Captain Beefheart 'Harpo's Detroit Dec. 11, 1980' Rare Concert Recording To Be Released
Much to the excitement of Captain Beefheart fans worldwide, on April 28th Gonzo Multimedia will be releasing on CD a rare live recording of the Captain in concert at Harpo's in Detroit, Michigan on Dec. 11, 1980! Don Van Vliet (born Don Glen Vliet; January 15, 1941 – December 17, 2010) was an American musician, singer-songwriter, artist and poet known by the stage name Captain Beefheart. His musical work was conducted with a rotating ensemble of musicians called the Magic Band (1965–1982), with whom he recorded 13 studio albums. Noted for his powerful singing voice with its wide range, Van Vliet also played the harmonica, saxophone and numerous other wind instruments. His music blended rock, blues and psychedelia with avant-garde and contemporary experimental composition. Beefheart was also known for exercising an almost dictatorial control over his supporting musicians, and for often constructing myths about his life.
During his teen years in Lancaster, California, Van Vliet developed an eclectic musical taste and formed friendship with Frank Zappa, with whom he sporadically collaborated. He began performing with his Captain Beefheart persona in 1964 and joined the original Magic Band line-up, initiated by Alexis Snouffer, in 1965. The group drew attention with their cover of Bo Diddley's “Diddy Wah Diddy”, which became a regional hit. It was followed by their acclaimed debut album 'Safe As Milk', released in 1967 on Buddah Records. After being dropped by two consecutive record labels, they signed to Zappa's Straight Records. As producer, Zappa granted Beefheart unrestrained artistic freedom in making 1969's 'Trout Mask Replica', which ranked 58th in Rolling Stone magazine's 2003 list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. In 1974, frustrated by lack of commercial success, he released two albums of more conventional rock music that were critically panned; this move, combined with not having been paid for a European tour, and years of enduring Beefheart's strict discipline, led the entire band to quit. Beefheart eventually formed a new Magic Band with a group of younger musicians and regained contemporary approval through three final albums: 'Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller)' (1978), 'Doc At The Radar Station' (1980) and 'Ice Cream For Crow' (1982).
Van Vliet has been described as “...one of modern music's true innovators” with “...a singular body of work virtually unrivaled in its daring and fluid creativity.” Although he achieved little commercial or mainstream critical success, he sustained a cult following as a 'highly significant' and 'incalculable' influence on an array of New Wave, punk, post-punk, experimental and alternative rock musicians. Known for his enigmatic personality and relationship with the public, Van Vliet made few public appearances after his retirement from music (and from his Beefheart persona) in 1982. He pursued a career in art, an interest that originated in his childhood talent for sculpture, and a venture that proved to be his most financially secure. His expressionist paintings and drawings command high prices, and have been exhibited in art galleries and museums across the world. Van Vliet died in 2010, having suffered from multiple sclerosis for many years.
This extraordinary new CD catches the Captain at his best; live on stage in 1980 during the tour for 'Doc At The Radar Station'.
Track Listing:
1) Nowadays A Woman's Gotta Hit A Man
2) Abba Zabba
3) Hot Head
4) Ashtray Heart
5) Dirty Blue Gene
6) Best Batch Yet
7) Safe As Milk
8) Doctor Dark
9) A Carrot Is As Close As A Rabbit Gets To A Diamond
10) One Red Rose That I Mean
11) Bat Chain Puller
12) My Human Gets Me Blues
13) Sugar And Spikes
14) Sheriff Of Hong Kong
15) The Dust Blows Forward, The Dust Blows Back-Kandy Korn
16) Suction Prints
17) Big Eyed Beans From Venus
To be released April 28, 2014
Sony Benelux is very proud to announce the release of the Academy winning House Of cards on both DVD and Blu-ray. The release is set on 23rd July. The second season will be available from 6th August on..
The cast consists of Oscar-winner Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright as political icons.
Stars:Kevin Spacey, Michael Gill, Robin Wright
Synopsis:
Majority House Whip Francis Underwood takes you on a long journey as he exacts his vengeance on those he feels wronged him - that is, his own cabinet members including the President of the United States himself. Dashing, cunning, methodical and vicious, Frank Underwood along with his equally manipulative yet ambiguous wife, Claire take Washington by storm through climbing the hierarchical ladder to power in this Americanized recreation of the BBC series of the same name.
Details :
Season 1: 647 minutes (DVD)/674 minuten (Blu-Ray™). 13 episodes. 4 discs.
Season 2: 636 minuten (DVD)/662 minuten (Blu-Ray™). 13 episodes. 4 discs.
