Retort

Another French Zeuhl star combo Unit Wail were founded in late 2009 by Frank Fromy (guitars), who has already improved his musical skill in a couple of projects and got renowned as a founding member of Shub-Niggurath, along with establishing a concept of an album featuring creation by Vincent Sicot Vantalon (keyboards). Frank and Vincent recruited Adrian Luna (bass), Emmanuel Pothier (synthesizers), and Sebastian Arce (drums), for producing their debut work (Philippe Haxaire soon replaced Sebastian who left for Chile as a drummer). Their recording for the debut album for two years and a half worked well upon rhythm and harmony both, based upon Vincent's composition. Finally the crystallization of their steady efforts "Pangaea Proxima" has been completed and released in the summer of 2012 via Soleil Zeuhl Records…

In 2020 Brian Marsella joined the heavy metal organ trio Simulacrum to spawn the astonishing fusion quartet Chaos Magick. This fourth CD in their ever-expanding legacy is a magical collection of instrumental music at its finest. Tighter and wilder than ever, Medeski, Hollenberg, Grohowski, and Marsella perform with a remark- able rapport in this provocative new direction from Downtown alchemist John Zorn, who has been exploring new musical worlds and confounding expectations since the 1970s!

The first of two separate CDs from concerts done in Paris during the winter of 1964, Monk's quartet with Butch Warren (bass), Ben Riley (drums) and Charlie Rouse (tenor sax), showcases one standard and four of the pianist's originals. Only "Epistrophy," the closer, is in short form. Noticeable from the opening refrains of "Four in One" is Rouse, bending notes, extrapolating and modifying the melody, challenging Monk to do the same.