Here's a recording from a recent concert by the Sharp Eleven Electric Band.
The band performed "Donkey Dance", their new album, in concert at CC De Muze (BE).
Top fusion band, and from Belgium.
It looks like "Donkey Dance" has only been released on streaming platforms.
Here's Sharp Eleven Electric Band guitarist Timothy Pedone playing along with a Michael Brecker solo...
Dweezil Zappa's "Havin' A Bad Day" album got released in 1986.
I only recently learned that the album got released in Greece in 1987 as a "limited edition". That's also what the sticker says.
CD and LP available from their Bandcamp page:
Here's a more recent version of their classic: 'My Feet Can't Fail Me Know':
Earlier this week, I was alerted Sjoerd Bruil's "Cacator Cave Malum" album which resulted in a fine listening session.
Intriguing. Idiosyncratic. Hypnotic.
Loved it.
The story behind this album is quite amazing. Sjoerd Bruil (Mauro Pawlowski, Millionaire, Black Casette,...) reimagined a painting by Matthieu Ronse, translated it into music.
"Oil on canvas becomes grooves in wax."
Google told me that the album (and more material from Sjoerd Bruil) is available from :
https://black-cassette.bandcamp.com/
The Bandcamp page for the new Aristocrats album is already up !
Love that album cover.
Ambrose Slade's 1969 "Ballzy" album has been re-released on transparent turquoise vinyl.
Record Store Day 2022 release.
-- info: Philippe Lamoot
Fred has just returned from a tour in the U.K. and he's already scheduling another concert in a couple of days !
May 3, at "De Aap Van Bilderdijk" in Den Haag (The Hague), NL.
performing the music of Frank Zappa.
Brand-new release by Pierre Vervloesem and Marc Van Eyck.
Marc used to play drums on the first recordings of Pierre back in 1987...so after 35 years he came back naturally to Pierre with a series of drums patterns he recorded over the years for different projects and bands: : Asoha, Someday and In The Ginza (with Pierre), Largo, Studio Pagol...
Pierre added guitars, basses, keys, effects, mixing and producing.
The result is quite exotic running from India, to dub, to hell from jazz and Vervloesemesque typical music! Olé hop!
In my mind, a set of drum patterns is the perfect starting point for Pierre.
"Tamtams" is one beautiful exotic trip.
Thank you, Marc. Thank you, Pierre.
Love it !
Belgian band Bestiaal is releasing their third album, "Het Deert".
It will be out on Solidude Records and will feature Bart Maris as special guest !
Prince & The Revolution's "Live" album will be made available as
Eddie Pepitone - Lead Vocals
Robbie Mangano -background vocals, lead guitar, bass, piano
Ray Marchica - Drums
Carl Restivo - rhythm guitar
"The Flute" - Melissa Rivkin
Additional background vocals - Stacy Werdin
Produced, Edited, and Arranged by Robbie Seahag Mangano
https://pepmang.bandcamp.com/releases
One of those albums where the artwork gives away what to expect.
Re-released on CD by the Klanggalerie record label !
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Yesterday, the latest release by The Girls In The Magnesium Dress was made available on various streaming platforms.
Featuring Valentina Ciardelli (bass) and Anna Astesano (harp).
Tomorrow is the official date for the CD release.
The album includes Valentina's arrangement of Frank Zappa's 'Blessed Relief' as a bonus track.
I ordered my CD from Da Vinci Publishing a couple of minutes ago.
More info soon, as I eagerly await the CD to get the first listening session.
April 14, shortly after I bought this album on iTunes, Filippo wrote on Facebook :
Zappa in blues n.1 in Belgio!! Pazzesco. In un giorno. Non è che non esce più niente li?
Apparently, selling one (?) copy got "Zappa In Blues Vol.II" to the top of the sold blues albums in Belgium on that specific day.
Anyway, a fine album and you can buy it or stream it from your favourite platform.
All compositions by Frank Zappa.
Check it out.
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-residents-god-in-3-persons-video-shoot-in-sf#/
The Residents are creating a video based on their live performance of God in 3 Persons, their groundbreaking album originally released in 1988. The shoot is scheduled for Sunday, May 15 at the Presidio Theater in San Francisco, following their two live performances on May 13 and 14. Audience capacity for the video shoot is limited to 50 people, offering an extremely rare opportunity to witness the creative process of this legendary group in person.
A fine addition to The Others Of Invention.
