Zach Condon
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Who is Zach Condon?
If you haven't heard of him yet, you will soon.
Zach Condon is the 22-year-old singer, musician, composer who created the folk-inspired band Beirut.
Originally from Santa Fe, Condon started to play music at an early age - firstly the guitar and then the trumpet. He dropped out of school at 16 and went travelling with his brother to Europe, where his interest in European folk and world music developed. On his return to the US, he composed a large part of the album, Gulag Orkestar in his bedroom, which went on to become a critically acclaimed success in 2006. He later followed this with the EP Lon Gisland and The Flying Club Cup.
He currently lives in Brooklyn with his girlfriend.
This lens is for all fans of Zach Condon - for his music, for his talent, for the great man himself.
Zach Condon is the 22-year-old singer, musician, composer who created the folk-inspired band Beirut.
Originally from Santa Fe, Condon started to play music at an early age - firstly the guitar and then the trumpet. He dropped out of school at 16 and went travelling with his brother to Europe, where his interest in European folk and world music developed. On his return to the US, he composed a large part of the album, Gulag Orkestar in his bedroom, which went on to become a critically acclaimed success in 2006. He later followed this with the EP Lon Gisland and The Flying Club Cup.
He currently lives in Brooklyn with his girlfriend.
This lens is for all fans of Zach Condon - for his music, for his talent, for the great man himself.
Zach Condon in Reflective Mode
March of the Zapotec
The March of Zapotec was released in February 2009.The first EP containing six tracks, March of the Zapotec is a collaboration between The Jimenez Band, a nineteen-strong Mexican band from Teotilan del Valle near Oaxaca and Beirut.
The second EP, Holland is a solo project by Zach under the moniker, RealPeople.
March of the Zapotec Track List
March of the Zapotec:
1. "El Zocalo"
2. "La Llorna"
3. "My Wife"
4. "The Akara"
5. "On a Bayonet"
6. "The Shrew"
Holland:
7. "My Night with the Prostitute from Marseille"
8. "My Wife, Lost in the Wild"
9. "Venice"
10. "The Concubine"
11. "No Dice
Beirut - La Llorona
From March of the Zapotec
Here is a track and video from March of the Zapotec. I love this - it really creeps up on you.
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March of the Zapotec CD
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MARCH OF THE ZAPOTEC
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What's all the fuss about? Listed to Nantes from the album - The Flying Club Cup
Like what you hear? Find Beirut Albums here.
Zach Condon Inteviews
A selection of discussions from the man himself.
- Beirut | Pitchfork
- 2006 interview with Zac Condon
- Beirut: inspiration is an old piano / In Depth // Drowned In Sound
- Drowned in Sound chat to Zac Condon in Cardiff.
- San Francisco - All Shook Down - Beirut's Zach Condon: Young Success 'Fucked With a Lot of Things' -- Interview
- Ben Westhoff talks to Zach in Oct 07. I really like this interview. Nice and concise. There is also a short reference to his girlfriend for all Zach lovers who want to know.
Beirut Links
- Beirutband.com--- Beirut's Official Website
- Official homepage for Beirut, news, tour dates and media
- Beirut Band - MySpace
- MySpace music profile for Beirut with tour dates, songs, videos, pictures, blogs, band information, downloads and more
- Ba Da Bing Records Home
- Beirut's record label. The new album will be released under Zach Condon's own label Pompeii Recordings.
- BEIRUT LYRICS at SongLyrics.com
- Features All Beirut Song Lyrics and Beirut Discography, as well as Band Biography and User Reviews.
Rolling Stone Interview with Zach Condon
We don't wish to trivialise, but...
* His grandfather was Eddie Condon, a leading figure in the Chicago school of early jazz.
* Zach's guilty pleasure is good European house music.
* He was briefly hospitalized in 2006 due to extreme exhaustion.
* Zach worked briefly as a furniture builder in Brooklyn until Gulag took off.
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