Zappanale #23 - Acid Cobra & Art-Errorist & Zappi

Acid Cobra and Art-Errorist have invited Zappi to join them on their performance on the Zappanale #23 taking place this Saturday, the 4th of August.

The encounter of Amaury Cambuzat ( guit., keys , voc ) of Ulan Bator and Jean-Hervé Péron ( bass , tp.,voc ) of Faust . Call it Free Rock, call it Fluxus, call it Experimental...Pourquoi pas.

For the Zappanale, they invited their long time very special friend Zappi ( dr.) of Faust.

Faust / Band Of Pain 'John Cage - Radio Music'

Jean Hervé and Zappi teams up with Steve Pittis for this new vinyl release by Dirter. From the website:

John Cage composed the piece "Radio Music" in 1956. It is scored in 8 parts (A-H) with each part to be performed either individually or together with other parts as an ensemble. The performers follow a score that is a sequence of radio frequency tunings and silent parts. Obviously, each time the piece is performed, it yields a different end result. We present here 4 solo versions on this limited edition 10" EP. The works are performed by members of German legends, Faust and by Steve Pittis' project, Band Of Pain. All tracks were recorded live in the studio with absolutely no overdubs.

The 10" vinyl EP is packaged in a superb gloss laminated sleeve and is strictly limited to 500 copies.

Der Schlaeger - Blogs CD out

The last few years Zappi has been involved in a band project called Der Schlaeger. From the band website: "The music of "DER SCHLAEGER" is a combination of typical german "Schlager" music and kind of abstract and aggressive instrumental overlays. The lead vocals definitly represent the original harmonies and lyrics of the "Schlager" whereas the vocalist live performance has a more punky attitude.
SCHLAGER: typical german popular songs mainly from the 60ies. Very easy tunes with easy lyrics."

The CD BLOGS is released by Dirter, and is limited to 1000 copies. Divided into 4 blogs, it contains 23 tracks altogether, and is a nice mix of strange experimental soundscapes, and the German Schlaeger songs sung very nicely by Karin Meier.

A dvd will also be released.

Zappi interview

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