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ZAPPATIKA: THE SHORT BUT LEGENDARY FLIGHT OF THE DODO (FreakOutProduktionz, 2008)
Must admit I was a little slow cottoning on to ZAPPATiKA, who hail from my homeland. But when I finally did, I thought: this is the way! They’re “a very badly disguised†FZ tribute band, who incorporate lots of ‘fat’ beats, modern noises, and long airy multi-overdubbed guitar lines – as well as copious FZ references - to create their own unique sound. My favourite track so far is actually a non-Zappa slow guitar instrumental piece. Originally titled Boris The Jazz Dog, band leader and guitarist McInnes wrote it a long time ago, and always had a sound in his head for the lead guitar melody which he could never quite capture. Until now – “I finally kind of got it the way it is in my head!†he exclaimed. So, now the song is simply known as Finally Got It Right. I think you’ll agree. Where to start with the Zappa references? Well, just a quick scan of the track list will give you a good idea. They crop up all over. But as I say, there’s also much originality on display here. No straight covers. Indeed, only Joe’s Cajun Garage is actually credited to FZ, though the band readily admit that the debt is large. Looking forward to big things from these guys.
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Music Releases [09-30-2008] more newsZAPPATiKA New Studio Album ---The SHORT BUT LEGENDARY FLIGHT of the DODO - 16 tracks - 55 minutes : is ,in the words of chief composer ,Mcinnes, a "very badly disguised tribute to Frank Zappa" and brings a lot of that great Rock composers ideas and concepts very much into the 21st century -------------
The music is eclectic Guitar rock ,but then blended to very "fat" modern beats and cross-cultural (indian,mongolian,slavic) melodic influences. Like their hero Zappa, the band have also included a lot of humour in the process and snippets of 'interesting' conversations are spattered throughout the album.Mcinnes continues , - "The album has a kind of theme in which the Dodo takes on the role of Music , or the Human Race- depending on how deeply you look- and a lot of influence has been taken from Franks way of putting an album together...there are one or two 'commercial' numbers -but essentially the album will appear to a quite 'particular' audience "
Upon listening, the Flight of the Dodo is almost intense, and at others light and relaxing, and then again complex melody or driving dance beat , or funny - truly a listening experience and ,for a debut album, this is an accomplished project .
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ZAPPATiKA Live on Stage REVIEW by UNITED MUTATIONS WEBSITEzappatika: live on stage
(2008, cd, uk, private release) - incl.various frank zappa compositionsWhile the new album has just been released, I thought it would be nice to give Zappatika's "Live On Stage" another spin.
I really like this album. It's a bit lo-fi and sounds a bit raw, but that fits the music perfectly.
"Live On Stage" has seventeen songs, four of which might be linked directly to Uncle Frank: 'The Torture Never Stops', 'That Ol' Carlos Jig', "Sexual Harassment' and 'No Watermelonz Here, Boy!'. It's clear that guitarist McInnes has put a lot of effort in his guitar tone. Not only does he play a mean guitar solo, his guitar has a nice amount of fuzz and feedback. Just the way we like it.
I'd love to see these guys live & I'm curious to find out what The Dodo will sound like.
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Hand me that Napkin
The video report of ZAPPANALE FESTIVAL 2008
ZAPPANALE 19
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