The Skweeing Liquid was produced after the Gluck was harvested and brought to the nest. Broken down into nucleotidal polymorphisms, the Gluck was rearranged and stored into wave cells, which then reproduced and comingled over a Goffic substrate. The resulting gel was heated over a kettle of boiling milk, forming the Skweeing Liquid that summoned me. When I arrived, all was in order. Credits: 10 Years Infection Project; Jeremy Gluck
1) A 30-minute-long recording from April 22nd, 2010 (one of several recorded rehearsals for a performance at the Denver Noise Fest), was cleaned and divided into several parts of unequal length.
2) The several parts were all randomly distributed over several overlapping tracks on a computer recording program grid. The overall length of the mix was reduced from 30 minutes to about 10 minutes.
3) Several Hannah Galli vocal loops were added to the recording grid, each on its own track, each looped 10 times and positioned at regular 30-second intervals.
4) A Swami Loopynanda/Carpet Glue Unlimited loop was reproduced 10 times, and each of the 10 loops was placed at strategic positions in the recording grid.
5) The whole was mixed together.
Credits: 10 Years Infection Project; Hannah Galli; Carpet Glue Unlimited
Acrylic Olive Oil
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21:13 Genre: Traditional
Album: in process
Arise Surrealeans! 'Tis better to travel the slick path of molded plastic than to never paint with rugs.
Process:
1) Loaded ALL of Richert loops into a portable MP3 player
2) Plugged MP3 player (set to "loop replay") into "Audio In" of Korg R3 Vocoder Synthesizer
3) Plugged Synthesizer into Boss Loop Duplicator
4) Improvised using Richert loops as primary sound input
5) Slight "clean-up" editing
6) Delivered to your ears
WARNING: THIS LENGTHY RECORDING CAN DISORIENT LISTENERS. DO NOT DRIVE OR OPERATE DANGEROUS MACHINERY WHILE ENGAGED. Credits: Dan Richert Circuit Bent Loops, C. Goff III Hands And Brain
Goff cooked this one up as an experiment soon after the open loops themselves were baked. "Insert Art Here" is a percussive improv which Goff has inserted art into once previously. Vernon Lawton is the author of the improv and also a one-time member of the early 1980's tape loop ensemble: -ING. Goff too was in -ING. Together, they are producing a new -ING CD album -- their first collaboration since 1982. This piece will likely find a spot on the disk. Credits: C. Goff III Guest Artist Open Loops, Vernon Lawton Percussion
The pensive melody and simple lyrics for this lament were brought to me in a dream on my birthday almost exactly a year ago (October 17th). I thought of it as a birthday present from the Gods. Elton John was performing the song on a stage in a real fancy theater. I’ve never seen an EJ concert in real life except on TV. There was a paraplegic person sitting next to him on the piano stool. I saw Dianne Feinstein in the audience.
Anyway, considering today’s troubled times, it suddenly seemed appropriate that I cook up a recording of this song and honor its anniversary. I shook some Tapegerm spices into the recipe to make it a bit more edgy. Credits: Goff plays guitars, twiddles midi composing tool, and sings. Includes Mental Anguish Open Loops, Dave Fuglewicz Open Loops, and International Garbageman Open Loops.
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02:53 Genre: Musique Concrete
Album: Yet Unreleased, A Goff-Higgins Collaborative In The Works
On a visit to Myspace, the annoying Site Pal Avatar forced itself upon me, claiming it would work for me 24/7 without pay or sleep. Naturally I employed it to carry out my dirty Dadaesque deeds. This one sounds best when played at high volume. Credits: Features cut-up arrangement of recordings samples by Dereck Higgins, Site Pal Avatar, Reflector Stratocaster from C. Goff III, loops from DJ Get Yo Fat On Open loops, Cystem Open loops, and International Garbageman Open loops.
The main melodies of this theme were brought to me by forces beyond my understanding in a dream. At the time I thought it all had a sort of Simon and Garfunkel Feelin Groovy thing going on. As I began to work with these sounds in the conscious world, however, they took on the guises of weird old sailors, so I dressed them up in the sounds and words presented here. Credits: C. Goff III guitars and voices embellished with Altered Open Loops from Dave Fuglewicz Open Loops, Blind Mime Open Loops, International Garbageman Open loops, and Ed Drury Guest Artist .
