Tuesday, January 31, 2012

SEMI OFFICIAL ZAPPA STUFF

The Knebworth Festival commemorative set that got published by the Bannisters around 2005, included a documentary (on DVDR) and a number of concert recordings (on CDR).
These concert recordings included shows by Tim Buckley, Peter Gabriel, The Tubes, Captain Beefheart, and Zappa.
Below are the covers of the Zappa albums that I know about. Pics have been added to the U.M. Archives.
There's also a similar set of Beefheart albums, but I haven't seen these.







R.I.P. TONY DURAN

Tony Duran toured with Frank Zappa and contributed guitar & vocals to Zappa's "Waka/Jawaka", "The Grand Wazoo" and "Apostrophe(')".
He passed away last month.

http://www.weirdomusic.com/2012/01/31/slide-guitarist-tony-duran-dies/

Monday, January 30, 2012

TRUCKSTAGE FOR SALE

The famous Tonlast Truckstage is for sale.



If you've been to Zappanale the last five years or so, you know what I'm talking about.

It's the multi-media truck of which the back is a stage. A great concept.





LA RESISTENZA IN GHENT, BELGIUM

If you happen to be in Ghent, Belgium, one of the next months, you should really check the La Resistenza website.
La Resistenza combines food and jazz, and you might want to check it out.

http://www.la-resistenza.com/programma.html

Marshall Allen, Jozef Dumoulin, Trevor Dunn, Robin Verheyen, The Jim Black Trio, and many more...

Sunday, January 29, 2012

STEVE VAI AT TEC AWARDS



part of the soundcheck



And here's Steve receiving the Les Paul Award !!
With a nice piece about Frank Zappa as well.



FRANK ZAPPA - JE SUIS UNE LEGENDE



To be honest, I was quite impressed when I saw these Cosmic Top Secret Laboratories albums. They're bootlegs, that's true, but they do look good: longboxes, nice pictures, band & setlist on the back, ...
This CTSL-label is not only publishing Zappa material. I've seen a number of Led Zeppelin titles as well.
So after 3 Zappa titles and a bunch of Led Zeppelin stuff, CTSL came back with a Zappa concert for CTSL - 012 : "Je suis une légende - I am a legend", offering the 1979/03/17 concert in Brest, France.


Zappateers links


FRANK ZAPPA - KING KONG BOOGIE




Episode three in the Cosmic Secret Laboratories series is entitled "King Kong Boogie". This time, the beautiful longbox houses the 1969/05/23 Appleton concert, plus all the tracks from the famous 1970/06/18 VPRO-TV show at Uddel.
This is nice.
I really like these Uddel recordings. Too bad that the video footage of the Uddel show never turned up...


Zappateers links:


http://www.zappateers.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=14457


http://www.zappateers.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=8669

FRANK ZAPPA - SHEIK ON STAGE




"Sheik On Stage" was the second title on the Cosmic Top Secret Laboratories label. Another 2 CD bootleg in a good-looking longbox.
This time it's the 1980/11/13 Late show at the 'Stanley Theatre' in Pittsburg, PA, usa. A fabulous concert.


Also available, for free, from Zappateers
http://www.zappateers.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=22461

FRANK ZAPPA - GENIUS AT WORK



Last year, the Cosmic Top Secret Laboratories released a number of CD-bootlegs. The first in the series was "Genius At Work". Released in a longbox, the 2 CDs presented the 1979/02/12 Manchester concert.
Nice package. Nice concert.


Zappateers:
http://www.zappateers.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=2576

Saturday, January 28, 2012

DWALMACAT 456

go to
http://www.fmbrussel.be/programmas/dwalmacat.aspx

and click on “Luister” to enjoy:


  • SEVERED HEADS – A relic of the empire

  • KING CRIMSON – Red

  • KEVIN AYERS – Oleh oleh bandu bandone

  • GORILLAZ – Dare

  • THE LEGENDARY PINK DOTS – Closet kings

  • RED SNAPPER – Take your medicine

  • ROGER MILLER – Portrait of a mechanical dog

  • PALAIS SCHAUMBURG – Telephon

  • TOM DISSEVELT – Fantasy in orbit: Waltzing Mathilda

  • DEVO – Mechanical man

  • WOODEN SHIPS – I hear the vibrations (EZ version)

  • ARCHIE SHEPP – The girl from Ipanema

  • TAMASHI – Other way

WESFEST 7 ON 2012/03/04

WesFest 7 – Sunday, March 4, 2012 – The Roxy
with The Aristocrates & The Mike Keneally Band

http://weswehmiller.net/wesfest/wesfest7/

Friday, January 27, 2012

ALEX MACHACEK CONTRIBUTES TO NEW GARY HUSBAND ALBUM

Gary Husband's "Dirty and Beautiful Vol.2" features an incredible list of contributors:

Gary Husband (Keyboards, Drums); John McLaughlin, Allan Holdsworth, Mike Stern, Wayne Krantz, Alex Machacek, Jimmy Herring, Ray Russell, Neil Taylor, Robin Trower (Guitar); Jimmy Johnson; Mark King, Teymur Phell, Laurence Cottle, Livingstone Browne (Bass); Jan Hammer (Keys); Sean Freeman (Tenor Sax)

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Gary Husband Dirty and Beautiful Vol 2 Sampler by abstractlogix.

MATTIAS IA EKLUND

Freak Kitchen's Mattias IA Eklund with 'Asteroid 3834', from his "The Road Less Traveled" album.
For those of you who don't get the clue: 3834 Zappafrank is a main belt asteroid that was discovered by Ladislav Brožek in 1980 at Kleť Observatory. It was named after the late American composer Frank Zappa on July 22, 1994.

