Friday, January 30, 2015

KLARA IN DE SINGEL - - - 31 JAN 2015

Belgian radio station Klara is hosting a festival at De Singel in Antwerp, Belgium.
Lots of bands and even more music.

I'm going for the Bruno Vansina Orchestra and for Flat Earth Society.
The latter will be featuring Ernst Reijseger (cello) as special guest.

https://www.desingel.be/nl/programma/muziek/11174/Klara-in-deSingel-2015-Concerten-muziektheater-woord

Here's 'Broadway Boogie Woogie'.
A song by Peter Vermeersch performed by Flat Earth Society and Ernst Reijseger at the Middelheim Jazz Festival 2012. Including the hilarious tap dance by the one and only Wim Willaert.


I was told that radio Klara will be broadcasting from the festival...


Thursday, January 29, 2015

JIMMY CARL BLACK: FEB 1, 1938 - NOV 1, 2008: A TRIBUTE

Jimmy Carl Black: Feb 1, 1938 – Nov 1, 2008: a tribute


thanks to the oldgreygoat for making this fine tribute !

Wednesday, January 28, 2015

ÖZ ÜRÜGÜLÜ - FORGOTTEN ARCHIVES

Saturday, August 16, 2014, I happened to be in Schangnau, Switzerland, at the Zapperlot! festival.
Day 2 of the festival had an unbelievable line-up : Inventionis Mater, Öz Ürügülü,  Anton and the Headcleaners, Mörglbl, and Fido Plays Zappa. And that was just the bands that played at the main stage...
For me, Öz Ürügülü was the greatest discovery.
Progressive, instrumental, experimental rock with some eastern and jazz influences. I loved it.

The band had also brought their first album along: "Forgotten Archives".
This, my dear friends, is something that you definitely need to hear.
If you're in to Secret Chiefs 3 or Zappa,...

http://www.oezuerueguelue.ch/





INVENTIONIS MATER

Italian duo Inventionis Mater just released their second all-Zappa album, "Kong's Revenge".

Inventionis Mater will be doing concert in Sarzana and in Lovoleto (BO) in February, and will be playing at the Moo-Ah festival in March.
For July, they're planning a European tour (Switzerland, Austria, France, Germany,...)
They're also evaluating the possibility to do a tour in the U.S. in August.

If you have suggestions, contact the band through their facebook account.

Inventionis Mater's latest project focusses on Macedonian music.
Here's a sample:



MUFFIN GIRL SHOCK !

performing the music of Frank Zappa.




Monday, January 26, 2015

ZAPPOSTROPHE 132

My Czech friends recently released issue number 132 of the Czech Frank Zappa Fan Club Fanzine.
12 pages with pictures and articles, all about the Grandmothers concerts in the Czech Republic.

Issue number 132. That's eleven times twelve. Or twenty-two times six.
Congratulations, my friends.


THE MUFFIN MEN ON TOUR WITH DENNY WALLEY

On tour.
In March.
Playing at Moo-Ah and more.
With former Zappa and Captain Beefheart slide guitar player and vocalist Denny Walley !



Sunday, January 25, 2015

SUN RA - THE FUTURISTIC SOUNDS OF SUN RA - ON PLANET EARTH 1914-2014

The Not Now Music label celebrated the 100th anniversary of Sun Ra's arrival day with the re-release of "The Futuristic Sounds Of Sun Ra" and "Super-Sonic Jazz". Respectively from 1961 and 1957.

Nothing new but a very nice package (slipcase, mini-lp like labels,...) and ridiculously cheap.
http://www.notnowmusic.com/the-futuristic-sounds-of-sun-ra.html

Here's 'Kingdom Of Not', originally recorded by Sun Ra for "Super-Sonic Jazz", performed by the Forgotten Fish Memory Orchestra.




QUANTUM FANTAY - KALEIDOTHROPE

I picked up this copy of "Kaleidothrope" during a visit of a local CD shop.
Yes. A local CD shop. They still exist. And this one even had a number of albums by Quantum Fantay.

"Kaleidothrope" was album number four. Released in 2009.
Synthesizer based space rock.
Just the kind of thing that I need on a Sunday evening.

Here's the title track:



NEW ARISTOCRATS ALBUM IS OUT !

"Culture Clash Live" and it's twin brother "Secret Show - Live In Osaka" have both been released.
I'm listening to the downloads at this very moment.
They both sound great.
Can't wait to have the physical copies in my hands...



