KOENJI HYAKKEI - NIVRAYM

• koenjihyakkei: nivraym
  (2009, cd, usa, skin graft records)

Koenjihyakkei or Koenji Hyakkei is a Japanese avant-garde / progressive rock band.
The music of Koenji Hyakkei is often referred to as Zeuhl, which is a Kobaïan word, and Kobaïan is the language that Christian Vander invented for his band Magma.
In short, Zeuhl is used to describe the music of bands like Magma, Art Zoyd, Univers Zero and Ruins, to name a few. In fact, bandleader and drummer Tatsuya Yoshida was also the man behind Ruins.

"Nivryam" was the band's third album. It got released in 2001 on the Magaibutsu label.
A little while ago, Skin Graft Records re-released the album. The exceptional thing about this re-release is that music was added to the original recording. Present-day members Komori Keiko, Yabuki Taku and AH added sax, keyboards and vocals to the original music.

To be honest, I never heard the original release, but this re-release is mind-blowing.
Angular rhythms and melodies, impressive vocals in a made-up language.
Koenji Hyakkei produces an impressive mixture of very powerful and melodic progressive rock, avant-garde and fusion. Zeuhl, but also a lot of unmistakable Zappa-influences.
Fans of Zappa, Keneally, or Mats & Morgan should really check this out.
Very energetic. I love it.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED !!
Available from / distributed by Mandaï - http://www.mandai.be/

ZAPPANALE IN 2010

a message from the Arf Society concerning next year's Zappanale:

Dear friends of our small but unique festival,

there's no time to look back on what happened this year, there's need to
look forward to what happens next year! We all had so much fun this year that
we decided as soon as possible to make it again:

Zappanale 21
13.08. - 15.08.2010

We are thinking about to have another two days before, starting on 11.08.2010.
More information t.b.a. soon.

JOHN TRUBEE 2009 09 01

Trubee says: "OK, tell me how & where I am wrong about this... "


Stealing The Play
Copyright 2009 John Trubee

Imagine a schoolyard, the one in which we used to play as children--and in which we still ought to play as adults if we choose to live life completely.

Imagine a clot of the worst of our schoolmates approaching us to ask us to refrain from playing, and to instead sit in the bleachers and watch them play.

Imagine this arrogance trumped by the further arrogance of them next demanding pay from us for the honor of watching them play—play as we used to play, until we stupidly complied in handing our play over to these bratty thugs.

Imagine us growing fat and listless as we cease engaging in play, fun, and adventures, instead choosing to become pale, inert, listless spectators of life, observing our bratty inferiors monopolize all the fun, joy, sex, play, and excitement which we used to possess as our birthright as children of the earth.

Imagine us insanely revering the brats who stole our play, wasting vast portions our time, energy, and money focusing on their lives instead of our own.

Imagine us bonding with strangers by mutually discussing the activities of the bratty thieves of our play instead of our own activities and accomplishments which admittedly are few because we have pissed away too much of our time and energy focusing on the thieves of our play and because we sat passive and listless, merely spectating as the bratty thugs lived the best aspects of our lives for us.

This is my perspective on the entertainment industry and our relationship to it.



John Trubee
PO Box 4921
Santa Rosa, CA 95402 USA

SCHRIJVERS IN CONCERT

• 2009/09/11 "Schrijvers In Concert" with Remco Campert, Toon Tellegen & Corrie van Binsbergen and band - concert 'Thomaskerk', Amsterdam, NL

Starting the new season, Corrie van Binsbergen kicks off with another "Writer In Concert" performance. Writers Remco Campert and Toon Tellegen will read fragments of their work, accompagnied by Corrie van Binsbergen and band.
Fun !

SUN RA - SOMEWHERE ELSE

• sun ra: somewhere else
  (1993, cd, usa, rounder records)

Released in 1993 on Rounder Records, "Somewhere Else" presents recordings that Sun Ra & his Akrestra did in two New York City studios in 1988 & 1989.
The first thing that one will immediately notice, listening to this album, is the very fine quality of the recording. A lot of Sun Ra albums originate from live recordings and / or rare material from the 50's or 60's, resulting in interesting albums, but not always of the highest audio quality. This is not true for "Somewhere Else". The sound is great.

The music on this disc is superb. It's a perfect mixture of cool jazz, big band swing, fine arrangements and outer space solos. It even includes the fine vocals of June Tyson in 'Stardust For Tomorrow' and 'Everything Is Space'.

And last and certainly not least, "Somewhere Else" features Don Cherry (!!), John Gilmore and Marshall Allen, which makes this an historical event.

Highly recommended !!
An essential (outer space) element of your music collection.

ZAPPA'S COUGH DROPS COMMERCIAL

-- info & link: Kilissa Cissoko

Ed Seeman adds:
"I first met Frank when He was playing a steady gig at the Garrick Theater in Greenwich Village. I hired him to score a 30 second animated TV commercial I was animating and producing FOR LUDEN'S COUGH DROPS. He requested $2,000 plus a studio for a day with a wide variety of instruments plus a guy to do cough sounds."

R.I.P. THIERRY LEROY

I just read that Thierry Leroy took his own life about two weeks ago.

Thierry was the man behind the l'Alambic Electrique festival.

My thoughts are with his friends & family.

DWALMACAT RADIO 343

This week on the Dwalmacat radio show:

ACOUSTIC LADYLAND – Om Konz
FRANK ZAPPA – My guitar wants to kill your mama
PORTISHEAD – Nylon smile
CORNELIUS – The micro Disneycal world tour
HALF JAPANESE – I’m going to the zoo
MASTERS OF REALITY – Corpus scorpius electrified
MAGAZZINI CRIMINALI – Saigon luglio 1969
MARC RIBOT – First time every time
MATHEW JONSON – Marionette
DUCHESS SAYS – Ccut up
SARA GOES POP – In walked lance
THE RESIDENTS – Lights out
MAX ROUEN & ELVIS – Mijn haan is dood
PRIMAL SCREAM – Can’t go back
SJEF VAN OEKEL – Oh prachtvolle gloed dezer eeuw

Go to http://www.fmbrussel.be/programmas/dwalmacat.aspx
and click on "Luister".

RAINER TANKRED PAPPON TRIO IN CONCERT 2009 09 03

• 2009/09/03 Rainer Tankred Pappon Trio / AnnaRuth e os Visitantes / Feitos e Efeitos - concert Barra Funda, São Paulo, Brazil

Check out this little YouTube movie to see and hear what the RTP Trio is all about !!
RTP Trio at the Mind Expanding Festival in 2006

ZAPPATIKA NEWSFLASH 2009 08 27

Join us for the Zomby Woof Birthday Bash in Holland-October 17

Our guitar player (the big scary one,as opposed to the cute small one) Zomby Woof will be celebrating his birthday on Saturday October 17th and to commemoremmorate this momentous occasion we will do a show at a nice music venue called De Pul in a place called UDEN in Holland.

We expect to have one or two guests up on stage as well during the evening...more on that later....

As it is his day ,Zomby Woof will choose the set list so there will definitely be a lot of Zappa and we will certainly all do our best to play well, have a damn fine time,drink lots of damn fine beer, meet some damn fine women, have at least 2 hours of damn fine live music played by and listened to by some damn fine people !

YOU ARE ALL, OF COURSE, INVITED !

cheers

mcinnes
ZAPPATiKA