Zaireeka
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Zaireeka is an experimental 1997 album by The Flaming Lips, designed to be played simultaneously on four separate CDs to create a unique, multi-speaker listening experience.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Zaireeka canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13028038 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zaireeka Context triple: [The Flaming Lips, hasNotableWork, Zaireeka]
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A.
Nzega
Nzega is a town and district in western Tanzania that serves as an important commercial and transport hub within the Tabora Region.
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Ngazidja
Ngazidja, also known as Grande Comore, is the largest island of the Comoros archipelago in the Indian Ocean and home to the nation’s capital.
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C.
Lubemba
Lubemba is the traditional kingdom and cultural heartland of the Bemba people in what is now northern Zambia.
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D.
Mbanderu
Mbanderu is a subgroup of the Herero people with its own distinct dialect and cultural traditions, primarily found in Namibia and Botswana.
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E.
Nyakyusa
The Nyakyusa are a Bantu-speaking ethnic group primarily inhabiting the northern shores of Lake Malawi in southern Tanzania, known for their intensive agriculture and distinctive age-village social system.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zaireeka Target entity description: Zaireeka is an experimental 1997 album by The Flaming Lips, designed to be played simultaneously on four separate CDs to create a unique, multi-speaker listening experience.
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A.
Nzega
Nzega is a town and district in western Tanzania that serves as an important commercial and transport hub within the Tabora Region.
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B.
Ngazidja
Ngazidja, also known as Grande Comore, is the largest island of the Comoros archipelago in the Indian Ocean and home to the nation’s capital.
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C.
Lubemba
Lubemba is the traditional kingdom and cultural heartland of the Bemba people in what is now northern Zambia.
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D.
Mbanderu
Mbanderu is a subgroup of the Herero people with its own distinct dialect and cultural traditions, primarily found in Namibia and Botswana.
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E.
Nyakyusa
The Nyakyusa are a Bantu-speaking ethnic group primarily inhabiting the northern shores of Lake Malawi in southern Tanzania, known for their intensive agriculture and distinctive age-village social system.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
album
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experimental music album ⓘ studio album ⓘ |
| albumSequence | eighth studio album by The Flaming Lips ⓘ |
| artist | The Flaming Lips NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| audioConfiguration | multi-speaker listening experience ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| criticalReception | cult following despite limited commercial appeal ⓘ |
| designedFor | simultaneous multi-disc playback ⓘ |
| distribution | limited initial release ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Soft Bulletin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format | compact disc ⓘ |
| genre |
avant-garde
ⓘ
experimental rock ⓘ noise rock ⓘ psychedelic rock ⓘ |
| hasTrack |
A Machine in India
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
How Will We Know? (Futuristic Crashendos) NERFINISHED ⓘ March of the Rotten Vegetables NERFINISHED ⓘ Okay I'll Admit That I Really Don't Understand NERFINISHED ⓘ Riding to Work in the Year 2025 (Your Invisible Now) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Big Ol' Bug Is the New Baby Now NERFINISHED ⓘ The Train Runs Over the Camel but Is Derailed by the Gnat NERFINISHED ⓘ Thirty-Five Thousand Feet of Despair NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | The Soft Bulletin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | approximately 68 minutes ⓘ |
| mainBandMember |
Michael Ivins
NERFINISHED
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Steven Drozd NERFINISHED ⓘ Wayne Coyne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | four separate CDs ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
each disc contains different elements of the same songs
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listener controls spatial mix by speaker placement ⓘ requires four CD players for intended playback ⓘ |
| numberOfDiscs | 4 ⓘ |
| partOf | discography of The Flaming Lips ⓘ |
| performer | The Flaming Lips NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Clouds Taste Metallic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Dave Fridmann
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Scott Booker NERFINISHED ⓘ The Flaming Lips NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedAt | Tarbox Road Studios NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordingEngineer | Dave Fridmann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Warner Bros. Records
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Warner Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1997-10-28 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1997 ⓘ |
| theme |
experimentation with listener participation
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unconventional listening environments ⓘ |
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Subject: Zaireeka Description of subject: Zaireeka is an experimental 1997 album by The Flaming Lips, designed to be played simultaneously on four separate CDs to create a unique, multi-speaker listening experience.
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