PIETER CLAUS QUARTET IN CONCERT TONIGHT

Tonight, Sunday, January 25, 2015,
at the Roskam bar ( Vlaamse Steenweg / Rue de Flandre 9, Brussels, Belgium)
at 20:00 h

Pieter Claus: vibraphone
Jan Ghesquière: guitar
Jouni Isoherranen: bass
Xavier Rogé: drums




DWALMACAT 594


http://www.mixcloud.com/Dwalmacat/dwalmacat-594/

Met DEZE WEEK:


  • JAMES PANTS – Dream boat
  • PALAIS SCHAUMBURG – Kinder der Tod (Version)
  • ROBERTO MUSCI & GIOVANNI VENOSTA – Lilongwe
  • DNA – Blonde red head
  • POND – Alonerflamerflower
  • AKSAK MABOUL – Saure Gurke (aus 1 Urwald gelockt)
  • KAMAGURKA & HERR SEELE – De zee
  • MULATU ASTATKE – Yegelle Tezeta
  • MAURO PAWLOWSKI & THE GROOMS – Make it complicated
  • THINKING PLAGUE – Inside out
  • THE RESIDENTS – Numb Erone / Satisfaction / Kick a cat (Live in Berkeley 1976)
  • SLIM TWIG – Clerical collar
  • TIM GANE & SEAN O’HAGAN – Métro, Boulot, Hippo
  • JACK THE RAPPER – L’état, c’est moi
  • THE GO! TEAM – The scene between
  • ISOLDE & LES BENS – L’inconnu
  • VERONIQUE VINCENT & THE HONEYMOON KILLERS – Je pleure tout le temps
  • THE AMAZING SNAKEHEADS - Memories




WALLACE RECORDS

Milan based Wallace Records releases experimental / avant-garde / underground music.

Gerda



Ultravixen


Plasma Expander


Miss Massive Snowflake


'NEW' TOM WAITS ALBUM ANNOUNCED

To be released next month: "Virginia Avenue - Live At The Ivanhoe Theatre, Chicago, IL, November 21, 1976.

Previously released on various bootlegs (and on the B13 label on clear vinyl).


HAM SESSIONS 2015

Ham Sessions 2015
in Ghent, Belgium,

will be bringing three days of beautiful music in May 2015 :

Sunday, May 17 2015
15.30 h - O.Orkin’s Insect Zoo
17.30 h - .W.O.F.O. ft the Wofettes

Sunday, May 24, 2015
15.30 h - “Quatuor pour la Fin du Temps” (Olivier Messiaen) door “Het Collectief”
17.30 h - MegaOctet (F)

Monday, May 25, 2015
15.30 h - HIJAZ
17.00 h - ALTERTAPE
18.30 h - MÂÄK

http://www.hamsessions.be/


AFROSKULL

Afroskull, the band that used to include a couple of Zappa tunes in their live performances ('Peaches En Regalia' and 'King Kong' !!), has a new album out.
It's called "To Obscurity And Beyond" and features Ronnie Cuber on saxophone. That's the same Ronnie Cuber who can be heard on Zappa's "In New York" and "Lather" albums.



CHRIS SCHLARB

Chris Schlarb recorded Frank Zappa's 'Sofa no.2' and released it on his "Psychic Temple II" album.

Out on CD and on white vinyl.
More info soon.

BEARDFISH HAS A NEW ALBUM OUT

Beardfish has a new album out : "4626 - Comfortzone". Available from the InsideOutlabel. On vinyl and on CD. Also released as a limited 2CD set.

The band will also play some live dates in Europe as main support to The Neal Morse Band, and the dates are as follows:
  • 5/03/15 Z7, Pratteln, Switzerland
  • 6/03/15 De Boerderij, Zoetermeer, Netherlands
  • 7/03/15 Islington Assembly Hall, London, UK
  • 8/03/15 Spirit of 66, Verviers, Belgium
  • 9/03/15 Divan du Monde, Paris, France
  • 11/03/15 Colos-Saal, Aschaffenburg, Germany
  • 12/03/15 Alte Seilerei, Mannheim, Germany
  • 13/03/15 Markthalle, Hamburg, Germany
  • 14/05/15 Matrix, Bochum, Germany


NEW SOFT MACHINE ALBUM

Cuneiform released Soft Machine : Switzerland 1974, a CD + DVD set.


SKORDATURA

The Skordatura Punkjazz Ensemble released their first album, "How To Chase A Minute In One Second" about one year ago.
The band is getting ready to start recording their next album and will be setting up a crowdfundingproject.
The kick-off concert will take place at 'Vrijstaat O' in Oostende (B) on March 27, 2015.



Thursday, January 22, 2015

LOWELL GEORGE DVD

"Feats First - The Life & Music Of Lowell George".
DVD



Wednesday, January 21, 2015

ZAPPA PERFORMED AT THE BANGOR MUSIC FESTIVAL IN WALES

Thursday 05/03/2015 FRANK ZAPPA - HICCUP

Bangor University, College Road, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DG WALES, UK

http://www.bangormusicfestival.org.uk/index.php?id=thursday-05032015


SHUT UP 'N PLAY YER PIANO

Fred Händl is recording an all-Zappa album.

Read all about it, and pre-order the album here :
http://jazzappa.com/news/shut-up-n-play-yer-piano-its-finally-happening/



Monday, January 19, 2015

NEW FUZZ PEDAL DESIGN BY...


Keeley Premium Guitar Effects presents :
"The return of the son of fuzz head",
the Robert Keeley fuzz pedal, with a Cal Schenkel design.
https://robertkeeley.com/product/son-fuzz-head/



-- info & link: Pierre Vervloesem

Sunday, January 18, 2015

WOFO - ERRATIC TAILS

Yes! My Wofonian friends have a new album out !!

