Thursday, January 31, 2013

DWALMACAT 503

Again, the Dwalmacat radio show carries some nice surprises...

http://www.mixcloud.com/Dwalmacat/dwalmacat-503/

  • MR. BUNGLE - Sweet charity
  • PHLITMAN & KANG - Happy attictune
  • SERGE GAINSBOURG - Daisy dub
  • WET HAIR - Blessed
  • PALAIS SCHAUMBURG - Ahoi, nicht traurig sein
  • FELIX KUBIN - Etwas, das ich nicht verstehe
  • ANIMAL COLLECTIVE - Gotham
  • THEORETICAL GIRLS - U.S. Millie
  • MR. SCRUFF - UG
  • THE RUDY TROUVE SEPTET - Sunrise on Palavas beach
  • FIVE OR SIX - Chalk circle
  • DON PRESTON - Analog heaven # 1
  • CRIME & THE CITY SOLUTION - The sun before the darkness



NEW ON CUNEIFORM


guapo: history of the visitation
(2013, cd+dvd, usa, cuneiform rune 354/355)

curtis hasselbring: number stations
(2013, cd, usa, cuneiform rune 356)

the kandinsky effect: synesthesia
(2013, cd, usa, cuneiform rune 358)

rob mazurek octet: skulls sessions
(2013, cd, usa, cuneiform rune 349)

dylan ryan: sky bleached
(2013, cd, usa, cuneiform rune 357)




GUAPO

AMATORSKI


Belgian band Amatorski at Dutch TV show "Vrije Geluiden".
A bit over a year ago.


01/02 DE Hamburg  Übel & Gefärhlich Turmzimmer
02/02 DE Berlin   Berghain Kantine
05/02 DE Köln  Theater der Wohngemeneinschaft
06/02 DE München Substanz
07/02 DE Wiesbaden Schlachthof
08/02 LU Esch/Alzette  Rockhal
09/02 CH Baden (Zürich) One Of A Million Festival
13/03 FR Paris Nouveau Casino
18/04 BE Antwerpen de Singel



DWEEZIL ZAPPA PLAYS ZAPPA ON TOUR IN THE STATES


Dweezil Zappa: Guitar
Scheila Gonzalez: Saxphone, Flute, Keyboards & Vocals
Kurt Morgan: Bass
Joe Travers: Drums & Vocals
Ben Thomas: Vocals
Chris Norton: Keyboards
  • 2013/01/31 concert 'Duling Hall’, Jackson, MS
  • 2013/02/01 concert 'Vinyl’, Pensacola, FL
  • 2013/02/02 concert 'The Culture Room’, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
  • 2013/02/04 concert 'Music Farm’, Charleston, SC
  • 2013/02/05 concert 'Neighborhood’, Charlotte, NC
  • 2013/02/06 concert 'Rams Head’, Baltimore, MD
  • 2013/02/07 concert  The National’, Richmond, VA
  • 2013/02/08 concert 'Harrah's Atlantic City’, Atlantic City, NJ
  • 2013/02/09 concert 'Lupo's’, Providence, RI
  • 2013/02/10 concert 'Corona Theatre’, Montreal, QC



RICHARD HALLEBEEK'S LATEST ALBUM FEATURES ALEX MACHACEK AND GUTHRIE GOVAN

Dutch guitar player Richard Hallebeek's latest album, "RHP II", features an impressive list of guests.
Alex Machacek and Guthrie Govan both contribute guitar lines and solos to one track.
Randy Brecker is present as well !
Released on Richard Hallebeek's private Richie Rich Records label.




Tuesday, January 29, 2013

THE MONTE CARLO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA


info by Clint Walker


http://maboum.com/event-9555


13 Mar 2013, Monaco

Les Vents du Sud

Venue: Theatre des Varietes
Midis Musicaux (musical mid-day) concert

A chamber music tribute to Frank Zappa, performed by musicians of the Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra with Raphaelle Truchot Barraya on flute, Matthieu Bloch on oboe, Arthur Menrath on bassoon, Patrick Peignier on horn.

ICP / INSTANT COMPOSERS POOL

Fans of improvised music will probably read this twice...

The Instant Composers Pool will be releasing a box (hand-painted by Han Bennink) that will include 52 CD's and 2 DVD's, plus a photobook.
The box will be called "The Complete Boxed Catalogue".

