United Mutations

FRANK ZAPPA - JE SUIS UNE LEGENDE

2012-01-29T02:31:00.001-08:00

frank zappa: je suis une légende - i am a legend
(2011, 2cd, ??, cosmic top secret laboratories)

To be honest, I was quite impressed when I saw these Cosmic Top Secret Laboratories albums. They're bootlegs, that's true, but they do look good: longboxes, nice pictures, band & setlist on the back, ...
This CTSL-label is not only publishing Zappa material. I've seen a number of Led Zeppelin titles as well.
So after 3 Zappa titles and a bunch of Led Zeppelin stuff, CTSL came back with a Zappa concert for CTSL - 012 : "Je suis une légende - I am a legend", offering the 1979/03/17 concert in Brest, France.

Zappateers links

http://www.zappateers.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=18196

http://www.zappateers.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=21261

FRANK ZAPPA - KING KONG BOOGIE

2012-01-29T02:17:00.000-08:00

frank zappa: king kong boogie
(2011, 2cd, cosmic secret laboratories cts - 003 1/2)

Episode three in the Cosmic Secret Laboratories series is entitled "King Kong Boogie". This time, the beautiful longbox houses the 1969/05/23 Appleton concert, plus all the tracks from the famous 1970/06/18 VPRO-TV show at Uddel.
This is nice.
I really like these Uddel recordings. Too bad that the video footage of the Uddel show never turned up...

Zappateers links:

http://www.zappateers.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=14457

http://www.zappateers.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=8669

FRANK ZAPPA - SHEIK ON STAGE

2012-01-29T01:50:00.000-08:00

frank zappa: sheik on stage
(2011, 2cd-bootleg, ??, cosmic top secret laboratories cts - 002 1/2)

"Sheik On Stage" was the second title on the Cosmic Top Secret Laboratories label. Another 2 CD bootleg in a good-looking longbox.
This time it's the 1980/11/13 Late show at the 'Stanley Theatre' in Pittsburg, PA, usa. A fabulous concert.

Also available, for free, from Zappateers
http://www.zappateers.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=22461

FRANK ZAPPA - GENIUS AT WORK

2012-01-29T01:38:00.000-08:00

frank zappa: genius at work
(2011, 2cd-bootleg, ??, cosmic top secret laboratories cts - 001 1/2)

Last year, the Cosmic Top Secret Laboratories released a number of CD-bootlegs. The first in the series was "Genius At Work". Released in a longbox, the 2 CDs presented the 1979/02/12 Manchester concert.
Nice package. Nice concert.

Zappateers:
http://www.zappateers.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=2576

DWALMACAT 456

2012-01-28T01:54:00.000-08:00

go to
http://www.fmbrussel.be/programmas/dwalmacat.aspx

and click on “Luister” to enjoy:

SEVERED HEADS – A relic of the empire

KING CRIMSON – Red

KEVIN AYERS – Oleh oleh bandu bandone

GORILLAZ – Dare

THE LEGENDARY PINK DOTS – Closet kings

RED SNAPPER – Take your medicine

ROGER MILLER – Portrait of a mechanical dog

PALAIS SCHAUMBURG – Telephon

TOM DISSEVELT – Fantasy in orbit: Waltzing Mathilda

DEVO – Mechanical man

WOODEN SHIPS – I hear the vibrations (EZ version)

ARCHIE SHEPP – The girl from Ipanema

TAMASHI – Other way

WESFEST 7 ON 2012/03/04

2012-01-28T00:14:00.000-08:00

WesFest 7 – Sunday, March 4, 2012 – The Roxy
with The Aristocrates & The Mike Keneally Band

http://weswehmiller.net/wesfest/wesfest7/

ALEX MACHACEK CONTRIBUTES TO NEW GARY HUSBAND ALBUM

2012-01-27T10:39:00.000-08:00

Gary Husband's "Dirty and Beautiful Vol.2" features an incredible list of contributors:

Gary Husband (Keyboards, Drums); John McLaughlin, Allan Holdsworth, Mike Stern, Wayne Krantz, Alex Machacek, Jimmy Herring, Ray Russell, Neil Taylor, Robin Trower (Guitar); Jimmy Johnson; Mark King, Teymur Phell, Laurence Cottle, Livingstone Browne (Bass); Jan Hammer (Keys); Sean Freeman (Tenor Sax)

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Gary Husband Dirty and Beautiful Vol 2 Sampler by abstractlogix.