"Erratic Tails" features (composer) Mattias Laga on clarinet and bass clarinet, Michel Mast on tenor sax, Pieter Baert on piano, Xavier Verhelst on 6-string bass and Simon Raman on drums.
Special surprise is the addition of The Wofettes: Cécile Broché and Anouk Sanczuk on violin, and Eline Deurinck on cello.
It's impressive to hear how the strings add extra layers to the compositions. Great arrangements !

Fun !

Here's a live version of the first track of the album, 'The Rabbits Are Restless Tonight'.





ADRIAN BELEW - TWENTY



Adrian Belew's "FLUX" kickstarter project, included a lot of fine rewards to its participants. One of them was a download of 'I'm Food For You', a track that has Hooter Johnson (performed by Adrian Belew) playing the blues.
One of the most impressive rewards,  however, was "Twenty", a 20-song-sampler that got pressed in a limited edition of 173 numbered, signed and dedicated copies.


CABALLERO REYNALDO - ANTOJOS VOL.4

The new Caballero Reynaldo album is an all-covers disc.
It includes Prince's 'Raspberry Beret' and The Residents' 'Bach Is Dead'.



INVENTIONIS MATER PLAYS THE MUSIC OF FRANK ZAPPA, IN CONCERT


INVENTIONIS MATER plays the music of Frank Zappa

Friday 6 February at 21:30 h
ARMADILLO CLUB - ARCI
Centro Culturale Polivalente - ex mercato Via Terzi Sarzana

Saturday 7 February at 18:30 h
Granalov in Granarolo dell'Emilia






NEW 'RADIO BROADCAST' LITTLE FEAT ALBUM ANNOUNCED


"St. Valentine's Day Massacre - Winterland Arena Broadcast San Francisco 1976" is another 'radio broadcast' album that is being released in the UK.

Features Lowell George.

• RARE LIVE LITTLE FEAT RADIO BROADCAST FROM 1976
• This concert, when Little Feat was opening for Jeff Lyne’s Electric Light Orchestra, remains one of their mostlegendary performances.
• Originally broadcast live on KSAN radio, this concert has been heavily bootlegged in the past.• This fantastic performance captures the band playing their funky New Orleans flavored rock like no one else.
• Also highlighted is Lowell Georges unique slide guitar playing.


MIKE KENEALLY IN CONCERT

From Mike Keneally's newsletter :

JANUARY 21 at THE BAKED POTATO
A legendary club in the dank environs of beautiful Hollywood-transitioning-into-North Hollywood California…
(3787 Cahuenga Blvd. West, Studio City, CA 91604 to be precise)

Presents
MIKE KENEALLY & BEER FOR DOLPHINS
(mid-90s power trio style)
featuring BRYAN BELLER and JOE TRAVERS
performing loads of old favorites
(including one pretty majorly obscure entirely insane composition not played live for around 19 years or something)

TWO ENTIRELY DIFFERENT SHOWS (aside from the fact that we'll play the aforementioned insane composition at both shows)
9:30pm and 11:30pm
IF YOU CAN BE THERE, DO! BE! THERE!

Then, on January 30, we got kind of a special show at Java Joe's in San Diego. Last month I met a couple of very cool musicians at a holiday party thrown by the San Diego Troubadour (who stuck me on the cover of their December issue): Jeff Berkley, a local guitar player I've respected for a very long time, and Jamie Shadowlight, a violinist who was new to me. I heard them both play that night and was instantly struck by their spirit and musicianship. Hanging out with them along with my dear friend Claudia Russell from San Diego radio station KSDS Jazz 88.3, and Joe Flammini, proprietor of the venerable acoustic venue Java Joe's, we all got to talkin', and the result was the planning of this unique trio performance:

JANUARY 30 2015

MIKE KENEALLY, JEFF BERKLEY & JAMIE SHADOWLIGHT TRIO

Super excited to discover what sort of chemistry results from the meeting of these three elements.
(Playing a bunch of material together which we still need to decide upon – we will begin emailing one another repertoire ideas shortly – any requests?)

JAVA JOE'S – 3536 ADAMS AVE. SAN DIEGO 92116
8:00 PM




MAURIZIO BIANCHI / M.B. - ELISIONEM

Some 35 years ago, I used to listen to this weekly Dutch VPRO radio show with experimental, electronic and noise music. Can't remember what it was called. It also had a newsletter that got sent out (on paper!) every month.
Maurizio Bianchi might have been on that radio show as he is an Italian pioneer of electronic music.
Check out the Maurzio Bianchi wikipedia entry to find out more:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurizio_Bianchi

"Elisionem" got released in 2006 by the Klang Galerie label, in a limited edition of 500 copies.
The liner notes have some nice things to say about what 'elisionem' means.
'The 'elision' in the traditional music is a coercive and systematic dispositive necessary to assimilate two syllabic notes in one only. The 'elisionem', in the avant-gardist branch, is a sound absorbent course used amalgamate various sonorous elements into one. The main purpose is to generate an eclectic and axiomatic damping of the electroacoustic particles in order to proportion the achromatic fulfilment of modern concretism. And the final effect is phonographically disarming... psycho-acoustic de-modulations for the current initiates.' 

