Его игра и вправду уникальна. Я больше года восхищался его игрой в две ноги, после чего был просто в шоке, когда узнал, что у него НЕТ ни привода, ни двух бочек. И установка настолько минималистична, что проще ну некуда уже.
К сожалению, статьи на русском не нашел, но к счастью то, что есть, написано настолько простенько, что будет понятно почти всем.
Zach Hill is a musician from Sacramento, California. He performs/has performed in numerous Pacific Coast based groups, including Hella, Nervous Cop, and a diverse other range of groups including Team Sleep (featuring members of Deftones and Helium), Goon Moon, and The Ladies (a duo consisting of Zach on drums and Rob Crow of Pinback on guitar). Zach is completely self taught, having started drumming around 1995. Zach is an endorser of Tama drums, Paiste cymbals, and Pro-mark drum sticks.
One of Zach Hill's most defining characteristics as a drummer is his footwork. Many drummers are surprised when they realize that he only uses one bass drum and a single bass drum pedal when he plays. For example, in the song Imaginary Friends off of Hella's Church Gone Wild record, Hill employs his characteristic double-stroke bass drum method throughout much of the song, leading many to believe he is using more than one foot to do so, when he is only using his right foot. Zach Hill's set thus far had had generally very low-tuned tom-toms and floor-toms. When playing rhythms back and forth between his bass drum and these tom-toms, if often sounds as if it is all being created by the bass drum. His snare drum sound is often a constrasting highly tuned "crack" sound.
A unique aspect of Zach's style is his liberal use of unconventional sounding cymbals, often referred to as "trash" cymbals. His most commonly and characteristically used trash cymbal consists of broken cymbals (usually between 3 and 4) stacked on top of each other, mounted just to his right of his high tom. This setup produces a harsh sound similar to that of a China cymbal, but with much less sustain. This is easily heard on almost every single Hella release.
In addition Zach has a custom made cymbal with a very warped shape that can be heard on the Holy Smokes album "Masculine Drugs" (clearly audible starting at 1:36 on the song "Masculine Drugs (Tri-Duplex Edit)") the Hella album "Church Gone Wild" the Ladies' first album, "They Mean Us" and the Zach Hill & Mick Barr album "Shred Earthship".
Zach also utilizes complex time signatures into his drumming. Zach has developed these time signatures through playing, and goes by feeling a beat rather than figuring it out "traditionally".
Another notable aspect of Hill's playing is that he is an extremely hard hitter. His equipment tends to wear down very fast due to the combination of the speed and power of his playing, which has been known to break lug casings and bend the top hoops of his drums from the sheer force of his technique.