MATTIAS IA EKLUND

2012-01-27T10:23:00.000-08:00

Freak Kitchen's Mattias IA Eklund with 'Asteroid 3834', from his "The Road Less Traveled" album.
For those of you who don't get the clue: 3834 Zappafrank is a main belt asteroid that was discovered by Ladislav Brožek in 1980 at Kleť Observatory. It was named after the late American composer Frank Zappa on July 22, 1994.

DEXTER GORDON ALBUM WITH GEORGE DUKE

2012-01-27T10:13:00.000-08:00

dexter gordon: live at the both / and club
(2012, cd, nl, challenge records jj tracks)

Challenge Records released a recording of a 1970 concert of Dexter Gordon in San Francisco. The band featured George Duke on piano & keyboards.
Data has been added to the U.M. Archives.

-- info: Danny Mathys

SCHENKEL ON A T-SHIRT

2012-01-27T09:58:00.001-08:00

Well, that's exactly what the Czech Frank Zappa Fan Club wants to do with the below Schenkel painting. Should look good on a t-shirt.

FRANK ZAPPA - MUFFIN MEN ARMY

2012-01-27T09:51:00.000-08:00

frank zappa: muffin men army
(2011, dvd-bootleg, ??, pignon 75)

This Zappa bootleg DVD presents two concert recordings: an audience recording of the 1980/06/11 Paris concert, and a professional recording of the 1984/12/10 San Antonio concert.
The video quality of the Paris concert is not that good, but the concert itself was really good. The 1984 concert combines an OK image (although better copies should exist), a soundboard recording, and a great show.
If only the ZFT would release some concert recordings on video...

A MOSAE ZAPPA UPDATE

2012-01-27T09:48:00.000-08:00

June 1 & 2, 2012 in Heerlen, NL : MOSAE ZAPPA 2012

with

Corrie van Binsbergen

The Muze Jazz Orchestra

more names to be announced soon

DOCTOR NERVE - LIVE THE KNITTING FACTORY, NOV 14, 1991

2012-01-26T08:38:00.000-08:00

doctor nerve: live the knitting factory, nov 14, 1991 (beta 14 ok era)
(2011, dvdr, usa, private release)

I brought this nice DVD home from Zappanale. It doesn't really mention a date of release, so I'm assuming that it's from 2011.
Nick Didkovsky's Doctor Nerve, live at The Knitting Factory on 1991/11/14, has been put on this fine DVDR. Over ten years old, and still sounding fresh and experimental.
This is great stuff.
In times when everybody's talking about downloads and the disappearance of actual carriers, I'm glad that I can put this versatile disc in my DVD-player and enjoy this fine concert.

Final track on the disc is Doctor Nerve doing Don Van Vliet's 'When It Blows It Stacks'.

Here are a couple of Doctor Nerve YouTube fragments, including the start of their Zappanale concert.

HUBWEBER & SINGER PLAY THE BEATLES

2012-01-26T08:23:00.000-08:00

a Paul Hubweber newsflash:

Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!

Lovely Ritas and Bungalow Bills,

Rockk-and Roll Aficionados und Beatlesfans,

Sixties Freaks and Sexy Sadies, Lucies in the Sky, Rocky Racoon,

Come together!

PAUL HUBWEBER Trombone, Vocals

LUDGER SINGER Piano

spielen aus dem Repertoire der Beatles, from "Boys" to "Girls", from "Get Back" to "Get Down".

Ein sehr spezielles Revival, ein verrückter Trip zwischen Original und Anarchie, eine Tour de Force durch die musikalischen Stile.