Heavy stuff. Very dark



ANALOG TRIO - SYNTHI MENTAL MOOG



Riccardo Fassi's Analog Trio recorded a Zappa medley on their download-only "Synthi Mental Moog" album : Let's Make The Water Turn Black / Eat That Question / I'm The Slime.

Remember Riccardo Fassi from his Riccardo Fassi Tankio band that recorded an all-Zappa album in 1995.

Data has been added to the United Mutations Archives.

-- thanks to Andrew Greenaway for the info









INVENTIONIS MATER - KONG'S REVENGE

Inventionis Mater released their second Zappa album !

Pierpaolo Romani: clarinet & bass clarinet
Andrea Pennati: classical guitar

Superb. Excellent renditions. Fun to listen to and presented in a beautiful package (art by Antero Valério)

  1. kong's arise
  2. florentine pogen
  3. king's dimension
  4. catholic girls
  5. son of suzy creamcheese
  6. interlude
  7. zomby woof
  8. help i'm a kong
  9. rhymin man
  10. prelude to the afternoon of a sexually aroused gorilla
  11. king kong


JOE SATRIANI PHOTO SESSION

Joe Satriani photo session with Mike Keneally, Bryan Beller and Marco Minnemann.



ACTON ZAPPA

Acton Zappa rehearsal at "Survival", playing Blessed Relief by Frank Zappa.
our first 'loud' reahearsal in preparation for a couple of upcoming gigs.
Acton Zappa are:
  • Mike Fox - guitar and vocals
  • Tomas Nejedly - bass
  • John Parkinson - drums and vocals


The band will be performing at the Moo-Ah festival, 20/21 March 2015.
http://www.festivalmoo-ah.com/


MENSEN BLAFFEN

Late eighties Belgian band Mensen Blaffen.

The Onderstroom label recently released "Verzameld Werk" (Collected Works).



Saturday, January 17, 2015

THE RESIDENTS & RENALDO AND THE LOAF - TITLE IN LIMBO


  • the residents & renaldo and the loaf: title in limbo
        (2014, cd, austria, klang galerie)

Experimental music duo Brian Poole (Renaldo Malpractice) and David Janssen (Ted The Loaf) are better known as Renaldo And The Loaf.
Their albums got released by Ralph Records in the early eighties.

Album number four was a collaboration with The Residents and also included special guests Snakefinger and vocalist Nessie Lessons.

Re-released in a series of Renaldo And The Loaf re-issues by the Klang Galerie label.
Essential stuff.

Read more here:
http://www.gio80.com/title-in-limbo/

And get the album here:
http://www.klanggalerie.com/gg200


Friday, January 16, 2015

WARREN CUCCURULLO & USTAD SULTAN KHAN

Earlier today, I gave "The Master" another spin.
I already talked about this excellent album by former Zappa collaborator Warren Cuccurullo and Indian sarangi master Ustad Sultan Khan when it came out, around June 2014.
(http://united-mutations.blogspot.be/2014/06/warren-cuccurullo-ustad-sultan-khan.html)

I have been playing it every now and then, but as I received a signed copy / surprise yesterday, I had the perfect reason to sit down and to give the album another listen.
This is really good.

Here's a very nice remix by Karsh Kale from the recent digital only "Psychedelic Planet" remix collection.


Available through Bandcamp.
http://sixdegreesrecords.bandcamp.com/album/six-degrees-records-psychedelic-planet

And here's me showing off my signed copy of "The Master"...


Wednesday, January 14, 2015

PIERRE VERVLOESEM IN CONCERT IN BRUSSELS 15 JAN 2015

Pierre Vervloesem's SIMPLE
in concert
15/01/2015
at
LE BAR DU MATIN
172 chaussée d’Alsemberg / Alsembergsesteenweg
1190 Forest / Vorst (Brussels)
Belgium




Tuesday, January 13, 2015

LAUGHING BASTARDS' NEW ALBUM TEASER


Laughing Bastards' NEW ALBUM Teaser: Matteo

with Lander Gyselinck, who plays the drums in Pieter Claus's Sinister Sister / Zappa Project.



THE ARISTROCRATS' "CULTURE CLASH" CD/DVD PREVIEW


The Aristocrats - "Culture Clash" - Full Song CD/DVD Preview




FIDO PLAYS ZAPPA IN CONCERT IN STUTTGART AND IN LÖRRACH


Fido Plays Zappa

Kicking off their tour with two concerts in Germany


  • 21. Jan 15 - DE-Stuttgart, BIX Jazzclub
  • 22. Jan 15 - DE-Lörrach, Burghof



ANOTHER SUN RA DIGITAL RELEASE

From the Saturn newsgroup,
A message from Irwin Chusid


The latest digital release from the Sun Ra Music Archive is I ROAM THE COSMOS by Sun Ra and June Tyson, with the Arkestra.

Available here: http://bit.ly/1xziTeW

Good news and bad news. The bad news: there's only one great track on the album. The good news: it's the ONLY track on the album. "I Roam the Cosmos" is a 51-minute cosmo-drama call & response between Sunny and June, backed by the Arkestra, recorded in 1972 at Slug's Saloon, NYC. Mastered 24-bit from the original tape, exclusively for iTunes.

