Browsing Ray White's entry at the United Mutations Archives, I noticed that I was still missing the data for one of his KVHW albums.
From early 1998 until December 1999, Ray toured and recorded with KVHW: Steve Kimock, Bobby Vega, Alan Hertz and Ray White, hence KVHW.
KVHW released two albums. A first one called "9/28/1998 And 10/24/1998", and a second one entitled "Live At The Lip". It seems that this second album was a CDR-release that was only made available on tour in 1999 and through the Jambase shop for about two weeks around the same time.
I did find a tracklist on the web, but I could sure use a nice scan of the album cover.
Or the actual album. It has been on want-list for almost 15 years now.
Wednesday, August 20, 2014
ELISA FISHER - IKE WILLIS MEETS THE CATHOLIC GIRLS
- elisa fisher: ike willis meets the catholic school girls
(2012, download, --, elisa fisher / aquarian)
Los Angeles based singer-songwriter Elisa Fisher released a download-only album in 2012 entitled "Ike Willis Meets The Catholic School Girls".
As one might expect Ike Willis took part in the recording of this album, as did his former Zappa-band colleague Ray White.
I haven't heard the album, but the soundsamples that can be found (on CDBaby) do not exactly sound zappa-esque... Furthermore, Ike can only be heard on two of the tracks and Ray just on one.
Data have been added to the United Mutations Archives.
Thanks to franktomatozappa from mentioning this release on the Zappateers forum.
ZAPPERLOT! 2014
Just got back from the Zapperlot! festival in Switzerland.
3 days of excellent music and friendly people.
Actually, we're back a little bit sooner than expected, but that's all due to the fact that one of us had a little accident descending the Riggisalp on a 'trottinette géante"...
(http://www.schwarzsee.ch/fr/aventure-trottinette-geante.html)
Nothing broken. Just a lot of bruises.
And, no, it wasn't me.
But Zapperlot! was nice. Very nice.
Let me get back to that later.
3 days of excellent music and friendly people.
Actually, we're back a little bit sooner than expected, but that's all due to the fact that one of us had a little accident descending the Riggisalp on a 'trottinette géante"...
(http://www.schwarzsee.ch/fr/aventure-trottinette-geante.html)
Nothing broken. Just a lot of bruises.
And, no, it wasn't me.
But Zapperlot! was nice. Very nice.
Let me get back to that later.
Sunday, August 10, 2014
AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR CHRIS RASCHKA MADE A CHILDREN'S BOOK ABOUT SUN RA
Chris Raschka has already written children's books on John Coltrane, Charlier Parker and Thelonious Monk.
Next up is a book about Sun Ra.
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/there-once-was-jazz-musician-saturn-180952112/?no-ist
Next up is a book about Sun Ra.
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/there-once-was-jazz-musician-saturn-180952112/?no-ist
THE SUN RA ARKESTRA - LIVE IN NICKELSDORF 1984
- sun ra arkestra: live in nickelsdorf 1984
(2014, 3cd, austria, trost 118)
This 3 CD set is a recording of the complete concert. And it's an excellent concert, if I may say so.
Great tunes and fine improvisations.
Stunning artwork.
Out on the Trost record label.
Here's a more recent performance of 'Discipline 27-II', The Sun Ra Arkestra under the direction of Marshal Allan.
THE RESIDENTS - THE HIGHWAY
- the residents: walk-in for shadowland - the highway
(2014, cd, usa, the cryptic corporation)
"The Residents present A Charles Bobuck Contraption - The Highway".
6 tracks.
Walk-in music for the Shadowland concerts.
Percussive patterns and soundscapes.
Beautiful.
The liner notes (translated from Spanish) say something like:
"The highway.
Many decades ago, I hitchhiked from my childhood home in Texas to my new home in San Francisco. The dramatic desert landscape fascinated me and I then decided that the trip would be a good source for a musical interpretation.
Unfortunately, the music that I wrote did not represent the journey so I abandoned the idea long ago.
This is not the music that I wrote at that time. But I find it convenient to pretend that it is."
-- Carlos Bobuck
Saturday, August 9, 2014
A GARY LUCAS UPDATE
Gary Lucas' latest project is called "Fleischerei".
It puts the music of Max Fleischer in the spotlight.
It puts the music of Max Fleischer in the spotlight.