Samstag,28.1., 19.30 Cafe Einstein (Lindenplatz/Königstr), 52064 Aachen

HALL OF FAME RECORDS

2012-01-25T10:18:00.000-08:00

a message from the Hall Of Fame record label:

The Times They Are A-Changin’, are they not? At least as far as cds are concerned, apparently. Hall of Fame Records is right now in the process of transferring to digital downloads all of its catalogue. In fact you can already find quite a few releases in Bandcamp, and in the meantime we are radically reducing the price of many of our cds, until the 1st of May, 2012 or until we run out of stock, whichever happens first. Following you can find the most important sales together with, when appropriate, how many copies we have left in stock.

Thank you, as always, for your support!

Luis G. & Carlos Formby

http://www.halloffame.es/en/

GARY LUCAS UPDATE

2012-01-25T09:01:00.000-08:00

Gary Lucas is in London now working in the studio with the legendary Bryan Ferry on new tracks, and heads next for shows in Portugal and Paris.

CAPT.CHEESEBEARD & THE 7 SISTERS OF PREVENTION 2011/11/05 - STRICTLY GENTEEL

2012-01-23T11:15:00.000-08:00

On November 5th 2011, Capt.Cheese-Beard & The 7 Sisters Of prevention played a gig at the Atelier 210 which was filmed and recorded.
The first clip has now been posted on line and many will follow in the next few days.

BROKKENFABRIEK GOES ZAPPA

2012-01-23T11:09:00.000-08:00

Enroll in the Brokkenfabriekmusicianspool!

Are you a student of the conservatory classical, jazz or pop and would you like to participate in a project where the boundaries are not set, or are you a musical talent 'on the loose', consider joing the Brokkenfabriek!

Motivated, talented musicians with an interest in the combination composition / improvisation receive masterclasses for a month, from different musical leaders.

You can choose the month(s) you want to join in.

You'll have 4 masterclasses every tuesday night at Zaal 100, De Wittestraat 100 in Amsterdam and a concert on the last sunday afternoon of the month.

Since 2008 the BrokkenFabriek was lead by Corrie van Binsbergen, Joost Buis, Hans Hasebos, Albert van Veenendaal, Arend Nikx, Ernst Reijseger, Anton Goudsmit, Guus Janssen, Oene van Geel, Felicity Provan, David Kweksilber, Michael Moore, Michiel Braam, Alan Purves, Raphael Vonoli, Wilbert de Joode and Sean Bergin.

Masterclasses season 2011 / 2012

october: Vasile Nedea - Balkan music

november: Alex Coke - 'Wake up dead man'-project

december: Femke Hoyng & Onno van Swigchem - improvising with animators

january: Steven Kamperman - Modal improvisations on Turkish scales

february: Joost Dieho - playing Zappa!

march: Robert van Heumen & Anne La Berge - about structure in improvisation and live electronics

for more information: www.corrievanbinsbergen.com/brokkenfabriek/

MOSAE ZAPPA 2012

2012-01-23T09:40:00.000-08:00

Mosae Zappa 2012 will take place on 1 & 2 June in Cultuurhuis, Heerlen, NL
& the first name has just been announced.

Corrie van Binsbergen
performing on 2012/06/01

JAZZCLUB DE SINGER

2012-01-22T12:18:00.000-08:00

Jazzclub 'De Singer' in Rijkevorsel, Belgium, has some fine concerts coming up. And it's not all jazz. There's some blues & pop stuff in there as well:

2012/01/28 Steven De bruyn - The Rhythm Junks
2012/02/03 Philip Catherine / Nicola Andrioli
2012/02/10 Dave Burrell / Silke Eberhard
2012/02/24 Sioen (try-out)

VARIOUS ARTISTS - BLORP ESETTE

2012-01-22T09:16:00.000-08:00

various artists: blorp esette
(2011, 4cd, usa, transparency)

