Visitor Comments

Cumulus
Too Little is Known
"First, thanks for using my loops, I really, really like this mix, it has a nice flow to it. Keep them coming!" -- Dave Fuglewicz (on 07/01/08 21:53:21)

Mental Anguish
Hive
""Montanus, you of course have been made aware from my previous latter that I had quite recently seen an inscription upon a monument to Pallas. "The Senate to him has decreed in return for his services most loyal to his patrons, the title and the regalia of a praetor and the sum of fifteen million sesterces, but Pallas only accepted the office." I then forayed through the records of the Senate in order that I might find the actual decree, and I read the procession of fulsome and affected praises, that the tone of the inscription retires into realms of humbleness and modesty by comparison. The national heroes of our past, Scipio and Caesar and Octavian and Sulla and Pompey must fall short of the fame and the deeds of Pallas. He was, of course, the first to discover the rapture and the majesty of the compositions of Mental that now comfort and inspire Rome and he has yet again been the first to distribute the latest composition, which you have heard, I am certain and must be agog over." The response of Montanus has not been preserved, but I am certain that the deed of discovering and sending out the glorious compositions of Mental is enough to enroll one amongst the greats." -- Buzzsaw and a Series of Saturnine Shavings (on 06/29/08 11:12:46)

Decaying Machine
feat Narva9 - Autumn Thoughts in a Nuclear Winter
"A veritable gem of a tune this is. Excellent production all the way around." -- Mental Anguish (on 06/29/08 07:57:56)

Decaying Machine
feat Narva9 - Autumn Thoughts in a Nuclear Winter
"This is just so damn good at many levels, composistion, production, vocals and so on. Very smokable and tasty." -- Dave Fuglewicz (on 06/27/08 22:54:57)

The Ghosts Lounge
Follow the Girl Who Follows the Rabbit
"A very mesmerizing psychedelic trip into the world of sound. I am enjoying following along as the album unfolds." -- Mental Anguish (on 06/26/08 06:02:52)

The Ghosts Lounge
Follow the Girl Who Follows the Rabbit
"I love the way you use your vocal samples, making them into a hypnotic instrument. This is another gem, very well done. Now I'm listening to all your recent contributions in order." -- Dave Fuglewicz (on 06/25/08 20:45:18)

Buzzsaw & The Shavings
Bioluminescent Flashes in the Hadalpelagic Zone
"Professor Pierre Aronnax and Captain Nemo serenely pass through an uncharted marine channel aboard the Nautilus remarking to one another on the wonders of the sea. A mix worthy of Neptune himself." -- Dave Fuglewicz (on 06/24/08 22:54:40)

Mental Anguish
Hive
"Very nice. You make it around a digital virtual synth with the ease of an old analog-head. I look forward to hearing more of this Oxygen inspired stuff!" -- hebephrenic (on 06/24/08 00:15:29)

Decaying Machine
Lee [DEMO]
"Kewl passages sweet idea!!" -- Omnitechnomatrix (on 06/23/08 15:41:37)

Shell
Gift of Deception
"this is a haunting, "wild" song! The rhythm is very "driving", and the various sounds and the high voice adds a kind of "eery" quality to it. Just beautiful, and VERY lively:-). I really like songs that combine several things in a most artistic way, and gift of deception does that very very well in my opinion." -- Klemperer (on 06/23/08 13:10:56)

Shell
Gift of Deception
"Kwel mix.. I like the way you spiraled the data together!!" -- Omnitechnomatrix (on 06/23/08 13:08:13)

Mental Anguish
Hive
"Very cool mix, like a hive, it has buzzed into my brain." -- Dave Fuglewicz (on 06/22/08 15:29:32)

Mental Anguish
Hive
"Highly smokeable ambient trance space music that not only hearkens back to the glory days of progressive spacetronics of the 1970s (Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze, Cluster, etc.) but propels this field of exploration further into the void, into the unknown, via the neural net connection of software synthesis and the Interweb. Rob Papen's Albino VSTI synthesizer seems to be a big step forward unto analog emulative synthesizers, and this certainly ranks as my favorite Mental Anguish song on Tapegerm, ever." -- Hal McGee (on 06/22/08 15:11:38)

