R.I.P. BOB FOSKO

Bob Fosko, here on vocals, with Corrie En De Grote Brokken.

ED ROTH - MAD BEATNIK

• ed roth: mad beatnik
      (2016, cd, usa, warrior records)

Keyboard player Ed Roth released his second solo album in 2016.
It's a nice easy listening / jazz album and includes a track called 'Lumpy Gravy' but it's not the FZ composition. It's an Ed Roth original !!

UNDERKARL - MARATON

• underkarl: maraton
      (2001, cd, ger, private release) 

Underkarl is / was Sebastian Gramms's project.
Featuring Sebastian Gramms on double bass, Lömsch Lehman on reeds, Nils Wogram on trombone, Frank Windgold on guitar and Dirk-Peter Kölsch on drums, Underkarl released their first album in 1996.
Their third release, "Maraton", got recorded at the Jazzmarathon festival in Groningen, NL, in October 2000. It included a mash-up of 'Dancing Queen (Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, Stig Anderson) / Caravan (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Juan Tizol) / Eat That Question' (Frank Zappa)'.

Superb !!
The entire album is amazing. The mash-up with the Zappa track is just the icing on the cake.

This album was on my want list for quite a while...
Thanks again for this fine gift, J. !!

NIACIN - ORGANIK

• niacin: organik
      (2005, cd-promo, usa, magna carta)

Fusion band Niacin got founded in 1996 by Billy Sheenan, John Novello and Dennis Chambers. The band released numerous albums. Their 2005 "Organik" album included FZ's 'King Kong'.

I was happy to find the promo for this album recently.
It was just the booklet with the CD, with a black and white version of the label that had“For Promotion Only / Not for sale” printed on it.

UK BAND TREACHEROUS CRETINS DOES SHORT TOUR WITH NAPOLEON MURPHY BROCK

PIERRE VERVLOESEM - JOHN KOENIG 2020

Released originally in 2010, Pierre thought that it would be fun and exciting to re release a new version of the Album John Koenig for its tenth anniversary! There you are with John Koenig 2020 completely remixed and remastered. It's more fun, more powerful, more modern...it's John Koenig 2020!!!

NONA HENDRYX' TRIBUTE TO SUN RA

Tonight in New York City :

https://www.nonahendryx.com/news-1/2019/12/15/sun-ras-disciples-in-the-temple-of-dendur-with-nona-hendryx-metroplitan-museum-of-art-feb-2020

Nona Hendryx' tribute to Sun Ra

Sun Ra’s Disciples in The Temple of Dendur with Nona Hendryx (Metropolitan Museum of Art)

JUECHENG CHEN AND GENE PRITSKER - OPERATIC ELECTRIC

• juecheng chen and gene pritsker: operatic electric
      (2020, cd, usa, composers concordance records)

American contemporary composer Gene Pritsker keeps on exploring new paths. On "Operatic Electric", Gene teams up with countertenor Juechen 'Ju-eh' Cheng, a countertenor, to perform a series of classic arias.
Next to the re-worked and re-arranged classical pieces by  John Dowland, Henry Purcell, Sergei
Rachmaninoff, and Claudio Monteverdi, the duo also performs original compositions by Gene Pritsker.

Combining the classical male voice with electronics makes "Operatic Electric" an eclectic adventure.
I like it.

http://www.composersconcordance.com/

Here's a live performance of one of the pieces:

PRAED - DOOMSDAY SURVIVAL KIT

• praed: doomsday survival kit
      (2018, cd, france, akuphone)

A bit over a year ago, the French Akuphone label released the fourth album by Libanese duo Praed.

Four hypnotic, psychedelic tracks.

Raed Yassin: Synthesizers, Vocals, Electronics, Samples
Paed Conca: Clarinet, Electric bass, Electronics, Samples
guests:
- Fadi Tabbal: Guitar
- Hans Koch: Bass Clarinet, Tenor and Soprano Saxophone
- Walid Kamel: Keyboards
- Khalid il Soghayyar: Percussion

Artwork by Raphaelle Macaron  !!


-- info : Philippe Lamoot

MISSING PERSONS ANNOUNCE NEW STUDIO ALBUM

from GlassOnyon PR

'80s New Wave Icons MISSING PERSONS Featuring Vocalist DALE BOZZIO Announce New Studio Album And First Single!

Los Angeles, CA - New wave icons, and one of the most influential electronic musical acts of all-time, Missing Persons featuring original vocalist Dale Bozzio, are readying a new studio album. Bozzio's inimitable vocal style, as heard on such classics as “Words,” “Destination Unknown,” and “Walking In L.A.,” is the heart and soul of Dreaming, the astonishing new studio album of cover songs and original tunes. Produced by the multi-talented Adam Hamilton (David Hasselhoff / William Shatner), Dreaming offers lush keyboards and atmospheric interpretations of some classic rock/pop songs by fellow '80s legends The Cars, Joy Division, and The The as well as The Rolling Stones, The Mama's & The Papas, and more - all brought to life by Bozzio's unmistakable voice. The album also offers 3 original compositions - the dark and moody “Lipstick,” the haunting title track “Dreaming” and the compelling “This Time” - that demonstrate Missing Persons' relevance to the modern electronic scene.

Listen to the first single, a wildly imaginative and infectious cover of Strawberry Alarm Clock's '60s classic “Incense And Peppermints”:

https://www.goldminemag.com/news/audio-premiere-of-missing-persons-cover-of-incense-and-peppermints

Bozzio offers these thoughts on the making of the album saying “This was such an easy, breezy album to make, even though it’s been a long time coming. I think fans will really appreciate the sultriness of this direction of the music and the honesty of the vocals.”

Dreaming will be available on both CD and in a limited-edition PINK vinyl as well as on all digital platforms beginning March 20.

And watch for Bozzio’s exciting, tell-all autobiography “Life Is So Strange” coming later this year!

Track List:
1. California Dreamin'
2. Lipstick
3. Dreaming
4. We Gotta Get Out Of This Place
5. Playing With Fire
6. Just What I Needed
7. This Is The Day
8. Love Will Tear Us Apart
9. Images Of Heaven
10. Incense And Peppermints
11. This Time
12. In The Rain