This 1887 folk ballad by E.S. Thilp reveals a few 19th Century conceptions of beauty, morality, health, and humor. C. Goff III has brought to the world a 21st Century interpretation of this song after it has been allowed to ferment for 120 years. Credits: Words And Basic Tune By E.S. Thilp (1887). This production features Goffs voice and twiddlings, blended together with altered bits of open loops from Contagion, GEMAfreie-welten Guest Artist, and The Majestic Twelve Guest Artist.
The pieces of this germ puzzle appropriately were assembled by one quite virally infected, over-medically deflected, catatonically selected, somnambulistically affected, unshaved, and unprotected. Credits: Featuring the hotter than fur recording duo "Carmelita & Penny". Germ loops provided by Buzzsaw & The Shavings Open Loops, 8th Day Rebellion Guest Artist, Hebephrenic Open Loops. Other noises shedded and shredded by C. Goff III.
SOUNDS LIKE
A dream or maybe not a dream, but like a candy bar stuffed in a horn, like a buffalo horn, the corn dried and ready to pop, then popping, then chewing, then digesting, then singing at the cocktail lounge with Sammy and Dean.
They Summoned Me With Skweeing Liquid
"Makes me thristy for some of that liquid, perhaps even some of the gel for some toast or crackers. Skewed & skewed again. Quite the masterful work here Sir Charles!" -- Mental Anguish (on 05/22/10 20:49:04)
They Summoned Me With Skweeing Liquid
"I heard a sound, like no other. It was tinged with Goff and Gluck and compelled me to partake of it in vast and weighty quantities. My brain staggered to comprehend and apprehend the sounds filtered to its audio pan and yet it felt good, I was summoned by the Skewwung Liquid and it is good." -- davefuglewicz (on 05/21/10 18:48:02)
They Summoned Me With Skweeing Liquid
"Indeed I too was deprived of the suddenly odious commodity of Liberty and impelled to bolt down the liquid that suddenly filled every vessel and recess to repletion with trembling awe, the shape of Schneidemann's speech that proclaimed the Republic. I too am compelled to proclaim that the terms Goff and MixMaster are ever united. " -- buzzsaw (on 05/21/10 16:31:40)
They Summoned Me With Skweeing Liquid
"very nice mix, and makes me thirst for this nectar you call skweeing liquid. Perhaps it wouldn't be a bit like the La Tache that Sir Buzz lusts after, is it? I think I need a drink! " -- evelynzzeeb (on 05/21/10 12:45:02)
They Summoned Me With Skweeing Liquid
"I absolutely love this Brian Wilson c. SMILE meets Gysin/Burroughs cutup attack on my "I Know" lyric. Novel, comical, persistently perverse, this is capital creativity I am privileged to aid and abet. " -- datawhore (on 05/21/10 06:53:59)
SPOTLIGHT TRACK
Leptospiral Jaundice
This infection was manifested thus:
1) A 30-minute-long recording from April 22nd, 2010 (one of several recorded rehearsals for a performance at the Denver Noise Fest), was cleaned and divided into several parts of unequal length.
2) The several parts were all randomly distributed over several overlapping tracks on a computer recording program grid. The overall length of the mix was reduced from 30 minutes to about 10 minutes.
3) Several Hannah Galli vocal loops were added to the recording grid, each on its own track, each looped 10 times and positioned at regular 30-second intervals.
4) A Swami Loopynanda/Carpet Glue Unlimited loop was reproduced 10 times, and each of the 10 loops was placed at strategic positions in the recording grid.
5) The whole was mixed together.
Credits: 10 Years Infection Project; Hannah Galli; Carpet Glue Unlimited .
