UgEXPLODE Records

27/10/2023

twitch stream of Jon Irabagon / Weasel Walter duo in chicago last night.

elasticartschicago went live on Twitch. Catch up on their Music VOD now.

11/10/2023

upcoming gigatronics:

October 14: Roscoe Mitchell/Sandy Ewen/Damon Smith/Weasel Walter - Saint Louis, MO
October 26: Jon Irabagon/Weasel Walter + Cisco Bradley - Elastic, Chicago
October 31-November 13: Drunks With
Guns Tour - Chicago > L.A.
November 17: Lydia Lunch Retrovirus - Catskill, NY
November 19: Lydia Lunch Retrovirus (FINAL CONCERT) - TV Eye, Queens, NY
November 29-Dec 11: Cellular Chaos tour Chicago > Miami and back
Late Jan/Early Feb 2024: The Flying Luttenbachers concerts in Texas and Florida TBA

01/09/2023

https://vomitatrix.bandcamp.com/album/violently-ill

The 'Appetite for Destruction' of noisecore emergeth!!!!

18 track album

28/08/2023

VOMITATRIX Septemeber 2023 EUROPEAN TOUR
new CD preorder/download "Violently Ill" out on ugEXPLODE on September 1st
9.5. Vienna - Venster99
9.6. Ljubljana - Gromka/Metelkova
9.7. Graz - Postgarage
9.8. Linz - Stadtwerkstatt
9.9. Weikersheim - Club w71
9.10. Prague - Bike Jesus
9.12. Bologna - Freak out
9.13. Liestal - House show
9.14. Lyon - Grrrnd Zero
9.15. Marvejols - Mordorfest
9.17. Brussels - Les Atelier Claus
9.18. Lille - CCL
9.19. Cologne - Sonic Ballroom
9.20. Bremen - Kultur im Bunker
9.21. Hamburg - Hafenklang
9.22. Wroclaw - Avant Art Festival
9.23. Berlin - KVU
9.24. Halle - Secret location
9.26. Leipzig - secret location

25/08/2023

YES, CORRECT.

your favorite "free grind" ensemble, VOMITATRIX (that is vomit + atrix, for those who interpolate incorrectly) are touring europe in september. our new full length album "Violently Ill" will be released on download/CD preorder on September 1st, via vomitatrix and ugEXPLODE bandcamp (or direct PM).

04/08/2023

ticket sales for Cellular Chaos at St Vitus on August 14th in brooklyn

NYC's own noise punkers **Cellular Chaos** and PA's **Bleeders** play Vitus with **Parlor Walls** + **Baggie** This is a 21+ event

03/08/2023

VOMITATRIX
"Violently Ill"
CD/download

coming September 2023 on ugEXPLODE

The band that loves to hate you is back with a full length studio album that makes their previous demo look like a walk through the park. Gyna
Bootleg, Rick Eye, Tim Dahl and Weasel Walter are here to laugh at your funeral. It's-a real-fun! Loud, grinding chaos. There's some songs on here, but you have to figure it out. ON TOUR IN EUROPE IN SEPTEMBER

03/08/2023

For a short time, a FREE DOWNLOAD of my classic 2007 release "Firestorm" featuring Marshall Allen, Damon Smith, Marc Edwards, Mario Rechtern, Marco Eneidi, Lisle Ellis and Elliott Levin. This is rip-roaring, old school FREE JAZZ at the highest energy and density levels. Enjoy.

7 track album

31/07/2023

Another podcast interview with me, this time pretty heavy on self-analysis the first half, Flying Luttenbachers compositional matters during the second half. there's no cursing in this one.

