Gate-Holder For Tape
THF Drenching
GATE HOLDER FOR TAPE IS DIVIDED INTO 8 SECTIONS:(00:00–02:08) prologue (02:08–09:13) a mild oath (09:13–16:04) some gate sequences (16:04–23:37) Qualcast for Straw / a picture of health (23:37–26:17) shit polonaise (26:17–35:23) quartet / that old man flamethrower / aria for Grachan Moncur III (35:23–39:08) blues for Olmert (39:08–44:43) posthorse of thoughtTHERE'S KIDS ALL OVER THE PLACE, SLEEPING AND SHIT, PLUS RELATIVES AND EVERYTHING AROUND, SOMETIMES. AS WITH EVERY OTHER SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTOR IN THIS RAPIDLY-CHANGING AND MAGARET-BECKETT-STRADDLED COSMOS, IT IMPACTS ON MODERN ALBUM-MAKING. OVERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING? SO UNDER THESE DIFFICULT PRESSURES, THE IDEA ARISES, RIGHT, OF DOING A PRIVATE ALBUM, WITH NO ANCY-LIKE COMPUTATION, NO DIGITAL, NO GLITTER, NO MAKE-UP, JUST SMASHING LYRICS, AND UNUSUALLY QUIET TO RECORD LATE AT NIGHT. IN THE SHORT, MIDDLE AND LONG TERM THIS MEANS A MASS OF PAUSE-BUTTON EDITS EXECUTED ON TWO SONY TCM400DVS, A PANASONIC FM25 AND NATHAN BLUNT'S BUSTED SONY TCM818 WE KNOW SO WELL FROM "TAPE TEAM J19" SPREAD OVER TWO C90S AND PLAYED BACK SIMULTANEOUSLY LIKE A TWO-TRACK STEREO RECORDING ON A BUSTED BUSH STEREO UNIT, BLAZING LIKE BIGGIE ED US A SEMI IN HERE. CONTRA R STEWART, THIS LAST CUT IS THE DEEPEST. FUCK ELECTRONICA, MAN.
THF Drenching
THF Drenching
ORIGINAL LINER-NOTES: Gate Holder For Tape can be characterized by an uncompromising dedication to instability and fragmentation, making unstable fragments out of it. The perception is transparently transferred to the end of the tool. The received wisdom of performance practice is continually questioned and reasserted, often with intentionally unpredictable results. Without exception, I constantl...