Mike Patton guests on the latest Secret Chiefs 3 7 inch release on a Traditionalists track titled “La Chanson de Jacky“.
The B-side, also a traditionalists song, is “a spaghetti-seasoned marination” rework of Book of Horizons’ “The Exile” titled simply “The Western Exile“.
Secret Chiefs 3 recently released two new tracks via the two satellite bands Ishraqiyun (Saptarshi)and Forms (Radar). The songs are available on both 7 inch and digital download and can be played in full at soundcloud.
It’s a day for reminiscing, here at stubbadub. A year ago today, Gronk and I were with a bunch of you good people at the Hordern Pavillion, Sydney, for Faith No More‘s first sidewave. But, after wallowing in many a bittersweet memory today, it’s time to look to the future, and so to the up-and-coming Secret Chiefs 3, MadLove and Umlaut tour of South America, rumoured to be set for August.
Recently Trevor Dunn spoke MadLove with theoffline.com. The interview, shown below, touches on Trevor’s brief involvement with ex-Korn guitarist and born again christian, Head…no comment, his lack of involvement with Secret Chiefs 3 and the jazz influenced dynamics of the band he has crafted, MadLove .
Meanwhile, amid torrential rain and Melbourne floods, Umlaut took to the stage at the Evelyn, on February 4, and unleashed a few new tracks on the wet, happy crowd. Could these unreleased songs be a taste of the new album? We can only hope. Below is one said track, titled Trutes, courtesy of Jean Lizza aka Mother Hubbard. Check out her youtube channel for more, including the epic number RIP Richard Dunn.
Stay tuned for more details on the South American tour, but first, here is a look back at the Secret Chiefs 3 lineup that toured Australia in 1998, back when music programs in Australia were actually decent. Recovery…we miss you. Renunciation, featuring Trey Spruance, Danny Heifetz, Trevor Dunn and Bär McKinnon:
Good news everyone! (If you live in South America). Jean (Umlaut’s manager) tweeted a very interesting “Big announcement”……. a Secret Chiefs 3, Umlaut and Madlove tour through South America to take place August of this year.
Details are few at best, but check out the tweet for the hard evidence and I’ll do my best to keep you all updated with any news.
Full credit to Silvina Stemberger for making this thing happen.
Posty and Holy Filament are speculating that this pro shot footage shot at the Secret Chiefs 3 Italian show earlier in the year will be officially released as the second SC3 live DVD. Here’s hoping, but as with any SC3 release, don’t hold your breathe.
Secret Chiefs 3 – Halloween – from NEW DVD 2010 from fantomatic agency
Secret Chiefs 3 will be playing along side a newly reformed Primus (minus Herb) at the Festival Tribulaciones Live in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The band will also include original skinsman Danny Heifetz on drums with heavy hitter Peijman on percussion. The event takes place on the 3rd of December.
There’s a bit of info at the official FB event page or check out the official web page for more details.
I’ve also read the Zu Patton Quartet are playing the festival as well, can anyone confirm this/have any info on this?
UPDATE (27/10): No Patton/Zu Quartet because Patton is busy with the Chile FNM Second Coming Finale gig, and I’ve received word that Danny will not be accompanying Secret Chiefs 3 at the Festival Tribulaciones show.
Have Secret Chiefs 3 just entered the studio? Is the long awaited and much anticipated Book of Souls nearing a release?
Who knows, posty has the goss though. Check it out.
He also has an excellent write up of the recent Melvins Eugene gig and a cool pic from Ches Smith’s FB:
You may remember Sanne Vinter from such epic photo sets as these babies. This time around she has been clicky click on Secret Chiefs 3 when they were in her neck of the wood.
A pleasant surprise from the Secret Chiefs 3 camp! Yesterday WoM announced that they will be releasing a new album titled Satellite Supersonic Vol. 1 on May 25th.
The album consists of reworked and remastered tracks from the 7 inchers that were released a few years ago, along with a few other rarities from the “satellite bands”.
The press release also mentions that the long awaited follow up to Book of Horizon’s, Book of Souls will also be released “this fall”.
Satellite Supersonic Vol. 1. Tracklist
1. UR – Circumambulation
2. ISHRAQIYUN – Balance of the 19
3. ELECTROMAGNETIC AZOTH – Ubik
4. UR – Kulturvultur
5. ISHRAQIYUN – Balthassar : Melchior : Kaspar
6. ELECTROMAGNETIC AZOTH – The Left Hand of Nothingness
7. UR – Anthropomorphisis : Boxleitner
8. ?
