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Audio Anxiety
As happened in several of the Phonostatic cassette compilations, the phonic theme takes its cue from an earlier visual one; namely, PhotoStatic no. 22, “DisEase Disease,” which explored similar psychic and conceptual territory. In this instance, whether directly submitted in response to the pre-announced theme or not, the resonance with it is inescapable throughout playback of this collection of pieces.
The present collection treats us to, among other things, an early two-track cut-up experiment by The Tape-beatles that brazenly rips off the Benny Goodman Orchestra; a snotty commentary about the then-current state of art by Weather Nouveau; representative pieces from the voluminous and adventuresome cassette deck stylings of X.Y. Zedd; and spooky soundbed meets headbending philosophy by Bob Gregory and Jason Gibbs. Cellist and electronic musician Fredrick Lonberg-Holm contributes the excellent “Bits”, and along with all this is the consummate noise-art by such familiar names as Big City Orchestra, tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE, and The Haters; among others.
Notes
Duplication run: 93.
PDF and Mp3 upload: 2004-02-01.
Changes
Photostatic Magazine Retrograde Archive no. 26'
Contributors and Tracks
The tracks are Mp3s and hosted on the UBUWEB archive.
| # | author title | time | |
| 060 | Bob Gregory and Jason Gibbs Wittgenstein on Pain | 7:02 | |
| 061 | Weather Nouveau They Call it Art | 3:36 | |
| 062 | The Tape-beatles Sing Sing Sing | 2:53 | |
| 063 | Fredrick Lonberg-Holm Bits | 5:49 | |
| 064 | X.Y. Zedd | Absolute Zero | 3:10 |
| 065 | French Lesson | :58 | |
| 066 | The Tape-beatles Listen to the Radio | 5:00 | |
| 067 | The Haters from “Destroyed Music” | 4:38 | |
| 068 | tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE
It’s Not As Easy As You Might Think To Be A Pseudo-Virtuoso (#2) |
8:25 | |
| 069 | Big City Orchestra from “Headache” | 4:08 | |
| 070 | John E untitled | 1:49 | |
