FREAKSHOW ARTROCK FESTIVAL 2014

September 26 and 27 in Würzburg, Germany !

DEAN ELLIOT

Featured in the most recent Dwalmacat episode with 'Lonesome Road', here's some more Dean Elliot :

ZAPPATIKA AT DE BOERDERIJ

November 14, 2014, The Grandmothers will be performing at De Boerderij in Zoetermeer, NL.

Zappatika (with special guest Jeff Hollie) will be opening for The Grandmothers.
You might remember Jeff Hollie as the saxophone player on Zappa's "Joe's Garage" album. Jeff has performed with Ike Willis and Cuccurullo Brillo Brullo, and more recently with Ike Willis and Zappatika.

NEW ZAUSS ALBUM TO RELEASED IN SEPTEMBER 2014

Next month will see the release of the new Zauss (Francesco Zago and Markus Stauss) album.
This will be the 4th Zauss release !

Check out the Fazzul Music website for more info :
http://www.fazzulmusic.ch/english/news.php?4v=4:1432

SPANNER JAZZ PUNKS - NE'ER-DO-WELL ADVENTURES

• spanner jazz punks: ne'er-do-well adventures
      (2014, cd, uk, private release)

UK band Spanner Jazz Punks headlined the Moo-Ah festival in Corby, UK, in 2013. More recently, July 2014, they performed at the Zappanale festival in Bad Doberan, Germany.

Their website (http://www.spannerhq.com/) says:
Conceived in the cauldron of demon frontman Dan Spanner’s maniacal mind, Spanner Jazz Punks are the troublesome offspring of a frenetic marriage between sleazy punk jazz and psychedelic performance art. With their roots in the legendary French chainsaw-juggling circus company Archaos, Spanner Jazz Punks have been steeped in a brew of psychedelic rock, ska, gypsy, klezmer and big band swing, and come out kicking, screaming and spinning yarns of quixotic, tragic, heroic ne’er-do-well adventure.

As far as I know "Ne'er-Do-Well Adventures" is the first Spanner Jazz Punks release.

It sounds fresh and funny.

And it includes a couple of very familiar Zappa tunes !!

DWALMACAT 577

This week, Dwalmacat offers another nice selection of familiar and unfamiliar tunes.

http://www.mixcloud.com/Dwalmacat/dwalmacat-577/

THE PROMENADERS – Nellie the elephant
THE EX – Black & white statements
CHROME – You’ve been duplicated
PORTISHEAD – The rip
COIL – Hellraiser box theme
THE JUST MEASURERS – Petite guirlades
LALO SCHIFRIN – Sampans and flashbacks
FRANK ZAPPA – Centerville
YOKO ONO & THE PLASTIC ONO BAND – Open the box
FAMILY FODDER – Warm
DOCTOR NERVE – Splinter
DEAN ELLIOT – Lonesome road
CABARET VOLTAIRE – Spread the virus
BOARDS OF CANADA – Dayvan cowboy
THE BEACH BOYS – Sail on, sailor
ART ZOYD – Manege

ZAPPANALE #25 - PART 16

Saturday, July 17, 2014, the Spanner Jazz Punks performed at the Zappanale festival in Bad Doberan, Germany.

• Adam Bickerton: bass
• Paul Chousmer: keyboard
• Bobby Demers: drums
• Dan Spanner: lead vocals, alto sax, clarinets, guitars
• Helen Tate: violin, vocals, trombone

The Spanner Jazz Punks performed right after The Muffin Men and before The Crimson ProjeKCt. That's probably not the best moment if you want to catch the crowd's attention but the Spanner Jazz Punks pulled it off. Led by Dan Spanner, the quintet played a very entertaining set. There were lots of musical surprises and the set included quite a number of Zappa compositions and references.

One of my favourite concerts of this year's Zappanale.

The above and below snapshots were taken by Zappateer NotPedro.

Dan Spanner

Helen Tate

And a little YouTube snippet:

THE DEVIANTS - THIS CD IS CONDEMNED

• the deviants: this cd is condemned
      (2000, cd, usa, total energy ner3027)

I got the Mick Farren and the Deviants releases mixed up in yesterday's newsflash. Mick Farren recorded FZ's 'Trouble Every Day' in 1978 for his "Vampires Stole My Lunch Money" album.
The Deviants released 'Trouble Every Day' in 1984 on their "Human Garbage" album.
It can also be found on the "On Your Knees Earthlings" sampler that got released in 2001.

One year earlier, in 2000, the Total Energy label had already released another Deviants' sampler.
Again, a powerful set of songs, with stunning artwork.

THE DEVIANTS - ON YOUR KNEES EARTHLINGS !!!

• the deviants: on your knees earthlings!!!
      (2001, cd, usa, total energy ner3031)

Mick Farren (of Deviants fame) recorded Frank Zappa's 'Trouble Coming Every Day' and released it in 1978 on his "Vampires Stole My Lunch Money" album.
The Deviants released it on "Human Garbage" in 1984.

The track can also be found on the excellent "On Your Knees Earthlings !!!" sampler that got released in 2001.
The album does include a number of unreleased tracks as well, one of which is Dylan's 'It's All Right Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)'.

THE NORWEGIAN RADIO ORCHESTRA - PERFECT STRANGERS

• the norwegian radio orchestra: perfect strangers
      (2014, sacd, nor, lawo)

On "Perfect Strangers", The Norwegian Radio Orchestra and conductor Thomas Sondergard present a recording of the February 11, 2010, concert that the orchestra did in Oslo.
At this concert, the ensemble present works by Heiner Goebbels and by Frank Zappa.

Heiner Goebbels 'Suite For Sampler And Orchestra From Surrogate Cities' is performed next to Frank Zappa's 'Dog / Meat', 'Dupree's Paradise', 'The Perfect Stranger', 'G-Spot Tornado' and 'Revised Music For Low Budget Orchestra'.
This is good. This is very good.

I've been listening to the album with my headphones on and the sound is excellent. Especially the percussion sounds superb.
I definitely need to hear this through my stereo speakers.
That'll most likeley be something for tomorrow.

Essential listening !!