In 1977, the Los Angeles Free Music Society released their 5th album, a various artists compilation entitled "Blorp Esette - Volume 1". Each participating artist had to pay US $ 2.00 for each 15 seconds of time on the album, but they would also receive a copy of the album for each 15 seconds that got released...
The result was a bizarre collection of sounds and music that featured Smegma, Ace Farren Ford, Henry Kaiser and The Residents, to name a few.
Don Van Vliet signed for the artwork, and 500 copies of the album got pressed.
With enough material at hand, The LAFMS released the 2 LP-set "Blorp Esette - Volume 2" in 1980 as a follow-up. Again, with beautiful artwork by Don Van Vliet. This time the LAFMS pressed 250 copies.

As you can imagine, these vinyl copies are quite hard to find. In 1999, the Transparency label took on the difficult task to re-release these albums, the result being a 4CD-set. Enhancements included a lot of bonus material, better sound levels and more stereo.
The Residents' track was left out, but the extra music was a great. A beautiful set, but not easy to find either as it also sold out.

And that's where the good news comes in. Transparency has re-released a remastered version of this 4CD-set. Same cover, same artwork, and some minor musical changes.
The music on the set is over 30 years old, and still sounds as out-of-this-world like the first time I heard it. Literally.

the original album covers:

SCHEDULED RELEASES ON LEO RECORDS

2012-01-22T05:35:00.000-08:00

jurgen kupke, michael thieke, gebhard ullmann: clarinet trio 4
(2012, cd, uk, leo records cd lr 622)

françois carrier, michel lamber, alexey lapin: in motion
(2012, cd, uk, leo records cd lr 623)

andrea buffa, carlo actis dato, fiorenzo bodrato, dario mazzucco: 30 years island
(2012, cd, uk, leo records cd lr 624)

gebhard ullmann, chris dahlgren, clayton thomas: transatlantic bassx3
(2012, cd, uk, leo records cd lr 625)

anto pett, bart van rosmalen: playwork
(2012, cd, uk, leo records cd lr 626)

swedish mobilia: knife, fork and spoon
(2012, cd, uk, leo records cd lr 628)

matthias ziegler: la rusna, music for flutes
(2012, cd, uk, leo records cd lr 629)

ivo perelman, joe morris, gerald cleaver: family ties
(2012, cd, uk, leo records cd lr 630)

And that's not all as Leo Records is hosting a 5-day Leo Records Festival in Russia: 2 days in St. Petersburg, 2 days in Moscow and 1 day in Arkhangelsk.

ESSRA MOHAWK

2012-01-22T04:56:00.000-08:00

Essra Mohawk (aka Sandy Hurvitz, aka Uncle Meat) speaks.
It's from a little while ago, I think, but it's quite interesting.

part one

part two

part three

NEIL SADLER

2012-01-22T02:22:00.000-08:00

(thanks to Connie Karian for putting a link to it on FaceBook)

The Neil Sadler Band live at Los Angeles Harbor College
Featuring:
Neil Sadler - composer/perc/synth.
Mike Keneally - guit.
Bruce Fowler - trb.
Kurt McGettrick - bari/cb.cl.
Milen Kirov - pno.
Daren Burns - bass
Jason McKenzie - drms/tabla

Video shot by Steve Laub

You should, of course, know about Neil Sadler's fabulous "Theory Of Forms" album. Recorded a bit over ten years ago, and featuring a lot of musicians that worked with Zappa.
Great stuff. Be sure to check it out.

www.neilsadler.com

AYNSLEY DUNBAR & ALEX DMOCHOWSKI

2012-01-22T00:54:00.000-08:00

Aynsley Dunbar and Alex Dmochowski both played on Michael Chapman's "Rainmaker" album, released in 1970.
The album has been re-released on CD by the Light In The Attic label, with six bonus tracks.

At the time, the both of them were part of The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation.
Shortly thereafter, Aynsley joined The Mothers. & Zappa hired Alex a couple of years later to record on "Waka/Jawaka", "The Grand Wazoo" and "Apostrophe(')".