NEW SUN RA SAMPLER ANNOUNCED


The Fantastic Voyage label (??) will be releasing a 3CD box next month, collecting early Sun Ra material.
The goal escapes me as we've already had a number of these sort of releases the last couple of year.

disc one
  1. le sun ra and his arkestra: saturn
  2. clarence williams and his orchestra: chocolate avenue
  3. wynonie 'mr. blues' harris : dig this boogie
  4. wynonie harris with jimmie jackson & his orchestra: lightnin' struck the poor house
  5. lil green and her orchestra: blowtop blues
  6. sonny blount and stuff smith: deep purple
  7. andy tibbs and the dozier boys : in every man's life
  8. eugene wright and his dukes of swing : dawn mist
  9. dorothy donegan: d.d.d.
  10. sax mallard and his sextet : aching heart
  11. lavern baker : i want to rock
  12. red saunders and his orchestra: hey bartender
  13. red saunders and his orchestra: boot 'em up
  14. red saunders and his orchestra: hambone
  15. red saunders and his orchestra: voodoo blues
  16. jo-jo adams: rebecca
  17. joe williams with the red saunders band: it's raining again
  18. red saunders and his orchestra : summertime
  19. paul bascomb and his orchestra : alley "b" on 5th ave.
  20. the nu sounds: chicago usa
  21. the cosmic rays with sun ra and arkestra: daddy's gonna tell you no lie
  22. the cosmic rays with sun ra and arkestra: dreaming
  23. the nu sounds: spaceship lullaby
  24. billie hawkins with sun ra and his orchestra: last call for love
  25. yochanan the space age vocalist : muck muck
  26. le sun ra and his arkestra: medicine for a nightmare
  27. sun ra and his astro infinity arkestra: adventur in space
  28. sun ra and his myth science arkestra: new horizons
disc two
  1. le sun ra and his arkestra: a call for all demons
  2. sun ra and his arkestra: future
  3. sun ra and his solar arkestra: planet earth
  4. sun ra and his solar arkestra: overtones of china
  5. sun ra and his arkestra: india
  6. sun ra and his solar arkestra: eve
  7. sun ra and his arkestra: kingdom of not
  8. sun ra and his arkestra: el is a sound of joy
  9. sun ra and his solar arkestra: el viktor
  10. sun ra and his arkestra: sunology
  11. le sun ra and his arkestra: springtime in chicago
  12. sun ra and his arkestra: brainville
  13. sun ra and his arkestra: street named hell
  14. sun ra and his arkestra: portrait of the living sky
  15. sun ra and his solar arkestra: ankh
  16. sun ra and his arkestra: sun song
  17. sun ra and his arkestra: advice to medics
disc three
  1. le sun ra and his arkestra: great balls of fire
  2. le sun ra and his arkestra: enlightenment
  3. le sun ra and his arkestra: velvet
  4. le sun ra and his arkestra: hours after
  5. le sun ra and his arkestra: blues at midnight
  6. le sun ra and his arkestra: ancient aiethopia
  7. sun ra and his arkestra: space loneliness
  8. juanita rogers & lynn hollings with mr. v's five joys: teenager s letter of promises
  9. sun ra and his myth science arkestra: big city blues
  10. sun ra and his arkestra: bassism
  11. sun ra and his arkestra: where is tomorrow
  12. sun ra and his arkestra: new day
  13. sun ra and his arkestra: tapestry from an asteroid
  14. sun ra and his arkestra: the beginning
  15. yochanan: message to earthman

Monday, January 28, 2013

TY SEGALL "WHAT'S IN MY BAG"

Ty Segall recorded Captain Beefheart's 'Drop Out Boogie' and released it on his "Lemons" album in 2009.

Here's Ty in an episode of "What's In My Bag" over at http://www.amoeba.com, showing that he sure has a good taste in music!!



 -- info: Nikolai Zaharov

Sunday, January 27, 2013

FLAT EARTH SOCIETY UPDATE

"Flat Earth Society celebrates its 13th anniversary with 13 concerts in 2013. Armed with 13 new songs, 13 years of experience and a brand new CD "13" Flat Earth Society will be touring in 2013. They play their anniversary exactly 13 times (how could it be otherwise), in the Netherlands, Luxembourg, France and England. Of course they also play many concerts on home soil, in the hippest places in Flanders."

  • 2013/02/03 concert ‘Porgy & Bess’, Terneuzen, NL
  • 2013/02/15 concert ‘Trix’, Antwerpen, B
  • 2013/02/16 concert ‘De Grote Post’, Oostende, B
  • 2013/03/13 concert ‘Paradox’, Tilburg, NL
  • 2013/03/27 concert ‘De Kreun’, Kortrijk, B
  • 2013/03/28 concert ‘De Casino’, St-Niklaas, B
  • 2013/03/29 concert ‘Nijdrop’, Opwijk, B
  • 2013/03/30 concert ‘Beursschouwburg’, Brussels, B
  • 2013/04/04 concert ‘Studio L'Ermitage’, Paris, France
  • 2013/05/02 concert ‘CC Kinneksbond’, Mamer, Lux
  • 2013/05/03 concert ‘Vooruit’, Ghent, B
  • 2013/05/08 concert ‘Brakke Grond’, Amsterdam, NL
  • 2013/05/13 concert Bath, UK








BOGUS POMP IN CONCERT 2013 02 16

performing the music of Frank Zappa
2013/02/16 concert 'The Blueberry Patch', Gulfport, FL, usa

IKESTRA


IKESTRA are 7 musicians from Leeds.
Originally formed in 2010 by Joe Harris after attending Leeds College of Music, IKESTRA has been through several personnel changes before settling on the current line-up in early 2011. The musicians have all been active in the Leeds music scene for years and share a mutual love of improvised music. IKESTRA is Sam Bell (percussion), Sam Gardner (drums), Henry Guy (Bass), Joe Harris (guitar), Tom Henry (keys/synths), Craig Scott (guitar) & Anna Stott (vocals).

The band name relates to the oneness symbolised in the 'I' and is in tribute to Sun Ra's legendary Arkestra.
They've signed up with local independent record label and connoisseurs of the left-field music scene in Leeds, Destroy All Records to bring out their debut self-titled album.


TOMMY MARS INTERVIEW


Interview with Tommy Mars by Juha Rompannen, recorded 1996-04-20 in Los Angeles.

ED PALERMO BIG BAND PLAYS ZAPPA 2013 02 02 AT THE FALCON

a message from Ed Palermo

ED PALERMO BIG BAND PLAYS ZAPPA 2013 02 02 AT THE FALCON
FEATURING NAPOLEON MURPHY BROCK!

My band returns to my favorite venue, THE FALCON in Marlboro, NY.


This will be the first time Napoleon has sung with us at the FALCON, so it's going to be an amazing night. I'm flying him in from the west coast to sing on our newest CD so it was perfect timing.
As most of you know, Napoleon was Zappa's lead singer and sax player for most of the '70s with that incredible band that included Jean Luc Ponty, George Duke and Ruth Underwood. Every time Napoleon sings with us, the energy level goes through the roof! The FALCON will never be the same.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2.
Show times- 7:30 and 9 PM.

And as always at the Falcon, NO COVER CHARGE! Just a donation box for the band.
Thanks for all of your support, folks. I hope to see you at the Falcon!

ed

WEGÉ

Let me share Wegé New Year's Greeting Card with you, wishing everyone a fresh cut 2013.
There might be link to a new hair dress salon called Zappa that opened in Wegé's home town.


ZAPPATIKA UPDATE

One day after their concert at the Moo-Ah Festival in Corby, the Zappatika gang will be doing a gig in London !

Here you go :

ZAPPA FESTIVAL IN LORIENT (FRANCE)

Here's another message that I picked up over at the Zappa in France website

The city of Lorient (in the northwest of France) is having a Zappa Festvival.

http://tiny.cc/zappalorient


January - February 2013  "Frank Zappa ou l'Utopie Créatrice", Lorient, France

- expo : frank zappa album covers
- documentary : "zappa dans la vie, zappa en live"
- conference : "le rock, 1963 - 1976" by christophe brault
- conference : "frank zappa à la source" by guy darol
- concert "zappa l'alchimiste", by students of the "l'école de musique et de danse de lorient"

NEW ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE ALBUM



Kawabata Makoto and his friends have a new album out: "Cometary Orbital Drive To 2199".







HENK ROBBEN

Check out Henk Robben's paintings.

http://pictify.com/user/hero4zero

Here's "Ra Ship".
Looks great. And even better with a free jazz soundtrack.




NEW NIKS IN CONCERT

Arend Niks's NEW NIKS ensemble will be playing two concerts next month. All to celebrate the new album.

February 2, 2013 - BIMhuis, Amsterdam, NL
Februari 4, 2013 - Wilhelmina, Eindhoven, NL



CORRIE VAN BINSBERGEN ON RADIO 6

Last Friday, Vera Vingerhoeds presented a concert of Corrie en de Grote Brokken on Dutch Radio 6.