MESSAGES
New Taped Rugs Albums With Tapegerm Tracks
posted: 12 Aug 2010 12:15 AM
YES, Taped Rugs has several new releases bouncing through the electron beams between satellites these days, INCLUDING:
1) Subcutaneous Volvulus (a variety show with 3 Tapegerm tracks and lots of Korg Synthesizer/Vocoder)
2) Live From The KC Electro-Music Festival (a special set for Taped Rugs Productions 30 YEAR ANNIVERSARY)
3) The Epidemiology Of The Denver Noise Fester (a CIII collection flavored with a quarter cup of Tapegerm seasoning.
AND, After 13 LONG Years, the Hal McGee, Brian Noring, C. Goff III classic cassette album: Cryptomnesia is available to one and all for free streaming and downloading.
Are you a lover sonic vibration and psycho audio stimulation? If so, these albums will feed your addictions without mercy.
Hugs, CIII
Big Harsh Reality Presence On Newest Lo Finest Show
posted: 20 Jun 2010 10:53 AM
New Lo Finest Cassette Culture Show Posted June 20th
Yes, Avant Garde Cassette Lovers,
More 1980's and 1990's gems and obscurities to inhale here now:
http://aural-innovations.com/radio/lofinest.html
Playlist:
00:00 Nisus Anal Furgler - “Auglsprang Glühfärbel” (From Nisus Anal Furgler)
14:29 Telepherique – “Fernfahrer” (From Alltag)
19:27 Die Vorkriegszeit – “Horizonte” (From Horizonte)
27:15 Paradox - Excerpt from “Industrial Silence”
34:11 M. Finnkrieg – Selections from “Down The Poppy Stairs Of Heaven”
47:27 Kilhets – Excerpt from Concert #4 (From Czechoslovakia Harsh Reality Compilation)
57:07 E Ucho Debil Accordband – “In The Madhouse” (From Czechoslovakia Harsh Reality Compilation)
58:29 DG307 - “Dar Stinum (From Czechoslovakia Harsh Reality Compilation)
60:03 Stefano Barban - “Amantide” (From Italy Harsh Reality Compilation)
72:29 Majorana - “L’anti - Destin” (From Italy Harsh Reality Compilation)
75:49 Crime O’ Nautix - “Rock The Mussolinis Boys” (From Italy Harsh Reality Compilation)
Best wishes to all,
C III, Taped Rugs
Hal McGee's Podcast Reviews New Experimental Music
posted: 07 Jun 2010 09:31 AM
Hey Kids,
Just in case you haven't heard, Hal's doing verbal music reviews, podcasted via the internet. It's here, it's now:
Homemade Alien Music 18
Pretty interesting observations from this experienced observer. Send him a disk or a tape and see what he says...
Denver Noise Fest Video & Photos
posted: 06 May 2010 10:27 AM
Denver Noise Fest Video & Photos
A wonderful event, congratulations to all participants!
You Tube VideoHigher quality, downloadable videoPhotographs
It was great seeing and meeting up with such an interesting and generous bunch of folks. Thanks for looking and listening.
CIII
C. Goff III To Play Next Saturday At Denver Noise Fest
posted: 25 Apr 2010 07:29 PM
Yes, it's all true. Generously Little Fyodor and Babuska will be putting me up. Ah, the wonderful life of the avant garde... Some details here. (I'm on around 6 PM-7PM on Saturday).
Denver Noise Fest Website
For an audio preview of the big event, click the link below and then click the little yellow speaker on April 24th:
LittleFyodorRadio Broadcast
Hugs to all from Uncle Rugs
1980's/90's Homerecording Experimental Cassettes: Ten HUGE Compositions -- Six Hour Broadcast
posted: 24 Feb 2010 11:31 AM
Lo Finest Show #18: The Huge Home Recordings Special (February 23, 2010)
Lo Finest 18
One of the things about cassette tapes that many home recording artists have taken advantage of is that they run continuously for long periods of time. Lots of avant-garde home recordings contain single compositions that run as long as 30 - 45 minutes. Excerpts from these extended pieces have received airplay, but rarely have the entire pieces been played on broadcast radio or even internet radio shows. So this show will feature several of these recordings all played in their entirety. Settle yourselves in for a six hour show!
