J.M. SMIG - 9 OJO 6 (2023 REMASTER)

'9 ojo 6 (2023 Remaster)'
from "Hiss In Vinegar [10th Anniversary Remaster]"

by J. M. Smig

ARTIFICIAL (AI) ZAPPA PLAYS PHISH

I know, I know.
But I do think it's funny.
(although I haven't listened to everything yet).

Artificial (AI) Zappa Plays Phish

I started my session by checking out the encore (Phish playing The Dead's 'Terrapin Station' in an arrangement by AI Zappa).

Set I

Set II

Set III

The Encore

FRANK ZAPPA - - - VINTAGE VINYL

In 1981, a U.S. bootlegger released "20 Years Of Frank Zappa", a 12 LP bootleg vinyl box set.
People who were subscribed to Society Pages magazine at the time were the first ones to be informed.

The box got released with two different album covers.

and

All of the 12 LP's also got released separately in silver album covers, hence the name: "the silver edition". Released in a limited edition of 25.

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In 2022, all the material that was presented in the "20 Years" box set got re-released on CD:

For collectors, as all of the material has been made available (for free) through Zappateers.

UTOPIANISTI - HENKI

• Utopianisti: Henki
      (2026, download / streaming, --, bandcamp)
      (2026, 12”, Finland, --)

Utopianisti is Markus Pajakkala’s project. He has just released "Henki", a collection of six intimate and cinematic pieces, performed by Utopianisti & the Tampereen Ihankaikkinen Kuninkaallinen Tuomiokuoro Choir.

Beautiful.

Utopianisti meets a 22-member choir in this 6 song entity. True to its name, "Henki" (spirit) reaches for something hard to put into words. Tightly composed material coexists with improvisation, and the soulful music not only moves across the boundaries of different traditions but also evades genre definitions altogether. The result is a work that is at once delicate and massive: fragile, beautiful moods occasionally grow into hair-raising climaxes, with just the right amount of cacophony mixed in.

Out on Bandcamp and on vinyl.

HARDY FOX - - - DEAD CREATURE - ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK

Released on CD and now also out on Bandcamp:

"Dead Creature - Original Soundtrack" by Hardy Fox, the (late) composer for The Residents.

ZAPPA PODCAST AND PLAYLIST ON VRIJE GELUIDEN

In the (Dutch) series "How so, jazz ?", Kika Sprangers en Koen Graat dive into the jazz corner of FZ's musical universe.

https://www.vpro.nl/vrije-geluiden/artikelen/frank-zappa-en-de-geur-van-jazz

The podcast kicks off with the Wizards Of Ooze. Can't get a better start than that.

NEW ALBUM BY PANZERPAPPA

• Panzerpappa: Exercises In Style – Volume 2
      (2026, download / streaming, --, bandcamp)
      (2026, cd, Norway, private release / panzerpappa)

Drummer and multi-instrumentalist Trond Gjellum's Panzerpappa project will be releasing "Exercises In Style - Volume 2" later this month.

Bandcamp and CD release.
Highly recommended.

ISRAEL STROM - THE BLACK PAGE

 

DWEEZIL ZAPPA'S TOUR UPDATE

 

TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND PERFORMED FZ'S 'WILLIE THE PIMP' YESTERDAY

live at HHC Amphitheater, Bridgeport, CT

Check out Derek Trucks' roaring guitar notes at the start of his solo !!