DEXTER GORDON ALBUM WITH GEORGE DUKE




Challenge Records released a recording of a 1970 concert of Dexter Gordon in San Francisco. The band featured George Duke on piano & keyboards.
Data has been added to the U.M. Archives.


-- info: Danny Mathys

SCHENKEL ON A T-SHIRT

Well, that's exactly what the Czech Frank Zappa Fan Club wants to do with the below Schenkel painting. Should look good on a t-shirt.


FRANK ZAPPA - MUFFIN MEN ARMY



  • frank zappa: muffin men army
    (2011, dvd-bootleg, ??, pignon 75)

This Zappa bootleg DVD presents two concert recordings: an audience recording of the 1980/06/11 Paris concert, and a professional recording of the 1984/12/10 San Antonio concert.
The video quality of the Paris concert is not that good, but the concert itself was really good. The 1984 concert combines an OK image (although better copies should exist), a soundboard recording, and a great show.
If only the ZFT would release some concert recordings on video...


A MOSAE ZAPPA UPDATE

June 1 & 2, 2012 in Heerlen, NL : MOSAE ZAPPA 2012

with


  • Corrie van Binsbergen

  • The Muze Jazz Orchestra

    more names to be announced soon

Thursday, January 26, 2012

DOCTOR NERVE - LIVE THE KNITTING FACTORY, NOV 14, 1991




I brought this nice DVD home from Zappanale. It doesn't really mention a date of release, so I'm assuming that it's from 2011.
Nick Didkovsky's Doctor Nerve, live at The Knitting Factory on 1991/11/14, has been put on this fine DVDR. Over ten years old, and still sounding fresh and experimental.
This is great stuff.
In times when everybody's talking about downloads and the disappearance of actual carriers, I'm glad that I can put this versatile disc in my DVD-player and enjoy this fine concert.

Final track on the disc is Doctor Nerve doing Don Van Vliet's 'When It Blows It Stacks'.


Here are a couple of Doctor Nerve YouTube fragments, including the start of their Zappanale concert.


HUBWEBER & SINGER PLAY THE BEATLES

a Paul Hubweber newsflash:

Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!

Lovely Ritas and Bungalow Bills,

Rockk-and Roll Aficionados und Beatlesfans,

Sixties Freaks and Sexy Sadies, Lucies in the Sky, Rocky Racoon,

Come together!



  • PAUL HUBWEBER Trombone, Vocals

  • LUDGER SINGER Piano

spielen aus dem Repertoire der Beatles, from "Boys" to "Girls", from "Get Back" to "Get Down".

Ein sehr spezielles Revival, ein verrückter Trip zwischen Original und Anarchie, eine Tour de Force durch die musikalischen Stile.

Samstag,28.1., 19.30 Cafe Einstein (Lindenplatz/Königstr), 52064 Aachen

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

HALL OF FAME RECORDS

a message from the Hall Of Fame record label:

The Times They Are A-Changin’, are they not? At least as far as cds are concerned, apparently. Hall of Fame Records is right now in the process of transferring to digital downloads all of its catalogue. In fact you can already find quite a few releases in Bandcamp, and in the meantime we are radically reducing the price of many of our cds, until the 1st of May, 2012 or until we run out of stock, whichever happens first. Following you can find the most important sales together with, when appropriate, how many copies we have left in stock.

Thank you, as always, for your support!

Luis G. & Carlos Formby

http://www.halloffame.es/en/

GARY LUCAS UPDATE

Gary Lucas is in London now working in the studio with the legendary Bryan Ferry on new tracks, and heads next for shows in Portugal and Paris.

Monday, January 23, 2012

CAPT.CHEESEBEARD & THE 7 SISTERS OF PREVENTION 2011/11/05 - STRICTLY GENTEEL

On November 5th 2011, Capt.Cheese-Beard & The 7 Sisters Of prevention played a gig at the Atelier 210 which was filmed and recorded.
The first clip has now been posted on line and many will follow in the next few days.

BROKKENFABRIEK GOES ZAPPA



Enroll in the Brokkenfabriekmusicianspool!


Are you a student of the conservatory classical, jazz or pop and would you like to participate in a project where the boundaries are not set, or are you a musical talent 'on the loose', consider joing the Brokkenfabriek!

Motivated, talented musicians with an interest in the combination composition / improvisation receive masterclasses for a month, from different musical leaders.

You can choose the month(s) you want to join in.

You'll have 4 masterclasses every tuesday night at Zaal 100, De Wittestraat 100 in Amsterdam and a concert on the last sunday afternoon of the month.

Since 2008 the BrokkenFabriek was lead by Corrie van Binsbergen, Joost Buis, Hans Hasebos, Albert van Veenendaal, Arend Nikx, Ernst Reijseger, Anton Goudsmit, Guus Janssen, Oene van Geel, Felicity Provan, David Kweksilber, Michael Moore, Michiel Braam, Alan Purves, Raphael Vonoli, Wilbert de Joode and Sean Bergin.

Masterclasses season 2011 / 2012


  • october: Vasile Nedea - Balkan music

  • november: Alex Coke - 'Wake up dead man'-project

  • december: Femke Hoyng & Onno van Swigchem - improvising with animators

  • january: Steven Kamperman - Modal improvisations on Turkish scales

  • february: Joost Dieho - playing Zappa!

  • march: Robert van Heumen & Anne La Berge - about structure in improvisation and live electronics

for more information: www.corrievanbinsbergen.com/brokkenfabriek/

MOSAE ZAPPA 2012

Mosae Zappa 2012 will take place on 1 & 2 June in Cultuurhuis, Heerlen, NL
& the first name has just been announced.

