Zigo is tagged as: nu jazz, lounge, jazz, electronic, ambient Two artists exist under this name: (1) ZIGO, from Sevenoaks, UK What started as a crazy idea in an attic space in September 2005 quickly became something beard-strokingly serious for four teenagers with delusions of grandeur, and from the sweaty depths of boys’ bedrooms came a unique sound, a blend of their love for artists ranging from Radiohead to Robert Johnson and Focus to Foals. At that time using a cheap mic in those same bedrooms, the band took the ultimate step of committing their collective noise to tape. In 2009, via tenuous familial connections, this music found its way into the ears of a very appreciative listener at Sevenoaks-based indie label Blizzard Records. Now signed, cravats were tightened and scotch sipped with a new found vigour, as the glory days beckoned. The boys matured in their approach to writing music and pored over their expansive catalogue from their four years together to choose only 12 songs with which to populate their debut album – only slightly ironically titled This Is How It Ends. Initially in the running to be the Tunbridge Wells Forum’s house band (despite no one knowing who they were) ZIGO have moved on to playing venues around the country, in the slums of their separate university towns. They continue to push themselve... Read More About Zigo Biography...  Send Zigo ringtones to your cell
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