Collaborations
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Sargent House founder sheds some light on upcoming Omar/John collab
Sargent House management company/record label owner, Cathy Pellow, was responding to questions on the label’s formspring.me and, amongst other things that might be more interesting to people who follow artists signed to this label; she shed some light on something we could be interested in: A while back you might have mentioned something about an Omar/John Frusciante collab coming soon, is that true or am I just doing some wishful thinking? Omar said that would be something we would be putting out sooner or later, but honestly I don’t know what stage it’s at. he’s got the Trio album coming next and then some other really big surprises so don’t…
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Omar Rodriguez-Lopez talks about John in his Guitar Player interview
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez of The Mars Volta, El Grupo Nuevo de Omar Rodriguez Lopez and a bunch of other projects is talking about what he learnt from John, how he influenced him and what was his role in recording the band’s album Octahedron, which was published back in June. Guitar Player – What picks and strings do you use? Omar Rodriguez-Lopez – I like the orange Dunlop Tortex picks and I use Ernie Ball strings gauged .013 to .056 with a wound third. Wow, is that why you don’t use a lot of vibrato? Maybe. I never realized my strings were so heavy until other guitar players were like “What the…
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RZA inspired by John to make music for free + collab on a film soundtrack
Time for some good news, thankfully. In the news item published today on MTV.com and VH1.com, RZA of Wu-Tang Clan is explaining that John gave him a big lesson on what music should be done for and how it should not be paid for. “Musically, I got a friend of mine that’s given me a big musical lesson,” RZA explained to us recently in NYC. “His name is John Frusciante from the [Red Hot] Chili Peppers. He said to me that he doesn’t make music no more for profit or people. Those that like it, love it or don’t love it — he doesn’t worry about the critics. He has…
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N.A.S.A. remix contest & collection of Way Down remixes
A fan of remixes? Did you like N.A.S.A.’s album? This one’s for you, then! As reported by Paste magazine (who should’ve reported it a bit earlier, really), Squeak E. Clean and DJ Zegon offered a spot on the new remix album and 1000$ for the best remix of one of the songs off Spirit Of Apollo. In addition to that, everyone who tweets about this might win something, too. The submissions are closed, but you can still have some fun of your own if you like things like this. Go to the competition page on Indaba Music and listen to the separate files of each song’s parts. For example, for…
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More on Michael Rother’s plans with his American friends
In a lengthy interview for Exclaim.ca; German virtuoso Michael Rother is discussing past, present as well as his future plans on a possible tour with his friends. Meanwhile, Rother hopes to begin touring again next year and says that several big-name players will likely join him on the road. “I’ve already contacted some of my musical friends, especially from the States,” he says. “You may know I’ve been working with John Frustiante [Red Chili Peppers’ guitarist], Benjamin Curtis [School of Seven Bells] and Josh Klinghoffer [Beck, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Gnarls Barkley] in recent years. My idea is to do this straight-forward Neu! idea, with strong beats, strong forward movement,…
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Toni Oswald reveals some more stills from Desert In Shape
Toni Oswald, John’s friend and former girlfriend, one half of the music project The Diary Of Ic Explura, has released some stills from her 1992 film, Desert In Shape to public; and made an announcement via her Myspace. After some deliberation, I have decided to put up some stills online from the film I made in the early 90s called Desert In The Shape. It stars Clara Balzary, myself, John Frusciante, and Matt Polish. It was filmed by my friend, the painter Greg Gibbs and features music by John. A photo from the film was used as the cover of his record Niandra La Des and Usually Just a T-Shirt.…
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Warpaint EP release coming up on 05th October
Laura of EKAP went on a personal quest to find out how easy (or not) it is to obtain a physical copy of Warpaint’s Exquisite Corpse EP re-release. She shares her own experiences and invites you to share yours on her blog. There’s the new cover art for the EP too, a small preview of which you can see here. For those who prefer downloads to physical copies, the link to band and album on iTunes is right here. If you’re not familiar with the band, they’re friends of John, they’re playing psychedelic jazzy music and you can check them out at their Myspace page – and check out the…
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Michael Rother would love to play live with John again
In an interview given to the Brisbane-based free newspaper, Rave, German virtuoso Michael Rother has stated that he’s considering performing live again and that he’s contacted some of his friends…very interesting friends, that is. “Next year I hope to perform live again. I will focus on performing solo and intend to present my favourite NEU! and Harmonia music and tracks from my solo albums live. I’ve already contacted some of my favourite musician friends, such as John Frusciante, Benjamin Curtis, Josh Klinghoffer and Flea and it’s great to see that all are just as enthusiastic about this project as I am”. If your memory’s short, if you’re new to all…
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Octahedron now available for pre-order on vinyl
Just a little heads-up to all you guys who are into The Mars Volta and John’s contributions to the band’s Grammy-awarded music. Octahedron is now available as double-vinyl and you can pre-order it at RLP merchandise. It’s available as a gatefold, double white vinyl LP and it will begin shipping in early August. First 500 Pre-Orders only will come with the Limited Edition Vinyl Slipmat, which isn’t available anywhere else.
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The Mars Volta’s Octahedron out today/tomorrow – tracklisting and a review
So, today and tomorrow, TMV’s new album, Octahedron will be out in the most of the world’s countries. In case you don’t have it yet, get the album here if you live in Europe and here if you live somewhere else. Also check out the band’s apparel, there are some really good designs. Tracklisting is, as follows: Since We’ve Been Wrong Teflon Halo of Nembutals With Twilight as My Guide Cotopaxi Desperate Graves Copernicus Luciforms And here’s Invisible Movement’s review of Octahedron. It was written by Chris Oliver, a long-term site visitor and the drummer/backing vocalist of Cody Stagefright, also the person behind The Solar System. Once I heard that…
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