NEW ALBUM MACHINE MASS

The new album by the Machine Mass Sextet is out.
It's called "Intrusion" and should be in the shops soon.

Featuring Tony Bianco, Michel Delville, Antoine Guenet, Manuel Hermia, Laurent Blondiau and Damien Campion.

-- info: Danny Mathys

BEAT LOVE ORACLE LIVE SESSION

Friday, February 19, 2021, at 20h00 UTC+01,

Beat Love Oracle will perform a live session that will be broadcast on Facebook !

Frank Nuyts added:
The release of our new CD 'Hardscore versus Beat Love Oracle' is now very near. This CD will be presented by the Spanish label 'Margen Records'. A lot of thanks to Rafa Dorado for his support and enthusiasm for Frank's band music.

It's a hybrid production, combining songs which partially featured on the LP 'Who's counting?' with unreleased songs of 'Carbon Fixation' the last project of the band Hardscore.

BABE RUTH

January 2021, Babe Ruth's "First Base" album got a re-issue on 180 g vinyl on the Music On Vinyl record label.

Originally released in 1972.

It includes their version of FZ's 'King Kong'.

REVE D'ELEPHANT

 Rêve d'Eléphant Orchestra made their 2004 "Lobster Caravan" album available on Bandcamp.

Quite the discovery. Well, for me, that is.
The perfect mix between world music and jazz with beautiful eastern elements.

A STEVE VAI UPDATE

Recent Steve Vai contributions:

Steve can be heard on the "Microsinfonias" album by Sergio Vallin.
On the track entitled 'Micro Sinfonia'.

The latest Derek Sherinian album, "The Phoenix", has Steve guesting on one track, 'Clouds Of Ganymede'

And the latest Sterling Ball, John Ferraro, Jim Cox release, "The Mutual Admiration Society" has Steve on 'Sugar Shack'.

NEW ALBUM BY MARBIN

Marbin has just released a new album.
It's a live album. Their second live album, and album number eleven in their discography.

As the band can't / couldn't perform live due to COVID restrictions, they decided to record a live set at Sweetwater Studios.

"Shreddin' At Sweetwater"

SUN RA ON BANDCAMP

Keeping track of Sun Ra's output isn't the easiest of jobs.

His older albums are getting remastered re-issues on LP, on CD, and sometimes only as a digital download, but there's also 'new' stuff getting released.

A lot of it is made available through the Sun Ra Bandcamp site.

https://sunramusic.bandcamp.com/music

The 1978 "Unity" album got a re-release last year.

As did the 1983 "Fireside Chat With Lucifer" album, in a remastered version.

If you're not familiar with Sun Ra's music, these albums are great starting points.

OZ NOY - SNAPDRAGON

• oz noy: snapdragon
      (2020, cd, usa, abstract logix)

Oz Noy's latest album, "Snapdragon", features former Zappa drummer Vinnie Colaiuta on a couple of tracks.

01 - Looni Tooni  -  John Sneider, Dennis Chambers, Will Lee

02 - Tired but Wired  -  Vinnie Colaiuta, Chris Potter, Will Lee

03 - Outer Look  -  Wallace Roney, John Patitucci, Vinnie Colaiuta

04 - She's Not There  -  Dennis Chambers, Will Lee

05 - Boom, Boo, Boom  -  Dave Weckl, David Kikoski, James Genus

06 - Snapdragon  -  Vinnie Colaiuta, John Patitucci

07 - Evidence  -  Dave Weckl, James Genus

08 - Groovin' Grant  -  Adam Rogers, Dave Weckl, James Genus

09 - Bemsha Swing (Alt take)  -  Vinnie Colaiuta, John Patitucci, Jason Lindner

Love it.
Here's the album sampler :

CHANTAL ACDA

Did I ever mention Chantal Acda?
She's about to release a new album out entitled "Saturday Moon".

'Disappear' is the new single.

PHI YAAN-ZEK RELEASED TWO NEW ALBUMS

Guitarist and composer Phi Yaan-Zek worked and recorded with Mike Keneally, Bryan Beller and Marco Minnemann to name just a few.

He also released a number of beautiful solo albums.

Today, Phi Yaan-Zek is making two new albums available.

With a special introduction discount code for Friday Feb 5, 2021.
https://pyzmusic.bandcamp.com/community