar working relationship. I wish we could record with these guys for a month. Had an awesome amateur percussion jam during a recording break... Shlag brought so much crap that we can all play a few exotic drums at the same time. Looking forward to hearing what he adds to the already-rich sounds we've trapped so far... Tomorrow Shlag gets his freak on, plus a lot more vocals from Jer and Amir.... (Fistfight count: nothing yet. Amir spitting a hot loogie into Ovakim's ear is the closest we came to physical contact today. Pretty fuckin funny though.) Studio Diary: Day 2 of 7 Sunday, March 24th, 2002 Whoa. This was an exhausting day. Ovakim played guitar for about 10 hours straight, moving slowly but surely through the myriad guitar parts... Andy loves guitar parts, loves guitar tones, loves guitar effects. You will be amazed at how the guitars have been handled for these tracks. Thick dirty rhythm parts, lots of nice layering, and even with tons of work left to do the songs are starting to come together.... Tomorrow we see a little bit more Ovakim and then a whole lotta Shlaggy..... Studio Diary: Day 1 of 7 Saturday, March 23rd, 2002 Today's session took care of bed tracks for all four songs, which to the uninitiated means that we recorded drums and bass. Brian, who used to call himself "one-take Brian", will no longer be referred to as "one-take Brian". After being heartily ridiculed for an hour or two he got his shit together and hammered us out a foundation of clockwork beats and tasty treats. Brian has officially completed his part of the recording process, and will be sitting around uselessly eating potato chips during recording sessions, just like me. Amir ripped through every bassline (minus a few overdubs to be filled in later) and is asking to be referred to as "one-take Amir". Producer Andy Curran is completely kicking ass and has more part in the band's development for the studio than any other we've encountered so far. He's been involved in pre-production for weeks and has given us a whole lot of solid suggestions and great feedback. He brought a selection of instruments to the studio for the band to try and get different sounds out of.... completely our type of producer, and a man who has a healthy appreciation for Angelina Jolie's ass. Our engineer Vic is proving himself to be quite the wizard behind the board, but he doesn't get to really show us what he can do until mixing time rolls around. Also he prefers Ashley Judd over Angelina Jolie. So far the beds sound great, the drums sizzle and boom, and the bass is faacking huuge. Excellent foundation laid so far. Things are good..... no fistfights as yet (one elbow drop, one bingo dabber to the forehead... both to Ovakim, actually.).... to be continued tomorrow.... Zygote heads to the studio.... Friday, March 22nd, 2002 Tomorrow is the day, folks.... Saturday March 23rd the boys hit the studio for a whirlwind session to lay down some fine fine music on tape... Pre-production has been roaring along nicely at a million RPMs for many many days now, and every drumbeat, guitar lick, vocal pattern, bass note, and maraca rattle has been dissected, flipped upside-down, reassembled, and locked back into place where it belongs... look for a day-to-day Studio Diary by various band members to appear here on the homepage since our News section is not yet properly updatable...	10/02/09

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