KEEN - I DON'T LIKE THIS MUSIC

• keen: i don't like this music
  (????, cd, italy, kncd001)

I don't know much about this band. My best guess is that this is a private release by an italian quartet.
Garbriele Ferro on guitar and vocals, Sandro Berri also on guitar and vocals, massimiliano Miotto on bass and vocals, and Claudio Zerbo on drums and vocals.

The music is great: Frank Zappa & Steve Vai - inspired, mostly instrumental, mid-eighties (heavy) rock music.
Probably not the easiest album to find, but it's worth putting on your list.

Fun.

DWALMACAT 439

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

to enjoy

• RHYTHM AND SOUND featuring TIKIMAN – Ruffway


• BIG BUTTER – Silly cosmopolitan


• BLAINE L. REINIGER – Cowboy Elektra


• THE RAPTURE – Come back to me


• PANDA BEAR – Slow motion


• KEN NORDINE – A good year for spiders


• SPECIAL REQUEST – Salsa Smurf


• STEREOLAB – Space age bachelor pad music (foamy)


• JASMINA MASCHINA – Love you more and more


• LUCIA PAMELA – Indian alphabet chant (a-i-iddy-i-o-o-o)


• ARIF SAG – Golden


• POINT OF COLLAPSE – When worlds collide


• COLIN NEWMAN – Fish 9


• CARIBOU – Tits & ass: The great Canadian weekend


• BOOMBIP featuring DOSE ONE – Mannequin trapdoor I reminder


• CHET BAKER – Broken wing

LAZULI - AMNESIE

• lazuli: amnésie
  (2003, cd, france, eclats / musea)

Adding data and pictures of my favourite recordings to the United Mutations Archives, here's Lazuli's second album. Released in 2003, "Amnésie" shows what Azuli sounded like about 8 years ago.
Comparing this disc with the more recent releases, this is a less powerful, more poppy album.
Lots of electronics, samples and even some soundscapes. Still worth your attention.

FRANK ZAPPA - OPTIONAL ENTERTAINMENT BOOTLEG

A new Zappa bootleg has been spotted. "Bogus Box #4".
It's "Optional Entertainment", and it's a collection of 9 (nine) LPs.
Three different editions exist.
Here are the pictures of the seperate album release: a set of 9 vinyl albums, all on colored vinyl.

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PLANET D NONET - WE TRAVEL THE SPACEWAYS

This review needed a couple of modifications, so instead of changing the old entry, I made a new one (and deleted the previous one)

• planet d nonet: we travel the spaceways - the music of sun ra
  (2010, 2cd, usa, eastlawn records)

The Planet D Nonet is a Sun Ra tribute band from around Detroit (planet D). Founded in 2007, the band has done a series of annual Sun Ra tribute concerts, each time with a special guest.
In 2009 the band featured professor of Jazz Studies at the Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music, Dr.Salim Washington on oboe and on tenor sax.
In 2010, avant-garde saxophonist and ICP-member Kenny Millions guested with the band.

The Planet D Nonet is lead by James O’Donnell and RJ Spangler. In the liner notes, Rick Steiger and RJ Spangler explain how the both of them started listening to Sun Ra's music over thirty years ago. It’s a fine description of how they became Ra-ophiles, and how they started to play Sun Ra's music. A great story.

On "We Travel The Spaceways: The Music Of Sun Ra", the Planet D Nonet performs an exquisite selection of tunes.

Disc one opens with 'Velvet', a classic Sun Ra tune', followed by the Hobart Dotson penned 'You Never Told Me That You Cared' and 'Enlightenment'. We get beautiful arrangements with impressive solos. Side one continues with 'Interstellar Low Ways', another composition that emerged from the 1950's. This is my favourite track of side one. It has a perfect pace and, again, great solos, featuring Salim Washington.
Next up is (another excellent arrangement) of 'Love In Outer Space'. Both 'Love In Outer Space' and the subsequent 'Kingdom Of Not' were arranged by Brian Casey.
Disc one rounds up with another and quite different version of 'Interstellar Low Ways', and with a high-energy 'Ancient Aiethopia'.

Whereas disc one was recorded in 2010, disc two takes us back to 2009. Firm versions of 'Saturn' and 'Kingdom Of Not', plus the exuberant 'Ancient Aiethopia' set the tone. Again, excellent arrangements combined with fine solos.
'Love In Outer Space' and 'Lights On A Satellite' follow, and show the added value of Kenny Millions. This is great. Really great.
The party continues with a great swing version of 'King Porter Stomp / Big John Special'. And disc two ends with another vigorous 'Ancient Aiethopia'.

Fellow Saturnians, you really need to hear this.
"We Travel The Spaceways: The Music Of Sun Ra" is a great album.
This is a must-have.

This CD is available at CDBaby.com & Dusty Groove America.

