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's 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.

TONY LEVIN'S "THE BOOK OF BEAT"

TONY LEVIN, the legendary bass icon has the new book of photographs - The BOOK of BEAT!

https://tonylevinmusic.com/the-book-of-beat

 

THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION - FREAK OUT

Next to the "Freak Out" box sets, the album was also re-issued as a 2 LP set on multi-colored vinyl.
As far as I know, only available from the Zappa dot com shop.
It looks pretty neat (& comes with the Freak Out Hot Spots map)

FILA BRAZILLIA - LUCK BE A WEIRDO TONIGHT

• Fila Brazillia: Luck Be A Weirdo Tonight
      (1997, cd, Germany, pork recordings)

Fila Brazillia is Steve Cobby and David McSherry.
Track number four on their “Luck Be A Weirdo Tonight” album is called ‘Hells Rarebit’. It sampled sped-up drums from of FZ’s ‘Apostrophe’ throughout the piece.

Out on CD and available on Bandcamp.
A 2 LP vinyl re-issue saw the light of day in 2021.

It wouldn't be the last time the duo used a Zappa sample. 'Ridden Pony' from the 1999 "A Touch Of Cloth" album, sampled 'Eat That Question' !!

Here's "Luck Be A Weirdo Tonight":

NEW ALBUM BY MEN & VOLTS

David Greenberger keeps on releasing material by Men & Volts at a steady pace.

I COMPANI

Dutch ensemble I Compani released "Circusyears, '91, 92, 93" on CD in 2025.
The album included ‘Theme From Lumpy Gravy & Let’s Make The Water Turn Black’ (F. Zappa), and also ‘Bolero For Hugo Zamoratte’ (M. Ravel, arr. Bo van de Graaf, F. Zappa).

More info soon.

Here's I Compani in concert in 2024:

-- info: HP Schmidt