Various Artists TELLUS: The Audio Cassette Magazine Anthology, Vol. 1 [Metallic Silver Vinyl] [2LP] - Vinyl

Various Artists – TELLUS: The Audio Cassette Magazine Anthology, Vol. 1 [Metallic Silver Vinyl] [2LP]

Description

Long before streaming services, podcasts, or even the compact disc, there was Tellus—a radically ambitious publication that imagined recorded sound as an exhibition space. Founded in 1983 in downtown New York, Tellus transformed the humble audio cassette into a magazine, commissioning and publishing new works by musicians, composers, visual artists, poets, writers, choreographers, and performers who were reshaping the boundaries of contemporary art. Each issue invited listeners into a world where no wave, industrial music, spoken word, Fluxus performance, electroacoustic composition, downtown pop, conceptual art, and avant-garde experimentation could coexist on equal footing. More than forty years later, Earth Libraries proudly presents TELLUS: The Audio Cassette Magazine Anthology Vol. 1, the first comprehensive anthology devoted to the groundbreaking publication. The story of Tellus begins, fittingly, at the Rum Runner Bar on Canal Street. There, in 1983, visual artist Joseph Nechvatal, curator Claudia Gould, and composer Carol Parkinson conceived an entirely new kind of publication. Portable cassette players were transforming how people experienced music, and the trio saw an opportunity to use the cassette itself as a curatorial medium—one capable of circulating work that traditional record labels, galleries, and magazines simply couldn't accommodate. Early recordings by Sonic Youth and Liquid Liquid sit alongside works by James Tenney, George Brecht, Takehisa Kosugi, Carol Parkinson, Y Pants, Live Skull, Shelley Hirsch, Lenny Pickett, Paul Dresher, Gregory Whitehead, and dozens of other artists whose work helped define one of the most fertile creative communities of the era. For Earth Libraries, restoring Tellus represents a continuation of the label's commitment to preserving overlooked musical histories. Working from the original cassette masters, every recording on TELLUS: The Audio Cassette Magazine Anthology Vol. 1 has been carefully restored and newly mastered.

Highlights

• Metallic Silver vinyl edition
• 2-disc set
• 30 tracks

Track Listing

Side A
01. Cargo Cult — Plaid City
02. The Scene Is Now — Bugged, Wigged Out
03. Y Pants — Magnetic Attraction
04. Liquid Liquid — Groove To Go
05. John Fekner City Squad — 2-4-5-7-9-11
06. Carol Parkinson — Heavybeat
07. Sonic Youth — Scream

Side B
01. Patrick McGrath — Spike Rising
02. Bond Bergland — Moonlight Ride
03. Remko Scha — Katadeedo Daynatadoh
04. Paul Dresher — Pygmy Vocal Music
05. George Brecht — Comb Music (Comb Event)
06. Live Skull — Pulverized By Gratitude
07. Bruce Tovsky — Field
08. Brenda Hutchinson — Wordplay
09. Gregory Whitehead — Eva Can I Stab Bats In A Cave
10. David Linton — Ringo
11. David Rosenbloom — Flowers

Side C
01. Saurekeller — Hiroshima
02. Jim Farmer — You Look Lovely In The Moonlight
03. Chain Gang — Night Plantation
04. Angela Babin and Joe Dizney — Work Song
05. Lenny Pickett — Dance Music For 4 Saxophones #3
06. Anita Feldman And Michael Kowalski — Riffle
07. Tron Von Hollywood (with Raina Jane Sherry) — After Shakespeare
08. Bite Like A Kitty — Excerpt from "Same Way"

Side D
01. Ron Kuivala — Tl Intends (to enforce its intellectual property rights to the fullest extent permitted by law)
02. James Tenney — Septet For Electric Guitars
03. Shelley Hirsch — #39
04. Takehisa Kosugi — Paraphrases (Excerpt)

Format Details

• Label: Earth Libraries
• Genre: Indie
• Format: Vinyl

• Format: Vinyl
• Genre: Indie