Tuesday, October 7, 2008

COMPOS MENTIS-ELEKTRONISCHE MUSIK, TAPE, 1981, USA



Long forgotten and commanding avant garde-ish mystery tape by this American synthesist filled with eerie grayscale atmospheres cut by sudden wedges of atonal activity that (unintentionally or not) seems informed by the stark electronic malevolence of Jean-Baptiste Barriere and Slava Ranko.

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5 comments:

Néantror said...

glorious

Anonymous said...

Is it so difficult to make snapshots from a perpendicular position to the sleeve?

vdoandsound said...

anonymous-while using a digital cam instead of a scanner and attempting to avoid any reflection? In a word: Yes. The only way to do as you state is to not use the flash and this results in shitty looking photos, so tilted they will remain.

Anonymous said...

Shitty in what way? I've been puzzled about this. It *does* look to me as though you are attempting to take the photos in a very dark room. I'd also like to know how you're attempting to photograph them.

Edit Van Halen said...

Wow, thanks - this is a great find! Never heard of this one...