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IT IS ALIVE!!!! Cordelia Records has
officially released "20
Extraordinary
Renditions of The Idiot Bastard Son". Thanks go out to our
favorite idiot bastrd, Andrew
Greenaway!
His last cover-comp production was comprised of surf-rock versions of
Zappa songs, and was called "Lemme Take You To The Beach".
As for DOOT!'s contribution: It definitely AIN'T ROCK. The tracks
run the gamut from direct homages to musical inkblots. WHO is
this
Idiot Bastard Son? Bush? Dweezil? Ourselves? Get
yourselves a copy and find out!Zappanale 19 UpDOOT!
More Photos ASAP
SPRING 2008 UpDOOT!
Hell Yeah! Anti
Agressive Action Band, also known as "Underground Sensation",
because Anti Agressive Action Band was not confusing enough,
coughed up a delicious hairball of a set to open Zappanale 19 this
year. Despite earlier rumours, perpetrated by this here website,
the lineup for AAAB was actually:
Stephen Chillemi: sorpano
sax, percussion, thingamagoop, vocals
Killissa Cissoko: keyboards, alto sax, vocals, dancing
Mark Rafile: drums, hat
Jerry Outlaw: the best damn guitar playing, HOTCHA!!
Annemarieke Schoonderwaldt: viola, vocals
Alex Prust: bass guitar
Killissa Cissoko: keyboards, alto sax, vocals, dancing
Mark Rafile: drums, hat
Jerry Outlaw: the best damn guitar playing, HOTCHA!!
Annemarieke Schoonderwaldt: viola, vocals
Alex Prust: bass guitar
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SPRING 2008 UpDOOT!
UNDERGROUND
SENSATION
Just in case you forgot that DOOT! is a state of mind and not so much a "band", Stephen Chillemi presents "Underground Sensation". With their sights set firmly on Zappanale 19, and blowing minds in Bad Doberan, Germany in August of 2008, Underground Sensation is officially under way.
Surveillance images of Kilissa Cissosko, Joe Nolan, Preston Parrish, Stephen Chillemi, and Mark Raffile at the Rancho Frio undisclosed location. No wombats or migratory birds were harmed in the acquisition of this image.
Expect more details shortly, but suffice it to say that the Rancho was much less Frio thanks to the Underground Sensation.
2007 NEWS
In other news: The DOOT! expeditionary force recently returned from Zappanale 18 in Bad Doberan, Germany. It was one of the best Zappanale's yet. The music was at an extremely high level, the weather was fantastic, the organization was also excellent.
Pete did some band photography for the good folks at United Muttions, and Stephen did double duty working in the ARF Shop and performing Electricity with Kimono Draggin'
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Sincerely,
Those Pesky DOOT!s
DOOT!
DOOT! is a movable feast of sound piloted by percussionist Stephen Chillemi. Known as possibly the one of the hardest rocking free-jazz duos, or the jazzyest, spaceyest, power rock duo, Stephen teams up with bassist Pete Brunelli for a celebration of "music from the other side of the fence". Always on the lookout for likeminded musicians, DOOT! is as much a self-contained entity as it is a foundation for further instrumentation. In 2006 DOOT! had the great fortune to perform with guitarist and Project/Object frontman Andre Cholmondeley for a string of shows culminating with an appearance at Zappanale 17. In a galaxy far away we also found a fantastic collaborator in keyboardist Nate Trier. We look forward to continuing these, and developing many more alliances in the fight againt boring, plastic music.
Check out what Peter van Laarhoven (United Mutations) had to say about us HERE and see our band entry at United Mutations HERE. We met up with Peter at Zappanale 16 and gave him a CD/R with some raw tracks from rehearsals. In October of 2005 we followed up with a more refined mix of material. He has some nice things to say about both.
DOOT!Noot: DOOT! was originally DÜT! until our friends from Germany reminded us that Ü is pronounced "er" - making the band name "DERT" (roughly), which is cool but kinda misses the point. While hangin gout in the merch tent at Zappanale 16, Stephen told Zappa-alum Ike Willis about a guy he knows that pronounces "dude" as "doot", and immediately Ike labelled the project as "those doots"... It stuck. Thanks, Ike!
Peter van Laarhoven mentions the fact that all of the material he has from us is recorded live. That is true. There is some editing for length, and an occasional fader move, especially on the "up from the basement" demo, and some post-production work (occasionally to excess). But everything is recorded live. Pete's bass setup uses a combination of sound-on-sound looping and digital delay techniques, so motifs can be set up and improvised upon. He also uses a Roland Handpad for additional synth and percussion parts. Stephen might be playing soprano sax and drums at the same time. Nate could be looping, playing keys, and making space noises... Andre sounds like a full band *before* the rest of the band starts playing... So do not be skeptical... it is all live.