Germination Volume 2 Number 1
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The Tapegerm Collective -- Germination Volume 2 Number 1

Axel Mundi - "Guru"
Credits: Axel Mundi; Random 12-Pack Challenge. Genre: Musique Concrete.

SoLaRiS - "Tangerine Dreaming"
Just as it says on the tin Credits: Omnitechnomatrix Open Loops. Genre: Electronica.

Shell - "Undone"
Mercury is finally direct but my head is still spinning. Ready or not...still undone. Featuring: Cystem Open Loops, Omnitechnomatrix Open Loops, Mental Anguish Open Loops Credits: Cystem Open Loops, Omnitechnomatrix Open Loops, Mental Anguish Open Loops. Genre: Abstract.

Zebra Mann - "Spiderz Chapter One - The Egg Sac"
These chapters are for Zetta, my Chilean Rose Hair Tarantula. In honor of all invertebrates; and arachnids in particular, I've decided to see what sort of eight legged mixery I can create. This mix, the first of what I can only hope will be many more, describes the beginnings of all spiders, the humble egg sac, carefully protected by the skillfully lain web of the preceeding generation. Zetta never knew her mother, yet her mother did the best she could for her offspring, just the same. Credits: Created with Loops by Mike McGary Random 12, Mental Anguish Open Loops, Cystem Open Loops, Hal McGee Open Loops, Ed Drury Guest Artist, and GEMAfreie-welten Guest Artist.. Genre: Dark Ambient.

Zebra Mann - "Brave New World - Chapter Five"
The Keskan and the Screeee have learned how to live together in peaceful coexistence. Their lives are happy and full of joy, and the only sorrow they know is when their mortal lives come to the inevitable end, as all such mortal beings face. Humanity could learn a lesson or two from these two sentient races. Credits: David Fuglewicz Loops. Genre: Alien Audio.

Slave Labour - "Harmoniconicer"
Credits: International Garbageman: harmonicer. Genre: A Fine How Do U Do.

Zebra Mann - "Brave New World - Chapter Four"
The Kaskan warriors approach the newcomers with caution; only fools rush in where angels fear to tread. Through various means of appendage communication, it is found they have much in common, and even more importantly, much to share. The newcomers call themselves Screeee, which translates roughly as 'The People of the Swamp.' The Screeee and the Kaskan soon become fast friends and trading partners. Credits: David Fuglewicz Loops. Genre: Alien Audio.

Buzzsaw & The Shavings - "A Broken Thread Dangling from a Broken Sun"
At long the thread of an inspiration is joined to intentions upon the keyboard early one morning, yet a momentary mis-perception of the phenomena of nature and the sky intrudes upon a paragraph, tumbling the gerunds and trembling the propositions until more than a sliver and a crescent of recognition comes to call. At last our stalwart writer continues. Credits: Includes Cystem Open Loops and Vocal loops by Zebra Mann. Genre: Darkwave.

Klipto - "TGB-12step"
Credits: loops-free loop sample pack - hebephrenic, mix by Kilpto. Genre: Breakbeat.

Decaying Machine - "Benny the Robot"
I found an old song, made the track maybe 5 or 6 months before I become a member here on Tapegerm[dot]com, old school breakbeat type of thing, pretty stupid track with no point, but thats funny! =) Credits: Shaud. Genre: Breakbeat.

Zebra Mann - "Empty everything louder than everything else"
As promised (or threatened, depending upon your point of view) I have again made a remix of Null MC/Carbon Manual's Empty. This time, as the title suggests, it is loud. It needed the juxtaposition of loudness and 'emptiness' to be a musical paraphrase of the quote: "Sometimes, when one person is missing, the whole world seems depopulated.." Genre: Improvisational. Album: Escapee from The Primate Asylum. Credits: Null MC/Carbon Manual Empty Loops

Buzzsaw & The Shavings - "A Writer Blocked"
The device of the lively and bouncy Overture is to seize the attention of the audience and announce to them the story and the tale is about to commence and to apply their full attentions. Here it is employed to woo the attention of the Muse in the service of an author the captive of competing synonyms and antonyms and even outdated technology. He shall yet overcome. Genre: itz a cutter. Album: Zebra of a Certain Stripe. Credits: Includes voice loops by Zebra Mann and Open Loops by Mental Anguish and Omnitechnomatrix

Slave Labour - "Hey Ruth mmm sometimes"
Credits: Blind Mime Ensemble. Genre: A Fine How Do U Do.

