RZA and System of a Down’s Shavo Odadjian on Long-Delayed Duo Achozen

“Instead of having a girl in my hotel room, I can take it out on the guitar” – RZA

So is Achozen ongoing? Are you working on music?
RZA: No. Well this [Boombot Pro] contains eight songs off the whole album. You can call this an album, since eight songs is enough and it plays long enough. But we probably got another 12 to 15 songs also still in the stash.
Odadjian: I’ve got at least five, six that are mixed, mastered, done. The rest need a verse maybe and then mix. We’re good.
RZA: And then I thought, now that I’ve probably gotten pretty good on the guitar.
Odadjian: And he has.
RZA: I wouldn’t mind doing at least two songs like that. Showing, same way as he’s shown himself as a producer and making beats, now let me show back. I learned a lot from him about playing. Instead of having a girl in my hotel room, I take it out on the guitar [pantomimes sex, playing guitar].

What’s next for each of you? New Wu record? New System?
RZA: Musically, I think we’ll be doing it for the Boombotix, I want to spread this idea to more artists. We got [a speaker for] the 50th anniversary of Grateful Dead. We have Odd Future. We have ODB, unreleased material. To me, just the fun of going, “Look man, it’s OK to go outside and go to a store and take it out the box immediately and get a fix of something you like.” I want to spread this to more musicians, more companies, more labels, and that’s what I’m pushing for musically right now.
Odadjian: As for us, we’ve been kicking around the idea [of a new album] for a bit now. We’re enjoying right now doing what we did when we started, which was playing music live. We’re a live band that started recording. So right now we’re just playing a lot of stuff live. So with us, it’s up in the air but everything looks positive.