Corrie van Binsbergen
performing on 2012/06/01

Sunday, January 22, 2012

JAZZCLUB DE SINGER

Jazzclub 'De Singer' in Rijkevorsel, Belgium, has some fine concerts coming up. And it's not all jazz. There's some blues & pop stuff in there as well:

2012/01/28 Steven De bruyn - The Rhythm Junks
2012/02/03 Philip Catherine / Nicola Andrioli
2012/02/10 Dave Burrell / Silke Eberhard
2012/02/24 Sioen (try-out)

VARIOUS ARTISTS - BLORP ESETTE




In 1977, the Los Angeles Free Music Society released their 5th album, a various artists compilation entitled "Blorp Esette - Volume 1". Each participating artist had to pay US $ 2.00 for each 15 seconds of time on the album, but they would also receive a copy of the album for each 15 seconds that got released...
The result was a bizarre collection of sounds and music that featured Smegma, Ace Farren Ford, Henry Kaiser and The Residents, to name a few.
Don Van Vliet signed for the artwork, and 500 copies of the album got pressed.
With enough material at hand, The LAFMS released the 2 LP-set "Blorp Esette - Volume 2" in 1980 as a follow-up. Again, with beautiful artwork by Don Van Vliet. This time the LAFMS pressed 250 copies.


As you can imagine, these vinyl copies are quite hard to find. In 1999, the Transparency label took on the difficult task to re-release these albums, the result being a 4CD-set. Enhancements included a lot of bonus material, better sound levels and more stereo.
The Residents' track was left out, but the extra music was a great. A beautiful set, but not easy to find either as it also sold out.

And that's where the good news comes in. Transparency has re-released a remastered version of this 4CD-set. Same cover, same artwork, and some minor musical changes.
The music on the set is over 30 years old, and still sounds as out-of-this-world like the first time I heard it. Literally.





the original album covers:

SCHEDULED RELEASES ON LEO RECORDS


  • jurgen kupke, michael thieke, gebhard ullmann: clarinet trio 4
    (2012, cd, uk, leo records cd lr 622)

  • françois carrier, michel lamber, alexey lapin: in motion
    (2012, cd, uk, leo records cd lr 623)

  • andrea buffa, carlo actis dato, fiorenzo bodrato, dario mazzucco: 30 years island
    (2012, cd, uk, leo records cd lr 624)

  • gebhard ullmann, chris dahlgren, clayton thomas: transatlantic bassx3
    (2012, cd, uk, leo records cd lr 625)

  • anto pett, bart van rosmalen: playwork
    (2012, cd, uk, leo records cd lr 626)

  • swedish mobilia: knife, fork and spoon
    (2012, cd, uk, leo records cd lr 628)

  • matthias ziegler: la rusna, music for flutes
    (2012, cd, uk, leo records cd lr 629)

  • ivo perelman, joe morris, gerald cleaver: family ties
    (2012, cd, uk, leo records cd lr 630)

And that's not all as Leo Records is hosting a 5-day Leo Records Festival in Russia: 2 days in St. Petersburg, 2 days in Moscow and 1 day in Arkhangelsk.

ESSRA MOHAWK

Essra Mohawk (aka Sandy Hurvitz, aka Uncle Meat) speaks.
It's from a little while ago, I think, but it's quite interesting.

part one



part two



part three

NEIL SADLER

(thanks to Connie Karian for putting a link to it on FaceBook)

The Neil Sadler Band live at Los Angeles Harbor College
Featuring:
Neil Sadler - composer/perc/synth.
Mike Keneally - guit.
Bruce Fowler - trb.
Kurt McGettrick - bari/cb.cl.
Milen Kirov - pno.
Daren Burns - bass
Jason McKenzie - drms/tabla

Video shot by Steve Laub





You should, of course, know about Neil Sadler's fabulous "Theory Of Forms" album. Recorded a bit over ten years ago, and featuring a lot of musicians that worked with Zappa.
Great stuff. Be sure to check it out.

www.neilsadler.com

AYNSLEY DUNBAR & ALEX DMOCHOWSKI

Aynsley Dunbar and Alex Dmochowski both played on Michael Chapman's "Rainmaker" album, released in 1970.
The album has been re-released on CD by the Light In The Attic label, with six bonus tracks.

At the time, the both of them were part of The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation.
Shortly thereafter, Aynsley joined The Mothers. & Zappa hired Alex a couple of years later to record on "Waka/Jawaka", "The Grand Wazoo" and "Apostrophe(')".

Saturday, January 21, 2012

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

GATHERING OF THE VIBES

I had never heard of the Gathering Of The Vibes Festival.
But it sure looks like a fine festival, so if you're in the neighbourhood of Connecticut next July, you should really read this twice.

http://gatheringofthevibes.com/

MORE ZAPPANOIA

I'm running a bit behind in my e-mails, but that's nothing new...
So here's the nice poster for the Zappanaoi 2011/12/17 gig, in Lisbon, Portugal.

PERSUASIONS CONCERT AT ETREE

http://bt.etree.org/details.php?id=551721

The Persuasions
Liberty Hall
Lawrence, Kansas
November 3, 2000
Master Audience Recorded By Mr. Darby

Opened For Ratdog

Setlist:

01.Intro>Roof Is Leaking
02.Elvira
03.Might As Well
04.Ripple
05.500 Miles
06.Brokedown Palace
07.Under The Boardwalk
08.Band introductions
09.Black Muddy River
10.We Bid You Goodnight/Encore Break

Encore:

11.Banter On Their History
12.The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing (Frank Zappa)

The Band (All Songs Acappella!)

Jerry Lawson
Joe Russell
Jayotis Washington
Jimmy Hayes
Raymond Sanders

-- info: Jan van Kemenade

DOCTOR DARK

Doctor Dark is a band from New Haven. They play the music of Captain Beefheart.
They played an astonishing show at Zappanale in 2005, and will be back at Zappanale next August.

for samples & more, visit
www.doctordark.us

ZAPPANOIA IS BACK, PERFORMING THE MUSIC OF FRANK ZAPPA

Eduardo Cunha has reformed Zappanoia and is doing concerts again !

