Identification with the Enemy: A Key to the Underworld

{{Infobox album

| name = Identification with the Enemy: A Key to the Underworld

| type = Studio

| artist = Zu, Nobukazu Takemura

| cover = Identification_with_the_Enemy-_A_Key_to_the_Underworld.jpg

| alt =

| released = 2007

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Experimental rock

| length = 40:43

| label = Atavistic Records

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| prev_title = Zu/Iceburn

| prev_year = 2006

| next_title = Il Teatro degli Orrori/Zu

| next_year = 2008

}}

Identification with the Enemy: A Key to the Underworld is the eighth studio album by the Italian band Zu, in collaboration with Japanese musician Nobukazu Takemura, released in 2007.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ondarock.it/recensioni/2007_zu.htm|title=Zu & Nobukazu Takemura - Identification with the Enemy: A Key to the Underworld :: Le Recensioni di OndaRock}}

Critical reception

AllMusic review described it as "skittering IDM" combined with "free jazz-influenced gestural noise; [..] at times intriguingly atmospheric, at others unsettling and frenetic".{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/identification-with-the-enemy-a-key-to-the-underworld-mw0000550192|website=AllMusic|title=Zu – Identification with the Enemy: A Key to the Underworld}}

{{cite web|url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/identification-with-the-enemy-a-key-to-the-underworld-zu-atavistic-worldwide-review-by-troy-collins|website=All About Jazz|author=Troy Collins|date=February 23, 2007|title=Zu & Nobukazu Takemura: Identification With The Enemy: A Key To The Underworld}}

Track list

Alone with the Alone (4:58)
The Culprit (5:06)
Standing on This Zero Spot (2:43)
New Buddhas in Stock (1:33)
Usual conversations with Yama (12:04)
Awake in the Next Room (2:38)
Everyone Gets His Own Nemesis (4:01)
Deliver Me From the Book of Self (7:40)

Line up

Luca T. Mai / baritone sax
Jacopo Battaglia / drums, electronics
Massimo Pupillo / bass
Nobukazu Takemura / electronics

References

Category:2007 albums

Category:Zu (band) albums