2011/10/06 concert 'Bimhuis', Amsterdam, NL  
  • broadcast on VPROJazzLive on Friday, January 25, 2013
  • line-up
    • Bob Fosko en Beatrice van der Poel - lyrics & vocals * Wouter Planteijdt - guitar, vocals * Hans Hasebos - marimba, vibraphone * Hein Offermans - bass * Angelo Verploegen - trumpet * David Rothschild - trombone * Jasper Blom - tenorsax * Rutger van Otterloo -baritone sax * Dionys Breukers - keyboards / sampling * Yonga Sun -  drums * Corrie van Binsbergen - guitar
  • setlist
    • Zootsuit Part I & II, Space is the place (Beatrice vd Poel), Wat Geluk Graag, Achterblijvers, Vriezen of dooien + useless time + I remember, Betty Blue (Hans Hasebos), Meeting + De Liefde + Oh Oh + Hartstuk, BBW A & B + Captain Who? (Albert van Veenendaal), Nightstroll (Wouter Planteijdt), Kunst, Shorts (Hans Hasebos)
      Dr. Schweitzer's Last Mission, Ik Ga Door, Een Gesprek, No Offense, Het Land is Moe, Koppensnellen II, Break a Normal Day (Beatrice vd Poel), Moon (Hans Hasebos), Vrijheid, Dingwall's Dazzle D., Pastorale (Ramses Shaffy)
Here's a link ot the broadcast
http://www.radio6.nl/uitzending/204797/vprojazzlive_uitzending-25-01-2013.html

Thanks to Gerard Wissink for the info

MANTRAKID - XENOCHRONY

Thanks to our friends from Zappa In France for noticing this :
http://zappainfrance.blogspot.be


Mantrakid made sampled / looped / destillated & remixed an album out of Frank Zappa's repertoire.
He called it "Xenochrony" in respect for Zappa's cutting & pasting techniques.

Check it out !!

CHICKENFOOT - OH YEAH!



Here's a picture of the first (promotional) single by Chickenfoot, featuring Joe Satriani alongside Chad Smith, Michael Anthony and Sammy Hagar.
Straight-forward, classic rock music.


Wednesday, January 23, 2013

DWALMACAT 502

This week's Dwalmacat radio show can be found at
http://www.mixcloud.com/Dwalmacat/dwalmacat-502/
  • CARMEL - Thunder
  • QUICK CULTURE - Hühnchens
  • RESEARCH LIBRARY - Alien love
  • JEAN-JAQUES PERREY & LUKE VIBERT - Schwing
  • FELIX KUBIN - Inokashida skizze
  • LOKOMOTIV - Push the rod
  • TIED & TICKLED TRIO - Radio sun 1 / Revolution / Radio sun 2
  • YELLOW MAGIC ORCHESTRA - Rap phenomena
  • MATTHEW FRIEDBERGER - Expectant fathers
  • NURSE WITH WOUND & STEREOLAB - Exploding head movie
  • BROADCAST - Where youth and laughter go
  • KEVIN COYNE - Zoo wars
  • KATE BUSH - The man with the child in his eyes
  • BARNES & BARNES - Homophobic dream # 22
  • CALL GYPSI - I'm hungry


THE RESIDENTS - CHUCK'S GHOST MUSIC


  • the residents: chuck's ghost music
        (2013, cdr, usa, rz)

"Chuck's Ghost Music" is the slightly altered soundtrack of the "Randy's Ghost Stories" DVD. It was made availabe for download in 2011.

Actually, you had to buy a laminated "Pass" that was sold during The Residents' North American 'Talking Light' tour in 2011. This pass contained a code, and with the code you could download this soundtrack.
If I'm not mistaken, the album was made available throuh The Residents download shop as well.
More recently, the album got released as a cdr-on-demand album.
Did I tell you that it includes 8 weird tracks?

In the meantime, everybody's getting ready for the next Residents Tour.
European show dates keep popping up.
Here's Amsterdam:
http://www.belmontbookings.nl/the-residents-wonder-of-weird-at-muziekgebouw-amsterdam-may-20th/ 

www.residents.com



GOOD GOD - GOOD GOD




Originally  released in 1972 on Atlantic records, this fine album finally got a CD-reissue on the Flawed Gems label.
Good God's eponymous first and only album presents mainly instrumental, energetic jazz rock with some progressive influences. The band's 9 minute coverversion of Frank Zappa's 'King Kong' stands out.
Special guest Robert / Bobby / Bob Martin contributed French horn !!


NEW MARBIN ALBUM OUT ON MOONJUNE RECORDS

Dani Rabin (guitars) and Danny Markovitch (saxes), or Marbin as one might say, have a new album out : "Last Chapter Of Dreaming".
It's their third release as Marbin. The second to be released by MoonJune Records.