It's a raw, soulful performance, discovered by Michael D. Anderson of the SRMA. To the best of our knowledge (and we've conferred with three Ra authorities), this track has never been issued in any form. It is NOT the same composition as "We Roam the Cosmos." It is constructed on the "Discipline 27-II" bed, over which Ra declaims and June echoes & amplifies. The personnel is guesstimated, again with input from a few Ra scholars.

It is unlikely we will release this on LP because it would require artificially dividing a continuous 51-minute piece. However, we're looking into CD release.

Celestial Love is also now available in remastered form, but I'll cover that in a separate post.
http://bit.ly/1HCM7N5
Ra to the Rescue currently undergoing restoration, probable release in February.

Irwin

Full digital catalog: http://iTunes.com/SunRaMusic
(Above new releases are in the store at the links but not presently displayed in the full catalog.)


THE YELLOW SNOW CRYSTALS IN CONCERT IN DUISBURG, 15. JAN 2015


THE YELLOW SNOW CRYSTALS 
live in Duisburg @ Grammatikoff
15.1.2015 19.30h

THE YELLOW SNOW CRYSTALS
PAUL HUBWEBER Trombone, Vocals
ALEX MORSEY Double Bass, Sousaphone, Guembri, Vocals
SIMON CAMATTA Drums, Vocals
GERHARD HORRIAR Vocals, Narration
MARTIN VERBORG Saxofone, Violin, Vocals



Thursday, January 8, 2015

LISA POPEIL AND WEIRD AL YANKOVIC

Here's Lisa Popeil, singing background on Weird Al Yankovic's 'Tacky'.
(Lisa did the vocals on Zappa's 'Teen-Age Prostitute'.)

The video features
"Weird Al" Yankovic, Aisha Tyler, Margaret Cho, Eric Stonestreet, Kristen Schaal and Jack Black


And just for fun, here's Weird Al's Zappa tribute, from 2003.
With Dweezil Zappa on the guitar.





SUN RA - SPACE IS THE PLACE

http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/sitp

Pledgers' dowload of the soundtrack and of the digital book was made available last month.

Space Is The Place.
It will be a celebration in the form of a beautifully bound, limited edition hardcover book. It will contain the movie on DVD as well as a CD of the mighty soundtrack. And the other bonus material will include:

· New DVD commentary on the film from Producer Jim Newman
· Essays from Screenplay writer Josh Smith and Director John Coney
· A book introduction by Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips
· An interview with Ray Johnson (who played THE OVERSEER)
· Dozens of never before seen photos taken both on and off set during the making of the movie



NORTHERN SPY FESTIVITIES


2015 marks Northern Spy’s fifth year of existence. To celebrate, we’ll be rolling out news about some amazing concerts throughout the year. The first two installments will take place at the SUGARCUBE, an inflatable performance space at the South Street Seaport (NYC). On January 24th, we’re featuring an improv workshop with guitarist Marc Ribot and performances by Loren Connor’s Haunted House and Ribot’s Ceramic Dog. On January 31st, we’re presenting a workshop and performance by none other than Marshall Allen and the Sun Ra Arkestra.

NORTHERN SPY
Fulton Street and Front Street
South Street Seaport
New York, NY 10038

http://northernspyrecords.com/northern-spy-celebrates-5-years-with-sun-ra-and-marc-ribot-at-the-south-street-seaport/



LAZULI UK TOUR 2014

Lazuli did a short tour in the UK.
Here's some snippets.

LAZULI UK TOUR 2014 les courants ascendants



LAZULI UK TOUR 2014 "7 garçons dans le van"
Montage vidéo du périple de Lazuli au pays des Beatles du 24 novembre au 2 décembre.
Video editing of the fabulous trip of Lazuli to the country of the Beatles from 24th November to 2th December.




Wednesday, January 7, 2015

Tuesday, January 6, 2015

JAY PHLITMAN AND KIM KANG - MONSTERS

Last Sunday, I gave "Monsters" another spin.
"Monsters" got released by Jay Phlitman and Kim Kang about half a year ago.
On vinyl. Limited to 220 copies and each copy with a different album cover.

26 short stories about monsters.
Complete madness.
Funny as hell.



SUN RA DIGITAL RELEASES

from the Saturn newsgroup:
a message from Irwin Chusic

Michael D. Anderson and I have been remiss in notifying the list about new Sun Ra digital releases thru the Mastered for iTunes program over the past six months. I will cover them in two emails, and will include links to the iTunes releases, which are high-quality AAC+ 24-bit audio and include free pdf booklets with full album downloads. We had accorded iTunes exclusivity thru the end of 2014 only; as of January 1, all these releases should now be available thru other digital music retailers — but only in mp3 format, and without the pdf booklets.

We have noted occasional gripes against iTunes for various reasons (technical, ethical, economic). All we can say is, without the editor at iTunes who first proposed this massive reissue project (because he's a huge Sun Ra fan), in all likelihood none of these releases would exist in upgraded digital format, and none of the previously unreleased material (including complete reissues of Saturn albums which had been overlooked) would be on the market. That editor (who prefers to remain anonymous) opened the floodgates.

