October 31, 2015 live @ Zappaloween / Artcafé SamSam, Apeldoorn, Netherlands
Saturday, November 7, 2015
THE LEX BRONKOWITZ ORCHESTRA
Lex Bronkowitz Orchestra plays the music of Frank Zappa
October 31, 2015 live @ Zappaloween / Artcafé SamSam, Apeldoorn, Netherlands
October 31, 2015 live @ Zappaloween / Artcafé SamSam, Apeldoorn, Netherlands
SONAR - BLACK LIGHT
- sonar: black light
(2015, cd, usa, cuneiform)
Two guitars, a bass and drums. That's all that this quartet needs to supply you with an hypnotic, mesmerising dose of soundscapes.
Minimal, yet complex.
This is nice.
Out on the Cuneiform label.
www.cuneiformrecords.com
Available from Mandaï:
http://mandai.be/
GARY LUCAS : CONCERTS AND BEEFHEART SYMPOSIUM
Gary Lucas is Artist in Residence at Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Hall Nov. 26th - 29th
There's also an upcoming Italian Tour Nov. 20th - 23rd
On Thurs. Nov 26 through Sun. Nov. 29th, GARY LUCAS has been invited as ARTIST IN RESIDENCE at the newly-renovated Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Hall in England, where he will perform 6 different solo projects over 4 days and nights.
For this occasion, Gary will premiere his new Jeff Buckley Symposium on Thurs. Nov. 26th at 8pm to kick off his engagement, with guest vocalist Jay Mathy.
Thurs. Nov. 26th
8pm Gary Lucas-- Jeff Buckley Symposium
with Gary's special guest vocalist Jay Mathy
On Fri. Nov. 27th, Lucas performs his original live solo score accompanying James Whale's "Frankenstein" (1931), originally commissioned by the United Palace Theatre in Harlem's chief programmer Mike Fitelson.
Fri. Nov. 27th 8pm
Gary Lucas-- "Frankenstein" with live score
Gary will present two Masterclasses on Sat. and Sun. afternoons Nov. 28th and 29th at 2pm.
He gives a solo concert on Sat Nov. 28th at 8pm, featuring guest vocalists Dave McCabe from Liverpool band The Zutons, and Scottish singer/songwriter Jay Mathy:
He closes his residency on Sun. night Nov. 29th with his Captain Beefheart Symposium at 8pm, with special guests Beefheart biographer Mike Barnes, Dave McCabe from The Zutons, and Bryan Biggs of the Bluecoat Gallery.
Sat. Nov. 28th
2pm Gary Lucas Masterclass
8pm Gary Lucas-- In Concert with special guests
Sun. Nov. 29th
2pm Gary Lucas-- Masterclass
8pm Gary Lucas-- Captain Beefheart Symposium
Prior to his Liverpool engagement, Gary tours Italy, his third appearance there this year. Dates include solo shows in Salerno, Livorno, Bologna and Venezia, with special guest vocalists Alessio Franchini and Francesco Di Bella of the band 24 Grana.
Fri. Nov. 20th
9pm
Modo, Salerno Italy
Gary Lucas performs a solo concert with his special guest vocalist Alessio Franchini
Sat. Nov. 21st
9pm
Goldonetta Theatre, Livorno Italy
Gary Lucas plays at the Premio Ciampi Festival with his special guest vocalist Alessio Franchini
and with Sinfonico Honolulu
Sun. Nov 22nd
9pm
Freak Out, Bologna Italy
Gary Lucas performs a solo concert with his special guest Alessio Franchini
Mon. Nov. 23rd
9pm
Paradiso Perduto, Venice Italy
Gary Lucas performs a solo concert
Friday, November 6, 2015
Wednesday, November 4, 2015
DON PRESTON'S AKASHIC ENSEMBLE
NOVEMBER 2015 - ON TOUR
Don Preston's Akashic Ensemble
2015/11/13 FRI ATLANTA GA RED LIGHT CAFE
2015/11/14 SAT ASHEVILLE NC THE MOTHLIGHT
2015/11/15 SUN BIRMINGHAM AL SYNDICATE LOUNGE
2015/11/16 MON HATTIESBURG MS THIRSTY HIPPO
2015/11/17 TUE NEW ORLEANS LA CAFE ISTANBUL
DON PRESTON's AKASHIC ENSEMBLE 2015
DON PRESTON at 83 is a synth originator that toured with everyone from Nat King Cole to Leo Sayer and brought synths to the classic Zappa/Mothers albums, and to soundtracks like Coppola’s Apocalypse Now.
MIKE DILLON: percussionist, punk rock provocateur & jazz vibraphone visionary, just off tour with Primus, will sandwich this run between tours with his own MIKE DILLON BAND.
ANDRE CHOLMONDELEY: electronic guitar & textures, founded the alumni-based Frank Zappa tribute band Project/Object.