CHICAGO JAZZ ORCHESTRA ZAPPA TRIBUTE 2012 12 29

http://www.jazzpolice.com/content/view/10501/116/

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/ct-ent-1231-cjo-20121230,0,2200496.column

2012/12/29 Chicago Jazz Orchestra - concert 'Park West', Chicago, usa

"Chicago Jazz Orchestra - The Grand Wazoo and Other Delights: A Tribute To Frank Zappa.
Nice rendition of Peaches En Regalia and an unbelievable Echidna's Arf. Saxophone solo by Ernie Watts and a trombone solo by Tom Garling."





Sunday, January 20, 2013

NEW SUN RA SAMPLER



OK, so it's not a brand-new release as it got released last year, and it's not really a sampler as it includes Sun Ra's first four album, but it's the perfect introduction to the early works of Sun Ra.
In 2011, the british Real Gone Jazz label released "Three Classic Albums", a 2CD set collecting Sun Ra's "Jazz By Sun Ra", "Super-Sonic Jazz" and "Jazz In Silhoutte".
I'm guessing that this was a big success as they made a similar one, this time with one extra album, "The Futuristic Sounds Of Sun Ra", plus an extra disc with early singles.

MONKEY3

Monkey3 will be performing at the Burg-Herzberg Festival, July 21, 2013.


-- info & link: Uli Mrosek

RUTH IS SLEEPING

The Ensemble Modern will be performing as part of the Ultraschall Festival in Berlin, Germany.
The concert will include Frank Zappa's 'Ruth Is Sleeping'.

http://www.dradio.de/dkultur/sendungen/ultraschall/1981421/

http://www.dradio.de/download/182942/


VINYL VERSION OF FINER MOMENTS DELAYED

The vinyl version of Zappa's "Finer Moments" has been delayed.
New date = March 19, 2013

CHICKENFOOT - DIFFERENT DEVIL



"Different Devil" is the 2-track single for the latest "LV" Chickenfoot album.
Joe Satriani on the guitar.

Friday, January 18, 2013

DWALMACAT 501

This week's Dwalmacat radio show

  • TONY BURELLO - The sound of worms
  • MAGMA - Üdü wüdü
  • FLAMEN DIALIS - Dernière croisade
  • STEREO TOTAL - Je suis nue
  • POP LEVI - (A style called) Crying chic
  • WEVIE STONDER - House of sweets
  • THE MATTHEW HERBERT BIG BAND - Misprints
  • CARLA BLEY - 3/4 (excerpt)
  • CARTER, TUTTI & VOID - V3
  • MONTE CAZAZZA - Kick that habit man
  • US GIRLS - Untie me
  • THE ROLLING STONES - Have you seen your mother baby, standing in the shadow
  • KAA ANTILOPE - Rise up helicopter, like a bird
  • PEAKING LIGHTS - Beautiful son




FUCHSPRELLEN 2013 01 13

The band "fuchsprellen" performing at the Outer Space, Hamden, CT on January 13, 2013.

Peter Riccio, drums
Peter Brunelli, Animoog, Filtatron
Stephen Chillemi, soprano sax, bass clarinet, percussion, whatnot
Nathan Bixby, violin



TETZEPI

Next Sunday on "Vrije Geluiden" on Dutch national television : TETZEPI !!




and very soon on tour

SEEDS IV: TETZEPI MEETS LOUIS SCLAVIS

  • Wed 27 Feb 2013 - RASA Utrecht, NL
  • Fri 1 Mar 2013 - Paradox Tilburg, NL
  • Sat 2 Mar 2013 - Lantaarn Venster Rotterdam, NL
  • Sun 3 Mar 2013 - Dordse Jazz Sociëteit, NL
  • Sat 9 Mar 2013 - Plus Etage Baarle Nassau, NL


Sunday, January 13, 2013

JOE TRAVERS & FRIENDS


Besides the WesFest concert, Joe Travers & Friends will be doing a concert at the Baked Potato as well !

2/28/13 - Joe Travers & Friends - The Baked Potato, Studio City, CA, 9:30pm

The band will probably feature Scheila Gonzalez, Kurt Morgan, Ben Thomas, Rick Musallam, James Santiago and Rico Belled

ARISTOCRATS WEST COAST TOUR

The Aristocrats (Guthrie Govan, Marco Minnemann & Bryan Beller) will be touring the West Coast later this month.

