'NEW' ZAPPA ALBUM ANNOUNCED

Frank Zappa’s Vaulternative Records continues !!
Scheduled for a May 15 release.

CD, but also to be released as a 2 LP set on coloured vinyl

Side 1

1. “Hello There”
2. Freak Chouflee’
3. Move On

Side 2

1. FZ & The United Mutations
2. “Tommy, Come Back!”
3. FZ Directs The Freaks
4. Pomp And Circumstance Sequence
5. Legalize Abortion
6. Twistin’ Again
7. The Electric Banana

Side 3

1. I Could Be A Slave/Story Untold
2. “We Keep Changing Personnel Though”
3. A2 Jam
4. Khaki Sack- Prototype Part 1

Side 4

1. Khaki Sack- Prototype Part 2
2. Duke Of Prunes (Edited)
3. Victory Through Vegetables
4. “We’re Havin’ A Freak Out!”

PAT MASTELOTTO - NAKED - A ROMANTIC'S GUIDE TO KING CRIMSON / INSTRUMENTALS

Pat Mastelotto's "NAKED -- A Romantic's Guide to King Crimson / Instrumentals" comes a year after the release of "A Romantic’s Guide to King Crimson", the 12-track album of reinvented King Crimson material by the husband-and-wife duo Deborah and Pat Mastelotto.
The collection, which spans the band’s entire history, revisits classics including 'Matte Kudasai', 'Heartbeat', 'Moonchild', 'Elephant Talk', 'Peace', 'Exiles', and 'Sleepless'.

LA JUNGLE

"An Order Of Things"
the latest release by La Jungle

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AZIOLA CRY

From the latest Aziola Cry album, "DYSPHORIA RITUAL":

MEN & VOLTS

Men & Volts have released another collection of songs on Bandcamp.
This time, it's different versions of 'Bad Luck Bye Bye', a song that originally got released on their  1987 "The Mule" album.

UNIT WAIL

Unit Wail is a French Zeuhl/Avant-Prog band formed in 2009, known for their dark, intense, and heavily instrumental fusion style.
Founded by guitarist Franck Fromy—a key member of the influential 1980s Zeuhl band Shub-Niggurath—Unit Wail is often characterized as a more aggressive and modern evolution of that dark Zeuhl sound, frequently incorporating "King Crimson-in-hell" guitar riffs, filthy, prominent bass lines, and dense synthesizer layers.

The band has released four albums.
I recently enjoyed three of these: "Pangaez Proxima", "Retort", and "Egares".
Recommended listening !!

• Unit Wail: Pangaea Proxima
      (2012, cd)
• Unit Wail: Retort
      (2013, cd)
• Unit Wail: Beyond Space Edges
      (2015, cd)
• Unit Wail: Egares
      (2019, cd)

-- info: Danny Mathys

A NEW PIECE BY EIDON

'nalÈ'
by Eidon

RÊVE D'ÉLÉPHANT ORCHESTRA - JUNGLE BINGE

• Rêve d'Eléphant Orchestra: Junge Binche
      (2026, cd, Belgium, igloo)

Album number six for the Rêve d'Eléphant Orchestra.
In their usual delightful quirkiness, the ensemble offers 9 tracks on this new album.

...a joyful, danceable album blending West African rhythms, carnival brass fanfare, and contemporary jazz. Marking 25 years for the Belgian ensemble, this album is noted for its "hip-swaying" grooves, rich collective improvisation, and a fresh, intergenerational energy.

Let them take you to a trip in the jungle !!

KAREN MANTLER - BUSINESS IS BAD

• Karen Mantler: Business Is Bad
      (2014, cd, Germany, xtrawatt)

Saying that Karen Mantler has a distinctive and minimalist style is an understatement.
I got introduced to her "Business Is Bad" album recently, where she continues on her same lovely path.

Nonchalantly and disarmingly, Karen sings of homeless people in the park, the disappearance of friends, the frustrations of being monolingual, the challenge of improvisation, music with a mind of its own, and encounters with bill collectors, lawyers, snowstorms, and ash-spewing volcanoes.

-- info: Danny Mathys

SETNA - GUÉRISON

• Setna: Guérison
      (2013, cd, France, soleil zeuhl)

French Zeuhl fusion band Setna released their debut, "Cycle I" in 2007.
Their second album, "Guérision" followed in 2013.

Although the band is classified as Zeuhl, the music on "Guérison" is also said to be more spiritual, ethereal and uplifting than the typical darker Zeuhl music.

Three long pieces: 'Cycle II', 'Triptyque', and 'Guérison', plus two shorter pieces from the same session.

Beautiful !!

Here's 'Triptyque':

-- info: Danny Mathys