GOAT SHOULDER FOR TAPE IS DIVIDED INTO 7 SECTIONS:(00:00–03:13) overture to act II (03:13–11:41) petit polonaise / the aerolatte traumata (11:41–29:16) 1001 assorted goat questions, a note regarding horses and two concluding dragon questions in brine (29:16–34:54) grand polonaise (34:54–38:55) some initial pointers (38:55-42:57) two prayer biscuits (42:57-46:15) towards a floor-plan of replacement doe dataJUST IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS SEVERAL YEARS AGO, ACT TWO OF DRENCHING'S PROPOSED OPERA VERITE TRILOGY, OF WHICH "GATE HOLDER FOR TAPE" IS THE OPENING SCHERZO. THIS TIME THERE'S BOTH A PETIT AND A GRAND POLONAISE CONSTRUCTED FROM CELLO BATTERINGS, METAL PERCUSSION AND SINE WAV CHORD CYCLES WHICH REDRAWS "LES CORPS GLORIEUX" AS A BLEACHED FAUVIST NUDE ON A BED OF OLD PENCIL CASES. AND NOT BEFORE TIME. ELSEWHERE, THERE'S ELECTRO-WHISK-FUN, THE INEVITABLE DISTORTED BISCUIT TIN AND ALL THE UNLIKELY FORMAL ARCHITECHURE ONE WOULD ASSOCIATE WITH THIS ARTISTE. IN A MANNER NOT UNLIKE THE FINAL SCENE OF "GREMLINS", THE CLOSING AGES SET THE TONE FOR THE ARRIVAL OF THE FINAL ACT SOME TIME IN “THE FUTURE”. THIS IS THE AUTHENTIC FACE OF OPERA FOR OUR CENTURY: SHAKE IN YOUR SHOES, BUREAUCRATS.
THF Drenching
THF Drenching
ORIGINAL LINER NOTES: Welcome Back. Goat Shoulder For Tape is the sequel to Gate Holder For Tape and is, indissociably, the differential deplyment of tekkne-, of tecno-science or tele-technology. At its heart is the idea that normal analytical methods, traditional divisions between academic discourses and past and present cultural biases need to be re-examined. Its perpetual chugging minimalist r...