THE WIZARD - WHY DO YOU THINK YOU'RE FOOLIN' / PARTY OF SPECIAL THINGS TO DO

San Antonio, Texas-based artist The Wizard has just released "Who Do You Think You're Foolin' b/w Party of Special Things To Do".

Both tracks were taken from the "Playin' with Beef: A Captain Beefheart Tribute" compilation album that got released by Fuzzy Cat Records in 2025.

EMMA RAWICZ - PAINTBOX

• Emma Rawicz: Paintbox
      (2025, download / streaming, --, bandcamp)
      (2025, cd, --, act)
      (2025, lp, --, act)

UK sax prodigy Emma Rawicz has just released her fifth album.
You may have seen or heard Emma with The Lovers Of Invention (the London-based Frank Zappa tribute band) a couple of years ago, but nowadays, she's fully focused on her solo career.

"Paintbox" is another beautiful album. If you're into weird but colorful modern jazz, you should definitely check it out.
The bandcamp album presents 5 tracks. The CD and the LP offers 8 tracks, so choose wisely.

Featuring:

• Emma Rawicz - Tenor And Soprano Saxophone
• Elliot Galvin – Piano
• Kevin Glasgow - Electric Bass
• Asaf Sirkis - Drums And Percussion

My ears tell me that there's also a guitar player present in the superb 'Quirky', but what a quartet !
Love it.

-- info: Danny Mathys

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.