Tuesday, November 3, 2015
ADAM RUDOLPH - TURNING TOWARDS THE LIGHT
- adam rudolph: turning towards the light
(2015, cd, usa, cuneiform)
Adam Rudolph's first release on the Cuneiform record label has him leading a group of 11 guitarists through a set of 13 composed (or improvisatinally conducted) works.
The result sounds rather impressive.
From Roulette:
This is the 10th release of Adam Rudolph’s Go: Organic Orchestra since he began developing the concept in 2001. With “Turning Towards the Light” Rudolph has envisioned and realized a new kind of orchestral sound. He says: “I try to do something new with each performance and recording I do. This time I wanted to experiment with a new kind of orchestration. I felt that the range of sound and rhythm these 11 electric guitars could generate a sonic palate that had never been heard before. I was looking for a new kind of “future orchestra” and I think we found it.”
SUN RA
A message from Erwin Chusid on the Saturn newsgroup :
Michael and I have now completed and released 50 digitally remastered Sun Ra albums (+ nine iTunes-only samplers). Most were remastered from tape, a few from rare vinyl when tape was unavailable. All are available in AAC+ 24-bit format from iTunes, and as mp3s (distributed by Virtual) thru Amazon, eMusic, and other surviving digital retail outlets.
A large part (but not all) of the iTunes Sun Ra catalog is here:
http://iTunes.com/SunRaMusic?ls=1&app=itunes
(If you dislike Apple, iTunes, or digital formats in general, please refrain from gripes here. If not for a passionate Ra fan on the editorial staff at iTunes, none of these remasters—and the vinyl and CDs which have and will continue to emerge from them—would have happened. One guy with an idea started it all. He prefers to downplay his role.)
Our recent digital releases are:
Antique Blacks (1974)
http://apple.co/1MwrZ5i
Beyond the Purple Star Zone (1980)
http://apple.co/1WlsYEQ
God Is More Than Love Can Ever Be (1979)
http://apple.co/1SbYtRa
Aurora Borealis (1981)
http://apple.co/1e7FwQO
Oblique Parallax (1980)
http://apple.co/1G68U07
Dance of Innocent Passion (1982)
http://apple.co/1NQLMt4
Antique Blacks is differently configured than the Saturn LP and Art Yard CD. It mirrors the original session tape (which includes a 24-minute Antique Blacks "suite"), sounds cleaner, and is sequenced according to the tape. Art Yard's CD is still available, but our digital version has replaced AY's. Aurora Borealis = solo piano. God Is More Than Love = solid jazz trio set with Sunny, Samarai, and Hayes. Oblique and Purple Star Zone are Detroit residency sets.
Strut has issued two double LPs & CDs: "In the Orbit of Ra" (compiled by Marshall Allen) and "To Those of Earth and Other Worlds" (curated by Gilles Peterson). These albums largely consist of material from our catalog of digitally remastered recordings.
https://strut.greedbag.com/buy/marshall-allen-presents-sun-ra-a/
https://strut.greedbag.com/buy/to-those-of-earth-and-other-worl/
We're partnering with a new Sundazed imprint, Modern Harmonic, on a series of vinyl releases. First up will be a 2-LP vocal/song compilation (Space Age is Here to Stay) that will contain remastered catalog tracks and some previously unreleased material from Michael's archive. Target release: March 2016. After that, a collection of Sun Ra Exotica. Sundazed has also signed on for a series of 7" and 10" singles, which should roll out in early 2016.
We've partnered with Virtual to issue remastered LP/CD editions of classic Saturn catalog albums, some containing bonus material. This project is taking longer than anticipated to launch because of technical logistics. We have Ben Young (ex-WKCR) and Joe Lizzi (Ben's partner at Triple Point Records) on board for new tape transfers and album mastering.
Art Yard (Peter Dennett) will soon be issuing on LP/CD "I Roam the Cosmos," a 51-minute live 1972 performance spotlighting a call-and-response between Sunny and June. The previously unreleased track was mastered last year and released digitally. Earlier this year, in conjunction with Strut, AY issued the previously unreleased "Planets of Life or Death: Amiens '73," also featuring Sunny and June. Next year AY will issue a double LP/CD of a previously unreleased Sun Ra piano and Moog performance with vocals recorded in Rome 1977.
Michael and I are currently working on remastered versions of Soul Vibrations of Man, Discipline 27-II, Crystal Spears, Cymbals, Pathways to Unknown Worlds, Friendly Love, Discipline 99, Taking a Chance on Chances, and Unity (complete Storyville shows). There will be some bonus material and in some cases new mixes from 4-track tapes.
...
Regards
Irwin Chusid
Michael and I have now completed and released 50 digitally remastered Sun Ra albums (+ nine iTunes-only samplers). Most were remastered from tape, a few from rare vinyl when tape was unavailable. All are available in AAC+ 24-bit format from iTunes, and as mp3s (distributed by Virtual) thru Amazon, eMusic, and other surviving digital retail outlets.