Buzzsaw & The Shavings
Bioluminescent Flashes in the Hadalpelagic Zone
"A symphony of strings indeed, plummeting me deep into the abyss of the ocean & the darkness envelopes me like a cloak as I slowly sink along going ever so deep my eardrums feel the pressure & it is subsided only by the latest mix by Herr Buzzsaw & the Shavings as it caresses my eardrums gently easing my descent." -- Mental Anguish (on 06/22/08 08:18:36)

britva
scratching surfaces
"Excellent use of the Guest Artist loops & the Contagion project. A very ear goggle friendly piece. Nice combination of noise & electro accoustics!" -- Mental Anguish (on 06/22/08 08:10:06)

Mecan
Jaggered Edge
"This is a very well done techno influenced mix. Nicely done. Keep them coming!" -- Dave Fuglewicz (on 06/21/08 12:50:38)

Shell
Gift of Deception
"This is a really nice mix! Glad to hear a new piece from you. Thanks for the loop usage!" -- Mental Anguish (on 06/20/08 05:51:13)

Shell
Gift of Deception
"Wow, thanks for the new mix and using my loops. This is a great energetic and edgy piece. I love it." -- Dave Fuglewicz (on 06/19/08 23:20:57)

Decaying Machine
Lee [DEMO]
"Welcome to Tapegerm. I really like your mix, very nice." -- Dave Fuglewicz (on 06/18/08 22:29:52)

Decaying Machine
Lee [DEMO]
"Excellent slice of electronica! Looking forward to hearing more tapegerm related tracks by you. Welcome to Tapegerm." -- Mental Anguish (on 06/18/08 19:42:52)

melodywhore
take these wings
"I really like it because it makes me calm and relaxed.thanks 4 making this song...." -- jessi (on 06/18/08 17:49:01)

Buzzsaw & The Shavings
Centuries Later, Gemellus Still Escaping Caligula
"Appropriately I listened on a Sunday morning. I thought at first that the local church was calling me to high mass, but then I realized instead that I was riding on a high wire--one suspended from an off-kilter roundabout it would seem. How does that Longfellow put it? "One if by land and two if by sea and three if by merry-go-round equine?" I wipe my nervous brow and give my approval as you take your bow Mr. Saw. " -- C. Goff III (on 06/15/08 11:14:46)

hebephrenic
Paradox
"I am listening to the new Aural Innovations Tapegerm Radio show & I feel I must say that I love this slice of experimental pop electronica! I want to hear more new hebephrenic tapegerm music yes sireeee!" -- Mental Anguish (on 06/15/08 08:57:40)

Buzzsaw & The Shavings
Centuries Later, Gemellus Still Escaping Caligula
"The young master indeed views many puzzling sites and sights as he journalizes on his magical carpetum mechanism. Never would one have thought the concept of long war like nations yearning for peace. Yet is this only a ruse he ponders, perhaps a multi-generational conspiracy most foul? Yet he dares not tarry too long but continues with the haste of the Northern Winds." -- Dave von Fuglewicz (on 06/14/08 19:59:12)

Buzzsaw & The Shavings
Centuries Later, Gemellus Still Escaping Caligula
"One true tasty slice of audio pastry indeed! Very orchestral cathedral like as the grandson of Tiberius flys over Europe starting of course at the Palatine Hill the centermost of the seven hills in Rome of course enjoying the view the whole time of the Forum & Circus Maximus. The ruins of Augustus, Tiberius & Domitian revelled in this latest mixery by Herr Buzzsaw & the Shavings & the festival of Lupercalia was ready to go having heard this mixery & the plans of it being used in the opening ceremony. Even Romulus & Remus were taken aback by the sweet sounds emanating over the land. Bravo Herr Buzzsaw!!!!" -- Mental Anguish (on 06/14/08 08:37:32)

Dereck Higgins
Emblem
"Very reminiscent of Aphex Twin...I like it.. " -- Dr. H (on 06/14/08 02:01:16)

Mecan
1212120
"Great job using the loops m8! Hope 2 hear more..." -- Omnitechnomatrix (on 06/12/08 14:10:08)

Mecan
1212120
"Welcome to Tapegerm!" -- Mental Anguish (on 06/09/08 06:42:34)

