ZS

"Zs creates conceptual art objects that set form and content against each other"

Zs is a New York-based experimental band. Since the band's inception, Zs has incarnated as everything from a sextet to a duo, presently in the duo form of Patrick Higgins (electric guitar), and Sam Hillmer.  While Zs' music has been variously categorized as no-wave, noise, post-minimalist, drone, and psych, they are primarily concerned with making music that challenges the physical and mental limitations of both performer and listener. The band has been heralded by The New York Times as "one of the strongest avant-garde bands in New York.

2022 marks Zs’ 20 year anniversary.  To celebrate this milestone the band is releasing a 3xLP box set with longtime label collaborators Norther Spy entitled CODEX.  Each LP features the long time trio line up of Sam Hillmer, Patrick Higgins, and Greg Fox in combination with a collaborator.  Collaborators featured across the box set include Arto Lindsay, visual artist Tauba Auerbach, and Michael Beharie.  Zs will announce CODEX in September of 2022 in conjunction with EU, US and MX tour dates and a remix EP curated and released by MX based label Talacha.