OSTRICH VON NIPPLE AUDIO CLIPS

Want to check out Ostrich Von Nipple ?
Here's some audio clips !!

http://ostrichvonnipple.com/audio-ovn/

TAIVAANVUOHI - 1973

• taivaanvuohi: 1973
      (2016, lp, finland, swart records sre005)

A little while ago, I mentioned a CD-release on the Finnish Swart Records label that presented two bands: Wigwam and Taivaanvuohi. The album (CD) presented material that got recorded in the early seventies and that hadn't been released to date.
At the time of release of this CD, both the Wigwam and the Taivaanvuohi part got released on vinyl as well.
So here's the data for the vinyl edition of the Taivaanvuohi part of the "Poplisa 03/04" album. It also includes Taivaanvuohi performing Frank Zappa's 'Orange County Lumber Truck'.
Limited edition on colored (blue) vinyl. Comes with an insert and a poster.

Prog rock act Taivaanvuohi nearly released an album for Finland's Love Records in 1974, but called it quits before finishing the recording. Luckily enough, this 1973 live session survived in the archives of Finnish Broadcasting Corporation.

A fine addition to The Others Of Invention (artists performing the music of Frank Zappa).

RICHARD PINHAS AND BARRY CLEVELAND - MU

• richard pinhas and barry cleveland: mu
      (2016, usa, cd, cuneiform)

When two renowned guitar players team up, you just know that you have to pay attention.
The result of the collaboration between Richard Pinhas and Barry Cleveland is entitled "Mu" and it has just been released on the Cuneiform Records label.

Together with electric bass player Michael Manring and drummer Celso Alberti, the quartet has produced four beautiful pieces that could be described as soundscapes, infused with ambient, electronic and world music elements.

Check it out.

Out on Cuneiform
http://www.cuneiformrecords.com/

Available from Mandaï
www.mandai.be

NEW JEFF RICHMAN ALBUM FEATURES VINNIE COLAIUTA

Jeff Richman's brand-new "Sizzle" album features Vinnie Colaiuta on drums !

OSTRICH VON NIPPLE - QUALIFIES ABSURDITY

Yesterday, I was able to give the brand-new Ostric Von Nipple album a first listen.
I'm still recovering.

By releasing "OVN Qualifies Absurdity", Ostrich Von Nipple allows us another glimpse of his universe. With the help of r0b0t, Steve Moss and Nolan Cook, OVN keeps on pushing the boundaries.
In six tracks and 20 minutes you get a mixture of wacky melodies, noisy soundscapes and mutated lounge music.
My favourite track is 'Forbidden Pleasures', a short (but sweet) rhythmic exercise.

1. We wanna
2. Lounging Around
3. The Others
4. Forbidden Pleasures
5. Then What
6. The Bungler

The mini-album is presented on a 3"-CD and will be made available in two different edition by the Psychofon Records label in a couple of days.

Be sure to check it out.
https://www.psychofonrecords.com

ULTRAPHALLUS - THE ART OF SPECTRES

• ultraphallus: the art of spectres    (2016, cd, bel, sub rosa)

Belgian band Ultraphallus hails from Liège. "The Art Of Spectres" is their fourth album.

Ultraphallus defines their sound with some accents from different styles including Western Music, Death metal, Doom-Rock, Avant-garde Psychedelia and Electronic Soundtracks, as a tribute to Rock Culture.

I like this. There's seven dark and heavy tracks to be found on "The Art Of Spectres", including the band's rendition of 'Sinister Exaggerator', originally recorded by The Residents.

Available on CD and on vinyl !

Out on Sub Rosa
http://www.subrosa.net/en/catalogue/soundworks/ultraphallus.html

Available from Mandaï
www.mandai.be

THE RESIDENTS - DOUBLE TROUBLE

http://www.residents.com/doubletrouble/

From 1972-76, The Residents, inspired by Federico Fellini, The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari and Betty Boop cartoons, dumped nearly half a decade of creativity into Vileness Fats, a film they expected to become the ultimate underground movie of all time. It was never finished.

Fast forward forty years to 2016. The Residents have become inspired again, not to finish Vileness Fats, but to re-contextualize the original video into a brand new film, Double Trouble. In the new film, the time is 2023. Randy Rose, the group's singer has just died, and his son, Randy, Junior, a Catholic priest, is having a nightmare.

That's all you need to know.

Just make sure you scroll down the Double Trouble page to see the crowdfunding project for this movie.
Or click here : http://ralphsells2u.squarespace.com/

R.I.P. NIGEY LENNON

Nigey Lennon is the author of the book "My Time With Frank Zappa"

Nigey passed away Monday, November 14 due to complications from radiation therapy she received in 1998. She survived the cancer, but not the treatment. She thought she was fighting a virus, but instead she was fighting a battle she couldn't win.

Our thoughts go to her friends and family.

OLGA NEUWIRTH & ICI ENSEMBLE - WHO AM I ? / NO MORE

• olga neuwirth & ici ensemble: who am i ? / no more
      (2009, cd, ger, neos music) 

I recently received an e-mail from Brainpang in which he invited me to check out Olga Neuwirth's collaboration with the ICI Ensemble, saying that the album included a huge amount of FZ samples, word quotes and more.

In the meantime, I did find a copy of the CD and I'm blown away by it. Both of the pieces on this album are like amazing Zappa tributes.
Wowie Zowie !!

As a bit of side info, let me tell you that Olga Neuwirth worked with Pierre Boulez, David Lynch, The Ensemble Intercontemporain and with The Ensemble Modern.
And on this very 'Who Am I ? / No More' album, she plays the 'bicycle machine' (!!) and uses text fragments from Kafka's 'Lettre au Père'.

Check out this sample !!
I never thought I'd hear Pierre Boulez siren and the Batman theme in the same piece.

THE SOUND OF URCHIN - THE DIAMOND

• the sound of urchin: the diamond
      (2005, cd, usa, hybrid recordings hy20042)

Privately released in 2003 and re-released on the Hybrid Recordings record label, "The Diamond" was the second album by Brooklyn-based The Sound Of Urchin.
At the time, the band featured Robbie 'Seahag' Mangano on guitar and vocals.
Apparently, one of Seahag's bandmates in Project/Object, Jordan Shapiro, joined the band on a regular basis for concerts.

Straight-forward, alternative rock music.

Here's the title track :