THE RESIDENTS - WONDER OF WEIRD SKETCHES

The Residents
"Wonder Or Weird Sketches" demo album.

RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS - THE CHEESE-FLOWER-LIVE-TRAX

• the red hot chili peppers: the cheese-flower-live-trax
      (1991, cd-bootleg, ?, spotlight)

During the 1990 Pinkpop concert, the Red Hot Chili Peppers performed a snippet of FZ's 'Inca Roads' as an intro to 'Funky Crime'.
The recording found its way to the "Holland 1991" bootleg.
I only recently found out that this 1990 concert was also featured on the "The Cheese-Flower-Live-Trax" bootleg, including the 'Inca Roads' intro.

From the tv-broadcast (around 8 minutes and 30 seconds into the movie)

NOLAN POTTER'S NIGHTMARE BAND

Austin, Texas-based Nolan Potter's Nightmare Band released their "Nightmare Forever" album on vinyl and on CD last year. On Castle Face Records.
https://www.castlefacerecords.com/products/nolan-potters-nightmare-band-nightmare-forever
Psychedelic rock.

More recently, frontman Nolan Potter recorded FZ's 'Dog Breath, In The Year Of The Plague'.
Wowie zowie !!

VARIOUS ARTISTS - THANK YOU FOR BEING YOU

• various artists: thank you for being you
      (2007, cd, uk, electric honey) 

Next to the promotional CDR-release that I added to The Others Of Invention last week, there's, of course, also the regular CD release. Digipack. Black on white (while the promo is the inverse).
It includes Frank Blake's rendition of FZ's 'Any Way The Wind Blows'.
Frank Blake, by the way, is a duo. Francis McDonald and Norman Blake.

VARIOUS ARTISTS - BOMB ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION 1991-2001

• various artists: bomb anniversary collection : 1991 - 2001
      (2001, 4cd, usa, bomb hip-hop records) 

The Bomb Hip-Hop Records label celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2001 (which is almost twenty years ago...)
The "Anniversary Collection" 4 CD set included DJ Z-Trip's 'Rockstar', a track that sampled FZ's 'The Return Of The Son Of Monster Magnet'.
It came with a fold-out booklet/poster with pictures of all of their releases. Neat.

VARIOUS ARTISTS - SALVEM EL BOTÀNIC

• various artists: salvem el botanic
      (1997, cd, spain, salvem el botanic) 

The Salvem El Botanic compilation album included Bustamante's version of FZ's 'Camarillo Brillo", previously released on the first volume of the "Unmatched" Zappa tribute series.

ELIOT LIPP - SKYWAVE

• eliot lipp: skywave
      (2017, cd, usa, young havey souls)

My search for The Others Of Inventions (people who do something with Frank Zappa's music) led me to Brooklyn-based electronic artist Eliot Lipp.

Eliot Lipp's 2017 "Skywave" album opens with 'I Told Ya', a track that samples Frank Zappa's 'What's New In Baltimore'.
The album got released on vinyl and on CD.

ZAPPANALE FLASH-BACK

Here's a warm-up for the upcoming 'remote edition' of Zappanale :

The Z3 with Ed Mann.
2015.

THE PAPER CAT UPDATE

I mentioned Paper Cat a little while ago. It's an occasional collaboration project by Julie Slick, Eric Slick and Robbie 'Seahag' Mangano.
Julie and Eric both and recorded with Adrian Belew and Seahag performed with Project/Object and with The Grandmothers, to name a few.

In 2009 (!!), the three of them did a gig at John and Peter's. It got released on Bandcamp at the time.

Last month, Julie added a CDR version of these recordings to her Bandcamp page. Limited edition of 100 copies, hand-drawn artwork.
And she added a second album called "Buttered Noodles". Same trio but recorded in the Slick Studio. Also in a limited edition with hand-drawn artwork.

True, the music sounds great but these CDR's are real pieces of art !
Number 11 and number 9 arrived at the United Mutations HQ in Belgium last week and are treasured.

LES YEUX DE LA TËTE - MOSCA VIOLENTA

• les yeux de la tête: mosca violenta
      (2013, cd, france, head records)

The third album from French experimental rock ensemble Les Yeux De La Tête was called "Mosca Violenta".
It was around the same time they changed the band name to Mosca Violenta, so maybe this is was the first album by Mosca Violenta, entitled "Les Yeux De La Tête". Who knows?

Energetic, angular rock.
Perfect.
From 2013, but it sounds like it could be released tomorrow.

Here's the rather dark 'Sloomer' :

available from Head Records
https://www.head-records.com/
or from Mandaï
http://mandai.be/