We get into it with one of the greats in American experimental music...Weasel Walter! Centred around his work leading The Flying Luttenbachers, this discussion goes deep into the persistence and strug

21/07/2023

another free download from the archives, the 2007 studio session "Lichens" by Gianni Gebbia, Damon Smith and Weasel Walter. a beautiful recording of varied, detailed free music featuring reeds, double bass and percussion. enjoy

14 track album

08/07/2023

here's another archival freebie . . . back in the early '00s, i ditched chicago for the bay area in one of the best decisions i ever made in my life. i wound up smack dab in the middle of an amazing scene of experimental-ish rock bands (that's a topic for another post). when that kind of petered out, i got a serendipitous call from Damon Smith that issued in the next phase in one fell swoop. i had long turned my back on improvised music, mostly because i didn't care for what was going on in chicago. well, it turned out there was certainly more to be done and more people to do it with, and i wound up diving headfirst back in. My 2006 album "Revolt Music" picked up the inzane free jazz vibe i had last documented on The Flying Luttenbachers' 2000 "Trauma" epic with recharged vitriol and the great Henry Kaiser in tow.

8 track album

25/06/2023

some unsophisticated, non-intrepid simps believe that i am a "rock musician" and nothing more. i certainly am - and no dilettante, at that - but i have been improvising since day one (my first record in 1992 was a straight ahead acoustic free jazz record). literally half of my 200+ plus commercial releases feature improvised music made with hundreds of known quantities in the field.

as such, improvised music releases mostly seem to have a short shelflife, like a newspaper. that's all well and good, but maybe we should revisit some of them? free download of this destructive rager from 2000 featuring jim o'rourke, fred lonberg holm and myself. you get a prize if you endure the whole thing.

5 track album

18/06/2023

Ahleuchatistas
The Flying Luttenbachers
Imelda Marcos
Past Forms

7pm show $15

Friday June 23, 2023
downstairs at Subterranean
2011 W. North Ave
Chicago, IL

03/05/2023

this should be the final update on the may tour dates. as such, there are three venues that are DIY spaces that cannot have their addresses listed at risk of being shut down. this is the state of affairs, folks. if we can get you to do ONE MORE MOUSE CLICK and DM us for the address, i know you can go and have a marvelous time with us.

22/04/2023

The debut album by Cellular Chaos is hitherto reissued as a nifty pro duplicated slim digipak CDR. if you missed it first time, here's another chance at the budget price of 10 bucks (plus postage). PM me to order, or go buy it at bandcamp, where we lose a few bucks.

The band will be on the road in May (dates below). Cellular Chaos is represented by Camila Alvarez - [email protected]

May 7 - The Hub, Cincinnati OH with Fruit Looops a.o
May 8 - Pilot Light, Knoxville TN
May 9 - Static Age, Ashevillen NC
May 10 - Nic's, Richmond VA
May 11 - The Compound, Baltimore MD
May 12 - TV Eye, Queens NY with Child Abuse and Bleeders
May 13 - Collision, Pittsburgh PA
May 14 - Happy Dog, Cleveland OH
May 16 - Empty Bottle, Chicago IL

04/04/2023

"Featuring Mario Rechtern on alto, baritone & sopranino saxes & flute, Eric Zinman on piano and Weasel Walter on drums. Both saxist Mario Rechtern and pianist Eric Zinman live in the Boston area and are longtime legends of Free Music from New England. I had been hearing about Eric Zinman for many years due to his recordings with Francois Tusques, Linda Sharrock and Ted Daniel, as well as more recently playing with several Evil Clown projects . Saxist Mario Rechtern I know of less well, although he has worked with Linda Sharrock, Weasel Walter and Blaise Siwula. Drum wizard, Weasel Walter, you should no doubt know about, since he has worked with many of the elders of avant/jazz like Hal Russell, Henry Kaiser, Vinny Golia and many others. I caught Mr. Rechtern with Linda Sharrock at the Victo Fest a few years back. I haven’t heard Mr. Zinman in concert yet. To me, this sounds like Free Jazz played well-seasoned players who have been doing this for a long time. After starting out on alto sax, Mr. Rechtern switches to baritone midway, bending and twisting his notes inside-out. Mr. Zinman plays furiously free, whipping up several storms of notes with Mr. Walter tightly connecting in wave after wave. Things evolve organically, with long sections of quieter free improv which are focused, intense and consistently spirited. Zinman sounds like he is fanning the strings inside the piano at times, while Weasel plays with much restraint. At times Mr. Rechtern reminds me of Roscoe Mitchell when both are playing the sopranino, getting a keening, high end, bent note, nasal sound, almost like a double reed pushed to its extreme. Once we become adjusted to the language or sound of this music, I start to hear an ongoing dialogue or conversation, which sounds like a series of short stories unfolding. Zinman on piano and Walter on drums work quite well together as they navigate the furious rapids they are moving through. Inside the booklet contains a series of strange words, prose or poetry or something equally weird, hard to tell but worth thinking about. The second piece, “When Seas Go High,” starts quietly yet soon erupts with bristling intensity, the tempo speeds up, slows down, becomes dense and then has a few spacious sections. Rechtern stays in the high register, spewing out a torrent of bent notes which has a scary effect at points. Someone who hasn’t listened to much Free Jazz, might think that this is boring or predictable yet there is much more going on here as things consistently change and different combinations of sounds are always morphing into something else. At almost 74 minutes, this is quite a bit to take in at one sitting yet I found myself at the edge of my seat throughout."

