Frank Zappa lives again… in hologram form.
Eyeillusion, the company that previously staged a tour around a holographic Ronnie James Dio, has now revealed details of “The Bizarre World Of Frank Zappa.” The hologram tour kicks off with a nine-date US leg beginning in April before heading to the UK in May for further performances.
Hours of never-before-seen Zappa performance footage from the early seventies will serve as the basis of concert. This footage, locked away in the Zappa vaults for 44 years, will be juxtaposed with “outrageous visuals that offer a striking view into his complex musical works.”
Joining Zappa’s hologram on stage will be longtime Zappa players including Ray White, Mike Keneally, Scott Thunes, Robert Martin, and Joe “Vaultmeister” Travers.
In a statement, Zappa’s son, Ahmet, said his father was a “hologram enthusiast” prior to his death in 1993. “My father and I actively discussed 3D and ‘holography’ and it was a concept he actively engaged in. He actually devoted half a chapter of The Real Frank Zappa Book (1990) to this subject. This is a love letter and a journey celebrating the genius artistry of Frank Zappa. On a personal note, I feel like I am finishing something my father started years ago.”
The Bizarre World Of Frank Zappa 2019 Tour Dates:
04/19 – Port Chester, NY @ Capitol Theater
04/20 – Rochester, NY @ Kodak Center Theater
04/22 – Red Bank, NJ @ Count Basie
04/24 – Long Island, NY @ Paramount Theatre
04/26 – Boston, MA @ Shubert
04/28 – Albany, NY @ The Palace Theatre
05/01 – Wilkes Barre, PA @ Kirby Center
05/02 – Collingswood, NJ @ Scottish Rite Auditorium
05/03 – Baltimore, MD @ The Modell Lyric
05/09 – Edinburgh, UK @ Playhouse
05/11 – Gateshead, UK @ Sage
05/12 – Manchester, UK @ Bridgewater Hall
05/13 – Birmingham, UK @ Symphony Hall
05/14 – London, UK @ The Palladium
05/16 – Ostend, BE @ Kurssal
05/17 – Amsterdam, NL @ Rai Theater
07/11-14 – Cataluna, ES @ Doctor Music Festival
In 1974, FRANK ZAPPA transformed his Los Angeles rehearsal space into a sound stage and cranked out some unbelievable performances seen and heard only by the camera operators in the room. The audio from these performances--locked away in the ZAPPA vaults for 44 years--will serve as the basis for what will be the world’s most ambitious hologram tour to date. The “can’t miss” concert spectacle is being produced in close cooperation with the ZAPPA FAMILY TRUST.
The “Bizarre World of Frank Zappa” hologram tour band is comprised of former ZAPPA bandmates for this monumental series of shows. The touring unit boasts guitarists Ray White and Mike Keneally, bassist Scott Thunes, multi-instrumentalist Robert Martin, percussionist Ed Mann, and drummer and ZAPPA archivist Joe “Vaultmeister” Travers.
“As a futurist, and hologram enthusiast, Frank fearlessly broke through boundary after boundary as an artist and in honouring his indomitable spirit, we’re about to do it again, 25 years after his passing,” said Ahmet Zappa, EVP of business development for Eyellusion and co-trustee of the ZAPPA FAMILY TRUST.
“We’re excited to world premiere a handful of Frank Zappa compositions; these mind-melting concerts we’re putting together celebrate the music, often surreal imagery and humour synonymous with Frank. We will be pushing the limits of what anyone has seen holographically on stage before in a live venue. Circumstances, objects, places and subject matter from Frank’s songs and imagination will be brought to life for the first time on stage. We are anthropomorphizing Frank’s music utilizing various visual techniques, art styles, classic imagery from his album artwork and characters from his songs, culminating in one extremely bizarre, live music experience.
“My father and I actively discussed 3D and ‘holography’ and it was a concept he actively engaged in. He actually devoted half a chapter of his The Real Frank Zappa Book to this subject. This is a love letter and a journey celebrating the genius artistry of Frank Zappa. On a personal note, I feel like I am finishing something my father started years ago. And let’s not forget, Frank himself will be rocking his fans, alongside his bandmates like nobody’s business.”
Do you wanna some more?
And here`s some more...
