Dweezil Zappa says:
Hello Everyone!
After 4 long years, I'm pleased to announce that next Tuesday I will be able to share pre-sale ticket links for a 30 show US tour!
I have a new Rocking Teen-Age Combo and we are going to play a curated list of fan favorites in ways they've never been played.
1974 yielded Apostrophe and Roxy & Elsewhere so of course we will celebrate 50 years of fun and explore uncharted territory within those records.
2 drummers on stage? Don't threaten me with a good time!
Stay tuned to learn more each week!
A couple of years ago, "The Alternate Freak Out" appeared out of nowhere.
A Frank Zappa bootleg of "Freak Out" master tapes that were a bit different from the eventual 1966 release.
You can read more about it (and even download it) at :
https://upvhq.blogspot.com/2018/09/frank-zappathe-mothers-of-invention.html
Klanggalerie's deluxe reissue of Snakefinger's "Chewing Hides The Sound" arrived last week.
"Chewing Hides The Sound" came out in 1979 on Ralph Records. It includes classics such as his Kraftwerk cover "The Model", "What Wilbur?" and "Picnic In The Jungle". The songs on the album were co-written with The Residents. The music showcased Lithman's distinctive slide guitar playing and often surreal imagery. At the same time, a string of singles was released. All tracks that were exclusive to these releases are added as bonus tracks here. Very recently, a so far unknown remix of the whole album was discovered in the Residents' archive. It was made in 1987 in preparation for the Snakey Wake by The Residents and has never been published in any form. Klanggalerie are now proud to present you this lost gem for the first time ever.
My musical exploration of Darko The Super discography continues.
Another pair of amusing discoveries was made on Darko's "Watered Down Demon Fuzz", an album that Darko released in 2017 !
Track 9 on Darko The Super’s “Watered Down Demon Fuzz” album mentioned ‘Sleeping In A Jar’ in the lyrics.
Your sky all hung with Jewels
Dimensions through the stars
To a magic world
Sleeping in a jar
Track 12, ‘I Don’t Wanna Be’ referred to Suzy Creamcheese.
What happened to Suzy Cream Cheese
Digitally remastered memories
Ripped out my teeth so they won’t track me
And, yes, that's FZ's 'Dumb All Over'.
Next month, the Belgian W.E.R.F. record label will release an album by Nicolas Mortelmans, a Belgian sitar player.
Nicolas Mortelmans is a passionate sitar player and multi-instrumentalist from Antwerp, Belgium. Nicolas is a fusion sitar player and student of Indian classical music. In 2010, he bought his first sitar and left for India. He fell in love with the mystical sounds of the sitar and immersed himself in it. For the next 7 years, he went to India every winter to study the traditional way with different sitar masters. Since 2017, he has been trained by the world-renowned Anoushka Shankar.
The album features an impressive list of guests, including Roland Van Campenhout, Stef Kamil Carlens and Tim Vanhamel !
Intrigued? I sure was.