A large part (but not all) of the iTunes Sun Ra catalog is here:
http://iTunes.com/SunRaMusic?ls=1&app=itunes
(If you dislike Apple, iTunes, or digital formats in general, please refrain from gripes here. If not for a passionate Ra fan on the editorial staff at iTunes, none of these remasters—and the vinyl and CDs which have and will continue to emerge from them—would have happened. One guy with an idea started it all. He prefers to downplay his role.)
Our recent digital releases are:
Antique Blacks (1974)
http://apple.co/1MwrZ5i
Beyond the Purple Star Zone (1980)
http://apple.co/1WlsYEQ
God Is More Than Love Can Ever Be (1979)
http://apple.co/1SbYtRa
Aurora Borealis (1981)
http://apple.co/1e7FwQO
Oblique Parallax (1980)
http://apple.co/1G68U07
Dance of Innocent Passion (1982)
http://apple.co/1NQLMt4
Antique Blacks is differently configured than the Saturn LP and Art Yard CD. It mirrors the original session tape (which includes a 24-minute Antique Blacks "suite"), sounds cleaner, and is sequenced according to the tape. Art Yard's CD is still available, but our digital version has replaced AY's. Aurora Borealis = solo piano. God Is More Than Love = solid jazz trio set with Sunny, Samarai, and Hayes. Oblique and Purple Star Zone are Detroit residency sets.
Strut has issued two double LPs & CDs: "In the Orbit of Ra" (compiled by Marshall Allen) and "To Those of Earth and Other Worlds" (curated by Gilles Peterson). These albums largely consist of material from our catalog of digitally remastered recordings.
https://strut.greedbag.com/buy/marshall-allen-presents-sun-ra-a/
https://strut.greedbag.com/buy/to-those-of-earth-and-other-worl/
We're partnering with a new Sundazed imprint, Modern Harmonic, on a series of vinyl releases. First up will be a 2-LP vocal/song compilation (Space Age is Here to Stay) that will contain remastered catalog tracks and some previously unreleased material from Michael's archive. Target release: March 2016. After that, a collection of Sun Ra Exotica. Sundazed has also signed on for a series of 7" and 10" singles, which should roll out in early 2016.
We've partnered with Virtual to issue remastered LP/CD editions of classic Saturn catalog albums, some containing bonus material. This project is taking longer than anticipated to launch because of technical logistics. We have Ben Young (ex-WKCR) and Joe Lizzi (Ben's partner at Triple Point Records) on board for new tape transfers and album mastering.
Art Yard (Peter Dennett) will soon be issuing on LP/CD "I Roam the Cosmos," a 51-minute live 1972 performance spotlighting a call-and-response between Sunny and June. The previously unreleased track was mastered last year and released digitally. Earlier this year, in conjunction with Strut, AY issued the previously unreleased "Planets of Life or Death: Amiens '73," also featuring Sunny and June. Next year AY will issue a double LP/CD of a previously unreleased Sun Ra piano and Moog performance with vocals recorded in Rome 1977.
Michael and I are currently working on remastered versions of Soul Vibrations of Man, Discipline 27-II, Crystal Spears, Cymbals, Pathways to Unknown Worlds, Friendly Love, Discipline 99, Taking a Chance on Chances, and Unity (complete Storyville shows). There will be some bonus material and in some cases new mixes from 4-track tapes.
...
Regards
Irwin Chusid
IKE WILLIS, JEFF HOLLIE AND ZAPPATIKA TOURDATES
Ike Willis, Jeff Hollie and Zappatika
performing the music of Frank Zappa
17 March - The Big Buttinsky, Osnabruck,Germany (+.CHATO)
18 March - Le Zebre, Paris, France. (+ Zapmospheres II )
19 March - Corn Exchange,Stamford,England
20 March - Roadhouse, Birmingham.
22 March - The Scene Club - Swansea, Wales
23 March - Talking Heads,Southampton (+.Acton Zappa)
24 March - The Zanzibar Club, Liverpool,(+ Charlies Gorilla)
25 March - Arden Social Club, Halifax,England
26 March - Jazz Café, London, England (+ The Dyr Sister)
performing the music of Frank Zappa
17 March - The Big Buttinsky, Osnabruck,Germany (+.CHATO)
18 March - Le Zebre, Paris, France. (+ Zapmospheres II )
19 March - Corn Exchange,Stamford,England
20 March - Roadhouse, Birmingham.
22 March - The Scene Club - Swansea, Wales
23 March - Talking Heads,Southampton (+.Acton Zappa)
24 March - The Zanzibar Club, Liverpool,(+ Charlies Gorilla)
25 March - Arden Social Club, Halifax,England
26 March - Jazz Café, London, England (+ The Dyr Sister)
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