Zach Hill

Zach Hill
Zach Hill in 2012
Background information
Born	December 28, 1979
Genres	Experimental rock, noise rock, math rock, punk rock, experimental hip hop, electronic
Occupation(s)	Musician, drummer, visual artist, screenwriter, director
Instruments	Drums, vocals, sampler, guitar, bass guitar, piano, synthesizer, cornet, trumpet, melodica
Years active	1999–present
Labels	5 Rue Christine, Ache, Anticon, Deathbomb Arc, Epic, Ipecac, Joyful Noise, Kill Rock Stars, Narnack, Ormolycka, Overlap, Rodriguez Lopez, Rock Is Hell, Sargent House, Sick Room, Skin Graft, Sub Pop, Suicide Squeeze, Third Worlds/Harvest, Toad
Associated acts	Bygones, Death Grips, Team Sleep, Flössin, Goon Moon, Hella, Holy Smokes, Marnie Stern, Mick Barr, Omar Rodríguez-López, Spoek Mathambo, Wavves, Janet Weiss, Matt Cameron, Ben Weinman, The I.L.Y.'s

Zach Hill (born December 28, 1979)^[1] is an American drummer and visual artist. He is best known as the drummer and co-producer of Sacramento-based experimental hip hop group Death Grips and math rock band Hella.

Art

In addition to music, Hill is also a visual artist. He published a fully illustrated book, Destroying Yourself is Too Accessible, which included the Zach Hill and Holy Smokes album "Masculine Drugs" Released in 2004 on TNI books and Suicide Squeeze Records.

The Sacramento, California art space Fools Foundation ran an exhibition of Hill's art, titled "Poltergeist", from April 1 to 29 in 2006. Parts of the exhibit are visible in the photos accompanying Hill's article in the August 2006 issue of Modern Drummer and on the Fools Foundation website.^[2]

Film

Hill was said to be working on an original feature film in 2013, which was confirmed to feature late actress Karen Black in a leading role.^[3] However, she had died before the film could come into full fruition. It has been rumored that either Death Grips or Hill's side-project, The I.L.Y.'s, would be involved with the soundtrack of the film as well.^[4]

Discography

With Team Sleep

• Team Sleep CD/LP/Digital (May 10, 2005, Maverick)

Solo Releases

• Astrological Straits 2CD/2LP (August 12, 2008, Anticon/Ipecac)
• Face Tat CD/LP (October 19, 2010, Sargent House)
• Lil Scuzzy 10" (2011, Altamont Apparel) (as Xach Hill)

With Bygones

• by- CD/LP (August 4, 2009, Sargent House)
• Spiritual Bankruptcy Digital (February 16, 2010, Sargent House)

With Death Grips

Albums

• The Money Store CD/LP/Cassette/Digital (April 21, 2012, Epic)
• No Love Deep Web CD/LP/Digital (October 1, 2012, Third Worlds/Harvest)
• Government Plates LP/Digital (November 13, 2013, Third Worlds/Harvest)
• Fashion Week Digital (January 4, 2015, Third Worlds)
• The Powers That B 2xLP/2xCD/Digital (March 31, 2015, Third Worlds/Harvest)
• Bottomless Pit (May 6, 2016, Third Worlds/Harvest)

Mixtapes

• Exmilitary CD/LP/Cassette/Digital (April 25, 2011, Third Worlds/Ormolycka)

EPs

• Death Grips Digital (March 8, 2011, Third Worlds)
• Live from Death Valley Digital (June 28, 2011, Deathbomb Arc)
• Death Grips Interview 2016 Digital (March 22, 2016, Third Worlds)

With Flössin

• Lead Singer CD/LP (September 14, 2004, Ache)
• Live at Overlap 01 Digital (February 18, 2006, Overlap)
• Serpents Digital (February 10, 2009, Overlap)
• White Anaconda and the Rainbow Boa Digital (December 25, 2011, Overlap)

With Hella

Albums

• Hold Your Horse Is CD/LP (March 19, 2002, 5 Rue Christine)
• The Devil Isn't Red CD/LP (January 20, 2004, 5 Rue Christine/Suicide Squeeze)
• Church Gone Wild/Chirpin Hard 2CD (March 22, 2005, Suicide Squeeze)
• There's No 666 in Outer Space CD/2LP (January 30, 2007, Ipecac)
• Tripper CD/LP (August 30, 2011, Sargent House)

EPs

• Leather Diamond CD (2001, self-released)
• Falam Dynasty 7" (September 10, 2002, 5 Rue Christine)
• Bitches Ain't Shit but Good People CD/12" (June 17, 2003, Suicide Squeeze)
• Total Bugs Bunny on Wild Bass CD/LP (August 12, 2003, Narnack)
• Acoustics CD (May 2004, Toad)
• Concentration Face & Homeboy CD+DVD-V (November 8, 2005, 5 Rue Christine)
• Acoustics CD (September 12, 2006, 5 Rue Christine)
• Santa's Little Hella 7" Flexi disc (November 1, 2013, Joyful Noise)

DVDs

• Portals DVD-r (2008, self-released)

Split releases

• with Dilute – Live Split 2CD (October 7, 2003, Sick Room)
• with Four Tet – Split Seven Inch 7" (March 30, 2004, Ache)

With Holy Smokes

• Masculine Drugs/Destroying Yourself Is Too Accessible Book+CD (September 21, 2004, Suicide Squeeze)
• Talk to Your Kids About Gangs CD (September 12, 2006, Skin Graft)

