Sunday, December 4, 2011

A MANDAI UPDATE

Belgian distributor and on-line shop Mandaï has some fine new releases in their catalogue.
www.mandai.be
On "Tres Cabecas Loucuras", the Sao Paulo Underground adds latin spices and electronic beats to snappy jazz lines. Party time.



Next up is the Cuneiform reissue of the famous Mats / Morgan "Live" album. Originally released in 2001, this album shows what Mats & Morgan are all about: a perfect mixture of angular rock and jazz. A must-have !! Just listen to this amazing little live clip.




Album number four of "Dead Cat Bounce" presents some fine jazz tunes: four saxophones, upright bass and drums. This swings !!

Here's a live version of the opening track of their latest "Chance Episodes".




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MILES DAVIS AT MONTREUX

The complete Miles Davis Montreux concerts have been released as a 10 DVD video box set, but also as a 20 DVD audio box set.
An impressive piece of history.
Zappa fans that need that little extra reason to buy one of these, or maybe even both boxes, should know that both George Duke and Tom Malone can be heard in these concerts. George Duke was a special guest in 1986 and performed on a couple of tracks, while Tom Malone (think Wazoo) can be heard as part of the Gil Evans Orchestra with whom Miles performed in 1991.
The video box also includes an interview with former Zappa sideman and jazz great Jean-Luc Ponty.





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HELIOS CREED - GALACTIC OCTOPI




Attentive readers might have noticed that the latest Dwalmacat radio show featured a track by Chrome, 'Pygmies In Zee Park'. When Chrome broke up in the early eighties, their guitar player, Helios Creed, started a solo career.
Both Chrome and Helios Creed do have a cult following, but it will not only be these fans that will like this album. On "Galactic Octopi", Helios Creed's distorted guitar takes a leading role. Mixed with a heavy drum beat and Residents-like narration, it will indeed take you to another planet.
Industrial Space Rock.
Out on Transparency.
Available on CD and on vinyl.

I like this.


The below clips offer 'Pygmies In Zee Park' by Chrome from 1978 (!!) and 'Star Streaker' from Helios Creed's "Galactic Octopi' (love that title). Check them out !!




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1993 12 04

Frank Zappa
December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993
american composer, songwriter, guitar player, band leader, record producer and film director.

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1993

Browsing the new Muffin Records Productions USA website, I found two releases that weren't mentioned in the United Mutations Archives. Both are compilation albums from 1993.


  • various artists: arezzo wave 1993
    (1993, 2cd, italy, big square records)
    This one includes a live Grandmothers track


  • various artists: zuckerfabrik - volume 2
    (1993, cd, ger, candy records)
    This album includes 2 tracks by The Muffin Men
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Saturday, December 3, 2011

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
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Thursday, December 1, 2011

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
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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/
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MACHINE MASS TRIO - AS REAL AS THINKING




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

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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:


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