MORGAN AGREN - CONUNDRUM UNDONE

In addition to last year's Conundrum DVD (= the documentary about drummer Morgan Agren), 3.5 hours of deleted scenes have now been made available for download.

The original documentary featured appearances and/or comments by Joe Travers, Mike Keneally, Marco Minnemann, Dweezil Zappa, Mats Oberg and others.
According to the pictures on the cover, I imagine that they're all in this Undone version as well.

A MESSAGE FROM THE ZAPPA FAMILY TRUST

Dear People of Earth,

YES!!! Thank all your ghosts for showing up! Hug all your goblins and ghouls and send them on their frabjous way! Kiss all your familiars and favorite all your pumpkins. Wish all your treaters and tricksters well. Get Down in De Dew. Celebrate the next few days - from Halloween through Day of the Dead!!! - Witchypopo! We wish all of you well and safe travels whether by broomstick or standard mode of choice.

For you we have some NEWS!:

It's too scary but true. We confirm with you now that ROXY, the Movie, has been sent off to SXSW for consideration for their Film Festival. We'll let you know if they accept it. Can you imagine? And yes of course, the 100th Release, Produced in it its Entirety by FZ, will be available to order next month on Zappa Records. And then some. Expect the Treat of a new Vaulternative Concert in your near future but that's not all the Tricks up our 2014 Sleeve.

We return now to planting our 2015 Pumpkin Seeds. Next Year we celebrate FZ's 75th anniversary of his arrival on this planet. Cross your fingers, toes, hearts and souls that the planet is still here then and none the worse for wear.

Happy FZ's Fave Holiday!!

xxx the barfies

BASTA! - CYCLES

• basta: cycles
      (2009, cd, bel, homerecords)

Composer (for Aranis) and musician Joris Vanvinckenroye released his first solo album under the moniker BASta! in 2009.
The album was called "Cycles" and the pieces were performed by Joris on double bass and loopstation.

Here's 'Delayed' from "Cycles":

www.aranis.be

ENDANGERED BLOOD ON TOUR IN EUROPE

Endangered Blood

• Chris Speed – sax & clarinet
• Oscar Noriega – sax
• Trevor Dunn – bass
• Jim Black – drums

will be performing in Europe the next couple of weeks

• Nov 12th Berlin Silverwings KIM festival
• Nov 13th Esslingen Kulturzentrum Dieselstrasse
• Nov 14th Tours Le Petit Faucheux
• Nov 15th Strasbourg Rue89 CEAAC
• Nov 16th Ghent Ham 12  (Ham Sessions)
• Nov 17th Paris Sunset
• Nov 19th Tilburg Paradox
• Nov 20th Nancy THEATRE DE LA MANUFACTURE
• Nov 21st Antwerp HET BOS (RAT Event)

BIRD STAUSS AND HIS ARTCOMPANIONS

Markus Stauss, Richard Koch and Remy Sträuli have created a new project called Bird Stauss and His Artcompanions.
The album, "En Route" got released earlier this week.

http://www.fazzulmusic.ch/english/news.php?4v=4:1449

More info soon.

NEW SUN RA ALBUM ANNOUNCED ON ROARATORIO

Unreleased recordings from 1972.

Check out :
http://roaratorio.com/uncategorized/sun-ra-his-astro-infinity-arkestra-sign-of-the-myth/

UGLY RADIO REBELLION WITH IKE WILLIS IN CONCERT IN CHICAGO ON 2014/12/14

December 14, 2014 :
Ugly Radio Rebellion, featuring Ike Willis
in concert at 'Reggie's Music Joint'
in Chicago, IL, usa
performing the music of Frank Zappa

ARANIS - MADE IN BELGIUM II

• aranis: made in belgium II
      (2014, cd, bel, homerecords)

Aranis is touring Belgium to promote their brand-new "Made In Belgium II" release. I saw them in Sint-Niklaas on the 18th of October at the official première. I went home afterwards in a good mood and with a copy of the new album.

As the title suggests, "Made In Belgium II" is the second volume of a series in which Aranis performs the music of Belgian composers. This time around, we get treated to compositions by a.o. Peter Vermeersch (Flat Earth Society), Jan Kuijken, Koen Van Roy (Cro Magnon), Maarten Van Ingelgem (Vlaams Radio Koor) and Pierre Chevalier (Present).
Impressive.
As a nice extra, Pierre Verlvoesem guests on guitar on two tracks: Walter Hus' 'La Vague' and Kurt Budé's 10-minute 'Cell Stress'. The latter one  has Pierre playing a guitar solo against the classical Aranis setting. Nice.

www.aranis.be

MR.BUNGLE

Mr.Bungle's eponymous debut album will be re-released as a 2LP set.

2000 copies on 180 g audiophile purple vinyl, with an etching on side four !

MOKER ON TOUR

Moker celebrates their latest album, "Overstroomd", with a tour !

Bart Maris - trumpet

Jordi Grognard - sax & clarinets

Mathias Van de Wiele - guitar & composition

Lieven Van Pee - contrabas

Giovanni Barcella - drums

05/11: Moker @ Handelsbeurs – Gent
06/11: Moker @ Rataplan – 20u – Antwerpen
07/11: Moker @ De Werf – 20u30 – Brugge
08/11: Moker @ Nona – 20u30 – Mechelen
21/11: Moker @ cc ‘t Spoor – 20u – Harelbeke
03/12: Moker @ Jazz Station – Brussel – 20u30
05/12: Moker @ Kulturzentrum – Eupen – 21u
13/12: Moker @ Jazz9 – Mazy – 21u