We have signed a deal with Virtual Distribution to release LPs and CDs. However, we have not yet established a release schedule, because we're discussing how to establish a foothold in a market awash with Scorpio's cheap and inferior bootleg vinyl.

We are deeply indebted to a number of Ra scholars who have been helpful in providing info about personnel, recording dates and locations; advice on previous incarnations of particular tracks; tapes and vinyl transfers; cover art; and encouragement. In no particular order, we thank: Christopher Trent, Peter Dennett, Christopher Eddy, John Sudduth, Robert Campbell, John Szwed, Phast Phreddie Patterson; Gilbert Hsiao; Paul Griffiths; and Alan Nahigian. The folks at Strut and !K7 have been a delight to work with on In the Orbit of Ra. Thomas Jenkins, Jr., Sun Ra's nephew and managing member of Sun Ra LLC, deserves tremendous thanks for his cooperation and ceaseless encouragement. I met him in Atlanta in November, and he's a wonderful man for whom I have boundless respect.

-- Irwin Chusid

part 1

My Brother the Wind Vol. 1
http://bit.ly/1003art
Solo Moog recordings. Bonus track: the complete 17-minute "Space Probe," also on Moog, which had been released on Art Yard CD, but we did additional clean-up on the audio, and we think there's a perceptible improvement.

My Brother the Wind Vol. 2
http://bit.ly/1uJH1az
"Spaced out barbecue soul" and Moog experiments.

Secrets of the Sun
http://goo.gl/uA1slE
Bonus tracks: Reflects Motion Parts 1 and 3; Project Black Mass

Continuation Vol. 1
http://bit.ly/ZdWlmm
Previously reissued on CD by Corbett vs Dempsey, we did additional cleanup on this album and Vol. 2 below.

Continuation Vol. 2
http://bit.ly/1DySnEA
LOTS of additional cleanup on this; much improved over the CvD CD. We also dropped two tracks on the CD which were identical to two tracks on When Sun Comes Out with different titles (Endlessness = The Rainmaker; Red Planet Mars = When Sun Comes Out).

We also reissued (remastered from pristine vinyl; no tapes available):
Sun Ra Quartet: New Steps
Sun Ra Quartet: Other Voices, Other Blues
Sun Ra & Arkestra: The Other Side of the Sun
Roz Croney: How Low Can You Go (limbo album w/SR & various Arkestra members)

part 2

All of these have been remastered, and we trust they sound better than previous CD, LP, and/or digital issues.

Art Forms Dimensions of Tomorrow
http://bit.ly/1wBBcim
"Cluster of Galaxies" = complete version; bonus track: "Chicago, Southside."

Magic City - Stereo
http://bit.ly/1oikDBq
We had originally released the title track (all 28 minutes) in mono, because that's all we had. But Christopher Trent discovered a stereo mix, which is radically different (and one minute shorter!) than the mono. We removed the mono track and replaced it with the stereo last summer, but neglected to notify the list. The entire album is now full stereo.

A Fireside Chat with Lucifer
http://bit.ly/1tVGJOM
First reissue of the lengthy title track. Other tracks from Fireside Chat had later appeared on Nuclear War and Celestial Love. The track "Nuclear War" now appears on Fireside Chat, as we have copied the Saturn track sequence. The rest of the Nuclear War CD tracks are being included on a full reissue of Celestial Love (which will be one of our first 2015 releases).

Voice of the Eternal Tomorrow
http://bit.ly/1BQBPt6
Live 1980 album recorded at NYC's Squat Theater. Eternal Tomorrow, which had also been released on Saturn under the title Rose Hue Mansions of the Sun, has never been reissued in any format. The music is confrontational, defiant, and studded with explosive outbursts.

Night of the Purple Moon
http://bit.ly/1vkKbFX
Full album with alternate takes of the title track and "Love in Outer Space." Sun Ra's "psychedelic rock" album, failed to knock Iron Butterfly off the charts.

Sub Underground #1
http://bit.ly/1qvoq4G
Thanks to Peter Dennett and Paul Griffiths for providing a tape transfer of "Cosmo-Earth Fantasy," which had first been issued on Art Yard CD. We did additional clean-up on this track. "World of Africa" was discovered by Michael Anderson (two takes, actually) and sounds far superior to any previous version. Despite claims that this album was "recorded live" at Temple U in 1974, subsequent research by Griffiths points to 1968 recording dates for "Cosmo-Earth" and "World of Africa." The other two tracks were probably recorded at Temple in '74, but not in concert (there is no audience). Michael D. Anderson, who attended Temple, believes they were recorded in the chapel, which served as a makeshift performance space.


Full catalog (some of the above are not yet posted on the Sun Ra page):
http://iTunes.com/SunRaMusic

Coming in 2015: I Roam the Cosmos (world premiere); Celestial Love; Ra to the Rescue; Live at the Pit Inn; Cymbals; and some surprises.


Monday, January 5, 2015

A MESSAGE FROM ED PALERMO



Folks, the third week of January 2015 is going to be insane.