All of these artists and more are included in the show:
Zan Hoffman, Dave Prescott, Alain Neffe,Conrad Schnitzler, Chris Phinney (Mental Anguish), Gen Ken Montgomery, Little Fyodor, Agog, Nick, Jeff Surak, Nadine Bal, Mike Hovancsek, John Hajeski, Keith Nicolay, Evan Cantor, Hal McGee, Brian Noring, Lord Litter, Mr. Ebu, Mike Shannon, Carl Howard, Dan Fioretti, C. Goff III.
The Playlist:
00:04:40 "Nick2Agog2SatSak" by Zan Hoffman & Associates
00:37:54 "Fugitive Squad" by Mid-Cult Matrix (from Berkelianism)
01:07:33 "Second Day" by Human Flesh (from Meditation And Fears)
01:23:46 "The Plastic Museum Fiasco" by Mike Hovancsek & Associates (from Spheral Tone Theory)
02:03:32 “Playing With Dinosaur Jam” by Gen Ken Montgomery and Conrad Schnitzler (from Gencon Dramatic)
02:48:24 “Ordinary People In Distress” by Post Prandials (from Douch Ex Machina)
03:35:48 “On The Other Hand Part II (side two)” by Lord Litter & Associates
04:21:11 “Lingering Household Odours” by Walls Of Genius (from Ludovico Treatment)
05:09:47 ““Tunnels Under The Public Road” by Brian Noring & Hal McGee (from Anvil And Stirrup)
05:34:53 “...und gab ihr einen Kuss” by Ebu (from Influences From The Luna Canoe)
Since 2005, the Lo Finest program has been dedicated to the appreciation of homemade recordings that were made and distributed on cassette tapes during the 1980s and 90s, hosted by veteran home recording artist Charles Rice Goff III. Thousands of sonic artists were cranking out cassettes all over the world during the 80s and 90s. The whole cassette explosion took place long before people had home computers, the internet, email, mp3s, and all that. People found out about hometapers by reading various publications that offered reviews of tapes, by listening to those rare radio broadcasts that would feature home tapes, by sending a letter to a contact address that had been printed on one of the many compilation cassettes that were created and distributed during this period, etc. Most hometapers were not approaching their craft as a means to achieving economic success, and this allowed for some incredibly free thinking endeavors to be realized. Trading tapes was common, offering a sort of sonic cultural exchange that had never really been possible before the age of inexpensive home recording technology.
Invitation To Celebrate Taped Rugs 30th Anniversary
posted: 05 Feb 2010 04:50 PM
Please join in the celebration as Taped Rugs begins its 30th year of operations. -ING members C. Goff III and Vernon Lawton have reunited to create "Re-INGcarnation." It's been 28 years since they last recorded together. It's polished experimental collage with a concrete jazz edge. It's here and it's free for all adventurous listeners:
http://www.archive.org/details/Re-INGcarnation
Happy 2010, and thanks for all the years of attention one and all,
CIII
New Ken Clinger - Goff III Electronic Midi Collab Online
posted: 12 Jan 2010 06:24 PM
New collaboration from veteran recording artists Ken Clinger and Charles Rice Goff III: MIDIOSYNCRASY.
Nine unique electronic pieces composed by converting wave audio to midi, then mixing unrelated bits together and further manipulating by altering orchestrations, timings, virtual instruments, etc. This archive also contains a psychedelic video illustration of the composition: "Stolen Personalities."
Click This For MIDIOSYNCRASY
Released By Taped Rugs Productions and Bovine Productions
Thanks for your attention, CIII
New Album For Synth Lovers and Electronic Improv
posted: 07 Dec 2009 10:44 AM
Climb on board and ride the wires:
INNERHALB
Don't miss video on the site if you like the music...
Thanks for your attention.
It is Turkey Time, And There's Enough For A Feast
posted: 17 Nov 2009 01:35 AM
Yes, avant gardeners everywhere, carnivores and vegetarians --
All the Turkey Makes Me Sleepy recordings (12 albums) are now available to hear or download free and easy. I'm sure those who celebrated that first Thanksgiving so long ago -- the ones who wore wimples and the ones who wore paint -- all of them are loving this opportunity right now out there in their extra dimensionals.