Check out the Aristocrats website for details
http://the-aristocrats-band.com/shows/

FUCHSPRELLEN

The FUCHSPRELLEN project features Stephen Chillemi (soprano sax, bassclarinet, vibraphone, drums, percussion, whatnot), Peter Riccio (drums, vibraphone), Richard Brown (alto sax) and Pete Brunelli (Animoog, Filtatron, Frickin' Lazers....)

You might (and should) remember Stephen Chillemi and Pete Brunelli from their Doot! days.

Here's Fuchsprellen with 'Selenium Circus' !!

FRANK ZAPPA COMICS TRIBUTE

People tend to make lists: best album of 2012, best concert of 2012,...
Well, the most fascinating item that reached the United Mutations headquarters in 2012 was the Frank Zappa Comics Tribute anthology.

December 2011, a small number of participating artists visited the Strip Turnhout Festival in Belgium.
A fine expo, combined with a concert by Bart Maris, was a nice introduction.
The actual release of the book in March 2012 finalised the project.

The Frank Zappa Comics Tribute is available in French and in English.

http://zappa-by-us.blogspot.be/



CHICKENFOOT - LV



I've got this weak spot for guitar players. Jimi Hendrix, Frank Zappa, Steve Vai, Alex Machacek, Nolan Cook, Adrian Belew, Mike Keneally,... and Joe Satriani.
Chickenfoot, the all-star supergroup (Sammy Hagar, Michael Anthony, Chad Smith & Joe Satriani), recently released a live album in a limited edition of 10,000 copies.
Yes, you heard it right: a limited edition, numbered live album of TEN THOUSAND copies...
Classic rock.



THE MUZE JAZZ ORCHESTRA

Performing Zappa.
At the C-Mine Jazz Festival in Genk, April 2012.
Shot by Jempy.




JAY PHLITMAN & KIM KANG - CANDY QUEEN SPEEDWAY



Last month, Jay Phlitman & Kim Kang released “Candy Queen Speedway”, the follow-up to their excellent “Velvet Coma Hotel” album from 2011.
Jay Phlitman and Kim Kang are also known as Jean-Marie Mievis and Kim Duchateau. They are one of the few artists that keep searching for the boundaries and that keep surprising their audience.

”Candy Queen Speedway”, my dear friends, is music from the other side of the fence.
It’s lo-fi. It’s pop yet experimental. It’s absurd, and above all, it’s like something you have never heard before.
Singalong melodies, crazy lyrics, a minimalistic approach,… I love it.

“Candy Queen Speedway” has been released as a 10” orange vinyl album in a limited, numbered edition of 275 copies and it features artwork by Sarah Yu Zeebroek (of Hong Kong Dong fame).

Distributed by Rough Trade.
Check it out.




The first 30 copies of the album included a silkscreen art print by Kim Duchateau.


Saturday, January 12, 2013

WESFEST 8


Brendon Small's Galaktikon To Headline WesFest 8
With Bryan Beller on bass

Sunday, March 3, 2013 at The Roxy in Hollywood, CA, usa

Bryan Beller: "We're talking an 11-piece all-star band with four guitarists, including L.A.-based guitarist and former Musicians Institute Guitar Program Director Jude Gold (Jefferson Starship, Billy Sheehan), Mike Keneally (Frank Zappa, Joe Satriani), Rick Musallam (Ben Taylor, Carly Simon), and Small himself. Additional band members include keyboardist/guitarist Walter Ino; vocalists Ben Thomas (Zappa Plays Zappa), Kira Small (Peter Frampton, Martina McBride), Ali Handal (Neil Young, Paul Williams) and Jude Crossen; and yours truly on bass.  The word epic is overused, but in this case, it's legit. This will be EPIC."


The same night will also feature a concert by Joe Travers & Friends !!

JOE TRAVERS has been involved with the Zappa Family Trust for 20 years. He was the drummer for Dweezil & Ahmet Zappa's group "Z", then fell into the job of "Vaultmeister" to archive and preserve the contents of Frank Zappa's extensive vault. Throughout this time Joe has been involved in a number of live performing groups (Duran Duran, Lisa Loeb, Mike Keneally & currently Zappa Plays Zappa) and studio projects in and around Los Angeles. Joe's latest musical adventures involve his recent assemblage of close friends and musicians that all have one thing in common: a love of music and performing together. These musicians include (but are not limited to) Scheila Gonzalez, Kurt Morgan & Ben Thomas(Zappa Plays Zappa), Rick Musallam (Cirque Du Soleil, Mike Keneally), James Santiago (Independent Artist), and Rico Belled (The Rippingtons). For Wesfest 2013, Joe and his group will be joined by special guest vocalist Holland Greco(Solo Artist/The Stripminers) for an inspired performance of Chaka Khan's "A Night In Tunisia - The Melody Lingers On" and will world premiere a composition written by Rick Musallam and Wes Wehmiller, sung by Ben Thomas.

http://weswehmiller.net/wesfest/wesfest-8/



MORE RESIDENTS TOURDATES

European tourdates...