Fleischerei: Music from Max Fleischer's Betty Boop & Popeye Cartoons
Gary Lucas- 1946 Gibson J-45 acoustic
Sarah Stiles ("Into the Woods")--vocals
Joe Fiedler (Fast 'N' Bulbous)--trombone & ensemble arrangements
Sarah Stiles ("Into the Woods")--vocals
Joe Fiedler (Fast 'N' Bulbous)--trombone & ensemble arrangements
with Jeff Lederer-reeds Rob Jost--acoustic bass Michael Sarin--drums
SUN RA ON ITUNES
Is there a better way to compare the new iTunes releases with the original recordings?
from the Saturn newsgroup :
from the Saturn newsgroup :
Sun
Ra Arkive continues its review and mastering comparison of the new 2014
"Mastered for iTunes" releases via iTunes, with our next installment of
4 titles. Michael "The Good Doctor" Anderson (http://sunraarchive.webstarts.com/), Irwin Chusid (http://irwin.wfmu.org/),
and Sun Ra LLC utilized new hi-res transfers from the master tapes
where available and, as you can hear, the results are a uniformly
excellent improvement from previous releases of this music.
Buy the Official Sun Ra iTunes Remasters at https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/sun-ra/id72824
Sun Ra Mastering comparison for Astro Black from Astro Black (19720507 RLC2 192 El Saturn Studios; Chicago, IL)
00:00:00 - 04:46:00 ABC/Impulse LP
04:46:00 - 10:54:00 Mastered for iTunes Remaster 2014
http://www.mixcloud.com/SunRaArkive/sun-ra-mastering-comparison-for-black-man-from-universe-in-blue/
Sun
Ra Mastering comparison for Black Man from Universe In Blue [19710800
RLC2 179 El Saturn Records ESR 200 Probably recorded at Slugs Saloon;
New York, NY]
00:00:00 - 00:47:00 Original Saturn LP
00:47:00 - 01:21:40 Scorpio LP
01:21:40 - 02:24:50 Mastered for iTunes Remaster 2014
Sun
Ra Mastering comparison for It's Limbo Time from Roz Croney "How Low
Can You Go?" [19630100 RLC2 105 Mastertone Studios on 42nd Street
between 6th and 7th Avenue; New York, NY]
00:00:00 - 01:00:60 Original Dauntless DS 6309 Stereo LP
01:00:60 - 02:01:60 iTunes Remaster from Original Dauntless LP 2014
Sun Ra Mastering comparison for Planet Earth from Sun Ra Visits Planet Earth [19561101-19580000 RLC2 38, 43, 33, 45 Chicago, IL]
00:00:00 - 01:11:60 Original Saturn LP
01:11:60 - 02:08:10 Evidence CD
02:08:10 - 03:36:60 Scorpio Reissue LP
03:36:60 - 04:57:20 Mastered for iTunes Remaster 2014
Sincerely,
Christopher Eddy from Sun Ra Arkive
ZAPPA ON THE COVER OF SHINDIG! MAGAZINE
The September 2014 issue of Shindig! magazine (issue no.42) will present an L.A. special.
One of the fifteen people on the cover is none other than Frank Zappa.
One of the fifteen people on the cover is none other than Frank Zappa.
LOS ANGELES SPECIAL!
FRANK ZAPPA & THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION The early years: 1966-69
THE TURTLES The dark side of the ultimate feel good band
DAVID CROSBY 20 Questions for the king of Californian harmony vocalists
JONATHAN WILSON The latter day LA mystic that keeps the gentle spirit alive
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Inside the pioneering electronic psychedelic troupe
CHIP DOUGLAS From The Modern Folk Quartet to The Monkees and beyond
QUANTUM FANTAY - AGAPANTHUSTERRA
- quantum fantay: agapanthusterra
(2005, cd, bel, pete's mushroomland mush cd001)
I was there... How could I have missed that ?!?
The program booklet gave me a probable answer: they were the last band to play on the first day at the festival. On the same they that had Co de Kloet's interview with George Duke, and concerts by Gargantua, Triggerfinger, Just Another Band and the George Duke / Jean-Luc Ponty duo.
I probably caught a few songs, but somehow it hadn't been stored in my memory.
Too much is just too much.
Anyway, Quantum Fantay hail from Lokeren, Belgium. Actually, the band was supposed to be called "Quantum Fantasy", but do to a missing letter 's' they became Quantum Fantay.
The band has been making music
since 2002. Spacerock, to be more exact. Psychedelic synthesizer soundscapes.
After their 2002 demo, the band released "Agapanthusterra" in 2005. Their most recent album, "Terragaia", is album number
eight in their discography.
"Agapanthusterra" has every element that
you expect from a progressive rock / spacerock band: imaginative and melodic
instrumental soundscapes,
Nice.
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