ZPZ FEBRUARY 2012 DATES

A massage from Dweezil Zappa

Hello Friends,
We've been busy making touring plans for 2012. In the past the early part of the year has been downtime for us but not next year! We are happy to announce a special run of dates in February that take us up and down the west coast of California as well as a brief visit to Arizona. We're excited to be playing some new cities on this tour and look forward to making the shows memorable for all of you.

2012/02/10 San Luis Obispo, CA - SLO Brew
2012/02/11 San Diego, CA - House Of Blues
2012/02/12 Tucson, AZ - Rialto Theatre
2012/02/14 Anaheim, CA - House Of Blues
2012/02/15 Santa Cruz, CA - Rio Theatre
2012/02/16 Napa, CA - Uptown Theatre
2012/02/17 Chico, CA - El Rey Theater
2012/02/18 Sacramento, CA - Crest Theatre

In our continuing effort to present the variety and depth within Frank's musical compositions we are planning to premier more new material on this tour. More 60's, 70's and 80's FZ! Of course we still have a good amount of the well known classics we're ready to whip out as well!

Please keep an eye open and an ear tuned for other special announcements about additional dates, new projects and music that is coming soon as well! If we are able to do everything on our list, 2012 is going to be a very busy year for us and a good year to provide the "World's Finest Optional Entertainment"!
See you on the road very soon!
DZ

DWALMACAT 448

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

• BILLY CHILDISH – You are all phonys


• SNATCH – Joey


• NEGATIVLAND – A nice place to live


• PIERO UMILIANI – Power stations 1


• TALKING HEADS – Pulled up


• SIR JULIAN – Caravan


• TIPSY – Space golf


• HINT – Why the top ten sucks in 2002


• PEOPLE LIKE US – Morning, Pedro


• THE 49 AMERICANS – Beat up Russians


• THE RAPTURE – The jam


• CHROME – Pygmies in Zee Park


• SEBASTIAN ROCHFORD & PAMELIA KURSTIN – Hop


• NEW ORDER – Your silent face


• THE RESIDENTS – Stuck on you


• SMEGMA – Exotic hayride


• ALICE COLTRANE – Morning worship

MICHEL DELVILLE INTERVIEWED BY DENNIS REA

There's nothing like two musicians discussing music.
Here's Moraine's Dennis Rea interviewing Machine Mass Trio's Michel Delville.

http://moonjune.com/blog/10.31.11_interview_michel-delville/

MACHINE MASS TRIO - AS REAL AS THINKING

• machine mass trio: as real as thinking
  (2011, cd, usa, moonjune records)

The Machine Mass Trio has Tony Bianco on drums and percussion, Michel Delville on guitar, synth guitar and electronics, and Jordi Grognard on saxophone, clarinet, flute and more.

I'm quite familiar with Michel Delville's output and I was quite impressed by douBt, the previous collaboration by Tony Bianco an Michel Delville, but that hadn't prepared me for "As Real As Thinking".
On this album, The Machine Mass Trio mixes jazz-rock, experimental rock and jazz into a feast for the mind.

There's only three people and eight compositions on this album, but there's so much going on.
I really like Tony Bianco's drumming. He's got this great jazz groove that not only gives a lot of room to the other musicians, but that keeps it all together as well.
Michel Delville's guitar playing is exceptional. I knew that Michel could toy around with synth chords and soundscapes and that he could produce beautiful clouds of notes, but on "As Real As Thinking" he really pushes his limits. The guitar solos in 'Cuckoo' and in 'Let Go' are fantastic.
And then there's Jordi Grognard's fluent jazz lines that add the experimental jazz flavour to the whole.
I love it !!

With "As Real As Thinking" the Machine Mass Trio gives you a varied mix of experimental rock and jazz: angular melodies on groovy rhythms, impressive improvisations and great interactions.

Highly recommended !!
& out on Moonjune Records.

www.moonjune.com

Check out the samples at the band's MySpace site !!

http://www.myspace.com/machinemasstrio

G3 : 2012

Steve Vai, Joe Satriani and Steve Lukather are very excited to announce they will be touring in Australia and New Zealand early next year as G3: 2012! The group will also appear at "Australia's Byron Bay Blues Fest" following the tour.

A very limited number of "Guitar Secrets Experience" meet and greet packages are being offered on G3 2012's Australian & New Zealand tour dates. The "Platinum" Package will include a 30 minute Q&A "meet and greet" with Steve Vai & Joe Satriani, a ticket in the first five rows for that night's concert, an individual photo opportunity, an autograph signing & a special laminate. The "Gold" Package will include a concert ticket in the first 10 rows, an autographed poster, photograph with Steve Vai, Joe Satriani and Steve Lukather & a special laminate. For more information, visit the vai.com news page

Here are the current tour dates:

• 2012/03/24 - MICHAEL FOWLER CENTRE
  www.wellingtonconventioncentre.com


• 2012/03/25 - LOGAN CAMPBELL CENTRE
  www.asbshowgrounds.co.nz


• 2012/03/27 - ROYAL THEATRE
  www.nccc.com.au


• 2012/03/30 - HORDERN PAVILLION
  www.playbillvenues.com


• 2012/03/31 - PALAIS THEATRE
  www.palaistheatre.net.au


• 2012/04/03 - FESTIVAL THEATRE
  www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au


• 2012/04/05 - CONVENTION CENTRE
  www.bcec.com.au


• 2012/04/06 - BYRON BAY BLUESFEST
  www.bluesfest.com.au

FIDO GOES TO GERMANY (AND TO THE BENELUX)

Fido plays the music of Frank Zappa, and is pretty good at it.

The band is from Basel, Austria, and is scheduling a tour in Germany / Benelux between the 3rd and the 8th of April, 2012.
If you know a club or a promoter that might be interested, please send these guys a little message at fido@FiDOplaysZAPPA.com.

http://www.fidoplayszappa.com

http://www.myspace.com/fidoplayszappa

YELLOW SNOW FESTIVAL IN LARVIK NEXT FEBRUARY

Actually, it will already be the third edition this Zappa Festival in Larvik, Norway.
I'm not 100% sure, but I think that it's a two-day-event, and that it will be on Friday 2012/02/10 & Saturday 2012/02/11.

Latest news says that the following bands are expected.
And they'll all be playing the music of Frank Zappa...

* Chato
* Zappatime
* BongoFury
* The Norwegian brassensamble
* Larvikculturschool
* Tarentatec
* Muffin Men

and special guests Ike Willis and Denny Walley

NEW NAMES FOR ZAPPANALE #23

2012 08 01 - 2010 08 04 "Zappanale #23" festival,
Bad Doberan Germany

The latest Arf Newsletter says that the following bands probably will be playing at the next Zappanale festival

• Dead Dino Storage


• The Yellow Snow Crystals


• Jerry Outlaw & Friends


• Bogus Pomp


• Doctor Dark


• Quantum Fantay


• Jazzprojekt Hundehagen


• Motorpsycho


• Humble Grumble


• Yahozna

and maybe also

• Pojama People with Ike Willis

FRANK ZAPPA LIVE EVENT

Danish band FZLE (Frank Zappa Live Event) performed at Zappanale in 2006.
The band is still around and will be doing a concert shortly:

2011/12/26 concert 'Bornekulturhus', Amar, Denmark

-- info: Thomas Starvik (on FaceBook)

A MESSAGE FROM SPAYNSIVE PRODUCTIONS

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