24.04.2013  B-Leuven, Het Depot
25.04.2013  D-Karlsruhe, Tollhaus
06.05.2013  FIN-Helsinki, Tavastia
08.05.2013  S-Stockholm, Sodrateatern
12.05.2013  CZ-Olomouc, Moravian Theatre
15.05.2013  D-München, Ampere
18.05.2013  UK-London, Barbican Hall
20.05.2013  NL-Amsterdam, Muziekgebouw aan het IJ
21.05.2013  D-Hamburg, Kampnagel
22.05.2013  DK-Aarhus, Voxhall
23.05.2013  D-Berlin, Babylon



RESIDENTS UPDATE

The Residents' latest album, "Triple Dub-Ya" arrived last week.
The album presents a recording of the 2005 concert that The Residents did at the "What Is Music Festival" in Melbourne, Australia.

Here's a short review of the concert by Jo Roberts:
http://www.theage.com.au/news/Reviews/The-Residents/2005/03/06/1110044249308.html

The album is great. Our Eye-balled buddies take a look back at their career with nothing but classicss and familiar tunes.
I love it.

In the meantime, two new albums are about to get released. There's "Mush-Room" which should be available at the tour, and there's "Chuck's Ghost Music" a previously download-only album that is getting a CDR-On-Demand version.

Friday, January 11, 2013

GOOD GOD


Good God was a jazz/rock fusion band based in Philadelphia in the early 1970s. The group was led by guitarist Larry Cardarelli and by Cotton Kent on keyboards. Filling out the band were Greg Scott on saxophones, John Ransome on bass and Hank Ransome on drums. They released one album in 1972 on Atlantic Records. It included their version of Frank Zappa's 'King Kong'.

Rumor has it that band got it's name when they, huge Captain Beefheart fans, called Don Van Vliet out of the blue, and asked what they should call themselves. "Good God!" was his reported reply.

Whether or not that story is true, their album, as rare as it is, is highly regarded among fusion enthusiasts.

After fourty years, the album finally got a CD reissue.
Out on Flawed Records.




Wednesday, January 9, 2013

NEW ON CUNEIFORM

* Guapo: History Of The Visitation

* Curtis Hasselbring: Number Stations

* The Kandinsky Effect: Synesthesia

* Rob Mazurek Octet: Skull Sessions

* Dylan Ryan / Sand: Sky Bleached

THE PEPPERS SAY: THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION ARE THE BEST

thanks to Nikolai Zaharov for the link !

Watch this video.

MOONJUNE RECORDS


http://moonjunerecords.bandcamp.com/music


Monday, January 7, 2013

THE ALMOST THREE - BIG MUFF



"Big Muff", the latest album by The Almost Three is a genuine guitar-oriented rock album that presents a mix of studio tracks and live recordings. "Big Muff" isn't just for guitar freaks, it's a fine blues rock album. (I didn't know this, but a big muff is some sort of guitar effect.)

Most of the compositions are originals, written by guitar player Martin Ettrich. The three exceptions being written by Don Nix, Billy Cobham, and, yes, Frank Zappa.

FZ's 'Sleep Dirt' gets a bluesy treatment.
Nice. It's one of the better tracks on the album.

Here's their take on Billy Cobham's 'Stratus':


NEW PERE UBU ALBUM

35 years ago, Pere Ubu released "The Modern Dance", followed by "Dub Housing" shortly thereafter. And then came "New Picnic Time"...

I first heard these albums in 1981, 1982.
Those were the days.

I don't really know what Pere Ubu or David Thomas have been doing lately, but the band does have a new album out: "Lady From Shangai".
A good reason to listen to "Dub Housing" again.







Sunday, January 6, 2013

ZAPPANALE REPORT * * * THE YELLOW SNOW CRYSTALS

Where was I...
Wednesday, August 1, 2012...
Is that four months ago already?!?

I had listened to Ben Watson's view on Don Van Vliet's lyrics and poetry; I had seen FiftyII50's struggle with the sound system, and I had already enjoyed a fine concert by Ya Hozna.
I guess I was ready for some more music.

Next up were The Yellow Snow Crystals. They brought Zappa in the German language. With a jazz flavour.
I liked it. I thought it was very funny and I enjoyed the music and the performance a lot.