One year after the highly acclaimed album "Schwanengesang" xotox presents an exclusive add-on called > redux as a 12" vinyl and demonstrates once again his remarkable instinct for choosing colleagues and artists who have turned the hits of the album into their very own style.
A release can´t be more various: Harsh Electro by Suicide Commando, pure electro terror of Ambassador21, complex
darkstep by aehm, melodic synthpop by Mondträume, rhythm- industrial by Monolith, sick beats from KiEw and electronica from Sci-Fi Industries, the previously unreleased rhythm noise-smasher "ritmo diabolico" and the hypnotic and searched-for "guardian angel". > redux < is limited to 300 pieces worldwide, 100 of them in red vinyl.
A must-have for collector
Tracklist :
side a
01. slå tillbaka (remix by suicide commando)
02. revolution doesn't happen in the weekend (remix by ambassador21)
03. notwehr (remix by aehm)
04. slÃ¥ tillbaka (remix by mondträume)
05 ritmo diabolico
side b
01. notwehr (remix by monolith)
02. slå tillbaka (remix by KiEw)
03. muito fragil (remix by sci-fi industries)
04. guardian angel
xotox - redux LP / Vinyl - Ltd. 300 copies
Release Date : 06.06.14 - ProNoize / Dark Dimensions Label Group
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With just over a month until the release of their new album, Lust For Youth have unveiled a Silent Servant remix of their album-title track ‘International’. The forthcoming LP is set for release on June 10th via Sacred Bones Records.
This particular remix showcases that dark & unsettling vibe that immediately grabs you the way that any track from Juan Mendez a.k.a. Silent Servant would while still containing the raw emotion of the original piece.
‘International (Silent Servant Remix)’ will be featured on the ‘International’ Remixes EP, which is available as a download when you buy an LP copy of the album or the deluxe digital version of the album. There will be a cassette version available with purchase of the limited edition version of the LP directly from Sacred Bones.
To put it bluntly, Lust For Youth’s International is unrecognizable as a Lust For Youth record on first listen. Frontman Hannes Norrvide’s previous solo albums under the Lust for Youth moniker have been described as “dark, cold, atonal, tormented, lonely, and lower than lo-fi.” The approach on‘International’ has shifted dramatically. Writing as a three-piece now, withlongtime live collaborator Loke Rahbek and new band member Malthe Fischer, who produces and plays guitar, LFY have entered a completely new territory. The result is stunning. International is a buoyant synth masterpiece in the vein of early Depeche Mode, Pet Shop Boys and New Order. Norrvide’s work has always had pop sensibilities buried deep in the reverb, but the hooks are front and center on International, and there is nothing lo-fi about it.
That is not to say the record is without substance. There are still some deeply introspective moments as well, notably the instrumental passages ‘Ultras’ and ‘Basorexia’, which evoke the morning-after loneliness that a lot of earlier LFY work has explored. According to Rahbek, “the record sort of happened by chance. Hannes and I had talked about recording some stuff together for the fun of it, and Malthe offered to help us record. Initially, we were just going to do a song or two for the fun of it, but within a few weeks it was obvious that it was a combination that worked. Malthe went from recording to joining within the first few days and we made the whole thing over the last half-year, drinking gin and tonics everyday in the studio. The period was strange, terrible things happened in everyone’s life outside of the studio, so as a result many hours were spent in the studio, like a safe zone.”
“As the title indicates,” Rahbek adds, “the record deals with the rootless, sometimes almost inhuman, nature of traveling and touring. Hotel rooms and strangers' beds, drugs and clubs, and the impossibility of living a regular life.” It may be an irregular life, but nothing could suit them better; International is Norrvide’s magnum opus, and with Fischer’s production and Rahbek’s co-writing skills, the potential this band has always shown has been gloriously realized.
The deluxe edition of International, exclusively available through Sacred Bones mail order will ship with a bonus cassette featuring remixes by Silent Servant, Total Control, Helm, Cult of Youth, Marshstepper & more. This bonus remix EP will also be available as a deluxe edition of the album available from digital retailers.
After Stanley Kubrick, Ingmar Bergman, Jacques Tati and Martin Scorsese Film Fest Gent presents another event that no one may miss. From 17th October till 25th January 2015 you can visit at the Caermersklooster in Ghent an exclusive exhibition about Italy’s greatest film director: Federico Fellini.
Location:
Provinciaal Cultuurcentrum Caermersklooster
Vrouwebroersstraat 6, 9000 Gent, Belgium
Tel.: +32 (0)9 269 29 10.
Opening hours: 10 from 17hrs (entrance till 16hr30), except on Monday.
Closed on 25th December and 1st January.
