THE RATCHET ORCHESTRA - ALIVE - 2023

• Ratchet Orchestra: Alive – 2023
      (2024, download / streaming, --, bandcamp)

"Alive - 2023" presents more weird noises from the Ratchet Orchestra.
Beautiful.

HIBUSHIBIRE - PHANTOM FUZZY EXOTICA

 

• Hibushibire: Phantom Fuzzy Exotica
      (2026, lp, --, riot season records) – crystal clear vinyl + poster / 250 copies
      (2026, lp, --, riot season records) – red swirl vinyl / 300 copies

Next to the purple vinyl version of Hibushibire's "Phantom Fuzzy Exotica", the album has also been made available on crystal clear, and on red swirl vinyl.

It included ‘Invocation And Ritual Dance Of The Electric Nonsense’, for which the Bandcamp page added:
Hard psychedelic jazz rock. The title is a little nod to Frank Zappa.

Beautiful packaging, including an obi.

MARBIN TOURDATES

 

ANGINE DE POITRINE RADIO SHOW ALBUM

Previously released as a 12" by the band (?), Angine De Poitrine's appearance on KEXP in Seattle has now also been released as a 'radio show album'.
LP + CD

= a semi-official release on the Indie's Live record label.

NEW ED PALERMO BIG BAND ALBUM AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER

"It's An Ed Palermo Christmas! God Bless Us, Everyone" is available for pre-order on Bandcamp.

SQUAREPUSHER - HELLO EVERYTHING

• Squarepusher: Hello Everything
      (----, download / streaming, --, bandcamp)
      (2006, cd, --, warp records)

Bass player and drum programmer Tom Jenkinson is better known as Squarepusher.
His 2006 "Hello Everything" album is quite different from the "Kammerkonzert" album that I mentioned a couple of days ago.
It sounds like some sort of weird video game soundtrack, but in a good way.

-- info: Harald Häring

THE RATCHET ORCHESTRA - HALLOWEEN - 2012

During their 2012 Halloween concert, the Ratchet Orchestra performed several pieces by Sun Ra.
Reason enough to investigate !

A recording of the concert got released on Bandcamp:

• Ratchet Orchestra: Halloween – 2012
      (2020, download / streaming, --, bandcamp)
      Incl. ‘Eve’, ‘Big Charles’, ‘Overtones Of China’, ‘El’ (Sun Ra)

 -- info: Danny Mathys

SUN RA RE-ISSUE SCHEDULED FOR DECEMBER

The Cosmic Myth record label will be releasing Sun Ra & His Intergalactic Infinity Arkestra's "The Night Of The Purple Moon" in December. The album will be made available on CD and as a 2 LP set.

 

MUSIC FROM TIME & SPACE VOL. 60

• Various Artists: Music From Time & Space Vol. 60
      (2016, cd, Germany, eclipsed) – supplement to Eclipsed Rock Magazin

The CD sampler that came with Eclipsed Rock Magazin, issue 03/2016, presented a nice set of songs including Dweezil Zappa's ‘Funky 15’ (from “Via Zammata”) and Lazuli's 'Le Lierre' (from "Nos Mes Saoules").

LUSTMORD LOMBARDO - THE PULSE OF ATOMS

• Lustmord Lombardo: The Pulse Of Atoms
      (2026, download / streaming, --, bandcamp)
      (2026, cd)
      (2026, 2lp)

Lustmord Lombardo's debut album, "The Pulse Of Atoms", pairs the dark ambient soundscapes of Brian Williams with the complex percussion of drummer Dave Lombardo.
Distopian and cinematic.

I received the album with the message: "Very dark ambient music. Happy Halloween!".
A spot on description.