Not being an expert on Estonian folk songs, I can only add that I like what I hear.
Three short, but very sweet songs, arranged for guitar.
The guitar has a beautiful tone and one can recognize the typical sound of Pierrejean immediately.
Subtitled "Guitar archives vol.1", one can only hope that this will be the start of a series.
Check it out :
Last year, Les Disques Bongo Joe released a compilation album entitled "Club Coco".
The album was put together by Coco Maria, who hosts a Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday radio show at Worldwide FM entitled "Breakfast Club Coco".
https://worldwidefm.net/collection/coco-maria
The "Club Coco" compilation got re-released on clear vinyl earlier this month.
My Czech friends did it again. This time, they published a beautiful paperback with Czech translations of FZ's lyrics.
From "Freak Out" to "Broadway The Hard Way".
Colour pictures of the album cover with some extra info, plus the complete lyrics both in English and in Czech.
483 pages, 26 x 22 cm
Limited edition of 100 copies
Finnish artist Marko Nakari has just released the third volume in his "Cartoons" series: "What Goes Up Must Come Down".
As Marko is in to Frank Zappa's music (he'll be part of the upcoming Zappanale exposition), I'm expecting FZ to appear in this volume !!
Fortunately, Marko's cartoons are in English.
Being a fan of underground comics and small press publications, I dug out a couple of issues of the Suuri Kurpitsa magazine only to admit that Finnish is way to hard to understand...
Which reminded me of the fact that I had included the work of Katja Tukiainen in the Formaline comic book anthology that I compiled for the Turnhout comics book festival over 25 years ago. I wonder what became of her.
Anyway, Marko's latest book is out.
More info soon !
A bit too late to watch it live, but earlier today, RADZ streamed a concert.
A series of online concerts in the spring of 2022 organized by the KORA art cube is aimed at supporting the music community of Ukraine, raising funds to support Ukrainians and representing contemporary Ukrainian art in the world.
April 15, 2022 (Friday) 18:00 Kyiv time (GMT+3)
Performance by "RADZ" – is a project by Dmytro and Serhii Radzetskyi, with which the brothers have developed a completely original product.
Radzetskyi’s Brother is leader of modern Ukrainian experimental and avant-garde scene. The brothers have participated in many festivals in the Ukraine, Germany, Poland, Czech, Slovakia, Netherland, Great Britain, Israel and the USA. They have graduated from the Conservatory as classical musicians and won international competitions for performers and composers. They are creators of unique musical instruments, as the 8- and 10-string MIDI RADZ guitar, which they successfully play at the concerts of all their projects.
The musical versatility allows them to constantly change the musical style and the number of musicians - from one to 80 performers: the brothers are founders of the first "Ukrainian Improvisers Orchestra" in Ukraine. Dmytro and Serhii have been collaborating and performing on stage with the following musicians: «KING CRIMSON» (Tony Levin, Pat Mastelotto, Markus Reuter), Phil Minton, Vyacheslav Ganelin, Vladimir Tarasov, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Ed Mann & Denny Walley (Frank Zappa Band), Fried Dahn (Ensemble Modern), Dan McCafferty (“Nazareth”), John Lawton (“Uriah Heep”), Graham Bonnet (“Alcatrazz”), “Bang On a Can All-Stars”, Fried Dahn (Ensemble Modern), Christopher Garcia (“The Grandmothers of Invention”), Ian “Jumpy” Jump (“The Muffin Men”).
Kora Late Night Show is the first Ukrainian series of online concerts showcasing modern academic, electronic and experimental music launched by the KORA art cube founders: composers and musicians Maksym Kolomiiets and Dmytro Radzetskyi.
This is a charity project, so our team will be extremely grateful for your donations that one can make before, during or after the live broadcast.
Around 46 minutes into the concert, the duo performed FZ's 'Echidna's Arf (Of You)'/
Paypal donations : radzguitar at gmail dot com
In case you need a copy,
Several on-line shops are offering the "Zappa - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack" 3 CD set, and the "Mothers 1970" 4 CD set at reduced prices.
April 25, 2022,
The Ed Palermo Big Band will perform the music of Frank Zappa, Todd Rundgren and more,
in concert
at The Iridium in NYC.
Tickets and info:
https://www.ticketweb.com/event/an-intimate-evening-with-ed-iridium-tickets/11620155
Thierry Mondelaers recorded and released "1685 mm tall" under the moniker Lemond around 2000.