First and foremost, the Ed Palermo Big Band comes to WORLD CAFE LIVE in Philadelphia-Thursday, January 15 http://tickets.worldcafelive.com/downstairs

I’m working feverishly on this show as I type these words. Philly is my old stomping ground, having seen MANY of the bands that I pay tribute to to this day.
Of course, ZAPPA will be the focus on January 15 at WORLD CAFE LIVE.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 17-Napoelon Murphy Brock makes his return to NYC’s Iridium night club. My big band will be sizzling hot just 2 days after our Philadelphia gig. The match-up of my band and Napoleon is like no other!
http://theiridium.com

Again, the focus will be Zappa with some Todd Rundgren thrown in.

SUNDAY, JANUARY 18-IRIDIUM-The Ed Palermo Big Band featuring Rob Paparozzi debuts their new cd release, ELECTRIC BUTTER- the music of PAUL BUTTERFIELD AND MIKE BLOOMFIELD.

This is our official CD release party!

Finally, there’s the FALCON on SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7. Just a week and a half ago, we played our annual Christmas show there. I hope that all of you get to watch the video of that show. It was one of our best. I believe the zappateer website may have it.

The Feb 7 Falcon show will be a “theme show”, but it’s going to be a surprise.

So, there you have it. Sorry for the long email but at least now you won’t hear from me until March:)

Thx so much to all of you who bought my OH NO, NOT JAZZ t shirts and ELECTRIC BUTTER cds! I have plenty left of both (along with my 4 Zappa tribute cds) so let me know if you’re interested.

HAPPY NEW YEAR, everybody!!

ed


THE Z3 - ZAPPANALE GERMANY 2013

Guitar, organ and drums.
Tim Palmieri, Beau Sasser and Bill Carbone.
The Z3.

This 2CD set shows what three top musicians can do with Frank Zappa's music.
Live at the 2013 edition of Zappanale.

This is fun. This is funky. Treating classic Zappa repertoire as jazz standards.
This is why I love jambands.



IKE WILLIS WITH ZAPPATIKA - LIVE IN LIVERPOOL

Zappatika invited Ike Willis to tour the U.K. last May.
The result can be heard on "Live In Liverpool".

  1. city of tiny lites
  2. stinkfoot
  3. lucille
  4. cosmik debris
  5. zoot allures
  6. the torture never stops
  7. i'm the slime
  8. wonderful wino
  9. camarillo brillo
  10. muffin man
  11. outside now

The download-only album also includes some pictures and two very interesting little movies: Ike solo performing John Lennon's 'You've Got To Hide Your Love Away', and Zappatika with Ike performing 'Filthy Habits'.
Very nice.

https://zappatika.bandcamp.com/album/live-in-liverpool


BACKBACK - BACKBACK

Last week, I mentioned the impressive Backback release on the El Negocito Records label.
I just added the data of Backback's 2006 debut album to the United Mutations Archives.

Filip Wauters: electric guitar and baritone guitar
Marc De Maeseneer: baritone sax, tenor sax, bassclarinet
Giovanni Barcella: drums

An excellent debut.




Sunday, January 4, 2015

BURT THE NERD


A message from Wolfram Klug :

My Album "Burt, the Nerd" wins the 2. place at the German Rock & Pop Award and my track "Clinic" wins the top spot Nr. 1. Categorie Jazz Rock. http://burt-the-nerd.com for more.




HENRY KAISER'S GROOVES OF MYSTERY


Henry Kaiser's Grooves Of Mystery did a concert at the Muse Club, May 24, 2002.
And they even played a Zappa tune !

Extra info at:
http://thehenrykaisercollection.blogspot.be/2013/12/henry-kaisers-grooves-of-mystery-live.html

Download the concert at:
http://somewhereelseandbeyond.blogspot.be/2012/09/the-henry-kaiser-collection_2647.html
(but make sure that you have your virus scanner up and running !!)

SOUNDCHECK
The Same Thing (2:27)*
Obligatory Blues (3:06)*
Cardova (4:01)*

SET 1
(Unknown 1) (6:18)
West Coast Salegy (7:25)
The Fishin' Hole (9:23)*
Cardova (6:22)*
Obligatory Blues (5:11)*
Play With Fire (11:24)*
A Good Talking To (3:32)*
(Banter) (0:54)
Watermelon In Easter Hay (7:23)*
Red Hills Of Rwanda (9:31)*
The Same Thing (8:17)
I'm So Glad (6:47)

SET 2
(Unknown 2) (7:19)
Right Off (12:06)
Sleepwalk (4:34)
Palace Of Love Theme (9:31)
(Unknown 3) (4:36)
Ife (10:21)
(Unknown 4) (7:22)


HENRY KAISER'S GROOVES OF MYSTERY
Henry Kaiser (guitar)
John Hanes (drums
)
Dave Jess (bass)
Casey (K.C.) Filson (keyboard)

plus guests:

*Scott Colby (slide guitar)

Freddie Roulette (pedal steel guitar - 2nd set only)

-- info: Danny Mathys

Saturday, January 3, 2015

FRANK OUT! PERFORMS THE MUSIC OF FRANK ZAPPA

Frank Out!
will be performing the music of Frank Zappa
live @ Dudelsack, Bad Kreuznach, Germany

Saturday, 17. January om 20:00 h


Friday, January 2, 2015

AMOR SUCIO - ANTOLOGIA



The "Antologia" 6CD-box got released by Hall Of Fame a couple of months ago. It includes the previously released albums, demos, and a live registration.
The set also includes two versions of Amor Sucio performing Frank Zappa's 'Dirty Love'. The first one from their "Total... 3" album, from 1993, the second version as part of the included concert.

