United Mutations

Friday, January 17, 2025

KING CRIMSON 2014 TOUR AVAILABLE FOR STREAMING

King Crimson is Now Streaming on nugs!

https://www.nugs.net/01-13-2025-now-streaming-king-crimsons-2014-tour.html

Out now and exclusively on nugs, this announcement brings fans worldwide the full 2014 Tour, a special time in King Crimson history with the first outing of “The Seven-Headed Beast Of Crim.” Enjoy these shows now, and be on the lookout for monthly archival releases to hit the app this year. In addition to streaming, CDs and hi-res downloads are also available.

SOFT MACHINE LEGACY - LIVE IN ZAANDAM

Soft Machine Legacy: Live In Zaandam
(2005, cd, France, musea)

Released worldwide by the Moonjune record label, the French release of the album was a collaboration between Musea Records & Moonjune Records.

Filling gaps in the Soft Machine discography, I'm glad that I could add the "Live In Zaandam" CD to the collection today.
Elton Dean - John Etheridge - Hugh Hopper - John Marshall.

First their was Soft Machine.
Reformed for a tour in Japan in 2003, the band was renamed Soft Works. When Alan Holdsworth left Soft Works, he got replaced by John Etheridge and the band changed their name to Soft Machine Legacy.

"Live In Zaandam" got recorded in The Netherlands on May 10, 2005.

Very nice.

Thursday, January 16, 2025

YASI HOFER

Yasi Hofer, whose concert you may have enjoyed during one of the previous editions of the Zappanale festival, will be appearing at the Bridge Festival in Eindhoven.

As part of the "free festival day", Friday 30 and/or Saturday, May 31.

https://mge.nl/agenda/bridge-around-town-saturday/

In the meantime, the June 1 Dweezil Zappa / Metropole Orkest concert seems to be sold out !

Wednesday, January 15, 2025

MÉTACLASSIQUE - CONFRONTER - DE ZAPPA À BOULEZ

Sounds of Sunset

Recording for "Métaclassique – "Confronter" : de Zappa à Boulez"

Saturday, January 18, 2025
at the Médiatheque in Paris, France

Free entrance.

https://www.paris.fr/evenements/enregistrement-public-de-l-emission-metaclassique-confronter-de-zappa-a-boulez-76601

The Médiathèque de Paris invites you to the public recording of David Christoffel's podcast Metaclassique.

In this edition, composer Jonathan Pontier and conductor Daniel Kawka will discuss Zappa and Boulez. The collaboration between Frank Zappa and Pierre Boulez was not the clash of cultures it seemed to suggest. But what motivated it? What fantasies did it awaken? For which of the two musicians was it so decisive?
David Christoffel invites composer Jonathan Pontier and conductor Daniel Kawka to find the answers, and to continue to raise questions about the Zappa/Boulez duo.

-- info: Jonathan Pontier on Facebook

ANOTHER NEW PIECE BY EIDON

CLUB D'ELF RELEASED FRANK ZAPPA'S KING KONG ON THEIR "YOU NEVER KNOW" ALBUM IN 2022

Club d'Elf released a fine version of FZ's 'King Kong' on their "You Never Know" album in 2022.
Vinyl only.
And bandcamp, if I'm not mistaken.

It looks like the band also performed 'King Kong' in concert !!

FLAT EARTH SOCIETY UPDATE

FES live at the Lincoln Center in New York,
Thursday, November 7th, 2024

Available for video streaming over at

https://dam.lincolncenter.org/Share/7p27hvph5ms21710m0bpc01264t4v38r

And mark your calendars for these upcoming FES shows with Koen De Graeve

23-01 Cc Ter Dilft, Bornem (B)
31-01 Cc Westrand, Dilbeek (B)
01-02 GC Den Bussel, Keerbergen (B)
04-02 Cc Brugge, Stadsschouwburg Brugge (B)
14-02 Chassé Theater, Breda (NL)
15-02 Cc Muze, Zolder (B)

JAPANESE BAND HAPPY FAMILY TO RELEASE A NEW EP NEXT MARCH

Following the release of our previous album, Minimal Gods, and a European tour, we found ourselves slipping into a state of near burnout, leading the band into a complete hiatus that stretched over a decade, with no sign of revival in sight. During this dormant period, we were fortunate to receive an offer from Cuneiform Records to participate in their 40th-anniversary celebration.

After much deliberation and numerous twists and turns, we are proud to announce the release of our new EP, 4037.

Here's a piece from "Minimal Gods":

NEW FRANK ZAPPA ALBUM ANNOUNCED

There's the rumored "One Size Fits All" blu-ray, of course, but there's also

"Cheaper Than Cheep"

Scheduled for a March 28 release, as mentioned by French Jazz Magazine collaborator Fred Goaty on Facebook:

- The ‘Super Deluxe’ version that includes the concert in blu-ray video (Dolby Atmos) and two CDs, three LPs + a booklet with unprecedented photos.
- The version three LP + a booklet with unprecedented photos;
- The version two CD + blu-ray contains the concert in blu-ray video (Dolby Atmos) and on two CDs + a booklet with unprecedented photos.