Last week, they played at the 'LX Factory' in Lisbon, Portugal

2012/01/07 Eduardo Cunha & a Zappanoia - concert 'LX Factory', Lisbon, Portugal


  • E.Cunha: guitar, vocals

  • M.Sacadura: guitar

  • B.Raminhos: trumpet

  • J.M.Charmier: trumpet, flugelhorn

  • L.Silva: trombone

STANLEY JASON ZAPPA UPDATE

Check out this new composition by Stanley Jason Zappa !

http://soundcloud.com/stanley-jason-zappa/song-for-daniel

COMPOSERS CONCORDANCE FESTIVAL

In a couple of weeks, New York City will be the place to be for fans of contemporary music as the city will host the Composers Concordance Festival.

Januari 27, 29 & 31 plus February 3 & 6.

Check it out at
http://www.composersconcordance.org/festival.php

ARISTOCRATS UPDATE

FROM THE ARISTOCRATS

Aristocrats Fans-

After the successful launch of the debut album and tours of Far East Asia and US/Canada east coast in 2011, the Aristocrats are now ready for more action in early 2012 - starting out with a short west coast tour after the NAMM Show in Los Angeles. After a pair of already-sold-out shows in San Pedro during NAMM weekend, the band heads up the coast for a show at Biscuits & Blues in downtown San Francisco on Friday 1/27, and then two shows at the Rendezvous in Seattle on Saturday 1/28 and Sunday 1/29.

Then in February The Aristocrats will fly down to Costa Rica for a gig on Saturday 2/25 that will also feature Greg Howe and his band, and guitarist Alex Hutchings from the U.K. After that, the band returns to Southern California for a show on Friday 3/2 at Brick By Brick in San Diego...

...and then a big show at The Roxy in West Hollywood on Sunday 3/4 Sun as the headliner for the WesFest 7 benefit concert, a four-act show that will also feature Mike Keneally (as an artist, and also sitting in with The Aristocrats for three tunes!), and several other superb artists. This is a major event in the heart of LA that you won't want to miss, and it's for a great cause as well.

Right after WesFest, the band is straight off to London to start a big tour of Europe that will cover the U.K., Holland, France, Spain, Turkey and Israel. The U.K. portion of the tour will feature the prog power trio Godsticks as the opening act, and the guys are grateful for their support and psyched to have them opening up for them in Guthrie's home country.

http://the-aristocrats-band.com/shows/

Guthrie, Bryan and Marco are really looking forward to getting out there and playing live once again, and the groundwork is being laid right now for more touring and album releases in the not-too-distant future.

BROKKENMIDDAG IN AMSTERDAM 2012 01 29

Sunday afternoon, 2012 01 29', 'Zaal 100' in Amsterdam will host the Brokkenfabriek and the trio Steven Kamperman, Sanem Kalfa & Jeff Sopacua.

Monday, January 16, 2012

TETZEPI

Dutch big band Tetzepi has a new album out: "Seed".

Here's a live fragment from 2009:

Sunday, January 15, 2012

MIKE KENEALLY UPDATE

from the MK newsletter:

New Yorkers! I'll be returning to Iridium in early February for three very different nights of music - on Monday the 6th I'll be sitting in, as many other guitarists (including Jeff Beck, Keith Richards and Todd Rundgren) have done, with the legendary Les Paul Trio. On Tuesday the 7th I'll play a night of my music with two brilliant musicians, Doug Lunn and Gregg Bendian. And on Wednesday the 8th I'll be sitting in again with the fantastic Ed Palermo Big Band. Very exciting stuff for me and I hope you NY people can make it out to as many of the nights as you can.

ARF DOSSIER 70


Bringing the Archives up-to-date, here's the cover & the table of contents of issue number 70 of the Arf Dossier (you know, from the people who also bring you Zappanale).

the arf-dossier no.70 - 2011/12


  • leserpost & tauschbörse

  • the hot platters heaven from the arf office by peter görs, matthew galaher and volkmar mantei

  • frank zappa & die neue musik - teil 29 by thomas krampl

  • news from belgium - live from United Mutations

  • sheik yerbouti - the last concert, 31.10.2011

  • the fine but unauthorized cd kaleidoscope by burkhard schempp and peter görs

  • the vinyl bootleg releases by burkhard schempp

  • ullis ecke by ulli schäfer

  • back-cover illustration by robert ross

CAPTAIN BEEFHEART - AN ASHTRAY HEART



You and I know that The Captain stopped making albums after "Ice Cream For Crow", but since then, quite a number of albums with demos and live recordings have been released (not counting the bootlegs).
"An Ashtray Heart" is the latest title in this series. The main part of this album is the fm broadcast of one of the two Vancouver shows of The Captain's last tour.
Additional material was taken from two tv show (Tubeworks WABX and Saturday Night Live) and from the 1975 Zappa / Beefheart KWST radio special.

ARF DOSSIER 69

A picture of the cover and the table of contents for issue number 69 of the Arf Dossier, the Zappa fanzine that's published by the Arf Society, have been added to the United Mutations Archives.

the arf-dossier no.69 - 2011/09


  • leserpost & tauschbörse

  • the hot platters heaven from the arf office by volkmar mantei and peter görs

  • zappanale 22 by agnete granitzka

  • das sonnenfenster des regensommers - lesson number twenty-two by volkmar mantei

  • frank zappa & die neue musik - teil 28 by thomas krampl

  • news from belgium - live from United Mutations

  • the fine but unauthorized cd kaleidoscope by burkhard schempp and peter görs

  • ullis ecke by ulli schäfer

THE YELLOW SNOW FESTIVAL

The poster for the third edition of the yellow snow festival was posted over at the Zappateers website.
Nice poster. & sure looks like a great program.

