DEVIN TOWNSEND - Z2 Universal Choir Submissions Complete: "Thank You All For The Truly Fantastic, Good, Mediocre, Crappy Singing You've Done"
June 27, 2014, 9 years ago
Devin Townsend has been hard at work on the new Z2 record for the past few months, getting it ready to welcome Ziltoid The Omniscient back this autumn. Much like Devin did with the "Lucky Animals" video from Epicloud, heinvited fans to leave their stamp on the forthcoming album by asking them to submit their vocals for a selection of songs and take their spot in what he has dubbed "The Universal Choir".
Townsend's camp has issued the following update on the venture:
"Z2's Universal Choir had its submissions deadline yesterday and in total a whopping 1985 files were uploaded by no less than 1313 participants which is absolutely massive! Thank you all for the truly fantastic, good, mediocre, crappy singing you've done! (yeah, you know which one you are...)For the next few days we'll be checking all the contracts and then Dev will go over each and every file to see which ones can be used. A huge task but well worth it as there's no doubt that it'll sound absolutely amazing and we all can't wait to hear the final results.
Applause for yourselves!"
Townsend recently released footage of himself cutting some vocal tracks but hasn't revealed any details regarding the name of the song or which album it's for:
Following are the tentative tracklists for the forthcoming Z2 and DTP albums:
Ziltoid:
“Z2”“Ziltoidian Overture”
“From Sleep Awake”
“Deathray”
“War Princess”
“March Of The Poozers”
“Silent Militia”
“EARTH”
“Ziltoid Goes Home”
“Dimension Z”
DTP:
“Rejoice”“Fallout”
“Warrior Way”
“Midnight Sun”
“Loud”
-untitled-
-Untitled-
“Offer Your Light”
“Rain City”
“Farther On”
Townsend recently posted some clips of the guitar tracking for Z2 online:
The Devin Townsend Project has announced a string of summer club shows for Europe this August. Their schedule can be viewed below:
August
5 - Utrecht, Netherlands - Tivoli6 - Köln, Germany - Luxor
7 - Berlin, Germany - Bi Nuu
9 - Frankfurt, Germany - Nachtleben
11 - Pinarella, Italy - Rock Planet
13 - Lausanne, Switzerland - Les Docks
14 - Dornbirn, Austria - Conrad Sohn