- Bruce Lee Gallanter, Downtown Music Gallery

ORDER: PM me for cheaper or

4 track album

02/04/2023

i'm only on 2 releases this year, so far, and these are them. they're both pretty great and there's lots of notes played by everybody in a virtuosoic way, featured by clear, focused recordings. catch up on my business and get both for 20 bucks including postage in the US. PM me for info.

24/03/2023

03/03/2023

https://weaselwalter.bandcamp.com/album/branches-choke

"This was the first time this group ever met, and the first time I ever played with Seth and Alex. The first notes you hear on the CD were the first we ones we played together. I think it's obvious from what transpires, that free improvisation is alive and well.
On a technical level, I think the recording quality is excellent and this was one of the easiest mixes I've ever done in terms of nailing all the tones. The first draft was the one we used here - no revisions were needed. There are duo and trio outtakes from the session, but we all agreed to let the quartet takes stand on their own. In particular, Damon's bass really shines here, given equal presence and clarity in the mix.
I'm not really asked to do free improvisation very much at this point in history, so if and when I do it, it has to be special. I believe this is the case with this release."
- Weasel Walter, March 3, 2023
credits
released March 3, 2023
Seth Andrew Davis: Electric Guitar
Alex Cunningham: Violin
Damon Smith: Double Bass
Weasel Walter: Drums
Recorded at Weights and Measures Soundlab in Kansas City, MO on July 21, 2022
Engineered by Duane Trower
Mixed and Mastered by Weasel Walter
Artwork by Alex Cunningham
Titles from Poems by August Stramm

4 track album

29/12/2022

Big sale over at Improved Sequence Records . . . They're blowing out a lot of titles and right now The Flying Luttenbachers' "Live At WNUR 2-6-92" LP and the epic "Cataclysm" 2LP + DVD are only 12 Euro each, select from the pull-down menu.

13/12/2022

another enthusiastic and perceptive review of the flying luttenbachers' 2022 release "terror iridescence". it ain't your average FLS album, but then again, most aren't.

. The Flying Luttenbachers – Terror Iridescence (GOD Records/uG Explore) – Did we or did we not? Appears not? Could have sworn we did, we nearly let this one pass us by, keeping up with…

12/12/2022

it is a fine album. somebody listened to it and wrote something about it. you can buy it if you want it.

perte et fracas - chronique disque THE FLYING LUTTENBACHERS

14/09/2022

luttenbachers dual assault in chicago, october 2022

for more info http://www.google.com

11/09/2022

Limited copies of the cassette version of the Vomitatrix EP out now on Crass Lips Records. you can either buy it through bandcamp, or contact me direct and give the band a few more bucks to keep things running.

https://vomitatrix.bandcamp.com/album/vomitatrix

05/09/2022

VOMITATRIX RETURNS ON THIS NIGHT OF HORROR
https://www.facebook.com/events/1239445740188992

30/08/2022

fun label update . . . i guess i've gone further underground. LOL. i don't care. zero press, no more itunes/spotify etc., no barcodes, no distribution, what the f**k ever. i just don't care. i make this music, put it out, my audience gets it, tough nuts to everybody else.

