ORIGINAL MOVIE SOUNDTRACK - MONDO HOLLYWOOD

• Original Motion Picture Soundtrack: Mondo Hollywood
      (2012, lp, UK, reel time)

Originally released in 1967, the "Mondo Hollywood" soundtrack to re-released on CD (2011) and on LP (2012) by the Reel Time records label.

The album cover features Carl Franzoni and Vito Paulekas, L.A. freaks that were also featured in the movie.

HIBUSHIBIRE - PHANTOM FUZZY EXOTIC

Japanese psychedelic rock trio Hibushibire got founded in 2012 by guitarist Chang Chang (= Kohei Takakura).

The band’s name, Hibushibire, comes from an old Japanese slang term that can be roughly translated as ‘freak-out orgasm’. It was also the name of their first album, released in 2017. It got produced by Acid Mothers Temple’s Kawabata Makoto.

Their 5th studio album got released in 2026: “Phantom Fuzzy Exotica’. 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. 

This is great stuff. Love it !!

Released as a digital download through Bandcamp, the album was also made available in different vinyl variations.

 

-- info: Philippe Lamoot

PANZERBALLETT

Just a little reminder: the Panzerballett tour dates are getting closer:

23.09.2026 FR – Paris, Le Triton
24.09.2026 BE – Ittre, Zik-Zak
25.09.2026 DE – Köln, Euroblast Festival
26.09.2026 DE – Waldbronn, Soundcheck One
27.09.2026 DE – Berlin, Maschinenhaus
28.09.2026 DE – Fürth, Kofferfabrik
29.09.2026 AT – Wien, Porgy & Bess
02.10.2026 DE – München, Jazzclub Unterfahrt

STEPHEN STEINBRINK

In 2018, Stephen Steinbrink released "Utopia Teased".
The album included a piece entitled 'Zappa Dream'.
Apparently a cover version of song written and previously recorded by Rosie Steffy, telling a surreal,  dreamlike, (zappa-esque ?) story.

Here's Stephen Steinbrink's version, also released on CD and on LP.

 

A NEW PIECE BY EIDON

'Les Ballons Rouges'
by Eidon

 

ANDY EDWARDS - KOZMOZ

• Andy Edwards: Kozmoz
      (2026, download / streaming, --, bandcamp)

Andy Edwards' latest release presents five tracks.
Always worth checking out. If you're only going to listen to two tracks, I can recommend the centerpiece, 'Kozmoz', and the final track, 'Chanan's Lost Blues', featuring Chanan Hanspal.

J.M. SMIG - SWILL LORRAINE / CURCUMA MORTA

J.M. Smig: 

On this day in 2022, I recorded the guitar track for "Curcuma Morta" during a Fingers in the Forest session in Wyman Woods.

"Curcuma Morta" is now combined with "Swiss Lorraine" as a 2-sided single. Previous purchases of separate tracks apply to this re-release.

jmsmig.bandcamp.com/album/swiss-lorraine-curcuma-morta

TEN YEARS AFTER - WOODSTOCK 1969

• Ten Years After: Woodstock 1969
      (2024, cd, --, chrysalis)

I received this digital copy of Ten Years After's "Woodstock 1969" a couple of days ago.

Recorded at the famous Woodstock festival.
At the time, the band had to wait several hours before they could take the stage because of a huge rain storm. During the concert, the humidity caused several technical problems including tuning issues.
But, despite all these difficulties, the band played an electrifying set.
Raw, blues rock with Alvin Lee in the spotlight.

Beautiful (and a piece of history)

-- info: Danny Mathys

ANDREAS RAUSCH - ZAPPAESK

Graphic artist Andreas Rausch has updated his "Zappaesk" book AND translated it in English !

Frank Zappa, A completely fictional story based on true events in the life of Frank Zappa, Surrealism & Philosophy in the work of Frank Zappa, One Size Fits All & Freak Out! This is the Book. This is ZAPPAesk., Zappaesk - In the spirit of Zappa

Originally released as a paperback book in 2005, in German, the book is now available in an English hardcover edition from BoD.

https://buchshop.bod.de/zappaesk-andreas-rausch-9783696780029

I ordered my copy yesterday.
Really looking forward to this.

KAVUS TORABI

From The Metal Collective newsletter:

Kavus Torabi returns with "October by Name", a new solo album from one of the most distinctive voices in modern psychedelic and progressive music.

Best known for his work with Gong, Cardiacs and The Utopia Strong, Torabi has spent decades pushing psychedelic rock into strange, adventurous and deeply personal territory. His solo work brings together psychedelia, progressive rock, avant-garde experimentation and beautifully eccentric songwriting.

"October by Name" continues that journey, delivering an album that feels expansive, otherworldly and unmistakably Kavus Torabi.

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