Ze is a letter in the Cyrillic alphabet that looks like a 3. It is generally pronounced like Z in zoo, except at the end of a word or before K or T, in which case it is pronounced like s in less.
Definitely shows Ze at odds with tropicalia contemporaries such as Gal Costa, who were cranking up the guitars as loud as they would go around this time...
Ze's albums have long been out of print and hard to find, so these CDs are to be heartily welcomed; they also have great liner notes, with lyrics and archival art.
Tom Ze's homepage has a complete discography, and lots of great tidbits, such as reproductions of various artistic manifestos, newspaper articles he wrote, information about other albums that I've never seen, and what Ze is up to these days as well...
Guitarband that was reckoned among the most promising of these parts at the end of the 80's, start of the 90's.
As so many bands in this Belgian Pop and Rock Archives, Ze Noiz started their career by scoring in Humo's Rock Rally, in their case by winning the 1988 edition "con brio" (with them on the rostrum were The Romans and the B-Tunes, with the brothers Mosuse, later with The Radios).
", but also "Ze Noiz sound at their best in the dark: on a night with a thunderstorm rolling in, a flickering TV and a view on a desterted, wet street...