The Ghosts Lounge
It's Sore I Be
"Arrrr, tis about time we had a hardy pirate mix here, I be thanking your self for the use of me humble loops. This, prhaps, is yer finest mix I've turned my foul ears upon, ya scurvy dog!" -- Dave Fuglewicz (on 05/31/08 23:24:26)

voiceless
tapegerm 1
"Very nicely done! " -- Cummulus (on 05/24/08 10:37:33)

Cumulus
Swirly Up (short version)
"Oooh, a nice combination of elements, and it had me rolling the computer chair back and forth rhythmically. I'd like to hear more!" -- The Ghost's Lounge (on 05/24/08 10:19:35)

Cumulus
Swirly Up (short version)
"Welcome to Tapegerm, I love this mix, nice production and use of different instruments." -- Dave Fuglewicz (on 05/22/08 20:23:44)

Cumulus
Swirly Up (short version)
"Hi Chris, welcome to Tapegerm! "Swirly Up" is an enjoyable lo-bit lo-fi beat-y electro-romp. Thanks for helping Florida to represent at Tapegerm!" -- Hal McGee (on 05/22/08 09:37:15)

Cumulus
Swirly Up (short version)
"Very cool mix. Love the circuit bent speak & spell! Welcome to Tapegerm." -- Mental Anguish (on 05/22/08 05:49:01)

The Ghosts Lounge
My, Grandma, What a Long Tongue You Have!
"Welcome to Tapegerm. This is truly a wonderfully bizarre mix. " -- Dave Fuglewicz (on 05/21/08 22:49:21)

The Ghosts Lounge
My, Grandma, What a Long Tongue You Have!
"Yes! That is fantastic! I have used a few porno sounds in a couple of pieces but nothing as in-your-face as this. It's awesome..." -- Cumulus (on 05/21/08 11:17:59)

The Ghosts Lounge
My, Grandma, What a Long Tongue You Have!
"As Sgt Pepper said, "The singer's gonna sing a song and he wants ya all to sing along," so... Loopie loop loop ahhhhh! ooo ooo ooo oh oh! Yeah yeah. Dandy candy." -- (on 05/21/08 11:10:54)

The Ghosts Lounge
My, Grandma, What a Long Tongue You Have!
"Peter, welcome to Tapegerm. It is good to have another Gainesvillian here in Germland. As with all of your audio work, I feel uneasy about "My, Grandma, What A Long Tongue You Have!", but I am not sure exactly why." -- Hal McGee (on 05/21/08 07:01:46)

The Ghosts Lounge
My, Grandma, What a Long Tongue You Have!
"Welcome to Tapegerm!" -- Mental Anguish (on 05/21/08 06:05:25)

Datawhore
The Blacks (Mack The Night)
"Thanx Dave, always good to get your input. Datawhore makes this stuff so fast it's hard to know what's happening. Now I know!" -- Datawhore (on 05/21/08 00:49:43)

Datawhore
The Blacks (Mack The Night)
"This mix conjures of visions of decaying bladerunner like urban hoods. Dark and very well done." -- Dave Fuglewicz (on 05/20/08 21:12:19)

Jesi Langdale
Once: Enough
"You stinker! How come you didn't tell me that you had signed up at Tapegerm?! This is a very nice first Tapegerm track!" -- Hal McGee (on 05/13/08 03:54:50)

Jesi Langdale
Once: Enough
"Very nice mix, you've got a lot of good energy cookin'. Loved the oscillator attack ending. Welcome to Tapegerm." -- Dave Fuglewicz (on 05/12/08 21:16:55)

Jesi Langdale
Once: Enough
"Welcome to Tapegerm!" -- Mental Anguish (on 05/12/08 05:57:48)

SoLaRiS
DESECRATION
"Another showcase piece for your wonderful instrumentation. I was drawn in to the dreams of another land, time and place." -- Dave Fuglewicz (on 05/07/08 20:52:58)

SoLaRiS
DESECRATION
"With the wonderment of the British Raj focused on a bit of the Punjab captured in a drop sweat tumbling from forehead, I certainly must praise this exquisite union of the Deccan and Dagenham. I flush in fsvour. Spot on." -- Buzzsaw and a Source of Sind Shavings (on 05/07/08 19:37:58)

