NEW SUN RA COMPILATION ALBUM RELEASED BY STRUT RECORDS

Entitled "In The Orbit Of Ra".

Read more here:
http://www.strut-records.com/deep-into-the-world-of-sun-ra/

PUDDING oO

Pudding oO

Adriaan Van De Velde : Keys
Bert Cools : Guitar
Dries Laheye : Bass
Stijn Cools : Drums

EDMAR CASTENADA

The Edmar Castaneda Trio


And here's Edmar Castaneda with Marcus Miller (on bass clarinet)

WOFO

Belgian ensemble WOFO is touring, performing the music of Raymond Scott !!

www.wofo.be

Here's a recording of a July 2013 concert.



Here's an original composition by Xavier Verhelst (= the bass player)

MORE ZAPPA ON VINYL

Frank Zappa's "Apostrophe (')" album will celebrate its fourthieth birthday with a 180 g vinyl release.

The Mothers' "Wollram Rink, Central Park, NYC" CD that I mentioned a little while ago, will also be made available as a vinyl album.

ZAPPERLOT ! A SHORT CHAT WITH ANTON BRÜSCHWEILER

ZAPPERLOT !
ANOTHER SHORT CHAT WITH ANTON BRÜSCHWEILER

About a year ago, I had a short chat with Anton Brüschweiler. He was scheduled to perform at Zappanale with his band, Anton And The Headcleaners, so  I sent him some questions. Not only was Anton kind enough to answer my e-mail, he also told me that he would be organising a brand-new festival in the Emmental region of Switzerland, called "Zapperlot!", in August 2014.

August 2014 has arrived and Zapperlot will indeed take place in about ten days: August 15, 16 and 17 in Schangnau, Emmental, Switzerland.

UniMuta : Dear Anton, I'm glad to hear that Zapperlot has become reality. How tough was it to get the necessary collaborators and funding together?

Anton Brüschweiler : We started with a crowdfunding through the internet. We were hoping to get 5,000 Franks together, but we ended with an incredible12,000 Franks (= about 10,000 Euro).
The support that we got was totally unexpected! It gave us a lot of power and motivation, but of course a festival of this dimensions needs a lot of money. Our team (12 people ) has been working on this project since 18 months. For free. And then on the 24th of July came the big shock: A flood, as one happens once every 300 years, came down the river Emme. The whole festival area was under water!

At first,  we thought, that we we have to cancel the festival. Fortunately, a huge wave of solidarity started: every day since the flood, there have been people helping us out. We had to move tons of sand and we did it !
The first Zapperlot!-Festival will happen as scheduled. It's a little miracle.

UniMuta :  That's good to hear. The Zapperlot program looks very promising. There's some familiar names: Mats and Morgan, Tarentatec, Inventionis Mater, Anton And The Headcleaners, Mörglbl, Fido Plays Zappa,... Was it difficult to convince them to play at Zapperlot?
Also, there's  quite a number of Swiss bands performing. Who will be the biggest surprise / who do we definitely need to catch?

Anton Brüschweiler : Switzerland has an incredible rich scene of progressive musicians and bands. The bands we booked are all excellent! One of my absolute favorites is "Cowboys from hell" The sax player has a sound like Jimi Hendrix.

UniMuta :  If my information is correct, Schangnau used to be the place where the "Out In The Kraut" festival took place years ago? Will Zapperlot be at the same location?

Anton Brüschweiler : Yes, you are absolutly right. It's the same place. I used to live there from 1995 until 1997 with my wife Arlette and my friend Dani Buri. After Arlette and me left the place, Dani started with the "Out in the Kraut" Festival. Since he is still living there, he is still the most important organizer in our festival-team.

UniMuta :  The Zapperlot festival has a fine website () in German, French and English, with lots of info regarding camping, a children 's program and much more :http://zapperlot-festival.ch/de/index.php

Still, I can imagine that there are people that need some extra convincing to come to Zapperlot. What would you like to say to them?

Anton Brüschweiler : What makes this festival unique is the place with the incredible beauty of the nature. And the friendly family like organization of the best festival-team of all times.

UniMuta : Sounds like a festival to visit. Thank you, Anton. See you very soon.

The Zapperlot! festival will take place in Schangnau, Emmental, Switzerland on August 15, 16 & 17.

http://zapperlot-festival.ch/de/index.php

Program Zapperlot 2014

Friday 15.8.14 (from 18.00 h)

• Moll und Fischer (CH)
• BPP-Benoit Piccand Project (feat. Morgan Agren) (CH,S)
• Mats/Morgan Band (S)
• AKKU Quintet
• Tarentatec plays aufrichtiges Zappa (D)
• DJ Tide (D)

Saturday 16.8.14 (from 13.00 h)

• Inventionis Mater (I)
• Öz Ürügülü (CH)
• Anton and the Headcleaners (CH)
• Cathy van Eck (NL)
• Mörglbl (F)
• Bones and Battery (CH)
• Fido plays Zappa (CH)
• DJ Electric (CH)

Sunday 17.8.14 (from10.30 h)

• Frauenjodlerchor Bumbach (CH)
• Christy Doran's New Bag (CH)
• Kamikaze CH)
• Cowboys From Hell (CH)

SUN RA - LIVE IN ULM 1992

• sun ra arkestra: live in ulm 1992
      (2014, 2cd, uk, leo records gy 30/31)

Leo Records has just released a new Sun Ra album : "Live In Ulm 1992".
It's a 2 CD-set and it sounds pretty good for an audience recording.
The show itself is excellent and includes a lot of classics.

Check it out.
http://www.leorecords.com/

THE RESIDENTS - WHATEVER HAPPENED TO VILENESS FATS / THE CENCUS TAKER

• the residents: whatever happened to vileness fats? / the census taker
      (2014, cd, usa, mvd)

MVD has just released "Whatever Happened To Vileness Fats? / The Census Taker".
"Vileness Fats" was the alleged 1972 movie by The Residents. The movie didn't survive, but the soundtrack did. It got released on vinyl in 1985 (and has one extra track compared to this CD edition?).
"The Census Taker" also got released on vinyl in 1985 and also was a soundtrack of a movie with the same name.
MVD has now put these two soundtracks on one CD.
Nice. Very nice.
Want to check out The Residents? This album is an excellent introduction.

CAPTAIN BEEFHEART - FULL MOON IN COWTOWN

• captain beefheart: full moon in cowtown
      (2014, cd, uk, iconography)

"Full Moon In Cowtown" presents the radio broadcast of the April 22, 1974, Kansas City concert.
Previously released on various bootlegs ("Crazy Little Things", "Captain Hook",...)

Out on Iconography and available from most retailers. If you need it, that is.

Data has been added to the United Mutations Archives.

JIM DVORAK, PAUL DUNMALL, MARK SANDERS & CHRIS MAPP - CHERRY PICKIN'

• jim dvorak, paul dunmall, mark sanders and chris mapp: cherry pickin'
      (2014, cd, uk, slam productions slamcd294)

Recorded in concert at the Birmingham Conservatoire in July 2013, Jim Dvorak, Paul Dunmall, Mark Sanders and Chris Mapp performed a track in which they quoted Frank Zappa's "It Can't Happen Here".
Actually, it's Jim Dvorak singing the lyrics.