2012 02 10 - 11 "The Yellow Snow Festival"
Larvik, Norway.

ED PALERMO UPDATE

Ed Palermo says:

Folks, we have 2 gigs coming up in the upcoming weeks.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 20-LIVE AT THE FALCON in Marlboro, NY
My favorite club EVER! No cover charge. Just a donation box for the band.
http://www.liveatthefalcon.com/

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8-IRIDIUM, NYC
Our home base for at least 5 years. Just coming off a very successful 3 night run in October that featured Napoleon Murphy Brock and Mike Keneally.
Mike Keneally joins us again for this February 8 performance!
http://theiridium.com/calendar/

I hope you can make it!!

ed

FRANK ZAPPA & SHUGGIE OTIS ACOUSTIC JAM

The audio for this little movie was taken from a 1970 radio broadcast of which a fine audio recording recently got seeded at the Zappateers website.
Long live Zappateers.

TELEPHONE ANSWERING MACHINE MADNESS

WEIRDOMUSIC DOT COM CELEBRATES 10TH ANNIVERSARY

Congrats are in place.
http://www.weirdomusic.com/ is celebrating its 10th anniversary.

There's a party scheduled on March 3, 2012 in Heerlen, NL.
http://www.10jaarweirdomusic.com/

ASANI ALBUM PRODUCED BY ED MANN

Long-time Zappa percussionist Ed Mann produced the 2009 album "Listen" by Asani, a vocal / percussionist trio.

THE EDMONTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Ed Mann and Ike Willis took part in the Zappa tribute concert by the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, 2011/03/15. BT (Breakfast Televistion) did broadcast an interview with Ed Mann on this subject a couple of days prior to the concert.

Saturday, January 14, 2012

ZAPPA RELATED INTERVIEWS ON PURE RADIO KAOS

Bobby Marquis did some fine Zappa-related interviews on his Pure Radio Kaos radio show on CKCUFM.

If you missed the interviews, you can now listen to them on CKCU-FM.
Follow these easy steps
1. Google http://www.ckcufm.com/
2. On the top left , click on programs
3. Go to Pure Radio Kaos on Wednesday 3:30 pm
4. Click on that program , and listen to any interview

INTERVIEWS with :


  • PAULINE BUTCHER

  • DON PRESTON

  • TOM FOWLER

  • ED MANN

  • BOB HARRIS

  • IKE WILLIS

  • ROBERT MARTIN

  • ARTHUR BARROW

  • PATRICE " CANDY ' ZAPPA-PORTER

  • NICK DIDKOVSKY

MOSAE ZAPPA UPDATE

a website: www.mosaezappa.com

a date: june 1 & 2, 2012

a place: Heerlen, NL

and bands to be announced soon.

Last year was a blast. I'm glad that Mosae will continue.

PLANET D NONET CELEBRATES THE MUSIC OF SUN RA

Sun Ra Celebration presented by Planet D Nonet and Honk, Wail & Moan
Saturday, february 4, 2012, at the Peggy R. McConnell Arts Center, in Worthington, OH, usa

Thursday, January 12, 2012

JEAN-LUC PONTY UPDATE

Two Jean-Luc Ponty albums have been reissued on CD. On EMI. Japan only.


  • jean-luc ponty: more than meets the ear
    (2011, cd, japan, emi) - reissue

  • jean-luc ponty with the george duke trio: s/t
    (2011, cd, japan, emi) - reissue

GRANDE MOTHERS EUROPEAN TOUR

GRAND MOTHERS EU TOUR FEB 2012
SWITZERLAND, GERMANY, HOLLAND, BELGIUM, DENMARK, CZECHIA, AUSTRIA


with
NAPOLEON MURPHY BROCK
TOM FOWLER
CHRISTOPHER GARCIA
ROBBIE MANGANO
with special musical guest
(DR) DON PRESTON



  • 2012/02/02 concert 'Exil', Zurich, Switzerland

  • 2012/02/04 concert 'Scala', Leverkusen, Germany

  • 2012/02/05 concert 'De Bosuil', Weert, Holland

  • 2012/02/06 concert 'Spirit of 66', Verviers, Belgium

  • 2012/02/08 concert 'riders-cafe', Lübeck Germany

  • 2012/02/09 concert 'Amager Bio', Copenhagen, Denmark

  • 2012/02/10 concert 'Kesselhaus', Berlin, Germany

  • 2012/02/11 concert 'Hanseat', Salzwedel, Germany

  • 2012/02/12 concert 'Bergkeller', Reichenbach, Germany

  • 2012/02/13 concert 'Colos-Saal', Aschaffenburg, Germany

  • February 14 off

  • 2012/02/15 concert 'sgpitas', Sonov, Czechia

  • 2012/02/16 concert 'Porgy & Bess', Vienna, Austria

  • 2012/02/17 concert 'vlny-musicag', Karlovy Vary, (Czechia)

  • 2012/02/18 concert 'Sudhaus', Tübingen, Germany

  • 2012/02/19 concert 'Waldsee', Saarbrücken, Germany

UGLY RADIO REBELLION ON WEBRADIO


2012/01/13 radio show "4d meltdown"

FRANK ZAPPA * * * BLACK NAPKINS * * * VIENNA 1988

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

BRYAN BELLER UPDATE

from Bryan Beller's newsletter:

JANUARY
* Sat 1/14 - Mike Keneally Band gig at the Baked Potato in LA, CA (not a Keneally/Beller "same band" gig, just the good old Mike Keneally Band rockin' out!)
* Thurs 1/19 thru Sat 1/21 - NAMM appearances (Mike Lull, D'Addario, Alfred booths)
* At NAMM: Introducing the Mike Lull M5BB Bryan Beller Signature Model Bass!
* At NAMM: Introducing the debut Bryan Beller Instructional DVD: Mastering Tone & Versatility (part of Alfred Publishing's Artist Series)
* Sat 1/21 & Sun 1/22 - The Aristocrats gigs at Alva's Showroom in San Pedro, CA
* Fri 1/27 - The Aristocrats gig at Biscuits & Blues in San Francisco, CA
* Sat 1/28 & Sun 1/29 - The Aristocrats gigs at The Rendezvous in Seattle, WA
* Tues 1/31 - Beller Bass clinic at Premier Bass Guitars in Denver, CO (sponsored by D'Addario Strings)

MARCH
* Fri 3/2 - The Aristocrats gig at Brick By Brick in San Diego, CA
* Sun 3/4 - WESFEST 7 at The Roxy in LA (featuring headliner The Aristocrats)
* 3/7 thru 3/24 - The Aristocrats tour UK, Netherlands, France, Spain, Turkey, Israel!

APRIL/MAY
Kira Small/BB currently booking April//May house concert tour in following states/rough order: VA, Washington DC, MD, DE, eastern PA, NJ, NY, CT, MA, VT/NH/ME, Upstate NY, western PA, WV, KY. I'll send a separate message about this soon, but if you're hip to the deal and are interested in hosting your very own house concert, write me back. First come, first booked.

MACHINE MASS TRIO IN CONCERT 2012 01 28 IN NAMUR

Machine Mass Trio - "As Real As Thinking"

***MACHINE MASS TRIO - LIVE IN NAMUR (NAM'IN'JAZZ SERIES), BELGIUM ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 9:30 PM.***

VENUE: GRAND MANEGE, rue Rogier, Namur
ENTRANCE FEE: 12 EUR / 7 EUR (students, unemployed)
INFO: hello@n8jazz.org www.n8jazz.org ++32/817321 ++32/499147014

BEN WATSON - SMOOCH TENTET RESOLVE


Writer and poet Ben Watson wrote "Frank Zappa - The Negative Dialectics Of Poodle Play", a book that got released by Quartet Books in 1995.



More recently, Ben published a collection of poems in "Smooch Tentet Resolve'. Great stuff. A combination of words and drawings. Ben explained at the Zappanale festival a couple of years ago that you don't just have to read the words. The drawings make noises as well.

On http://www.archive.org/details/smoochtentetresolve , you can hear Ben Watson reading from this book, as taken from his "Out To Lunch" radio show.
You really have to hear this.

WELCOME TO AGROPOLI

This picture was taken in Agropoli, Italy.

Monday, January 9, 2012

THE RESIDENTS - THE RIVERS OF HADES




  • the residents: rivers of hades
    (2011, cdr, usa, rz0810)

"The Rivers of Hades was part of an aural art piece to accompany the release of The Residents action figures which had been designed by Steve Cerio.
The original music was conceived to utilize two DVD players that were programmed to randomly play abstract bits of music.
The project (which required 12 speakers placed in a circle around the gallery) was entitled 'Chaos Is Not Just A Theory'. In Greek mythology, Hades was a child of Chaos.
As these kinds of things go, it never quite worked out. The gallery never agreed to provide the sound system and some people felt it would be unpleasant for attending guests so by the time the toy release actually happened (there were several lengthy delays) The Residents had lost interest and had moved onto other projects which did not allow them to even attend the toy release opening.
However, Homer Flynn, Leigh Barbier, and Steve Cerio did attend and showed non-Residents art work. "
(notes from release)

Previously released as download-only from the Rez Robot Selling Device.

JIMMY AGREN UPDATE

Jimmy Ågren is recording a new album with his band.
He hopes that it will be out next spring.

http://www.jimmyagren.com/

Here's another great little video with Jimmy as part of the Mats / Morgan band.
Just listen to that guitar solo !!

Sunday, January 8, 2012

DECODER - - MOVIE & SOUNDTRACK




The Transparency label isn't afraid to take a risk. Last year, they released "Decoder", the 1984 German cult-film that was based on the writings of William S.Burroughs.
The movie features Genesis P-Orridge (Throbbing Gristle), F.M. Einheit (Einsturzende Neubauten), Christiane F (Shellshock), and Bill Rice.
The package consists of a double layer DVD (movie & extras), and a CD (with the soundtrack).

The movie is about audio experiments. A group of 'pirates' adds some sort of musical tranquilizer in muzak, forcing people to fall asleep when they hear it. Big Brother isn't happy and tries to stop them, leading to some sort of huge riot.


Here's what the info says:
"DVD features include a beautiful color-rich transfer of the film with newly translated English subtitles, the original trailer, a slide show of 75 still production photos by Ilse Ruppert, a documentary on the Italian 'Decoder Collective', a 46-minute audio interview with filmmaker Klaus Maeck, rare footage of Derek Jarman filming Burroughs on set, and Berlin riot news footage used in the film with a music loop by Genesis P-Orridge commissioned specially for this DVD release.
The soundtrack CD features Soft Cell, early Einsturzende Neubauten, Matt Johnson (The The), Dave Ball and Genesis P-Orridge, and William Burroughs. A lot of the music on the CD is not in the film and vice versa. NTSC all region, full screen format. 87 minutes."

PATRICK O'HEARN * * TERRY BOZZIO * * TOMMY MARS

RUFUS HARLEY - WHO IS RUFUS HARLEY



"Who Is Rufus Harley" is a one hour documentary on Rufus Harley, collecting a couple of tv-specials, even including a tv-show.
Nice.
In times of YouTube and other internet wonderment, one might wonder what the added value of this dvd is, but it's a nice collection.
Maybe not the best quality, but as it was compiled by the late Rufus Harley himself, who are we to complain.

