36 years since Zappa met Mats/Morgan

On May 1, 1988, Frank Zappa invited Mats Öberg and Morgan Ågren to join on-stage during "Big Swifty" for some improvisation and to play "T'Mershi Duween," in Stockholm, Sweden.
36 years later, Mats is here to celebrate by playing an interesting instrument called the Ondomo.
Here's Mats Öberg playing Zappa’s Black Page on Christopher Caird Dominique’s Ondomo in Dan Bornemark’s Studio McBuddha. Filmed by dB
Listen to the 1988 performance here: • Mats & Morgan joins Za...
Watch the FZ 1988 interview here: • Frank Zappa on Mats/Mo...
Watch Mats/Morgan's TV debut: • Mats and Morgan TV deb...
Watch this excellent Mats/Morgan 40th anniversary concert: • Mats/Morgan Live 40!
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[@ULYSSES-31]

What a memory to have. Love the Ondes Martenot.

[@ryn8349]

Proud to say, I used to chat with Morgan via email back in the day, and convinced him to join "Facebook" via a link I sent him, so I'm essentially his first friend on Facebook

[@MakeWeirdMusic]

Hah! Lucky guy!

[@kelvinwilson9217]

Mats you are just as amazing as that synth, and you shall continue to be so as it's in your core.

[@UrbanGarden-rf5op]

I was there, very proud of my fellow countrymen. I was well aware of Mats and Morgan's tribute band Zappstitute, so I was confident they would pull it off. They were not totally unprepared, but it must have been a little shaky playing live with their idol, to an audience in part consisting of their friends. On a side note, if you like Morgan Ågrens playing, you can get access to his MIDI-grooves in Toontrack's excellent drum software.

[@MakeWeirdMusic]

I've recorded a few songs with Morgan. You should check them out. Here's one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j4LHepWQpdGMZs0

[@UrbanGarden-rf5op]

@@MakeWeirdMusic Wow, slightly odd, but understandable. My favourite. Will definitely follow up on this. And what a beauty! I am of course talking about the guitar😉

[@semanj]

Mats, thank you for Frankful. That album has gotten me through a lot. Appreciate you

[@puterio034]

Wonderful...thank you

[@flowerpunkchip]

That was great, thank you!!! Viva Zappa

[@MakeWeirdMusic]

Glad you liked it!

[@harounel-poussah6936]

I freaking miss Frank... And I can't imagine the treatment Donald Vanshitz Hispantz would get from him: he definitively hated such persons and never missed an opportunity to make'em freaking laughing stocks. His humour was as impressive as his music, if not more...

[@NickyByloo]

Amazing. Down the Mats/Morgan rabbit hole I go. Cheers man!

[@MakeWeirdMusic]

They are so great. Check out their 40th anniversary concert

[@MisterWondrous]

Hej tack! That was great. I want one. I had a brief convo with Frank in Boston once, having stumbled into him in a hotel lobby, and we spoke about some German lyrics from Joe's Garage. May he rest in peace. He was very much as he was here. The nicest and brightest bulb around. Fantastic clip. What a memory!

[@MakeWeirdMusic]

Thank you for watching and sharing.

[@stoggsherfnik4569]

Wow. I saw you play the the Lincoln center(I drove down from Boston) I will try to find your channel & subscribe.

[@twigtoomooninnovationz]

Absolutely beautiful, thank you for this! 😊❤

[@MakeWeirdMusic]

Glad you like it!

[@harounel-poussah6936]

The Ondes Martenot was probably the first effective "synthesizer" ever!

[@MakeWeirdMusic]

Thank you for spelling it out. I could not find any information about it!

[@harounel-poussah6936]

@@MakeWeirdMusic You're welcome, Tony! It's even a little older than stated : 1928 was the first time the device was shown in public, prototyping was started in 1918 and the patent was filled in 1922. These were improved until the v.7 in 1975 and production was stopped in 1988. fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ondes_Martenot Pardon my French, That's one of the stuff we're a bit proud of, like the baguette, the Excalibur guitar (not the one shown in Wayne's World, the real thing, ask Ron Thal or Shawn Lane about it) and many other inventions...

[@semanj]

You gotta listen to Messiaen’s Turangalîla-Symphonie

[@harounel-poussah6936]

@@semanj 👍

[@harounel-poussah6936]

@@semanj The Ondes Martenot really generate a haunting sound

[@DrNothing23]

Funny! Doug Helvering JUST also released a live reaction to Gregory Peckery, like a minute before you released this one.

[@narosgmbh5916]

👏👏

[@pacalvotan777]

❤🔥 ✨ 🎶

[@JBurell]

"a place north of Stockholm called Umeå". :) Well, Umeå is technically north of Stockholm, but he makes it sound close by. Umeå is about 640km (400 miles) north of Stockholm. Nice video never the less.

[@MakeWeirdMusic]

The world was different back then. I'll give Frank a break. :D