September 12 to 14, 2025.
Zapparossa festival in Gelnhausen, Germany
3 days of music and more.
Zapparossa festival in Gelnhausen, Germany
3 days of music and more.
Saturday, December 21, 2024
TREACHEROUS CRETINS FEAT. ROBERT MARTIN - - - VIRTUAL GIG
Recorded at The Cavern in Liverpool in April, this concert will be broadcast tonight, to celebrate FZ's birthday.
8 pm UK time, 21h00 CET.
That's right folks don't touch that dial... tune in to our YouTube channel next Saturday...
Here's a little video from the London concert.
I didn't record it, but I was happy to be there.
Great memories.
SEAN NOONAN & LIGETI QUARTET - KNOTT TONES
- Sean Noonan & Ligeti Quartet: Knott Tones
(2021, cd, USA, private release)
More exciting music from Sean Noonan.
Inspired by Conlon Nancarrow's music for player piano.
Inspired by Conlon Nancarrow's music for player piano.
Knott Tones, features the U.K.-based Ligeti Quartet. An acclaimed string ensemble devoted to modern composers and innovative programming, the quartet features violinists Mandhira De Saram and Patrick Dawkins, violist Richard Jones, and cellist Valeria Welbanks (with guest violinist Alicja Pilarczyk stepping in for De Saram on Knott Tones).
Knott Tones, meanwhile, is an outgrowth of “Don Knotts,” a Noonan composition originally recorded on Drumavox. A self-described “member of the Three’s Company generation,” Noonan composed the piece based on a 12-tone row and dedicated to the late comedian – an unlikely inspiration for such intricate music, but perhaps Noonan recognized the stellar grace and timing essential to any successful physical comedian. The five pieces on the album employ polytemporal rhythmic ideas from composer Conlon Nancarrow’s “Studies for Player Piano,” a key source of inspiration for Noonan. “Nancarrow is one of one of my favorite American composers,” Noonan says. “I spent a lot of time studying his output of music for player piano.”
The unconventional instrumentation on Knott Tones – drumkit and string quartet – allowed Noonan to reimagine the narrative and melodic potential of his rhythmic ideas. “I treat the quartet like it's an extension of the drum kit,” he explains. “My two legs and two arms are almost like the cello, viola and two violins. So I tried to visualize ways that the quartet’s playing could come out of what I would be naturally playing on the drum set. Sometimes that means transcribing my rhythmic language, though often it’s more abstract than that.”
Knott Tones, meanwhile, is an outgrowth of “Don Knotts,” a Noonan composition originally recorded on Drumavox. A self-described “member of the Three’s Company generation,” Noonan composed the piece based on a 12-tone row and dedicated to the late comedian – an unlikely inspiration for such intricate music, but perhaps Noonan recognized the stellar grace and timing essential to any successful physical comedian. The five pieces on the album employ polytemporal rhythmic ideas from composer Conlon Nancarrow’s “Studies for Player Piano,” a key source of inspiration for Noonan. “Nancarrow is one of one of my favorite American composers,” Noonan says. “I spent a lot of time studying his output of music for player piano.”
The unconventional instrumentation on Knott Tones – drumkit and string quartet – allowed Noonan to reimagine the narrative and melodic potential of his rhythmic ideas. “I treat the quartet like it's an extension of the drum kit,” he explains. “My two legs and two arms are almost like the cello, viola and two violins. So I tried to visualize ways that the quartet’s playing could come out of what I would be naturally playing on the drum set. Sometimes that means transcribing my rhythmic language, though often it’s more abstract than that.”
THE KNACK - SOFTLY, SOFTLY
Happy Birthday Frank Zappa !
Celebrating with one of his more obscure contributions / guest appearances:
Also to be found on the 2012 "Time Waits For No One" compilation CD.
OSSI DURI IN CONCERT TODAY (DEC 21, 2024)
Celebrating Frank Zappa's birthday, Ossi Duri will be doing a concert tonight at the Birra Ceca Pub82 (Via Alpignano 82) in Rivoli, located in the north-western part of Italy.
SEAN NOONAN - MAN NO LONGER ME
- Sean Noonan: Man No Longer Me
(2017, cd, Germany, haldern pop recordings)
Tracks 3,6,7 and 8 on “Man No Longer Me” are from the “Zappanation” rock opera and also feature a stylistically diverse lineup of musicians, including the London based Ligeti String Quartet.
The complete ”Zappanation” rock opera got a CD release in 2022.
o Pussy Cat’s Gone Wild
o Cupid’s Packing Heat
o I Am Your Pineapple
o Eat My Makeup
Friday, December 20, 2024
Thursday, December 19, 2024
Wednesday, December 18, 2024
CLASSIC ROCK MAGAZINE - JULY 2015
I recently came across this copy of the July 2015 edition of Italian Classic Rock magazine.
It had Frank Zappa on the cover and a 16-page article inside.
THE SUN RA ARKESTRA - LIGHTS ON A SATELLITE
- The Sun Ra Arkestra Under The Direction Of Marshall Allen: Lights On A Satellite
(2024, cd, Germany, in+out records)
Recently released on the In+Out record label, and not to be confused with the "Lights On A Satellite - Live At The Left Bank" as the latter one is a recording of Sun Ra and his Arkestra in concert in 1978 !!
The In+Out release is not by Sun Ra & his Arkestra, but by The Arkestra Under The Direction Of Marshall Allen, recorded in June earlier this year.
In short: a Sun Ra fan will need both.
The In+Out release is not by Sun Ra & his Arkestra, but by The Arkestra Under The Direction Of Marshall Allen, recorded in June earlier this year.
In short: a Sun Ra fan will need both.
Read more here:
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/dec/14/sun-ra-arkestra-lights-on-a-satellite-review-marshall-allen
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/dec/14/sun-ra-arkestra-lights-on-a-satellite-review-marshall-allen
And take a look at this amazing video.
Available as LP & CD https://inandout-records.com
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