Another addition to the Others Of Invention.


SPACE ORPHANS - LIVE - 4 SONGS

Searching for the Space Orphans vinyl album earlier this week, made me come across this promotional CDR that I received from Joe Nolan in 2013.
To my own amazement, I hadn't put the data in the United Mutations Archives.
So I gave the disc another spin and started typing.

This CDR (in a blue transparant sleeve) presents four tracks and I can't really read the handwriting on the label, but the first track is the Space Orphans doing a live version of Frank Zappa's 'Camarillo Brillo / Muffin Man'.


Here's 'Camarillo Brillo / Muffin Man' :



FRANK ZAPPA - ROAD TAPES VENUE #1/2

Here's the second part of Frank Zappa's "Road Tapes Venue 1" counterfeit vinyl bootleg album.
Also released on red vinyl in a limited edition of 150 copies.



QUEEN OF JAPAN - QUEEN OF JAPAN



Queen Of Japan recorded Frank Zappa's 'Bobby Brown' and released it on their 2001 album.
A nice addition to the Others Of Invention, bands recording the music of Frank Zappa.

The album's also out on CD:

  • queen of japan: nightlife in tokyo
        (2001, cd, autriche, angelika köhlermann) 



FRANK ZAPPA - ROAD TAPES VENUE #1/1

This is the first part of Zappa's "Road Tapes Venue #1" CD album, released as a counterfeit.
It has been produced in a limited edition of 150 copies, on red vinyl.
It got released in early 2014.




BOMA FAMILY - LIVE BIJ DE VIEZE GASTEN

Boma Family features Wouter Vandenabeele, Tom Theuns and Humble Grumble mastermind Gabor Vörös.

About 15 years ago, the three musicians lived together in the same house in Ghent in the Bomastraat, hence the name, Boma Family.
At the time, they performed in bands like Dearest Companion, Think Of One and Humble Grumble.

The three of them were invited to perform at the Sepsiszentgyorgy festival in Transsylvania in 2012, and the reunion was a fact.
Fans of twisted folk music should definitely check this out.

http://www.reverbnation.com/bomafamily

http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/BomaFamily




THE INTERGALACTIC MEDITATION ENSEMBLE

The Intergalactic Meditation Ensemble will be hosting a meditation session at the
Avant Garde Holistic Center
(Beauty Academy, Branford,  Connecticut)
on
Sunday, Jan 18, 2015,
at 19:30 h

The ensemble features Steve Chillemi on gongs and marimba, Nate Bixby on keyboards and Paul de la Reza and Ed Flynn on guitars.

Give them a listen on Soundcloud:





Thursday, January 1, 2015

NAKED WOLF - NAKED WOLF

November 2014, El Negocito Records released this eponymous album by Naked Wolf.
The front cover of the album reads "The room shaking with daemonic orchestras, the snatches of fearful sleep, the voices outside the window." which gives the unprepared listener an idea of what to expect.
Naked Wolf is an international sextet, featuring Yedo Gibson (Brazil) on reeds, Ofir Klemperer (Israel) on piano, ms20 and vocals, Felicity Provan (Australia) on trumpet and vocals, Mikael Szwafirowski (Finland) on electric guitar and percussion, Gerri Jäger (Austria) on drums and percussion, Luc Ex (The Netherlands) on acoustic bass, and Seb El Zin on vocals.

The music of Naked Wolf is experimental and improvised but does carry some catchy melodies and a danceable groove. Add some angular rhythms and some repetitive, hypnotic phrases and you'll get the idea.

This is right up my alley!

Out on El Negocito Records.
Check it out at http://elnegocito.bandcamp.com/album/naked-wolf




JACK BREWER AND SACCHARINE TRUST

August 27, 2014, I posted about a mix-tape that Kurt Cobain had made. It included some Zappa stuff.
It also included a mistake which has been corrected.

http://united-mutations.blogspot.be/2014/08/kurt-cobain-and-zappa.html

The tape includes Jack Brewer (of Saccharine Trust), and not Daniel Johnston as had been stated earlier, screaming about Satan.

Here's the original recording.

Saccharine Trust !


Saccharine Trust is a post-hardcore band from California that was started in 1980 by singer Jack Brewer and guitarist Joe Baiza. The band would frequently perform with SST labelmates Minutemen and Black Flag. Drummer Rob Holzman appeared on their 1981 debut Paganicons but left the band to play in Slovenly, replaced by drummer Tony Cicero. After a ten year hiatus, the band is back together and performing around the West Coast.  (2011)

FRANK ZAPPA - JOE'S CAMOUFLAGE


  • frank zappa: joe's camouflage
        (2014, lp-bootleg picture disc, ??, ??)

Here's another 2014 release that I brought home from a trip abroad.
A 12" vinyl picture disc bootleg of Zappa's "Joe's Camouflage".
400 copies made.