that said, i cut deals when you buy direct (PM me) and cut all the bridge trolls (bandcamp, discogs, paypal) out of the equation. also, you can find my stuff through fine retail establishments like Wayside Music, Squidco and Downtown Music Gallery.

currently in stock:

Vomitatrix s/t CDR ug 88
Deadly Orgone Radiation - Desecration of Form CD ug 87
The Flying Luttenbachers - Terror Iridescence LP/CD ug 86
Elliott Sharp/Tim Dahl/Weasel Walter - Kompromat CDR ug 85
Martin Escalante/Tete Leguia/Weasel Walter - Katyusha CD ug 84
Forbes/Young/Walter - Hard Living CDR ug 83
Roscoe Mitchell/Sandy Ewen/Damon Smith/Weasel Walter - A Railroad Spike Forms The Voice CD ug 82
The Flying Luttenbachers - Negative Infinity LP/CD ug 81
Weasel Walter - Another Pound of Flesh 3CDR ug 80
Sandy Ewen/Damon Smith/Weasel Walter CD ug 79
Sam Weinberg/Henry Fraser/Weasel Walter - Grist CD ug 78
The Flying Luttenbachers - Imminent Death 2LP/CD ug 77
Mandy Zone and Ozone - Live at Max's Kansas City 1981 CD ug 76
Jeb Bishop/Alex Ward/Weasel Walter - Flayed CD ug 75
The Flying Luttenbachers - Shattered Dimension CD/2LP (out of print) ug 74
Martin Escalante/Weasel Walter - Lacerate CD ug73
Cellular Chaos "Dirty Girl" download ug 72
Peter Evans/Weasel Walter - Poisonous CD ug 71
Weasel Walter - Skhiizm CD ug 70
Sandy Ewen/Weasel Walter - Idiomatic CD ug 69
Foster/Swell/Lopez/Walter - Throes are the Only Trouble CD ug 68
Weasel Walter - A Pound Of Flesh 4CD ug 67
Weasel Walter - Curses CD ug 66
Weasel Walter Large Ensemble with Henry Kaiser - Igneity ug 65
Encenathrakh - Ithate Thngth Oceate CD
Encenathrakh - Thraakethraaete Thraithaake CD
Weasel Walter/Dominika Michalowska/Michael Foster - In the Absence of Compromise CD
Eric Zinman/Mario Rechtern/Weasel Walter - Mermaids and Sirens Know CD
The Flying Luttenbachers - Live Cataclysm DVD
The Flying Luttenbachers - Live at WNUR 2/6/92 LP
The Flying Luttenbachers - Incarceration By Abstraction LP
The Flying Luttenbachers - Cataclysm 2LP + CD
Jeb Bishop/Jaap Blonk/Weasel Walter/Damon Smith - Live at Pioneer Works Vol. 1 CD + Vol.2 cassette

http://www.ugEXPLODE.com
http://weaselwalter.bandcamp.com
http://www.google.com

20/08/2022

i keep file copies of everything i play on. i decided to slim it down, so i pulled single brand new, unplayed mint copies of a bunch of out of print/hard to find stuff. a bunch of it is on my discogs page. if you want to not support discogs and paypal with the pound of flesh they demand and want to buy direct, i will cut deals. if you just wanna pay there, you pay full price . . .

https://www.discogs.com/seller/nonwave/profile

07/08/2022

okay, okay, i mean, if you really trust bandcamp and paypal and you want to pay their inflated f**king fees, you can order the new luttenbachers vinyl for 28 bucks in the US. have it your way. if you want to pay 24.00 and cut the corporate trolls out of the transaction, PM me. duh.

if you want it outside of the US, you can order from GOD Records in Austria and save on the stupid, inflated international postage courtesy of the mighty USPS! http://godrec.com/god69.html

https://theflyingluttenbachers.bandcamp.com/album/terror-iridescence

02/08/2022

ok. here's the deal: if you live in the USA, and you want an LP version of the most recent Flying Luttenbachers album "Terror Iridescence", we can cut each other a deal . . .

PM me here and say you want one. if we aren't paying the various bridge trolls, you save FOUR BUCKS. if you order this through another regular platform i sell through, that's the hit i take. lame. yeah. so, i'm going to pass the savings onto you. write and i'll give you the deets. i'll even throw in a free bandcamp download of it, if you want one.

direct through me: 24.00 postage paid in US

buy the other way: 28.00 including postage, and the trolls make 4 bucks for no great reason.

do the math. support independent music, svp.

30/07/2022

TONIGHT, YOU

29/07/2022

The Flying Luttenbachers "Terror Iridescence" vinyl hits the USA in a few days. Our correspondent in Paris, the famous Sadie Mae (of Harry Crews infamy) demonstrates.

18/07/2022

two Cellular Chaos gigs coming up:

Friday, August 5th
The Spot Tavern
9:00 pm
$10
409 s 4th st, Lafayette IN
21+

Saturday, August 6th
Not Not
8pm
$10
3950 w. Grand, Chicago, IL
All Ages BYOB
Unmanned Ship
Cellular Chaos
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16/07/2022

The multitrack audio is forthcoming, but for now, the camera audio will have to suffice. it's better than most of you deserve anyhow.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9b10V3Ev7E

Weasel WalterAndy OrtmannJohnny RampageBurlington Bar, ChicagoJuly 13, 2022

12/07/2022

The Flying Luttenbachers / Throwaway / Heet Deth/

Subterranean, Chicago July 30, 2022

09/07/2022

the rave reviews begin to pour in on the new Vomitatrix and Deadly Orgone Radiation releases:

https://organthing.com/2022/07/08/organ-thing-the-further-painterly-adventures-of-wessel-walter-the-vomitatrix-album-is-out-the-new-deadly-orgone-radiation-release-featuring-alex-ward-and-james-sedwards-is-almost-soothing-in-that/

We have warned you about this before, Vomitatrix is the name of the band, the album is out now, once again you can consider this a public service, here’s what someone from UGExplode said, & #8…

08/07/2022

TO SKRONK OR NOT TO SKRONK, that isn't the question

https://weaselwalter.bandcamp.com/album/desecration-of-form

4 track album

07/07/2022

OUT NOW:

Vomitatrix CD-R EP/Download - i'm just going to say four names: Gyna Bootleg, Weasel Walter, Tim Dahl, Rick Eye. That should be sufficient, but i'll just add that "morbid florist" lives on through this potent debut of ridic dada ACID-GRIND?

Deadly Orgone Radiation "Desecration of Form" digipak CD/download - Another red hot display of torrid modernism. Free Rock/Skronk with spontaneous hard lines of structure by Alex Ward, James Sedwards and the Weez

Encenathrakh "Ithate Thngth Oceate" CD - golly, it's their third studio album (if you don't count "studio album", of course) and this one was done . . . backwards. drums last. dadgum it, this might be the best one so far. the new wave of FREE DEATH is here!

https://weaselwalter.bandcamp.com/

ugEXPLODE Records was founded in 1991 and dissolved in 2013, and revived in 2018 building on a raw aesthetic springing from extreme rock forms and free jazz.

05/06/2022

another 2022 Luttenbachers rehearsal demo for "Omnicide"

Live at Burlington Bar, Chicago, June 7th, 2022 - 8pm doors $10 at the door/no advance tickets

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raVHUv5oXsg

The Flying Luttenbachers live at Burlington Bar, Chicago, IL on June 7th, 8pm doors $10Weasel Walter (guitar)Alex Perkolup (bass guitar)Charlie Werber (drums)

03/06/2022

a new The Flying Luttenbachers lineup debuts at Burlington Bar in Chicago on June 7th. 8pm doors $10 at door, no tickets. here's a rehearsal snippet, fyi

https://youtu.be/4It3M2fgVeY

The Flying Luttenbachers live at Burlington Bar, Chicago, IL on June 7th, 8pm doors $10