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News from the darkest corners of the musical universe:

◦ Tuesday, January 31, 2006 ◦
Beats and bleats? Well, imagine sitting in an alpine meadow listening to the idyllic sounds of yodelling, zither and mouth harmonica when in parachute a bunch of freaks arrives to nice up the dance. Tradition through prismatic glasses.

Check out the crazy sounds of Alpendub here!

◦ Wednesday, January 25, 2006 ◦
Capitol will release a new Martin Denny compilation on March 7: The Best Of Martin Denny's Exotica. We have no details about the track listing yet.

◦ Monday, January 23, 2006 ◦
The webmaster of Yma-Sumac.com informs us that a rare piece of Yma Sumac memorabilia is up for grabs for a limited time. More details here.

◦ Sunday, January 15, 2006 ◦
Great news for Moog fans:
"Reboot Stereophonic is proud to announce the release of its second album, a double CD set by the Moog keyboard pioneer, Gershon Kingsley.Kingsley is best known as the electronica visionary who made the world snap its fingers to the sound of 'Popcorn' which has been covered over a hundred times from the sublime (Kraftwerk) to the ridiculous (Crazy Frog). Now, for the first time on CD, comes a complete overview of Gershon's fusion of his Jewishness and the way way out sounds of his Moog. In 1968, Gershon Kingsley bought a giant modular model from Robert Moog himself for $3500. In 1972, Kingsley decided it only made sense to apply his Moog skills to Jewish music. He spent the next years persuading cantors such as '50s TV actor Norman Atkins to sing over a series of Moog fusions including the spacey meditation 'The Gates of Prayer,' 'Moog Yiddish Fusion,' 'Maven on the Moog,' and two full-length Moog albums recorded for Jewish rituals: Shabbat for Today (a Shabbat service arranged as a Moog rock opera) and The Fifth Cup (featuring legendary Jewish folk singer Theodore Bikel), where Kingsley applied the same approach to the Passover creating a prog-rock Haggadah. All of this is now compiled on one release. First time ever on CD."

Buy God is a Moog from Amazon.com.

◦ Thursday, January 12, 2006 ◦
There's a new Sun Ra double CD release just out: What planet is this?, recorded in concert on july 6, 1973. Surprisingly, there's no news at all of this release on Leo Records' own website.

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