Mental Anguish
Chucklebee
"Excellent tribute! Wonderful ambience throughout which aptly combines emotive power on many levels.Very well done indeed. Thanks!" -- SoLaRiS (on 05/07/08 14:51:32)

SoLaRiS
DESECRATION
"Nice combination of east meets west electro fusion. Excellent work & the darkness of the track works great for me." -- Mental Anguish (on 05/07/08 05:39:27)

SoLaRiS
DESECRATION
"What A Great jamm .... Awesome!! Cheerz, Omnitech" -- Omnitechnmatrix (on 05/06/08 20:31:35)

melodywhore
take these wings
"this song changed my hole life it gives me the power to exspers my self thank you for the change love, alexis" -- alexis (on 05/06/08 17:17:00)

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Cumulus
Dirty White Noise
For this one I used my TR-808 and TR-606 drum machines, Big Briar Etherwave theremin, and Casio SK-1. I used a Sony IC Digital Recorder to capture some trains in Germany and some and household sounds, including a malfunctioning toilet that sounded just like the Heuristics trumpet loop to me. There is also some choppy audio with intermittent static from some public-domain porn posted on the internet. Credits: Hal McGee open loops, Heuristics Inc. open loops. Genre: Love. -->please comment (0).

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Cumulus
Too Little is Known
This song reminds me of falling asleep with the TV on and having strange dreams. Special guest Gary Spring plays guitar, courtesy of some 20-year-old cassette tapes I had lying around running through a Peavey digital delay. I also recycled some SK-1 snippets from the same era. A Big Briar Etherwave theremin running through an ART SGX-2000 processer brings some haunting sounds to this piece. There are sounds of electronic baby dolls and real babies crying as well as my wife and son laughing and my dog barking. I also used some audio from some public-domain films I dug up. The films are "National Drinking Game", "Keep Off the Grass", "Medical Quackery", and some drive-in theater advertisements. These can all be found at at http://www.archive.org/details/movies. Credits: David Fuglewicz open loops. Genre: Abstract. -->please comment (1).

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Decaying Machine
feat Narva9 - Autumn Thoughts in a Nuclear Winter
This is one of two songs I never finished with the Narva9 Collective, but now it is, and you boys and girls are the first to hear it. [have some speaker problem at home for the moment, so the sound mix can suck!] Credits: Hebephrenic Amb1 pad, from the Free Loops Sample Pack. Genre: Drum N Bass. -->please comment (2).

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The Ghosts Lounge
Follow the Girl Who Follows the Rabbit
For those who took my sexual arrogance at face value, that is, if anyone out there has been paying attention, here's where I get a little more sensitive. That confidence of mine is a sort of self-parodying act, but executed with such sureness that it ends up being true in a more palatable, and actually more persuasive, way. Now, I'm allowing for the female perspective, but of course I'm still a man culturally constructing sex. I remember the confused look on the face of a hardcore feminist I once knew when she offered to buy a picture of mine that was sexually objectifying a woman, but lovingly. I'm continuing to show that the battle of the sexes is 100% pure crap, and that a synthesis of interests is possible. I might note that the combination of sex and Alice in Wonderland was the subject of my very first sound experiment ten years ago, and that the notion seems as fresh as it did then, maybe even fresher. Credits: Tapegerm Resident Artist loops by Mental Anguish Open Loops, the Alice in Wonderland "See, Hear, Read" record and book (1979), The Story and Songs of the Orange Bird Starring Anita Bryant from Disneyland Records (1971). Genre: Avant Garde. -->please comment (2).

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Omnitechnomatrix
Heliocentrik Triturationz
Credits: Loopz By Anti - Gravity Workshop open loops - : Mix By Omnitechnomatrix. Genre: MASTERMIND MATRIX. -->please comment (0).

