TERRY BOZZIO - COMPOSER SERIES

• terry bozzio: composer series
      (2015, 4cd + blu-ray, japan, ward records)

Superb.
One word. Superb.
This is not what I expected. No drum / percussion pieces this time but actual compositions that Terry composed on paper, on the piano, on the drum set or on the computer.
Each piece got linked to one of Terry paintings (all pictured in the (very impressive) booklet).
There's two discs with fusion music, a third one called "Classic" and number four, "Ambient".
The bonus blu-ray has Terry performing a drum solo at the Landmark Studio.

I love Terry's drum / percussion album, and this one's even more impressive.

Recommended !!

CABALLERO REYNADO - REYNALDO PLAYS ZAPPA?

• caballero reynaldo: reynaldo plays zappa
      (2016, cdr, spain, hall of fame records)

Caballero Reynaldo celebrates his 20 years anniversary with a tour and with a new album.
"Reynaldo Plays Zappa?" presents 13 tracks that were originally released on earlier Caballero Reynaldo albums, but that got a complete make-over for this new release.

Beautiful.
Frank Zappa compositions, performed by Luis G. and his cohorts, Rebeca Ibánez, Román García and Santiago Serrano.
In Spanish and in English.
I love it.

http://halloffame.es/

BLUTCH - MIEN ANA DODO / TO THE MOON AND BACK

• blutch: blutch 1 "mien ana dodo" / blutch 2 "to the moon and back"
      (2015, lp, bel, bananafishin' records 005)

info from Kangman :
BLUTCH is an improvised music project, founded by David Treesome and Kim Kang, organised at least once a year when a group of friends/musicians come together during a weekend to record music.
Here’s how it works: Everyone brings his own musical instruments, the musicians split up in groups of 2 or 3. Each pair gets 30 minutes to record one or more pieces of music onto a multitrack recorder. After their session is over a second pair can either add music to the first pair’s recordings or start a whole new track. During the course of the sessions each musician will have worked with all of the others, because after each session the pairs change. Also; sometimes all musicians jam at the same time or a musician goes solo. This process goes on until the end of the weekend. When all the recordings are finished Kim Kang takes on the incredible task of mixing all the different pieces, songs, cut-ups etc… into one session. The result can be a popsong, a bizarre soundscape or pure dada collages…

The first Blutch session took place in 1999.
Material from the first two sessions (recorded in October 1999 and June 2000) can be found on the first Blutch album.
Here's the back-cover, or the cover for "Blutch 2", if you like.

If you like improvised and experimental music, you should definitely check out this superb release.
Think Los Angeles Free Music Society or The Residents,

Adventurous (and funny) !

ANOTHER ZAPPA REFERENCE BY COMIC BOOK ARTIST MARC SLEEN

In album 127 of the "Nero" comic book series, "Doe De Petoe", main character Petoetje walks into a hallway that shows pictures of Frank Zappa, Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, Michael Jackson and Eddy Wally on the wall.
"Nero" is a classic Flemish newspaper comic series by Marc Sleen.

-- info: Kjell Knudde

PANCREAS

Contemporary classical / experimental music from Brazil.
"Mitose" by Pancreas.

Recorded in 2015.

https://soundcloud.com/pancreasmitose

This album, comprised of six works from a research that interconnects the passionate aspects of Shakespeare sonnets with religiously sourced African rhythms. Unlike the "immaculate condition" notably held by Christians, African beliefs are based on human archetypes. Orixas, like all of humanity, have an emotional response stirred by love, respect and, sometimes, possession. Counterpointed by a where the ego comes before the common good, well described and found in reasonable portion among mundane literature, including Shakespeare sonnets.