1 Father O'Blivion
(World Tour, Recorded Live In Sidney Australia, 1973)
2 Don't Eat The Yellow Snow
(World Tour, Recorded Live In Sidney Australia, 1973)
3 Nanook Rubs It
(World Tour, Recorded Live In Sidney Australia, 1973)
4 St. Alphonzo's Pancake Breakfast
(World Tour, Recorded Live In Sidney Australia, 1973)
5 Mar-Juh-Renè
(World Tour, Recorded Live In Sidney Australia, 1973)
6 Penguin In Bondage
(World Tour, Recorded Live In Sidney Australia, 1973)
7 T'Mershi Duween
(World Tour, Recorded Live In Sidney Australia, 1973)
8 Montana
(Usa Tour, Recorded Live In Los Angeles At Ktc Tv, 1974)
9 Stinkfoot
(Usa Tour, Recorded Live In Los Angeles At Ktc Tv, 1974)
10 Inca Roads
(Usa Tour, Recorded Live In Los Angeles At Ktc Tv, 1974)
11 Dog Breath
(Usa Tour, Recorded Live In Los Angeles At Ktc Tv, 1974)
12 Approximate
(Usa Tour, Recorded Live In Los Angeles At Ktc Tv, 1974)
13 Cosmic Debris
(Usa Tour, Recorded Live In Los Angeles At Ktc Tv, 1974)
14 Florentine Pogen
(Usa Tour, Recorded Live In Los Angeles At Ktc Tv, 1974)
15 Studebaker Hoch
(Recorded Live At Fillmore East, 1971)
16 Don't Fuck Around
(Recorded Live At Fillmore East, 1971)
17 Ruthie, Ruthi
(USA Tour, Recorded Live In Passaic, New Jersey, 1973)
18 Smell My Beard
(USA Tour, Recorded Live In Passaic, New Jersey, 1973)
Tracklist:
01 – Chunga’s Revenge
02 – Mudclub
03 – The Meek
04 – Joe’s Garage
05 – Cosmic Debris
06 – Keep It Greased
07 – Pick Me I’m Clean
08 – Illinois Enma Bandit
09 – You Didn’t Try To Call Me
10 – I Ain’t Got No Heart
11 – Love Of My Life
12 – City Of My Tini Lights
Frank Zappa: guitar, vocals *
Ike Willis: guitar, vocals *
Ray White: guitar, vocals *
Tommy Mars: keyboards, vocals *
Arthur Barrow: bass *
David Logeman: drums
Tracklist:
01 – Chunga’s Revenge Mudd Club The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing
02 – Joe’s Garage
03 – Pound for a Brown
04 – Cosmik Debris Keep It Greasy Pick Me, I’m Clean
05 – The Illinois Enema Bandit
06 – You Didn’t Try to Call Me Ain’t Got No Heart
07 – Love of My Life City of Tiny Lights
Frank's timeless masterpiece was, of course, recorded pre-CD [compact disc - Ed.], and had to restrict its length to album sides. There was more material recorded during the Hot Rats sessions, but not enough to fill a double disc, so Frank [Zappa - Ed.] made the necessary editorial decisions and left some fine, fine music wriggling like baby snakes on the cutting-room floor.
What we have here, dear friends, is an assemblage of the available music from those sessions, artfully programmed to deliver the quality experience today's hi-fi enthusiasts demand. One hour and change crammed with the modern jazz-rock stylings for which Mr Zappa [Frank - Ed.] became the audio entertainer of choice for the smarter consumer. Be it patio barbeque, poolside brunch, cocktails when unexpected guests drop by, or simply getting blown by a toothless crack-whore in the back of the family Camry, you'll find Hotter Rats the ideal musical accompaniment!
Supplied at no extra cost is a lysergically over-heated cover [shown left - Ed.], ideal for framing or cat litter. This, dear friends, is the kind of content you have come to expect from False Memory Foam©, the blog at the fractal fringe of the fun zone! Remember to tell all your friend about this swell blog! Hoo boy!
Don't you wish there was a Frank Zappa record you could play at any time, from your son's B'rit Milah [Britney/Miley pop duet album - Ed.] to your own funeral? Something nice n' easy, like Sunday morning? Something that wouldn't bring a blush to the cheeks of the gurl next door? Well, this ain't it, but it's close. No lyrics, so nothing sweat-inducing here. No actual rawk music, nothing atonal or challenging. Almost.
This is a single-track compilation/mix/edit of Frank's chamber music pieces, the sweet little melodic moments he'd throw into the mix just to show he could do this stuff standing on his head. You try standing on your own head sometime, and you'll get a glimpse of his genius. Being Frank, of course, there's still beaucoup of weird-ass chord changes, time signatures more complex than algorithms, and tunes that sound as if they're being played sideways by tin toys.
The cover - one of my very favorite images of Frank - was taken as part of a Life magazine photo-feature about rock stars and their parents. There was a swell shot of Grace Slick with her mom in their palatial home, too. I could be wrong about all this.
Anyway, here's thirty minutes - Verve album length - of Frank's cocktail audio. A little nostalgia for the old folks.
From : https://falsememoryfoam.blogspot.com/2019/05/the-old-folks-at-home.html
From : https://falsememoryfoam.blogspot.com/2019/05/the-old-folks-at-home.html
Thanks False Memory Foam
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Off Course there is MORE ZAPPA coming...
Just wait and see.
Thanks for the plug! Good to see the albums on your nifty, swell, and bitchen blog!
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Thanks again for the albuns...
Hi, can you help e??? It's impossible to extract the files with WinRAR???
ResponderExcluirHi NewSoul... It could be that you need to update your version of winrar. Just update it, and let me know if it works.
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