With Marnie Stern

• In Advance of the Broken Arm CD (February 20, 2007, Kill Rock Stars)
• This Is It and I Am It and You Are It and So Is That and He Is It and She Is It and It Is It and That Is That CD/LP (October 7, 2008, Kill Rock Stars)
• Marnie Stern CD/LP (October 5, 2010, Kill Rock Stars)

With Mick Barr

• Shred Earthship CD (May 9, 2006, 5 Rue Christine)
• Volume 2 LP (March 12, 2007, Rock Is Hell)

With Omar Rodríguez-López

• Mantra Hiroshima CD (November 29, 2010, Rodriguez Lopez)
• Telesterion 2CD/4LP (April 16, 2011, Rodriguez Lopez)

El Grupo Nuevo de Omar Rodriguez Lopez

• Cryptomnesia CD/LP (May 5, 2009, Rodriguez Lopez)

With Spoek Mathambo

• Put Some Red on It Digital (September 27, 2011, Sub Pop)
• Father Creeper CD/LP (March 13, 2012, Sub Pop)

Other

• Legs on Earth – Lasers and Saviors (1999, CD, Para-Sight)
• Friend/Enemy – 10 Songs CD/LP (January 1, 2001, Perishable)
• Various Artists (Hella) – If the Twenty-First Century Didn't Exist It Would Be Necessary to Invent It CD (June 4, 2002, 5 Rue Christine)
• Crime in Choir – Crime in Choir CD/LP (June 25, 2002, Omnibus)
• Xiu Xiu – Chapel of the Chimes CD/12" (July 30, 2002, Absolutely Kosher/Nail in the Coffin)
• Scars on Broadway – Ghetto Blaster Rehearsals (2003, EatUrMusic)
• Various Artists (Team Sleep) – The Matrix Reloaded (Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture) 2CD (May 5, 2003, Maverick/Warner Sunset)
• Various Artists (Hella) – You've Got Your Orders – Volume One CD (June 6, 2003, Chrome Peeler)
• Nervous Cop – Nervous Cop CD (November 4, 2003, 5 Rue Christine)
• Cex – Maryland Mansions CD (November 18, 2003, Jade Tree)
• Various Artists (Les Claypool) – Under the Influence: A Jam Band Tribute to Lynyrd Skynyrd CD (September 14, 2004)
• Apotheke – Apotheke CD (2005, Mash Down Babylon)
• Toughguy Fantasy/Arctic Boys – Thank Gods It's Friday/Louisiana Purchase 2CD (January 17, 2005, Frenetic)
• Howard Hello – Howard Hello CD (May 3, 2005, Temporary Residence Limited)
• Team Sleep – Team Sleep CD (May 10, 2005, Maverick)
• The Ladies – They Mean Us CD/LP (February 21, 2006, Temporary Residence Limited)
• Various Artists (Hella) – Slaying Since 1996 2CD (July 5, 2006, Suicide Squeeze)
• Damsel – Distressed CD/LP (October 24, 2006, Temporary Residence Limited)
• Various Artists (The Ladies) – Thankful CD (November 2, 2006, Temporary Residence Limited)
• with No Age – Flannel Graduate CD-R (2007, self-released)
• Them Hills – Greener Grassing CD-R (August 14, 2007, self-released)
• with Ben Weinman – Untitled Digital (August 31, 2007, self-released)
• Mick Barr – Mick Barr 2DVD (2008, aRCHIVE)
• Prefuse 73 – Everything She Touched Turned Ampexian CD/2LP (April 14, 2009, Warp)
• Diamond Watch WristsIce Capped at Both Ends CD (May 4, 2009, Warp)
• Various Artists (Diamond Watch Wrists) – Warp20 (Recreated) 2CD (September 28, 2009, Warp)
• Chll Pll – Aggressively Humble CD/LP (October 20, 2009, Porter)
• Risil – Non Meters Volume One CD/2LP (October 28, 2009, Important)
• Various Artists – Revival Drum Comp Cassette (2010, Mississippi)
• Aaron Molho – eclecticraft Digital (April 11, 2010, Sundial)
• with Robby Moncrieff – Who Do You Think You Aren't? CD/LP (June 15, 2010, Porter)
• Mason Lindahl/Ellie Fortune/Raleigh Moncrief/Zach Hill Split 2x7" (October 10, 2010, Life's Blood)
• Alan Moore & Mitch Jenkins – Unearthing 3LP+3CD (October 25, 2010, Lex)
• Joan of Arc – Oh Brother 2LP (February 7, 2011, Joyful Noise)
• with Delicate Steve – Many Moods Digital (July 5, 2011, self-released)
• Sol Invicto – Initium Digital (August 6, 2011, Altered Beats)
• Weiss/Cameron/Hill – Drumgasm LP (August 27, 2013, Jackpot)
• The I.L.Y.'s – I've Always Been Good at True Love Digital (June 4, 2015, Third Worlds)

References

1. "ZODIAC DRUM KILLER Zach Hill on Blurt Online". Blurt-online.com. December 9, 2008. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
2. "April 2006". Foolsfoundation.org. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=susTeQpgR9k
4. Pelly, Jenn (May 10, 2013). "Death Grips to Soundtrack Feature Film Directed and Written by Zach Hill, Working on New Album". Pitchfork. Retrieved May 10, 2013.

External links

• Official Myspace page
• The Zach Hill Archive
• Pitchfork interview Zach Hill on Death Grips
• Fools Foundation Art Exhibit April 2006
• Zach Hill at exclaim!
• Interview with Zach Hill about Astrological Straits, collaborations and history on the Jekyll and Hyde Show. By Oren Siegel and Oded Fluss, Israel