(/zɑːˈkeɪ/ :: zah-kay) ___ zakè
​US-based Zach Frizzell (b. 1984) is the creative force behind the zakè project. His warm drones and analog textures have shaped dozens of solo and collaborative albums, spanning a vast spectrum of atmospheres and tonalities. He is also the founder of Past Inside the Present, a renowned record label and artistic collective “in search of the world’s most inventive and engaging quiet music,” along with its sister imprints, Zakè Drone Recordings and Healing Sound Propagandist.

Frizzell’s music blends classical training with bold experimentation, environments marked by sweeping melancholic swells and evolving textures. His approach to ambient is both meditative and dynamic—glimmering with artifacts, yet grounded by a gravitational stillness. Recognized as a pioneer of slow-evolving minimal drone, he employs archaic synths, field recordings, and tape machines to create solemn, drifting sounds for contemplative listening.

For Frizzell, music is a means of processing lived experience. Each album serves as a marker of time—a sentiment reflected in the name Past Inside the Present, the label he founded in 2018.

​"Over the past decade under the zakè moniker, Indianapolis experimentalist, Zach Frizzell, has been responsible for some of the most delicately produced ambient compositions. His production rivals some of the best ambient composition out there today." -Sun 13 (UK)