ZAPPATiKA main man Zap Mcinnes and Ike Willis joined forces for The Pony suit, wiht felo Zappa alumni Jeff Hollie and Craig Twister Steward. McInnes explains:
I once wrote an original concept surrounding My Little Pony . The pony is actually representative of the east European prostitutes who end up in the darkness of the red light district in Amsterdam,never to return to the forests of Lithuania and Rumania having been trapped into this lifestyle by manipulative pimps. Now, in our first ever collaboration, Ike Willis and I have orchestrated a completely new work incorporating elements of that original pony concept mixed with some newer ideas and some of Frank Zappa's lyrics. The music is written & orchestrated by Mr Willis and myself. It is performed by ZAPPATiKA, featuring both Jeff Hollie and Craig Twister Steward. Ike Willis also features very strongly of course. The Pony Suite is pompous comedy, it is even operatic in parts but can best be described as prog-jazz-classical-rock. This new recording both evolves the Pony concept to fruition and also introduces some new characters such as the Beastial Boys and the Black Ninja. The PONY SUITE has now gone into final mixing and will be released on September 1st!
Digital Mastering will be done at Electric City in Brussels by award-winning engineer/producer Alan Ward.
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