Zebra Mann - "Brave New World - Chapter Three"
Several of the adult Keskan males put together a leisurely expedition to Sodalicious Swamp, as many in the tribe has expressed a hankering for some Seven-Banded Zitterings. Upon reaching the shores of the swamp, the Keskan saw something they had never laid eyes upon before. A new race of men, much like themselves, and yet, somehow different. The Keskan race learned a new concept that day. The concept of Us vs. Them. Ear goggle friendly. Genre: Alien Audio. Album: Beyond the Milky Way. Credits: David Fuglewicz Loops.

Cover photo by [martin] (http://www.in-eckigen-klammern.de/).
Licensed under Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/de/.
Design by Bryan Baker.

Germination Number 3 Volume 2
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The Tapegerm Collective
Germination Number 3 Volume 2

March 4, 2010

Cover design by Bryan Baker, photo by Ronn Ashore

01 - Zebra Mann
Three Chances to Dream
Somniphobia is the fear of sleep or of being unconscious, Oneirophobia is the fear of dreaming, and Arachibutyrophobia is the fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth. The last one doesn't really go with the other two, but I couldn't pass up adding it to the list. Our fears know no bounds, and for everything there is in the world, there is someone with an irrational fear of it. This is the third mix in my Dream Journey series, and as usual, it is ear goggle friendly. Credits: Hebephrenic Open loops, Buzzsaw and the Shavings Open Loops, Mellow Jeremy Guest Artist Open loops, Omnitechnomatrix Open loops, Zebra Mann Voice Loops. Genre: Primordial Panderings.

02 - Blind Mime
Checkin' Out the Fluxus
I took one of the first fluxus fone contributions and built some loops and live improvised bass round it. My first time working with SoundHack came up with an interesting loop merging a strummed acoustic guitar with a vocal which repeats offset with the flute melody throughout the song. I also used Dan Richert's bent Casio loops, taking a few percussion hits and building the percussion track piece by piece together with a classic loop from longtime supporting tapegerm artist Mike McGary. The bloopy synth bass sounding element is me playing live improvised bass guitar through a Bass Pod effects box. Check out the fluxus! Credits: music by bf baker; Fluxus Fone Project voice, Don Campau Guest Artist lead guitar, Blind Mime open loops rhythm guitar & live improvised bass guitar, Dan Richert Circuit Bent Casio percussion, and Mike McGary percussion.. Genre: Put Your Pants Back On.

Blind Mime
Order
First I created a structure of electronics and voice using David Fuglewicz's open loop set and contributions from the Fluxus Fone folks. Then a synth progression was improvised and wrapped the static stream in its loving embrace. And guitars asked to come along for the ride. Credits: music by bf baker; electronics and samples by David Fuglewicz open loops with the Fluxus Fone Players and bf baker Blind Mime Ensemble improvised synth and electric guitar.. Genre: Abstract.

04 - SoLaRiS
Gaia Hypothesis
Very ear goggle friendly ! Credits: Omnitechnomatrix Open Loops. Genre: Mood Music.

