WHAT NOISE?
E.P. CASSETTE
1995
wHAT WAS IT THIS TIME? wHERE WAS IT GOING TO UNFOLD? tHIS TAPE, AND RECORDINGS WERE TAKEN FROM LONG SESSIONS AT NSL DENVER. tHE AUDIO CREW HAD GROWN. wE TOOK ON A NEW SHAPE AND STRANGE DIRECTION. mUSICIANS AND ARTIST CYCLED THROUGH THE MIXES. wE SET UP FALSE REALMS TO DEEPEN THE PLOT. i BELIEVE THIS WAS MIXED IN THE SUMMER. iT WAS A VERY SMALL ROOM AND A VERY HUMID ENVIROMENT. sTILL THE FOUR TRACK LOGGED OUR VISIONS AND NIGHTMARES, AND SWEAT. wE GOT SILLY AND MADE LONG ABSURD SONG TITLES. eXPERIMENT #164 IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THE CONDENSED OUT COME OF OUR TOMFOOLERY. tHEN CAME THE INFAMOUS '46 RANT. a FREE THOUGHT AND IMPROV SESSION THAT YIELDED THIS GEM. i WAS AT THE END OF MY CREATIVE ROPE. oTHERS TINKERED ON THE INSTRUMENTS. tHE TAPE ROLLED ON AND CAPTURED A TIME, A MOMENT, A SPACE OF THINGS PAST, AND PRESENT. i TALKED INTO THE ELECTRONICS AS IF OTHERS SPOKE FOR ME. sPIRITS CHANNEL INTO MY FELLOW MUSICIAN'S BRAINS. oNE OF THE BEST NOOKLEPTIA SONGS EVER. iT WAS LATER COVERED BY "DADA FOR THE APOCALYPSE" IN NEW ORLEANS SOME YEARS LATER. sOME SAY MAGICK NEVER HAPPENS, oTHERS MAKE IT HAPPEN. wE CREATED EARTH TO MOVE. oUR OWN RITES, oUR OWN STRUCTURE WHICH TO DESTROY OUR THOUGHTS. wE SLIPPED INTO SOME GREAT AMBIENT PHASES WITH SONGS LIKE "i tRIPPED aND sKINNED mY sOUL". tHE COVER ART WAS DONE BY A GOOD FRIEND'S CHILD RELATIVE NAMED MELONY LEPANTO. tHE SUN IMAGE WAS TAKEN FROM AN 8.5"x 11" DOODLE SHE MADE ONE DAY. tHE CONCEPT WAS TO PAY HOMAGE TO NURSE WITH WOUNDS ALBUM COVER OF ROCK'N'ROLL STATION.

cHRISTOPH
2007