Follow this link and join their celebration:
The Turkey Makes Me Sleepy Album Collection
Thanks for your attention.
Cassette Culture: Biotope Art Organization Special On New Lo Finest Show
posted: 15 Nov 2009 01:19 PM
The 1980's/1990's avant garde home recording label from Italy/United Kingdom: Biotope Art Organization is featured on the newest Lo Finest show, just posted November 15th. Over an hour of experimental sounds from edgey sonic explorers. Go here for the action:
Lo Finest BAO Special
Thanks for your attention, CIII
Chris Phinney And C. Goff III On Dutch Radio Monday Night
posted: 23 Oct 2009 09:51 AM
A big chunk from the 2005 project:
Maestros Of The Magnetic Age
by C. Goff III and Chris Phinney (Mental Anguish/Harsh Reality)
OCTOBER 26th, 2009
On Hessel Veldman's "The Blessing Force"
Monday Night, Midnight (Netherlands Time)
(or Monday Night, 5 PM, US Central Time)
HERE: (click on "Luister Live" link on top right)
MaestrosOfTheMagneticAge
See you there!
At last: Herd Of The Ether Space In The 1990’s Podcast Series Begins
posted: 03 Aug 2009 03:14 PM
Yes, Taped Rugs fans,
After several months of posting the COMPLETE COLLECTION of Herd Of The Ether Space recordings from the 1980’s on archive.org, the podcast series focusing on HOTES in the 1990’s has at last begun to unfold.
The first episode features HOTES performing live and being interviewed on KPFA Berkeley’s NO OTHER RADIO network January 30th, 1990. It’s a full blown variety show of weird noises, awkward moments, technological glitches, and more. Legendary hero of avant garde programming, JOHN GULLAK, hosts.
Click here to listen to the podcast.
Click here to dig into the 1980’s HOTES collection (and a few related recordings as well!).
Thanks for your attention.
New Lo Finest Pre Internet Cassette Culture Show Posted Up
posted: 25 Jul 2009 09:43 AM Lo Finest #16
Lo Finest Show #16 (July 24, 2009)
Playlist
Buzzsaw - "Tale Of A Tape" (excerpt from very limited edition cassette, unofficial release)
Alien Planetscapes - "Miles Riff" (From Electronic Cottage Volume I)
Rotcod Zzaj - "No Wage Ballet" (From Electronic Cottage Volume I)
Minoy - "Technostress" (From Electronic Cottage Volume I)
60 Cycle Hum - "November, 1986" (from Connection)
Herd Of The Ether Space - "In The Cold Sunlight" (from Other Than Random Modulation)
Deaf Lions - (2 of 26 pieces from Copia)
Astro Epos - (beginning section from Revelation)
Bene Gesserit - "Little Lady" (from Live In Belgium & Holland)
Bene Gesserit - "Erg Habbania" (from Live In Belgium & Holland)
De Fabriek - "Emulate" (from Elegy 3)
Yggdrasil - "Free Form Mantra" (from Elegy 3)
LINKS!!!
Buzzsaw
Grindstone Redux Video Documentary
Don Campau Living Archive Of Underground Music
No Pigeonholes Archives
Improvijazzation Nation
Electronic Cottage Compilation #1
Hal McGee's Homemade Alien Music Series
Herd Of The Ether Space "Other Than Random Modulation
Sound Of Pig Music Catalog
De Fabriek
EE Tapes
New Tom Sutter/Regicide Bureau Cassette Culture Podcast Posted
posted: 07 Apr 2009 10:32 AM
Lo Finest #15 - "Regicide Bureau/Next Radio/Tom Sutter Special" has just been posted. A podcast for fans of old avant garde homerecording cassette culture. This is an invitation to explore a corner of the sonic underground. Go to the link below to listen:
http://aural-innovations.com/radio/lofinest.html
General description:
Lo Finest is a program dedicated to the appreciation of homemade recordings that were made and distributed on cassette tapes during the 1980s and 90s, hosted by veteran home recording artist Charles Rice Goff III.
