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
It’s the party end of the year (well it was when I started this post) and it’s time for the first ever inaugural Stubbadub top 10 albums of the year list!
Even without any significant contributions from Mike Patton this year, which can be directly attributed to a certain reunion tour, there have been many great Stubbadub related releases to tickle our ear drums.
10. Zu – Carboniferous (Mike Patton) - Italian metallers Zu released their latest album Carboniferous via Mike Patton‘s label Ipecac Recordings. Mike appears on a couple of tracks (Soulympics and Orc) along with Buzz from the Melvins (Chthonian).
09. Shrinebuilder – Self Titled (Dale Crover) - Featuring Dale Crover of The Melvins fame on drums and Neurosis frontman Scott Kelly on Guitar, Shrinebuilder released their stoner fueled debut album in October.
08. MadLove – White with Foam (Trevor Dunn) – Trevor Dunn’s Rock Album. Nuff said. Go get it.
07. Jello Biafra And The Guantanamo School Of Medicine – The Audacity of Hype (Billy Gould) – The latest installment from outspoken ex-Dead Kennedys’ vocalist, Eric Reed Boucher aka Jello Biafra is a kick in the sack from start to finish. The album features Billy Gould on bass and one has to assume that he would have toured with the band if he hadn’t been side tracked by the recent reformation of Faith No More. Hopefully he can make the next tour (and they bring it to Australia 
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06. Chuck Mosley and the VUA – Will Rap over Hard Rock for Food (Chuck Mosley) – It’s been a while since Chuck released anything of significance, but it was worth the wait. A good album over all and the rework of Faith No More‘s We Care a Lot (Featuring special guest Mr Roddy Bottum on keys) is very interesting and worth grabbing the album for alone.
05. Umlaut – Self Titled (Bar McKinnon) – Bar’s first release since becoming an Aussie. Recently toured with Les Claypool. A very tidy album all round with some very nice Bungle-esque/Secret Chiefs 3 moments.
04. Isis – Wavering Radiant (Ipecac Recordings) – The latest installment from rockers Isis as usual does not disappoint.
03. Secret Chiefs 3 – Traditionalists : Le Mani Destre Recise Degli Ultimi Uomini (Trey Spruance) – The newest SC3 album took everyone by surprise as Trey bucked his usual trend of announcing an album release and then missing that date by large margins. A great release by sub band “Traditionalists”, but leaves you hanging for the next book release.
02. The Fantastic Terrific Munkle – Music to Dance To (Danny Heifetz) – It is very difficult to keep up with what Danny is working on nowdays as he does not have any established online presence, but the best thing he is involved with at the moment is the Munkle band. Check this album out
01. John Zorn – O’o (Trevor Dunn) – The latest in Zorn’s “Romance” series and the follow up to 2008′s “The Dreamers”, this is an amazing record and by far my album of the year.
Hopefully next year we will see the highly anticipated release of Mike Patton’s Mondo Cane, possibly Crudo and fingers crossed another Fantomas would be most welcome.
Also March 23rd sees the release of the Dillinger Escape Plan‘s latest album, Option Paralysis, and from the new song making the rounds (Farewell Mona Lisa), it’s gonna be kickarse.
Feel free to post your thoughts on albums in this list, or your own top 10 lists in the comments or in the forum.
Over the years I have made some stubb related ring tones and I thought I would up ‘em and share them. They are MP3′s but it’s pretty easy to convert them to iPhone format if need be (hint: add them to itunes, right click in itunes and create aac version).
They are:
- SC3 – The 4
- SC3 – The End Times
- FNM Spanish Evidence
- SC3 – Zulfiqar 3
Anyway enjoy: http://bit.ly/3Ial1
If anyone has any of their own please post links in comments 
There is a good quality audio boot of the recent Secret Chiefs 3 Masada show in Barcelona featuring Fred Frith on the first of July 2009. There is also a gallery of piccies from the show.
Thanks to Diego for the tip
As part of the North Sea Jazz Festival this weekend, of which John Zorn is Artist in Residence, Secret Chiefs 3 will be playing Masada (Xaphan?) on the Yukon stage.
“With a show that is freaky, sometimes rock hard, but especially enchanting, Secret Chiefs 3 is able to transport its audience into the dark cellars of the musical underworld. During the Jazz Rocks! theme on Saturday on the Yukon stage, SC3 will unleash its demons and shock its audience but also charm them with their magical, improvised show.”
Hardtimes.ca just published a long interview with Trey Spruance. Check it:
