Our dear friends at The Wire report that keyboardist/FOF (Friend of Frank) Don Preston is set to be honored with a collection of electronic compositions. Preston, an original member of Zappa’s psychedelic, traveling road show that was the Mothers of Invention was a confidant of Zappa’s and a core member of The Mothers until his departure in 1974. Preston played on nearly every “essential” Zappa LP and was best known for his ridiculously sublime Moog solo on 1972’s “Waka/Jawaka” off the LP of the same name, which even knocked Bob Moog himself flat on his ass.
Preston would later play with both jazz and rock heavies alike (and find the time to appear in a string of wildly silly B-movies including 1976’s Sinister Flesh) but this is the first collection of his original, electronic compositions. Entitled Filters, Oscillators and Envelopes 1967-1982, the collection was spearheaded by Sub Rosa and features Preston playing an instrument he designed and constructed himself, “a homemade synthesizer with a series of oscillators and filters.” Preston, who still regularly tours, writes, and records, released his latest LP in October, Escape From 2012 a collaboration on Ictus with minimalist composer Andrea Centazzo. Filters, Oscillators and Envelopes 1967-1982 is available from Sub Rosa now.
Filters, Oscillators and Envelopes 1967-1982 tracklist:
01. Electronic Music
02. Analog Heaven #1
03. Analog Heaven #2
04. Analog Heaven #3
05. Analog Heaven #4
06. Analog Heaven #5
07. Analog Heaven #6
08. Analog Heaven #7
09. Fred & Me (CD bonus track only)
• Don Preston: http://www.united-mutations.com/p/don_preston.htm
• Sub Rosa: http://subrosa.itcmedia.net/en.html
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