Thousands of sonic artists were cranking out cassettes all over the world during the 80s and 90s. The whole cassette explosion took place long before people had home computers, the internet, email, mp3s, and all that. People found out about hometapers by reading various publications that offered reviews of tapes, by listening to those rare radio broadcasts that would feature home tapes, by sending a letter to a contact address that had been printed on one of the many compilation cassettes that were created and distributed during this period, etc. Most hometapers were not approaching their craft as a means to achieving economic success, and this allowed for some incredibly free thinking endeavors to be realized. Trading tapes was common, offering a sort of sonic cultural exchange that had never really been possible before the age of inexpensive home recording technology.
You can contact Charles through his Taped Rugs website at: www.geocities.com/padukem. He asks listeners to please not send him old cassettes to play on this show, because he's got more than enough to work with already. However, he is very interested in any information that you would like to share about the cassette culture.
Lo Finest #15 :
[Track 1: 0:00-10:00] Regicide Bureau (from The Rose Of Pentecost)
[Track 2: 10:00-14:00] Regicide Bureau (from On A Healing Spree)
[Track 3: 14:00-21:00] Regicide Bureau (from The Keening)
[Track 4: 21:00-31:00] Regicide Bureau (from Kyudo No Kata)
[Track 5: 31:00-51:00] Next Radio (from Apogee Madrigals)
[Track 6: 51:00-61:00] Next Radio (from Viewing The Cherry Blossoms, Hokkaido, 1823)
[Track 7: 61:00-68:00] Tom Sutter and Jim Curley (from Fizgig)
[Track 8: 68:00-1:20:00] Tom Sutter and Hal McGee (from Caesura)
Thanks for your attention, CIII
Tapegerms From 2002 plus PRE-Tapegerm BUZZSAW
posted: 01 Mar 2009 12:30 PM
Greetings From The Taped Rugs Laboratory.
For those with brain cells that retain or for those interested in TAPEGERM HISTORY, several Tapegerm recordings from 2002 have just been reintroduced to the world on archive.org with the posting of Taped Rugs MACHINATIONS CD. This collection also features some PRE-Tapegerm Buzzsaw sound sculptures.
Enjoy if you dare:
Machinations
Thanks for your attention, CIII
Phinney And Goff -- Maestros Of The Magnetic Age
posted: 06 Feb 2009 03:55 AM
Yes, the full double CD from 2005 is up for all you enthusiasts that dare to cross over into the Magnetic Age. It started in the 1980's, and was finally finished in 2005. If you got the time and the urge, just click the link below and turn on your ears:
ListenHere
For the FULL story and downloading potentials:
ReadAndDownload
Thanks for your attention, CIII
Thanks To Tapegermers One And All !
posted: 25 Jan 2009 10:42 AM
Hey all of you sorcerers of sonics--
The Gypsy Blood CD from Taped Rugs made it to Don Campau's best of 2008 list:
CampauBestOf2008List
I couldn't have done it without you. Thanks much from me to one and all of you.
Again, to hear the whole Gypsy Blood album, go here:
GypsyBlood
High regards to all, and thanks Don especially for the recognition. CIII
GYPSY BLOOD, New Album Of Tapegerms Plus by C. Goff III
posted: 04 Jan 2009 01:56 PM
Well, maybe you've heard most of these already, but now on archive.org there is a new album posted: GYPSY BLOOD which contains several tapegerm pieces by C. Goff III, plus some other goodies it's likely you haven't heard. All the tape germ authors that I used are mentioned in the album description (which means probably YOU). If curious, just go to the link below, click the play arrow on the little black box, and Groove...
GypsyBlood
Thanks for your attention, CIII
Beet The Meatles
posted: 14 Nov 2008 05:05 PM
Long Awaited Goff III/Dereck Higgins Collab Now Online
posted: 05 Nov 2008 12:16 PM
Fans of collage, live improvisation, old records, psychedelic sounds, cut-and-paste, dadaism, etc.-
Over a year in the making, the new Goff III/Higgins collaboration is ready to alter your consciousness. The entire work is free to hear and download at the link below (complete with full details documenting the method of its creation, cover art, etc.):
The Elements Of Stylus
Thanks for your attention, enjoy! CIII