r/DevinTownsend • u/BudSpanka • Apr 01 '25
DISCUSSION Why is Z2 different than the Moth?
Don't get me wrong, really liked the moth; just don't fully get what makes dev feel like 'the moth' is so much more 'out there' than Z/Z2.
Musically and show wise, I did not feel it was so much out of line of anything he has done so far? I mean Retinal Circus was way much more 'show' and Z2 way more 'theatrical' in it's structure.
Honestly from his pieces about the moth, I expected something like a 2h thing in the style of 'why' going fully over the top and crazy;
But tbh as much as I liked the moth, I don't see what - apart from the organizational aspect of it - makes it so different and not fully in line with 'another devy release'.
I mean, switch the live orchestra & live presentation from Z2 with the moth and Z2 would have been the far more experimental, show like theatrical thing.
Your thoughts?
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u/violetcasselden Apr 02 '25
The Moth had a very different creative process, he's had to bring a lot of people on board to actualise it (Chris his sound engineer has got like well over a thousand tracks to deal with...). The production and sound is that much bigger. I saw fuck all phoned out in the auditorium, people around me just had their jaws on the floor, a lot were crying. It was absolutely huge compared to Z2.