I had seen the band in concert before so I knew what to expect, but I was still impressed. Not only did the band have two backing vocalists, they had extended their repertoire as well.

Picture by Bazbo.

2012/08/01 concert "Zappanale, Bad Doberan, Germany
  • line-up
    • Paul Hubweber: trombone, vocals * Alex Morsey: double bass, sousaphone, guembri, vocals * Simon Camatta: drums, vocals * Gerhard Horriar: vocals, narration * Hansjörg Schall: vocals * Werner Huppertz: backing vocals
  • setlist
    • intro, Frei wie der Furz, Die Tuba will Deine Mama töten, Tourmädels, Schnee, Stinkfisse, röten im Schwarzwald, Fingers, Die hat mich verarscht, Yellow Snow Cats, Geil, wenn das Wasser schwarz wär (instrumental), OHNO, Geil, wenn das Wasser schwarz wär, Robert B., Schleim, Hildegard, Prummekönig, drum solo, Strandgut, Doberander Rennbahn Fantasie, Umbrella, Nackttanz, Desiree

An audience recording of this concert is up on Zappateers.

And here's Luuk's video:

Saturday, January 5, 2013

SPALTKLANG - EN SUITE



Markus Stauss' Spaltklang project found its origin in 2001. "En Suite" is the fourth Spaltklang album.

The music that is performed by Spaltklang is exceptional for two reasons. The first one is
the beautful combination of the instruments. The violin, saxophone and bass sound great together. In the comprehensive liner notes, Michel Delville explains the Spaltklang principle as 'a Renaissance term describing an ensemble featuring instruments from different families.'
The second reason is the presence of complex, yet lyrical compositions. This is contemporary chamber-rock at its best. In his pieces, Markus Stauss combines polyrhythms with medieval music.

"En Suite" is a remarkable album. As the title suggests, it will take your music journey one step further.
If you're into contemporary music, you should definitely check this out.

Recommended listening.

www.fazzulmusic.ch

Friday, January 4, 2013

MARCO MINNEMANN & GUTHRIE GOVAN

Marco Minnemann and Guthrie Govan recently released "Symbolic Fox". Here's a sample.


Thursday, January 3, 2013

DWALMACAT 500 XL


MESSER CHUPS – Hey!
DAVID ROSE & HIS ORCHESTRA – Gay spirits
DAPHNI – Light
DIE FORM – Eastern ghost
CLINIC – The majestic
KEN ANDO – Danseuse
THE L CONTRA BAND – Gingerbread soup
FAUST – Chrome
HOLGER HILLER – Cut
STEVE FISK – Tongues
HENRI MANCINI – The magnificent seven
THE GO-TEAM – Everyone’s a V.I.P. to someone
ENNIO MORRICONE – Dentra la macchina
THE RESIDENTS – Scent of mint
STOCK, HAUSEN & WALKMAN – Schweitzer
TUXEDOMOON – An affair at the soiree
MICHAEL MAYER – Mantasy
LIL LOUIS – I called U / the story continues
KIEM – Doin’ time (instrumental)
CAROLINER SINGING BULL OF THE 1800’s – Untitled track 2
THE BEAU HUNKS – Bells
ANDRE BRASSEUR – Big fat spiritual
FRANK ZAPPA & THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION – Dwarf Nebula processional march & Dwarf Nebula
HAJIME TACHIBANA – Sex symbol strikes back
NINO ROTA – La dolce vita
MOONDOG – Oo Debut / Birds’ lament
MULATU ASTATKE – Playboy cha-cha
CAPTAIN BEEFHEART – A carrot is as close as a rabbit gets to a diamond
DER PLAN – Commerce extérieur mondial sentimentale
OTHIN SPAKE – Blind Io
THE BEATLES – Aerial tour instrumental
SERGE GAINSBOURG – Chanvre Indien
AFRICAN HEAD CHARGE – Elastic dance
WACKIE’S – Lam’s international dub
SABRES OF PARADISE – Tow truck
MICHAEL NYMAN – Swan rot
NEW ORDER – 586

RAY COLLINS TRIBUTE ON RADIO KAOS

Here's the Radio Kaos Ray Collins tribute

Program Pure Radio Kaos: RAY COLLINS TRIBIUTE/ FRANK ZAPPA
HostBOBBY M
Date3:30 PM on Jan. 2nd, 2013 ()




Tuesday, January 1, 2013

RAY WHITE - NIGHT SKIES

'Night Skies' by former Zappa lead singer Ray White !!