Here's Rufus with a fine jazz classic: 'Sunny':


OVER THE EDGE * * THEY S(H)AVED ZAPPA'S MOUSTACHE


Negativeland (Mark Hosler, Chris Grigg, Don Joyce, David Wills and Richard Lyons) is / was a band, but they also produced a live radio show "Over The Edge" for KPFA-FM radio in Berkeley.

One of these shows, broadcast on march 31, 1995, was a 5 hour Zappa special, entitled "They S(h)aved Zappa's Moustache".
The show was made available on cassette, and a condensed version circulates as a 90-minute / 2CDR set.
I'm pretty sure that the cassettes were available from the band. Don't know about the CDR-version, but the version that I have lying around sure looks like it might be the real thing.

The complete 5-hour version got seeded over at Zappateers a while ago.
http://www.zappateers.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=4817

THE MUZE JAZZ ORCHESTRA IN CONCERT TONIGHT

Tonight, my dear friends, The Muze Jazz Orchestra will be performing the music of Frank Zappa, as well as some original tunes by Lieven Cambre at the MuzeCafé in Heusden-Zolder, Belgium.
At 20.00 h.

DJ ZHAO

Mixing global traditional music and modern beats...

http://differentwaters.blogspot.com/2008/10/fusion-one-revised-and-expanded.html

IN A NUTSHELL

I added some covers and stuff to the United Mutations Archives. Just to keep you up-to-date, here's the list.

the aristocrats: s/t
(2011, cd, usa, boing! music bm-00001)
= bryan beller, guthrie govan & marco minnemann;
Pretty sure that I had mentioned this release before, but hadn't added it to the Archives.

fattore zeta: dio fa - zappanale 19
(2009, cdr, italy, private release)
2009 release of the 2008 Zappanale concert by Fattore Zeta.
all compositions by frank zappa, except one or two, mabye. Great guys & great music.

the residents: the 12 days of brumalia
(2004, cd, usa, ralph america ra017)
Added the picture of this limited release (1000 numbered copies) to the Rez page.

the vegetarians: zappanale 22
(2011, dvdr, ger, private release)
The Vegetarians at last years Zappanale. Lots of frank zappa compositions. Limited DVDR release.

essra mohawk: zappanale 22
(2011, dvdr, ger, private release)
Essra Mohawk and Sandro Oliva, live at last years Zappanale. With Gary Lucas as a guest performer. Includes zappa & beefheart material.

devin flynn and gary panter: devin and gary go outside
(2009, cd, usa, fypc99)
This album quotes 'take your clothes off' (frank zappa). There's a regular release as well, and that one already could be found in the Archives. This is an example of the cover of the "limited edition of 100 signed copies with unique covers".

fido plays zappa: zappanale 22
(2011, dvdr, ger, private release)
More zappanale related release with the Fido concert from last august. Lotsa Zappa.

the plastic people of the universe: zappanale 22
(2011, dvdr, ger, private release)
Another very limited (20 copies) DVDR-release that was available at the Zappanale festival. It's The Plastic People Of The Universe, with special guest Gary Lucas

radio show: voices on the verge, show #0352
(2003, cdr-promo, usa, etown)
Radio show recording with lisa loeb and dweezil zappa. From almost ten years ago.

Friday, January 6, 2012

OTHIN SPAKE - LIVE IN ARCHIDUC




Othin Spake plays free improvised music: Teun Verbruggen on drums, Mauro Pawlowski on guitar and Jozef Dumoulin on Fender Rhodes.
If you're not familiar with the Belgian music scene, these names might not mean much to you, so let me try to explain: Teun Verbruggen plays with Jef Neve Trio and Flat Earth Society; Mauro Pawlowski played with The Evil Superstars and is now playing with dEUS; and Jozef Dumoulin is part of Octurn and of Mâäk's Spirit and has performed with Aka Moon.

The story goes that these three musicians agreed for a one-time afternoon jam at the 'Archiduc' jazz club in Brussels. The result was a powerful, energetic show that lead to gigs at Jazz Middelheim, at De Petrol (Antwerp), De Werf (Brugge), De Vooruit (Gent),...

"Live At Archiduc" will show you why what the fuzz is all about.
100% improvised music.
You can't call it jazz, and you can't label it as rock either.
This is pure energy.

The band recently released a vinyl album on Sub Rosa. The other albums are out on Rat Records.
http://users.telenet.be/brunovansina/RAT/releases_CD.htm

Recommended !!

YCFOSA

YCFOSA means as much as "You Can't Fit On Stage Anymore" and it's the name for the 2008 concerts by the Zappa Plays Zappa band that Dweezil Zappa was going to make available for download for those who bought a ticket with the 'download concert'-option.

The good thing is that Dweezil is still working on these. On his website, he wrote a long letter, explaining why it has already taken him so long, and why it isn't ready yet.
Still, might be worth the wait.

http://www.dweezilzappaworld.com/pages/ycfosa

DON PRESTON - PIANO EXCURSIONS




Don Preston's latest album is entitled "Piano Excursions" and it has Don performing 11 pieces, solo on piano.



  1. A Private Lesson

  2. Sand Young Man On A Train

  3. Aeguspotamus

  4. Witch's Brew

  5. LAment

  6. Timelessnessingly

  7. Erika-like

  8. Inner Blues

  9. Bad Boy

  10. Primeval

  11. Dead Children

This is beautiful music. Solo piano performances always have this great intensity. Great pieces and a stunning performance.


Availabe through Don's store on FaceBook, but also through Don's Amazon Shop.
Check it out!

NEW ALBUM BY KINGS OF BELGIUM DUE OUT

Kings Of Belgium are having their second album released on the Off Records label.
Gil Mortio on guitar, Pierre Vervloesem on bass, and Morgan Ågren on drums.
Completely improvised. Recorded in Sweden in two days time.

