Category Archives: Music

Ensemble Ambrosius Is Good

Ensemble Ambrosius gave a concert in Brugge Concertgebow, Belgium on the 25th of June 2004. Belgian Broadcasting Company recorded the concert and we have put here available some Zappa pieces for our Zappa-obsessed fans: Toads of The Short Forest/Dupree’s Paradise/The … Continue reading

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Rehab

When was the last time a female singer grabbed you by the gonads? Was it Joni Mitchell? Aretha Franklin? Rory Block? Sheryl Crow perhaps? Chrissy Hynde? As for me, it would have to be Amy Winehouse: a foulmouthed Brit with … Continue reading

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Yatta!

Um, wtf?

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The Voice Of Cheese: Michael Pabst

It’s time for another Voice Of Cheese! This week’s contribution comes to us from Michael Pabst and his band The Research Institute. The track, entitled 4 12 93 was composed by Michael and features him on bass. Quite Zappaesque if … Continue reading

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Jingle Cheese

Cool! Duncan, wiki contributor and KUR-reader has produced a jingle for The Voice Of Cheese with the aid of the, um, VX-323. Be sure not to miss the second ditty which if you ask me, is itself a perfect fit … Continue reading

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Giant Steps

The John Coltrane classic, as played by… a robot: Oh, and they conduct orchestra’s as well, apparently. Crazy.

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krAp

Alex Machacek of the Out Trio: Terry Bozzio joined Korn: yes, the rumors are true… therefore the gig at the Zappanale 2007 is cancelled. Chad Wackerman will play instead of the Out Trio. The proposed European tour 2007 is also … Continue reading

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The Voice Of Cheese: John Russell

On to the third Voice of Cheese! This one comes to us from John “Squid Decor” Russell. He says: This is an instrumental which started on the bass. The bass has a perpetual repeat going. So In the spirit of Adrian … Continue reading

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Free mp3!

I’ll just quote Duncan who sent in this link: Free MP3s from (we can’t sell them so we may as well give them away) Zune. Don’t download Weird Al Yankovic :).

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Fireworks Tornado

The Fireworks Ensemble performing G-Spot Tornado at the Miller Theater‘s Zappa concert (2/2/07):

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The Voice Of Cheese: SOFA

Welcome to VOC’s second installment — brought to you by SOFA and his No Rehearsal Band! The track SOFA decided to send in is a rendition of “Down In The Boondocks”. This one couldn’t be farther away musically from our … Continue reading

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And Now For Some Good Taste

At Tiny Mixtapes: “songs to lament the fact that I’ve had my period for 15 days” — including of course Alien Orifice.

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Modern Day Varèse

Interesting review of a recent concert by the Manhattan School of Music Percussion Ensemble performing Edgard Varèse. A notable quote: Having grown up surrounded by hiphop, industrial, and electronica, these kids find nothing unusual in the idea of a piece … Continue reading

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The Voice Of Cheese: Joe Cronin

It’s a joyous day here at KUR as we kick off our Voice Of Cheese series! The first contribution comes from Joe Cronin. Joe says: It’s pretty strange but seems to have a circular sort of logic about it… I … Continue reading

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Announcing The Voice Of Cheese!

Now then: about that poll. At this time of writing, out of 257 voters, 39% (a nominal 99 votes) declared they not only play music, but have recorded some of it as well. The plan, as obvious as it must … Continue reading

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