United Mutations

Friday, February 13, 2026

SELAH SUE & THE GALLANDS

Selah Sue & The Gallands,
'Another Way'
from the upcoming album.

STEVE KIMOCK, BOBBY VEGA, ALAN HERTZ, AND RAY WHITE

KVHW = Steve Kimock, Bobby Vega, Alan Hertz, Ray White

The band existed only for a couple of years and released two CDs: "9/28/98 and 10/24/98" (also called "KVHW" or "Live In Concert") and "Live @ The Lip".
Next to these two, Steve Kimock made 9 digital-download-only albums available through his website: 4 albums with demos and 5 concert registrations.

Through the wonders of the internet, I recently got hold of "Live @ The Lip" which is the hard one to find.
What a band. And Ray White, what a voice !!

KVHW: 9/28/98 and 10/24/98
(1998, cd, USA, private release / KVHW)

KVHW: Live @ The Lip
(1999, cd, USA, private release / KVHW)

The other albums:

KVHW: KVHW 05.05.98 – Live From Studio E
(2005, download, --, steve kimock)
KVHW: KVHW 08.14.98 – Live From Studio E, Vol. 2
(2005, download, --, steve kimock)
KVHW: KVHW 01.14.99 – Live From Studio E, Vol. 3
(2005, download, --, steve kimock)
KVHW: KVHW 01.15.99 – Live From Studio E, Vol. 4
(2005, download, --, steve kimock)
KVHW: KVHW 09.18.98 – Maritime Hall – San Francisco, CA
(2005, download, --, steve kimock)
- incl. ‘City Of Tiny Lites’ (F. Zappa)
KVHW: KVHW 09.28.98 – Powerhouse Brewing Company, Sebastopol, CA
(2005, download, --, steve kimock)
- incl. ‘City Of Tiny Lites’ (F. Zappa)
KVHW: KVHW 02.26.99 – Fillmore – San Francisco, CA
(2005, download, --, steve kimock)
- incl. ‘City Of Tiny Lites’ (F. Zappa)
KVHW: KVHW 04.02.99 – Great American Music Hall – San Francisco, CA
(2005, download, --, steve kimock)
- incl. ‘City Of Tiny Lites’, ‘The Illinois Enema Bandit’ (F. Zappa)
KVHW: KVHW 04.03.99 – Great American Music Hall – San Francisco, CA
(2005, download, --, steve kimock)
KVHW: KVHW 12.03.99 – The Middle East – Cambridge, MA
(2005, download, --, steve kimock)
- incl. ‘City Of Tiny Lites’ (F. Zappa)

And for the less official part, there are of course a large amount of (excellent) audience concert recordings available as well. Both audio and video.

HAM SESSIONS OUTDOOR

May 23, 24 & 25 - 2026
Ham Sessions
Ghent, BELGIUM

23/05/2026

15u - HU! medium large
= Fil Caporali, Tom Bourgeois, Théo Lanau, Lucia Pires, Michel Hatzigeorgiou
17u - Gert-Jan Dreessen Quartet
= Gert-Jan Dreessen, Jean-Paul Estievenart, Bram De Looze, Cyrille Obermüller
19u - DON MARSH V
= Warre Van de Putte, Matthias De Waele, Janos Bruneel, Jean-Paul Estievenart

24/05/2026

15u - Le Monde Merveilleux de Pépito ft Alexandra Grimal
= Pierre-Antoine Savoyat, Simon Groppe, Fil Caporali, Oscar Georges, Alexandra Grimal
17u - PANOPLY (USA)
= John O’Gallagher, Michael Formanek, Jeff Williams
19u - Muze Jazz Orchestra (MJO)
= Lieven Cambré, Koen Nys, Bart De Lausnay, Jasper De Roeck, Gustavo Jaramillo, David La Mela, Tom Van Dyck, Jeroen Reggers, David Demuynck, Lennert Baerts

25/05/2026

15u - Toonmoment 3-daags Coaching Project Nate Wood door trio studenten van het KASK Conservatorium Gent
17u - Echoes of Zoo
= Nathan Daems, Bart Vervaeck, Lieven Van Pée, Falk Schrauwen
19u - NATE WOOD “fOUR”

Thursday, February 12, 2026

AL MUSTAQIL - MUSICA PLEBEA NELL'ERA DEL TECNOFEUDALESIMO

Al Mustaqil.

World music, but not the pretty kind.

Info from Mandaï:
https://www.mandai.be/info.php?id_mandai=53202

<a href="https://afoforomusicclub.bandcamp.com/album/musica-plebea-nellera-del-tecnofeudalesimo">MUSICA PLEBEA NELL'ERA DEL TECNOFEUDALESIMO by AL MUSTAQIL</a>

ERIC LEGNINI TRIO - MISS SOUL

Eric Legnini Trio: Miss Soul
(2005, cd France, label blue)

Earlier this week, I got introduced to the music of Belgian pianist Eric Legnini.
More specific to the Eric Legnini Trio's "Miss Soul" album.

Particularly cheerful and very energetic.
Original pieces plus some excellent tunes by Phineas Newbor Jr., by Björk (!!), and by Keith Jarrett.

Performed by Eric Legnini (piano); Matthias Allamane and Rosario Bonaccorso (bass), and Franck Agulhon (drums).

Lovely !

Here's 'The Memphis Dude', the opener:

TWO DEUS ALBUMS WILL GET A DELUXE RE-RELEASE

Belgian band dEUS sampled Frank Zappa’s ‘Little Umbrellas on ‘W.C.S. (First Draft)’ on their first album. It got released on vinyl, CD and on cassette in 1994.

The album is getting a deluxe re-issue next month. The 2 CD or 3 LP set will include lost B-sides and rarities.

"In A Bar Under The Sea" will get a similar treatment !

Both to be released in March.

Here's ‘W.C.S. (First Draft)’

JEFF BUCKLEY - LIVE AT SIN-E

To be released as a 4 LP set next to a 2 CD set: Jeff Buckley: "Live At Sin-E".

M.E.D., BLUE & MADLIB - BAD NEIGHBOR

M.E.D. , Blu & Madlib: Bad Neighbor
(2026, 2lp, USA, bang ya head) – black vinyl
(2026, 2lp, USA, bang ya head) – red vinyl

In 2015, hip-hoppers and MC’s M.E.D. (real name Nick Rodriguez), Blu (real name Johnson Barnes III) and Madlib (real name Otis Jackson Jr) released their collaboration, “Bad Neighbor”.
The album included ‘Get Money’, a track that ended with a snippet of FZ’s ‘Florentine Pogen’.

The album had already gotten a re-release in 2019 but it will get another re-release on black and on red vinyl to celebrate its 10th anniversary. To be released in March.