A DWEEZIL ZAPPA TOUR UPDATE

Roxpostrophy Countdown

Hello Everyone!

Did you know that the Roxpostrophy tour starts in 98 days? Tickets are still available.

https://www.dweezilzappa.com/pages/tour 

I've already started rehearsing with the band and we've been filming every step of the way. If you'd like to see some FREE behind-the-scenes footage you can binge-watch right here on the home page: Countdown To Roxpostrophy

https://www.dweezilzappa.com/posts/1990549-countdown-to-roxpostrophy 

Stay tuned to dweezilzappa.com for even deeper behind-the-scenes footage! We're filming a whole season of "reality show style docu-series" episodes that will be rent-able right here next month!

I decided to make the "reality show" because I wanted to be sure to include all of the international fans in some way with this tour. If we can't come play for you, you can come to us via the show!

The plan is to have a whole series that leads up to the first show and by X-mas this year release an entire filmed concert from the tour! (Possibly even a blue-ray disc with ATMOS mixes!)

For anyone who wants to support the tour directly, this upcoming series will be a great way to stay caught up and witness great performances along with unique stories.
Best, DZ

STEPHANE GALLAND & THE RHYTHM HUNTERS - - - NEW ALBUM OUT

Stéphane Galland & The Rhythm Hunters' album is out.
On CD and on LP.
On the Challenge Records label.

A teaser:

KRONOS QUARTET TO RELEASE A SUN RA TRIBUTE ALBUM

The Red Hot Org record label is releasing "Outer Spaceways Incorporated : Kronos Quartet & Friends Meet Sun Ra"

The fourth (?) album in a series that pays tribute to Sun Ra.

2 LP release & digital download

SEAORM - NEKYIA

“If there is an album that could be close to the fusion of the space-prog legends Vespero and the cult avant-rock group October Equus, it is this new album by Seaorm called Nekyia. The pair of composer brothers Ángel Ontalva and Víctor Rodríguez on guitar and keyboards respectively, and the prodigious rhythm section of Vespero, the also brothers Arkady and Ivan Fedotov, have created a cosmic work with this album, they have descended to the underworld and emerged epically through a thousand alchemical spells. It is a formidable work for those eager to explore new musical paths.”

ERIKA STUCKY

Jazz singer Erika Stucky's "Stucky Live" album got released on CD in 2011.
It included her version of FZ's 'I'm The Slime'.

The album has also been made available through Bandcamp.

-- info: Jan van Kemenade

JOHN SURMAN, JACK DEJOHNETTE & LONDON BRASS - FREE AND EQUAL

• john surman, jack dejohnette & london brass: free & equal
      (2003, cd, --, ecm)

Music for brass choir and improvising reeds and drums. Classical ensemble London Brass joins the Surman/DeJohnette duo in a live recording from London’s South Bank.

And this is a pretty amazing album.
9 tracks. 
I love the brass sounds and how it delivers the perfect setting (and contrast) for John Surman and Jack DeJohnette.
Recorded in 2002 and released in 2003.

Beautiful.

Here's a sample :

STEPHANE GALLAND IN CONCERT

Next Thursday, Stéphane Galland will perform with two of his projects at the BOZAR in Brussels.

Stéphane Galland and The Rhythm Hunters will open the evening, followed by a concert by The Gallands.

This should be fun !!

https://www.bozar.be/nl/kalender/stephane-galland-carte-blanche-rhythm-hunters-gallands

20:00 - 21:00 h
Stéphane Galland & The Rhythm Hunters

• Shoko Igarashi - tenor sax
• Sylvain Debaisieux: alto sax
• Pierre-Antoine Savoyat: trumpet
• Wajdi Riahi: piano
• Louise van den Heuvel: electric bass
• Stéphane Galland: drums

21:30 - 22:30 h
The Gallands

• Stéphane Galland: drums
• Elvin Galland: keyboards
• Louise van den Heuvel: electric bass

NEW SOFT MACHINE ALBUM AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER

The Cuneiform record label is making the new Soft Machine album available for pre-order.

"H​ø​vikodden 1971" will be released both as a 4 CD and as a 4 LP set, and as a digital download.
As the album title explains, it will present a 1971 concert recording.

While the two sets from the second night (February 28, 1971) have been released before, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT THE ENTIRE TWO-NIGHT STAND HAS BEEN RELEASED. So half of this is previously completely unreleased.

This is a excellent, stereo recording of the band performing in a relatively small hall; the balances between the instruments are not perfectly balanced, but there is no other recording by Soft Machine that I know of that sounds as much like the band are performing *right* in front of you!

Additionally, we were able to improve in a modest but definitely noticeable way the not-perfect balance between the instruments on this edition.

EIDON - EXPERIMENT0

Eidon.
'Experiment0'

 

VARIOUS ARTISTS - REIMAGINING THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING

'Moonchild' with Chester Thompson had already been released as a teaser but since last week, the entire album is available !

"Reimagining The Court Of The Crimson King"

Out on LP, CD and as a digital download.

1. 21st Century Schizoid Man
    feat. Todd Rundgren, Arthur Brown, Mel Collins, Chris Poland & Ian Paice
2. I Talk To The Wind
    feat. Mel Collins, Django Jakszyk & Jakko M Jakszyk
3. Epitaph
    feat. Alan Davey, Paul Rudolph, Nik Turner, Adam Hamilton & Danny Faulkner
4. Moonchild
    feat. Joe Lynn Turner, Marty Friedman, Jah Wobble & Chester Thompson
5. The Court Of The Crimson King
    feat. James LaBrie, Carmine Appice & Steve Hillage
6. 21st Century Schizoid Man (Alternate Version)
    feat. Arthur Brown, Brian Auger, Chris Poland & Ian Paice
7. 21st Century Schizoid Man (Instrumental)
    feat. Mel Collins, Chris Poland & Ian Paice