Frank Zappa loved to explore sounds, to dissect rhythms. On electric guitar, he was an innovator of tone, a unique long-form improviser, a connaisseur of poly-metrical tension, a feedback controller.
When composing 'Ländler for Zappa', I wasn't keen on emulating FZ. Instead my guideline was: "Could/ would he have liked it?"
From my adolescent years onwards, I have always been a huge Zappa fan. And that's my way of showing it. MS 2024
Performance vid
Partiture vid
PS: 'Ländler' is a traditional form of music from the Southern part of Germany