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The Ghosts Lounge
L'Etat C'est Moi, Ma Cherie
I think that the famous equation of Mr. French Absolutism himself, Louis XIV, sounds much finer than "who's your daddy," don't you agree? When seeking and manipulating the quirks of a woman's nervous system (to her benefit of course), is the state not me? By the way, fellas, when I searched for source audio with term "screaming orgasm," most of what I found involved acts using a big, silly machine! Isn't it time that the men of the USA boned up on their technique, so to speak? Or is that just a French thing? Credits: Tapegerm Resident Artist loops by Buzzsaw Open Loops. Genre: Experimental. -->please comment (0).

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The Ghosts Lounge
Gauguin Went Down to Florida
Attention to transitions is at the heart of all I do with sound. Here's where I play at that fine American sport, biting the hand that feeds me. Inspired by Andy Warhol, Jeff Koons, and others, I've sought an intentionally confounding balance between high and low, between sound art and pop music. My musician leanings have been boring me lately, so I'm feeling more sound-artisty now. This piece is longer, more repetitive, and, since it represents a shift in my focus, features a couple of sudden and surprising changes. Credits: Tapegerm Resident Artist loop by Ed Drury Guest Artist, M'bira by Martin Denny (1958), The Girl from Ipanema by Antonio Carlos Jobim (1962). Genre: Experimental. -->please comment (0).

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Mental Anguish
Hive
A bit of progressive electronica done up improv style. This song features my own work using Rob Papen's Albino VSTI synthesizer by Linplug Virtual Instruments. Very smokeable. Credits: David Fuglewicz Open Loops, Omnitechnomatrix Open Loops. Genre: Green Alien. -->please comment (4).

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Buzzsaw & The Shavings
Bioluminescent Flashes in the Hadalpelagic Zone
Seven miles and a multitude of fathoms under the waves in the deepest reaches of the ocean, darkness is absolute, the temperature is ever near freezing, and the pressure of the water column above taxes even the most puissant, though that pressure is nothing at all compared to that of Germania that demands yet another crowned historical figure of me, who as far as I know has yet to descend here illumed in bioluminescent flashes. Credits: Mellow Jeremy Guest Artist. Also includes ftp loops by Hal McGee and DJ Get Yo Fat On. Genre: Oceanic. -->please comment (2).

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britva
scratching surfaces
An audio equivalent of compulsive drawing... Credits: Michael Thomas Jackson guest artist, Fever Spoor guest artist, Contagion, britva (skippin cd through reverb). Genre: Noise. -->please comment (1).

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Mecan
Jaggered Edge
Credits: Free Loop Project 015 Artist Cystem, Peace Love Productions. Genre: Techno. -->please comment (1).

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Shell
Gift of Deception
Thanks Dave for the nudge.... Credits: Featuring....David Fuglewicz open loops, Omnitechnomatrix open loops, Mental Anguish open loops, Free Loop Project 015 - CYSTEM & David Fuglewicz loops). Genre: Abstract. -->please comment (4).

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Decaying Machine
Lee [DEMO]
The japaneese boy Lee, plays he's song in space! Credits: Heuristics Inc. Blipps sample from the free loop sample pack. Genre: Electronica. -->please comment (3).

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The Ghosts Lounge
Silk Sheets
True to form, here's another production in which I use found sound like onomatopoeia, approximating the timbres of emotion rather than translating nonverbal sounds into words. I'm particularly happy with the middle section, which is structured to be a loving parody of old-fashioned modernism in music, once shocking but now past 100 years old. This section is composed entirely of my LP sound source, a recitation of low-grade, Song-of-Solomon-style erotic poetry. Enjoy! Credits: Tapegerm Resident Artist loops by Hal McGee Open Loops, Nights of Love in Lesbos LP from FAX Records (1962). Genre: Experimental. -->please comment (0).

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Buzzsaw & The Shavings
Centuries Later, Gemellus Still Escaping Caligula
Though a vast revolution of centuries has passed, and the authority and even the reign of Gaius has long since concluded, the grandson of Tiberius, at last cast aside the pastry platter, consulted the look that attended his every last cough, sounded out incessantly, discerned the blade of Macro come to 'cure' his affliction, and flew from the Palatine, and soon the flying boy truly was, over hills and years, and indeed continues, despite strange changes on the ground that include trains, motorcars and civilised Germans as he soars over old Leipzig. Credits: Includes Mental Anguish Open Loops. Genre: holey O. -->please comment (3).

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