More info soon...




  • kings of belgium: très fort
    (2012, cd, bel, off label / p.v. presents)

EXTRA INFO ON FUSA MUSA

Fusa Musa is a jazz-rock band from Argentia. They have performed Frank Zappa compositions in concert.

Guitarist, arranger and director Gerardo Tripoli is a former member of Sul Divano.
Fusa Musa was formed in 2005 and consists of 11 musicians: singer, flutist, alto sax, tenor sax, baritone sax, lead guitar, rhythm guitar, keyboards, vibraphone / marimba, bassist and drummer.
The band has been doing concerts since 2006 and is scheduled to record their first album "a Tribute to Frank Zappa" in 2012.

KIMONO MUSIC HAS NEW WEBSITE

a message of Kimono Music:

http://www.kimonomusic.com/

Last year we released a split EP with a sick band from the UK (Bobbie Peru)...then we lost a great band (Kimono Draggin')...then we gained a great band (Space Orphans) and then we released the best Spaynsive record to date (Kimono Gold). What a year...we're actually starting to look more like an actual record label. All that said, we give you bolder new beginnings for 2012.


The new online home of Kimono Music/Spaynsive Productions...

http://www.kimonomusic.com/

THE RETURN OF MOSAE ZAPPA

It looks like the Mosae Zappa Festival will be seeing its second edition this year.

Last year was top notch with Lilo, The Wrong Object, The Beefheart Project, Tarentatec and The Yellow Snow Crystals.
It made Maastricht (NL) the center of the universe. Well, at least for one weekend.

The (temporary) website can be found here:
http://mosaezappa.wordpress.com/

ARTHUR BARROW ON CKCU-FM RADIO

January 18, 2012, Canadian CKCU-FM radio will be broadcasting an interview with Arthur Barrow by Bobby Marquis as part of their Frank Zappa series.

Thursday, January 5, 2012

THE PAUL ROSE BAND - LIVE AT THE BROKEN DOLL




"Live At The Broken Doll" is a free download from Paul Rose's website. I mentioned the album on this blog yesterday. Unfortunately, the downloading didn't work out, so I mailed Paul and asked if the album was still available.
Apparently, the files had been erased from the server, but Paul said that he would put them up again.


So here it is, for your (and my) enjoyment: "The Paul Rose Band: Live At The Broken Doll".
Rated 'Official Bootleg', you know that you shouldn't expect the best audio quality, but that should not withhold you from downloading this album.
A great concert.

The Paul Rose Band played some raw and catchy blues songs that night.
Melodic blues. All instrumental. That's the way I like it.
And hidden in the setlist was Frank Zappa's 'Black Napkins'. A great rendition and fitting in perfectly.


http://www.paulrose.co.uk/shop_brokendoll.html


And some of you might even want to know that Paul talks in lenght about this recording on two of his poscasts. Temporary available from Paul's website as well:


http://www.paulrose.co.uk/audio/00%20-%20Broken%20Doll%20Pt%201.mp3


http://www.paulrose.co.uk/audio/00%20-%20Broken%20Doll%20Pt%202.mp3

LAZULI DATA

Steffen Schindler was kind enough to send in the setlist for the concert that Lazuli did at Zappanale last August. Nice. Thanks.

2011 08 20 concert Zappanale Bad Doberan, Germany



  • line-up
    Claude Léonetti: léode
    Gédéric Byar: guitar
    Vincent Barnavol: drums, percussion, marimba
    Romain Thorel: keyboards, horn
    Dominique Léonetti: vocals, guitar

  • setlist
    Introduction by Jim Cohen, Je Te Laisse Ce Monde, Laisse Courir, L'Arbre, Abîme, Le Miroir Aux Alouettes, Dans Le Formol Au Muséum, 15h40, Les Malveillants, Saleté De Nuit, Chansons Nettes, Capitaine Coeur De Miel (Parte II), On Nous Ment Comme On Respire, Piano Solo, Cassiopée, L'Azur, Festin Ultime, Naïf

JIMMY AGREN - LIVE AT SCHARINSKA




Jimmy Ågren is a great blues guitar player. Together with Freddie Wadling and another fine bunch of musicians he did the "The Music Of Captain Beefheart" project in 1995 (released on CD in 1996), he has toured and recorded with Mats & Morgan, performed as the Jimmy Ågren Band, released a couple of solo albums and even did a series of concerts with Denny Walley.


On the http://www.jimmyagren.com/ website, Jimmy is offering the "Live At Scharinska" DVD for free download.
"Live At Scharinka" got recorded in 2006 and 2007. Both times at Scharinka. The recording is fine and the concert is worth checking out.
Jimmy Ågren on guitar, harmonica and vocals ** Morgan Ågren on drums ** Rolf Hedqvist on bass * and Magnus Lindbloom on guitar.


www.jimmyagren.com


Here's a youtube clip from 2010.

LAZULI - SIX FRENCHMEN IN AMSTERDAM

Here are the two final releases to complete the Lazuli discography over at the United Mutations Archives:






"Six Frenchmen In Amsterdam" presents the band's December 10, 2008, concert at 'Paradiso'. This concert was recorded and was to be broadcast by Fab Channel, but between the recording and the broadcast, the web TV Fab Channel ceased to exist.
Lucky for us, Lazuli decided not to waist this terrific recording.
Six Frenchmen in the Dutch rocktemple in Amsterdam, NL. I could settle with less.
Great gig. Great recording.




Last August, Lazuli was one of the top acts at Zappanale. A video recording of this concert was made available at the festival in a (very) limited edition of 20 copies.
I was there & I loved it.
An audience audio recording of the Lazuli Zappanale gig can be found at the Zappateers website.