DWALMACAT 633

This week's Dwalmacat radio show.

https://www.mixcloud.com/Dwalmacat/dwalmacat-633/

THE CHILLS – Night of the chill blue
BATTLES – Leyendecker
ELEANOR FRIEDBERGER – He didn’t mention his mother
BOBB TRIMBLE – Premonitions (the fantasy)
COIL – Wrong eye
MASAKI – My tinware
WHITE STAINS – Let it be thus
NURSE WITH WOUND – The sensual sexual shoe
ENNIO MORRICONE – L’ultima diligenza di Red Rock (Version integrale)
CONDOR GRUPPE – Montenegro
GRAEME REVELL – The sleeping sickness
KRENG – Nerveuze man
17 PYGMIES – Icarus

FRANK ZAPPA IN THE MAGAZINES

rock & folk

(1967/11, magazine, france)
The November 1967 issue of Rock & Folk included a 5-page Frank Zappa interview by Philippe Rault.

rock & folk
(1978/02, magazine, france)
The February 1978 edition of Rock & Folk included a 6-page article on Frank Zappa by Jean-Marc Bailleux.

rock & folk
(1982/02, magazine, france)
The February 1982 issue of Rock & Folk included a 8-page article about Frank Zappa by Jean-Marc Bailleux.

CHARLES BOBUCK

Charles Bobuck, composer for The Residents, left the (touring) band last year to focus on his music.

His first solo album, "What Was Left Of Grandpa", still carried the * Residents * label.
His next album, "This", will be a Charles Bobuck release, collecting music from recent Residents projects and more.
To be released by Klang Galerie in February 2016.

THE RESIDENTS - STRANGE CULTURE / THE RIVERS OF HADES / HAECKEL'S TALE

• the residents: strange culture - the river of hades - haeckel's tale
      (2015, 2cdr, austria, klang galerie gg215)

This new Residents release (out on Klang Galerie) collects three Charles Bobuck projects : "Strange Culture", "The Rivers Of Hades" and "Haeckel's Tale".

"Strange Culture" and "Haeckel's Tale" were made available through the Residents web-shop in 2010. It was a download-only album in the "Film And Video Series".
"Rivers Of Hades" was previously released on CDR in 2011.
So you might have heard some (or all) of this music before, but this is its first CD release.

Dark and mysterious...

From the Klang Galerie website:
Residents music from 2007: Strange Culture (OST): In 2007, Director/artist Lynn Hershman-Leeson heard of a strange situation of an artist being arrested as a bioterrorist due to the fact that his “art” used harmless mold. She gathered a number of friends to make a film to bring more attention to the artist’s plight. Among the friends were Tilda Swinton and The Residents who had worked with Ms Hershman on her previous film, Conceiving Ada. The Rivers of Hades: An aural art piece, Chaos Is Not Just A Theory, was written by The Residents in 2007 to accompany the release of The Residents toy figures designed by Steve Cerio. The sound installation was not included in the final gallery presentation, however, and the essence of the much larger project was reduced to this piece, The Rivers of Hades. Haeckel’s Tale: The Showtime Channel has a long running horror TV series, Masters of Horror. The season included a Clive Barker story, Haeckel’s Tale. Director, John McNaughton (Henry, Portrait of a Serial Killer), was employed to oversee the project. McNaughton called in The Residents to score the film after having worked with them on a previous film, Condo Painting. For unknown reasons, the score was not used for the broadcast. Of these three 2007 projects overseen by Charles Bobuck, only The Rivers of Hades has been released on CDr in an extremely limited fan edition. This is the first release of Haeckel’s Tale and Strange Culture on CD.

http://www.klanggalerie.com/gg215

FRANK ZAPPA'S 200 MOTELS PROMO PICTURES

A couple of months ago, I picked up this huge cardboard box at a friend's place.
The box was filled with magazines, articles, press clippings, cassettes, etceteras... All related to Frank Zappa. A perfect gift for a Zappa freak like me. (Thanks again P. !!)

Every week or so, I've been taking stuff from the box. Not too much at once. That would spoil the fun.
Last week, I came across this set of promo pictures for Frank Zappa's "200 Motels", the movie.
I'm happy to share them here.
Eight pictures in all. Almost A3 in size. Black and white, and looking as if they are over 40 years old (which is okay as they actually are over 40 years old !).
Picture number 6 might look very familiar. This shot was used for the booklet / insert that came along with the 10 lp bootleg box "The History And Improvisations Of The Mothers..." on the Mud Shark label.

If everything works out fine, you should be able to click on the picture to enlarge it. Might even get you a new desktop image.

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