For nearly 10 years, the duo of Nick Zammuto and Paul de Jong, known collectively as The Books, has pursued a singular and almost unclassifiable musical direction. Combining Brian Eno’s Ambient sound, found-sound elements and warped Indie Rock sensibilities (with touches of Frank Zappa’s avant-garde ethic and Negativland’s cut-and-paste songcraft thrown in for color) The Books’ discography is a sonic collage of skewed beauty and intelligence.
Read Brian Baker's interview with Zammuto and de Jong here.