Sunday, January 1, 2023

THE OTHERS OF INVENTION IN 2022

Quite a number of releases fell into "The Others Of Invention" category in 2022.
Amazing tributes and some fine discoveries (plus a few disappointments...)
And there's still a couple that I didn't get hold of (yet).

Anything I missed? Let me know !

  • Vesa Aaltonen: Studio Live (CD)
    - incl. Peaches En Regalia
  • Ambrose Slade: Ballzy (LP reissue on turquoise vinyl)
    - incl. I Ain't Got No Heart
  • Hans Annéllsson: Goodly Odd (bandcamp DL)
    - mentioned FZ in the liner notes
  • Architects Of Hysteria: Música Para Inquietos (CD)
    - mentioned FZ in the liner notes
  • Architects Of Hysteria: Architects Of Hysteria (3CD)
    - mentioned FZ in the liner notes
  • Architects Of Hysteria: Tangerines & Banana (CD)
    - incl. the Zappa inspired 'Mamas & The Zappa's'
  • Anna Astesano and Valentina Ciardelli: [Ruutsu]: The Girls In The Magnesium Dress (CD)
    - incl. Blessed Relief
  • Babe Ruth: Darker Than Blue (3CD)
    - re-issue box with "First Base", incl. King Kong
  • Arthur Barrow: Channel Frank (Bandcamp DL)
    - Arthur's tribute to the music of FZ
  • Filippo Bellavia & The B Street Band: Zappa In Blues II (DL & CD)
    - all FZ pieces (download has one extra track)
  • Big Band Ritmo Sinfonica Citta De Verona: Freak Frank (CD)
    - all FZ pieces
  • Blossom Toes: If Only For A Moment (3CD)
    - bonus track (from Amougies) has FZ on guitar
  • BrickTop: BrickTop (Bandcamp DL)
    - incl. Zoot Allures
  • Buster And The AK-47s: Nature 2.0 (Bandcamp DL)
    - incl. The Torture Never Stops
  • Club d’Elf: You Never Know (DL, 2LP and CD)
    - incl. King Kong
  • Crash/Course: What The Fuck Happened In February ‘22 (Bandcamp DL)
    - incl. several tracks with Zappa samples
  • Matt DeMello: A Sidewalker’s Sweet Revenge (Bandcamp DL)
    - incl. Eat That Question
  • Divine Hand Orchestra: Aria 51 (CD)
    - incl. Peaches En Regalia
  • George Duke: The Best Of The MPS Years (2LP and CD)
    - incl. Love (fz on guitar) & Uncle Remus
  • Aynsley Dunbar: Blue Whale (CD)
    - Japanese re-issue, with obi
  • dvdmovies 123: Improvised Music (Bandcamp DL)
    - incl. Mr. Green Genes
  • Eidon: Franktasia (Bandcamp DL)
    - dedicated to FZ
  • Eidon: Franktasia (For Two Pianos) (Bandcamp DL)
    - alternate take, dedicated to FZ
  • Eidon: Franktasia (For Orchestral Percussion) (Bandcamp DL)
    - dedicated to FZ
  • Eidon: フラグマー 2 (Filthy Furaguma) (Bandcamp DL)
    - incl. Filthy Habits
  • Ensemble Musikfabrik feat. Napoleon Murphy Brock: Mystery Tracks (CDR promo EP)
    - all pieces by FZ
  • Flux Pavilion: Valley Girl (itunes audio and video)
    - 40th anniversary remix
  • Gabba Zappa Hey: Hey Punk & And If You Don’t Like It… (CDR promo)
    - (almost) all pieces by FZ
  • The Gatekeepers: The Gatekeepers (DL, CD, LP, LP blue vinyl)
    - incl. Who Are The Brain Police?
  • Norman Hartnett: Something Else (itunes)
    - incl. My Guitar Wants To Kill You Mama
  • Wolfram Klug Meets Yassmo’: Speaking To Ray (CD)
    - incl. several FZ pieces
  • Jonas Lindeborg: Zappa: Black Page (Spotify)
    - incl. The Black Page I & The Black Page II
  • Locksmith: Ghost Zappa (Bandcamp DL)
    - Zappa samples in several tracks
  • Gary Lucas: The Great Lost Gods And Monsters (CD, LP)
    - incl. King Strong (Gary's take on King Kong)
  • Connor McMullen: The Album (Bandcamp DL)
    - two tracks incl. Zappa samples
  • Connor McMullen: Does His Favourites (Bandcamp DL)
    - two tracks incl. Zappa samples
  • NakedEye Ensemble: A Series Of Indecipherable Glyphs (CD, DL)
    - incl. Sinister Footwear II
  • Mats Öberg & Napoleon Murphy Brock: Zappa Spielt Für Bach (CD)
    - the Hamburg concert with lots of FZ material
  • Rainer T. Pappon: Ninguém (DL, private release)
    - incl. Deathless Melon, a FZ tribute
  • Percussion Under Construction: Locked Down? (CD)
    - incl. The Black Page (2 versions)
  • Juanfe Pérez: Prohibido El Toque (CD)
    - incl. Twenty Small Cigars
  • Phish: 02.24.2022 Moon Palace Resort, Riviera Maya, MX (DL, 3CDR)
    - incl. Peaches En Regalia
  • Project Z: We’re Starving, Man (DL, private release)
    - all FZ pieces
  • The Six Million Dollar Guitar: Papaya In Easter Hay (Bandcamp DL)
    - incl. Watermelon In Easter Hay
  • The Thurston Lava Tube: Live In Canning Town 2008 (Bandcamp DL)
    - incl. several FZ pieces
  • Tyler Tuncer: Collection Of Recordings 2018 – 2022 (Amazon DL)
    - incl. What's The Ugliest part Of Your Body
  • The Vegetarians: Decovers (Bandcamp DL)
    - incl. Touch Me There, Amnerika
  • Pierre Vervloesem: Not Even Close – Remastered & Revised (Bandcamp DL)
    - incl. I Was A Teenage Z (2021) - refering to FZ
  • The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band: Part One (LP blue vinyl, LP orange vinyl)
    - re-issue, incl. Help I'm A Rock
  • We Used To Cut The Grass: DEVO Variations (Bandcamp DL)
    - band name = FZ reference
  • We Used To Cut The Grass: Shep’s Lounge (Bandcamp DL)
  • We Used To Cut The Grass: We Used To Cut The Grass #1 (Bandcamp DL)
  • Dweezil Zappa: Be-Bop Tango (Baby Giraffe) (Reward Music Platform DL)
  • Dweezil Zappa: U R Wut U Iz (Mini Concert) (RMP DL)
    - 6 song mini concert, all FZ pieces
  • Dweezil Zappa: 200 Bogus Motel Rooftops (RMP DL)
    = Bogus Pomp & 200 Motels
  • Dweezil Zappa: Zomby Woof 2.0 (RMP DL)
  • Dweezil Zappa: Leather Turkey (RMP DL)
    = Twinkle Tits & Dupree's Paradise
  • Dweezil Zappa: Orange County – Trouble Everyday (RMP DL)
  • Ziggy Pop: You Are What You Is (Spotify)
  • Various Artists: Dr Demento Covered In Punk (3LP black vinyl, 3LP punk pink splatter)
    - re-issues - incl. Dale Bozzio 'Disco Boy' & Meatmen 'My Guitar'
  • Various Artists: Masked Turnip Cyclophony (2LP white vinyl)
    - re-issue of cucamonga material
  • Various Artists: Wowie Zowie – A Frank Zappa Compilation (Bandcamp DL)
    - different bands performing FZ music


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