Another re-release from the classic cassette network days.
Terry Burke was my first true-blue cassette underground contact back in the olden days before there was such a thing as the internets... before there was such a thing as netlabels. Terry's musical output under the name Histatic Charge was limited in terms of releases, I think he only had two tapes, and then he did a couple of compilations with his tape label... but it didn't even matter, for me it was the "Aha!" moment, you could throw down some high weirdness on tape, slap a photocopied cover on that baby and start mailing them to people and as easy as that you could be DOING music. You didn't have to prove yourself to anyone. (I actually had already released two tapes by the point I'd made this discovery, but I had not thought of them as anything other than one "demo" and one art project.) The self-titled 1989 cassette "Histatic Charge" was (I'm pretty certain) the first tape I ever heard from the cassette underground. It features Terry Burke's peculiar sensibilities on several synth-based compositions. There's a minimalist and unprofessional approach here, I love the quirkiness of the off-time rhythms and spare, somewhat melancholy synth melodies paired with the goofy sensibility. There is a wide mix of feelings this tape evokes from one song to the next. This has been essentially unavailable for many years, so enjoy this peek into weirdness. Instruments and Devices Terry also appears on The Unseelie Court's Fall, also available here on Vuzh Music. This album has been re-released as part of the Vuzh Underground Editions, a collection of recordings from the cassette underground days. Click that link for more tape treasures. |
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Vuzh Underground Editions
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Originally released on Cassette, 1989 re-released mp3 September 2011
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