05 - Zebra Mann
Five Figurative Dream Interpretations
Having another person interpret your dreams is sort of like letting them try on your socks while you are still wearing them. Whether you believe that dreams are a way for you to communicate with your subconscious as Jung suggested, that they are merely wish fulfillment as Freud stated, or that they are simply images that your mind uses to sort out the day's events, no one really knows what they are for or why our brain creates them. No matter what purpose they truly serve, the darn things sometimes have a tendency to screw up a really good night's sleep. Credits: Jeremy Gluck Guest Artist Open loops, C Goff III Open loops, Decaying Machine Guest Artist Open Loops, Zebra Mann's Voice loops. Genre: Primordial Panderings.

06 - Blind Mime
Impossible Signal Chatter
I used a few focal points provided by Charles Rice Goff III. The anchor comes from Charlie's lead guitar melody which I mirror on upright piano and make simple variations into the piece; descending figures escort our fluxus consort. A sort of drone piano pattern enters with Charlie's fingered guitar segment midway, abruptly cut off by his ripped guitar anti-coda opening out to the original melody on piano as d'enouement. It was ritz crackers. Credits: music by bf baker and charles rice goff III; C. Goff III Guest Artist loops, live piano improv by bf baker - blind mime ensemble, with Fluxus Fone whimsy and whatnot. Genre: Avant Garde.

07 - Zebra Mann
Four Reasons to Dream
There are many types of dreams that invade our sleep. I rarely remember the happy ones. The worst are the recurring nightmares. I have no problem remembering those. There is one where a creature I call a demon comes to visit me on a mission of mischief. I do not call it a demon because of its' appearance, but because of its malevolence. It comes for me through a rift in space, slinking through a veiled doorway between its' universe and mine. With grasping claws and gnashing teeth, it tries to drag me away from all that I hold dear. I usually wake up just before it succeeds in doing so, and then I get up from my bed, for I know that sleep is no longer an option. All I can do is to turn on the lights and wait for the sunrise. Credits: David Fuglewicz Open loops, Buzzsaw and the Shavings Mixes, slightly butchered, and Zebra Mann's voice loops. Genre: Primordial Panderings.

08 - Buzzsaw & The Shavings
Whilst Aspiring to a Bottle of Château Pétrus
Perhaps dwelling in unrelenting recognition that such massive funds might beyond my capacity to achieve, sights now fasten upon Pétrus, another rare and coveted wine, frequently saluted as amongst the finest in the world, enrolled in case must command £4000 if a case be found. Once more the age that must elapse whilst amassing the princely sum is filled with composition, another long season of an illustration of patience..for the mixer and the mix-ee... Credits: Includes Open Loops by Blind Mime and Axel Mundi. Genre: Germcore.

09 - hebephrenic
Snowed In
Credits: Loops by Axel Mundi Guest Artist, Fluxus Fone, and Scott Carr. Genre: Experimental.

10 - Colorful Octopus
Imaginary Purple Planet
Credits: Omnitechnomatrix Open Loops, Hebephrenic Open Loops, Blind Mime Open Loops. Genre: Electronic.

11 - hebephrenic
Totalen Krieg Gleich Entartete Kunst
War is madness. War is stupidity. War is ugly. Credits: Loops by Dan Richert Guest Artist and Scott Carr. Genre: Experimental.

12 - Omnitechnomatrix
Life
Credits: Loops By C. Goff III - Anti - Gravity Workshop And Omnitechnomatrix - : Mix By Omnitechnomatrix. Genre: Intelligent Dance Music.

13 - Zebra Mann
Six Daze To Roam (On The Seventh We Rested)
Did you ever notice that sometimes, when you are dreaming, the conversations you have with the people in your dreams have absolutely nothing to do with the events and actions going on all around you? This mix is kind of like that. Credits: GEMAfreie-welten guest artist, CYSTEM open loops, guest artist Ed Drury, Fluxus Fone Project. Genre: Primordial Panderings.

14 - SoLaRiS
ASHRAM
Featuring the cool new Drumaxx drum synth from Image Line.ASHRAM & GAIA HYPOTHESIS now available as a two track album FREE DOWNLOAD at JAMENDO Credits: Yuroun Guest Artist. Genre: Psychedelic.