1,2 and 6 are digital remixes of previously released vinyl versions, 5 has not been previously released, 7 is the original UR version, and 3 and 4 are extended (original) versions remixed for digital.
Official Press Release
“Satellite Supersonic
2010With their long-awaited album Book of Souls due to hit the shelves this fall, Secret Chiefs 3 have chosen this moment to bring the digital world up to date on some of the clandestine (i.e. vinyl-only) activities of the SC3 “satellite bands.” In 2007, a string of 7-inch records by these groups were all snatched up by fans within just over a month, leaving many potential listeners feeling a bit left out. Web of Mimicry is pleased to announce that eight tracks from UR, Ishraqiyun and Electromagnetic Azoth have made it on to Satellite Supersonic Vol. 1, and five of them are from those coveted 7-inch records!
In true Secret Chiefs 3 fashion, these tracks were not just rehashed “as is” from their 2007 vinyl masters and hastily transferred to bits and bytes. Rather, each track was given a full studio work-over in early 2010 for this CD. The band, which is about to tour Eastern Europe, Turkey and Israel, originally intended this as a low-key tour release, but such new life was breathed into the tunes in the process of remixing them (some of them even having new and expanded arrangements) that the whole project deserved to be presented as something more substantial.
To that end, Satellite Supersonic Vol. 1 really takes off when Secret Chiefs 3 adds a brand new, previously unreleased track to the Ishraqiyun repertoire. Yep, a new one. A killer. Also, an old UR favorite from Book of Horizons (2004) abandons the Secret Chiefs 3 nest completely, in order to roost in a more UR-specific “proto-mix.” No one can say whether this song jumped forward 6 years or back 26… or maybe this is the origi- nal, and the version released in 2004 is an impenetrable hyper-dimension- al layer-cake shakily built upon the more solid foundations heard here.
For good measure, one more song (this time a true uber-rarity of mysterious origin from 1998) completes Satellite Supersonic Vol. 1—a bonus track that is a nostalgic foretaste of ancient things that haven’t happened yet. That’s the speed of it. Seasoned SC3 listeners are accustomed to fast-moving objects in space in the form of satellite bands warping time and tonality along the impossible curvatures of the mother-band’s cosmic-geometrical schemata. And they sit at the center of that universe along with the band, watching it all unfold. But now, with Satellite Supersonic Vol. 1, every listener with a CD player gets a palpable, close-up and intimate view from inside three of the wandering stars in the twinkling SC3 sky.
Please note that this is a PREORDER. The CD’s official release date is May 25, 2010. Orders that contain this product may be delayed until a shipment on or before May 25.”
http://www.webofmimicry.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=24&products_id=88
Secret Chiefs 3 have added a few more stops to their upcoming Euro tour: ISTANBUL: TURKEY, TEL AVIV: ISRAEL, SOPHIA: BULGARIA, TIMISOARA: ROMANIA, WELS: AUSTRIA, ESSEN: GERMANY
The full dates (as posted at WOM)
28.04 / WELS (au) @ Schl8hof
Alter Schl8hof Wels – Dragonerstraße 22 – 4600 Wels – Austria.
20:30 – 8/10 €
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29.04 / BRNO (cz) @ Melodka
Kounicova 20/22 – Brno 602 00 – Czech.
20:00 – 150/190 czk
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03.05 / BUDAPEST (hu) @ A38
Pet?fi híd – budai hídf? (Near Petöfi Bridge Muegyetem Rakpart) – 1117 Budapest – Hungary.
20:00 – 1500/2000 huf
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04.05 / TIMISOARA (ro) @ Set Up
Pestalozzi Street no. 22 – 30000 Timisoara – Romania.
20:00 – 10/20 lei Continue reading
11.05.10 / ZAGREB (hr) @ Teatar &td
12.05.10 / LJUBLJANA (sl) @ Kino Siska
17.05.10 / GENEVE (ch) @ L’Usine
18.05.10 / MÂCON (fr) @ Cavazik
19.05.10 / NANCY (fr) @ L’Autre Canal
25.05.10 / SAINT NAZAIRE (fr) @ Vip
26.05.10 / BOURGES (fr) @ Nadir
27.05.10 / MONTPELLIER (fr) @ Secret Place
28.05.10 / MARSEILLE (fr) @ L Embobineuse
29.05.10 / DÜDINGEN (ch) @ Bad Bonn
02.06.10 / AARHUS (dk) @ Stubnitz
03.06.10 / HAMBURG (de) @ Hafenklang
05.06.10 / PARIS (fr) @ Jardin de la Villette
06.06.10 / TOURCOING (fr) @ Grand Mix
