CLUB D'ELF - MASADA

New piece / release by Club d'Elf !
'Masada'.

Masada is a spiritual journey inspired by a visit to an ancient fortress in southern Israel’s Judean Desert, close to the Dead Sea. Recorded live in the studio at Chillhouse with no overdubs, the track features the sintir (or guembri), a 3-string bass lute that comes from the Gnawa tradition of trance healers in Morocco. The earthy roots sound of this instrument is contrasted with turntable beats & samples, along with dub-inflected guitar and Fender Rhodes to create a trance-infused journey into the desert.

And when you're over at the Club d'Elf Bandcamp page, make sure to check out their "You Never Know" album with their magnificent version of FZ's 'King Kong'.

THE HI-FI ANXIETY FANZINE HAS AN ARTICLE ON ZAPPA'S "200 MOTELS" MOVIE

Hi-Fi Anxiety #22 has an article on the "200 Motels" movie.

Read more about it here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/zinesters/comments/188108t/hifi_anxiety_issue_22/

--info: Ive Hapers

AYNSLEY DUNBAR - BLUE WHALE

• Aynsley Dunbar: Blue Whale
      (2023, lp, Europe, byg)

Aynsley Dunbar first met Frank Zappa as a member of the Jeff Beck Group and solidified that meeting by jamming with FZ at the Belgian Amougies Festival in the fall of 1969.

Early 1970, Aynsley joined Zappa’s Mothers Of Invention. He recorded and toured with Zappa from 1970 until the end of 1971.

After having recorded four albums with his Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation Band, Aynsley started recording his “Blue Whale” project in 1970. The album included the Zappa-written ‘Willie The Pimp’, featuring Alex Dmochowski on bass. It got released in 1971 on the BYG label.
Re-released in 1978 on Charly Records and in 2021 on Ethelion.
Re-issued on CD for the first time in 1994.
Later in his career, Aynsley would record another FZ piece, ‘Chunga’s Revenge’. He released it on his “Mutiniy” album in 2008.

And now there's this 180 g vinyl re-issue on the BYG record label.
Released earlier this year.
The label’s logo is present on the top right corner of the album cover. The left side has a hype sticker “Official BYG Album – Newly Remastered – 180-gram Vinyl – Limited Edition”.

PATRICK ZIMMERLI ENSEMBLE - EXPANSION

• patrick zimmerli ensemble: expansion
      (2000, cd, canada, songlines)

Diving into the work of American saxophonist and composer Patrick Zimmerli, is quite an adventure.

On "Expansion", Patrick is joined by Ben Monder (guitar), Stomu Takeishi (bass), and Satoshi Takeishi (drums). The results is translated into 6 pieces that meander between contemporary classical music and jazz.
Nice. Very nice.

BLACK FLOWER

Some warehouse finds of Black Flower's smokey coloured vinyl "Magma" album have been made available on Bandcamp...

An amazing album.

ALAN JENKINS

Alan Jenkins' latest release does sound a bit familiar, doesn't it?

PROPELLER KUH

Propeller Kuh releases music through Bandcamp.
Two interesting pieces showed up recently !

op​.​163 Molto Vivace, a contemporary piano piece

Regierungskommuniqué, (Government communiqué) a collage of samples and music

 

UPCOMING CONCERTS BY THE ED PALERMO BIG BAND

Saturday, December 23, 2023, at The Falcon

Sunday, December 31, 2023, at The Falcon : 2 shows

Expect some Frank Zappa pieces in the setlist.

A MESSAGE FROM PIERREJEAN GAUCHER

Hello friends,
I'm happy to announce that the album 'Zappe Satie', released in 2021, has a little brother who will be available this weekend on Bandcamp (digital only and also on the usual platforms).
It's an EP of 6 previously unreleased tracks (around 15'00), recorded during the same sessions and with the same musicians.
If you liked 'Zappe Satie', you should enjoy this one 😉
See you soon then.
-- Pierrejean

https://pierrejeangaucher.bandcamp.com/

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