I had never heard this album, so I was quite happy to learn that Off Records is making the album available through Bandcamp.
Beautiful songs, performed by a fine selection of musicians.
Passionate.
Love it.
Germana Stella La Sorca released "Vapour" last year. Her debut album.
It included an excellent version of FZ's 'Inca Roads'.
I don't know if the album is out on LP or on CD.
For now, I only came across a Bandcamp page, a YouTube link, and several streaming services.
YouTube:
Mike Miller Quintet, from a number of years ago.
What a line-up.
What a fantastic piece of music.
Latest news, from Steffen at Rockradio.de : the Zappanale pre-show in Hamburg will feature Mats Öberg and Napoleon Murphy Brock.
First part: Mats Öberg Plays Zappa
Second part: Mats Öberg & Napoleon Murphy Brock perform the music of Frank Zappa
You might know David Moss as the narrator of 'The Adventures Of Greggery Peccary" on the Ensemble Modern's "Greggery Peccary & Other Persuasions" album.
Issue # 146 of the Czech Frank Zappa Fan Club hit my mailbox last week.
News on the Fillmore box, an interview with Pauline Butcher, the FZ Stink-Foot comic by Solé & Gotlib, and a piece on Avo Raup's excellent "AFKA.net".
From zappa dot com
Three complete shows from the Vault based on appearances made in and around the Vaultmeister’s home town of Erie, PA: Edinboro College and Gannon University ’74 with Erie County Fieldhouse ’76.
Also includes bonus tracks from the same tours. Three separate band line-ups, newly mixed from the original 4-Track tapes by Craig Parker Adams and mastered by John Polito at Audio Mechanics. Historical essays by Dan Schell & Joe Travers.
Available to pre-order on 6CD Box Set with exclusive poster.
The late Phil Miller was part of the Canterbury scene, performing and recording with Hatfield And The North, and Matching Mole, to name two.
Fred Baker played bass in Phil Miller's In Cahoots project. But he also played guitar. And that's what the "Double Up" album is all about.
Actually, Phil Miller and Fred Baker recorded two albums together.
The first one, "Double Up", got released in 1992 on Crescent Records in the UK.
The second one was aptly called "Double Up 2".
The Burning Shed website adds:
"After releasing Double Up in 1992 the duo began work on a second album, but following Phil's death in 2017 the digital multitrack tapes were thought to be lost. Recently rediscovered and lovingly mixed by longtime associate Benj Lefevre, "Double Up 2" features stunning performances from Miller and Baker as they tackle their own intricate compositions and a favourite piece by keyboardist Alan Gowen."
A YouTube snippet:
According to Down Underground, Jim 'Jimmy' Gorden recorded a solo album in 1969.
(https://downunderground.blogspot.com/2022/04/jimmy-gordon-his-jazznpops-band-hog-fat.html)
Released on CD in Japan in 2018.
I guess this is the same Jim Gordon that recorded with Nolan Porter and with Frank Zappa !
(He's in prison, nowadays, but that's another story.)
-- info: Jan van Kemenade
Roadburn Festival
*** underground music ***
Tilburg, The Netherland
Wednesday April 20 until Sunday April 24, 2022.
Poil will be there. As well as Dans Dans.
But those are the only two bands that I know...
ZAÄAR:
Billy Cobham's 1974 "Croswwinds" album featured George Duke and the Brecker Brothers.
Check out that second track, 'Pleasant Pheasant'.
Manifesto Records is releasing another CD/DVD set of an Allan Holdsworth live performance.
It will be volume number six.
Live at the Jarasum International Jazz Festival in South Korea in 2014, with Jimmy Haslip on bass and Gary Husband on drums.
Should be nice.
Roxy Music, featuring Eddie Jobson, at the Hall Of Fame induction ceremony in 2019.
-- info: Harald Häring
Exactly one week ago, we went to see Intige Taluure and Mauro Pawlowski in concert.
Intige Taluure (fronted by Jean-Marie & Kim) would not only be presenting their "Poep De Disco" album, but also their collaboration with Mauro, "Newtons Flat Fidelity".
It's a rare occasion to see Intige Taluure in concert, so I took the entire family along. They did not know what to expect, but neither did I as Intige Taluure always succeeds in surprising the audience.
Intege Taluure opened the evening with a set of short and powerful pieces. Energetic, experimental at times, and at a safe distance from commercial success.