CONLON NANCARROW

The German Wergo record label has released a new Conlon Nancarrow album: "As Fast As Possible" (WER 6733).

"American composer Conlon Nancarrow is best known for the groundbreaking compositions he wrote for player piano. Nancarrow was one of the first composers to use musical instruments as mechanical machines, making them play far beyond human performance ability. His central works in this new genre were the Studies for Player Piano, written between 1948 and 1992."

ZAPPANALE 2012

a message from the Arf Society regarding Zappanale 2012

Starting Shot for Zappanale 2012

Dear friends of good music,

just a couple of days ago we had the starting shot for Zappanale #23. The preparations for the pre-sale are going on high level, pre-sale will start in October. The first bands are already booked.

First of all here is the most important news you need for making plans:

Date: Wednesday, august 15th 2012 – Saturday, august 18th 2012
Place: Racetrack Bad Doberan !!!

Yes you’r right, the next Zappanale will end on Sunday morning. We don’t know up to now if there will be more performances on Sunday.

Yes you’r right again, Zappanale starts right away on Wednesday on the Racetrack. There won’t be any performances downtown Bad Doberan. We will start on Wednesday on the Truckstage. Concerts on the main stage will start already on Thursday.

Lectures will be held in the “Green Tent”, it will be much more comfortable for all of you to listen to Jim Cohen and Ben Watson while you are on the Racetrack.

Campinggrounds will already be open on Monday, august 13th 2012, so all of you will have the chance to make a whole week holiday on the beach in Bad Doberan.

Please note: The campingground is only open for festivalticket holders.

More information t.b.a – don’t forget to register for the newsletter.

Arf!

THE ZAPPANALE REPORT - PART 4

The great thing about the Zappanale warm-up parties / concerts, is that everybody knows that it’s the place to be. If you’re already in town on Wednesday or Thursday, you can do whatever you want, wherever you want, but late afternoon is the time to go to the Kamptheater.
Killmenoc kicked off Wednesday on the outside Truckstage, followed by Oozin Goo. I didn’t catch any Oozin Goo, however, as Chris Opperman was to do a (last minute announced) concert inside the Kamptheater.
Chris played a 40-minute set, and was joined by Elizabeth Cary on violin on a couple of tracks.

Chris Opperman: piano
Elizabeth Cary: violin on tracks 4, 5 & 6

• intro by Jim Cohen


• T. Williams


• Melodious Monk


• Sophia’s Dream


• Utviklingssang (Carla Bley)


• Miles Behind


• Dreams of Frank (Frank Zappa medley consisting of theme and variations of “Uncle Meat,” “Alien Orifice,” “The Black Page #2,” and “Sleep Dirt”)


• Helenesque


• solo piano improvisation called Tiny Peanuts


• solo piano improvisation on the first couple of movements of The Porpentine

For me, this was the real opener of the festival. We got to hear a very fine concert. Too bad that Elizabeth had a bit of trouble playing the beautiful ‘Miles Behind’, but other then that, a very fine concert.

Inside the Kamptheater, I also saw a video & soundcollage by Tonlast, in tribute to Don Van Vliet.
Unfortunately, the video snippets and pictures were a bit blurry. Disturbingly blurry, but I did like the soundscapes. I heard a lot of free jazz, noise, Residents-like music, and more. I’m not 100% sure that this was on Wednesday. Could have been Thursday as well...
Hot Fur was also scheduled to perform on Wednesday. Outside, on the Truckstage. And they did. And just didn’t catch any of it as I was talking to friends. From a distance, I could hear that they sounded pretty good and that they included at least one Zappa composition in their set.
End Day One.

BARNES & BARNES

Earlier today, Belgian cartoonist and painter Kamagurka and his daughter Sarah Yu talked music on Belgian national radio.
We were treated a dose of Zappa, Ween, The Butthole Surfers, and, Barnes & Barnes (with 'Fishheads')!

Barnes & Barnes' famous 1980 short film. Video digitized from the LaserDisc "Bizarre Music Television" (Rhino Video/Image Entertainment, 1992) with audio transferred from the digital soundtrack of the disc. Until this video sees an official DVD release or something similar, what you see here is as good as it will get.

Directed by Bill Paxton. Photographed by Rocky Schenck. Featuring Bill Paxton, Dr. Demento, Bill Mumy, and Robert Haimer.

CPT. CHEESE-BEARD IN CONCERT IN BRUSSELS ON 2011 11 05

On November 5th, Capt.Cheese-Beard & The 7 Sisters Of Prevention will play a showcase at the Atelier 210 performing Frank Zappa's work. This 2 hour concert will be recorded and filmed to be released on an official DVD early 2012. You could become part of this bold endeavor by attending the event and witnessing a great musical experience.

Atelier 210 chaussée Saint-Pierre 210, 1040 Brussels!

Saturday, November 5 · 21:00 - 23:30 h