
ZOiD is: Daniel Jacobson
ZOiD is Dublin musician Daniel Jacobson. He started playing guitar and writing music at 12 years of age.
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As a teenager he was introduced to techno music by two DJs who lived in his neighbourhood, igniting a lifelong passion for electronic club music. Simultaneously he discovered and fell in love with jazz, and later studied with some of Ireland’s greatest jazz musicians.
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At 17, his first techno tracks came to the attention of D1 Records boss Eamonn Doyle, who offered him a chance to record some tracks at D1’s studio. He performed at The Funnel 4 times before it closed in 1999, twice for D1 and twice for Decal’s Phunk City.
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In 1999 he founded a label called Diatribe, and released the first record on the label, the Subinersoll EP. Diatribe went on to become Ireland’s biggest contemporary music label.
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From thousands of applicants, he was accepted as a participant at the 2006 Red Bull Music Academy in Melbourne. Co-participants that year included Flying Lotus, Oddisee and Nina Kraviz, all of whom developed very successful careers in music. A highlight for ZOiD was playing live as a support slot for Mu-Ziq at Melbourne’s Corner Hotel.
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Since then he has spent time building and running a music school, Ultimate School of Music, putting on workshops and masterclasses in guitar and electronic music, making electronic music and writing songs. He’s released 4 albums and several EPs, on labels including Meljoann’s Boy Scout Audio, D1, French label Hormonal Vibrationz.
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Techno innovator Dan Curtin’s label Metamorphic Records released ZOiD’s Dexaphonic EP in 2022, about which Four Four Magazine said "ZOiD has carved a slice of Irish dance music history for himself as joins Metamorphic Recordings".
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In 2022 he received an Arts Council Bursary to pursue the composition of electronic jazz music through 2023.
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His own label Zoitrax released his 3rd album “ZONGS”, featuring collaborations with 8 different vocalists, on digital and CD formats on 8th April 2022.
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His 4th album, "Internal Space Element" is out on 31st March 2023, on Zoitrax.
Press Quotes:
“a free-spirited, jazz-tinged electronic wizard” Philip Neeson, Hypnagogue
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“either the future of jazz or the end of jazz as we know it” Cormac Larkin, Sunday Tribune
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“wonderful future-bop realms” Jim Carroll, Irish Times
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“a masterful balance of electronics with musicians” Electronica Musica Blog
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“an exception to the norm… he produces beautiful tracks” James Hendicott
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Dexaphonic EP Reviews:
“From the outset this promised to be something special and unsurprisingly it does not disappoint at all. If you like your electronic music full of soul, warmth, and depth with a truly forward feel then this is for you.” Neil Martin, Timeline Music
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"ZOiD has carved a slice of Irish dance music history for himself as joins Metamorphic Recordings, his record lies aside dance music royalty" Max Heyraud, Four Four Magazine
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Bandcamp Best Electronic of June (Joe Muggs)
“Detroit-style techno has always fused easily with jazz, but it’s been a little while since it did so as joyously as these tracks from Dubliner ZOID”
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Cacophonous Bling:
“Metamorphic releases have always been a byword for deep, emotive house/techno and this latest release from Dublin’s Zoid feeds into the pervasive narrative with two tunes that operate on a level previously only known to those with a predilection for the finer things in life; such as fine wines, Belgian chocolates and chicken in a basket.”
forthcoming:
2024: ZOiD Vs Musicians Vol 2, Zoitrax
2023: Internal Space Element, Voices, String Quartet and Electronics, Zoitrax
ZOiD Vs Musicians Vol 2 Zoitrax
Out Now:
2022
Dexaphonic EP (Vinyl, Digital) - Metamorphic Records
ZONGS (album, CD, Digital) - Zoitrax
Vera EP (Digital) Frontend Synthetics
2018
Nebulous Concrete (album, USB, Digital) Zoitrax
2013
Lyphyz Drumdrops EP (Digital)- Boy Scout Audio
Troonax EP (Digital) - Alkalinear Recordings
2007
Zoid Versus Jazz Musicians of Ireland (album, CD, Digital) - Diatribe/D1