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| | | 23five incorporated (usa) #23five 005 cd gum “vinyl anthology” double compact disc set - stormy weather (3:54)
- testicle stretch (2:05)
- injected by a certain amount of charisma (3:36)
- sporadic acts of violence (10:19)
- smooth torture in exile (2:17)
- involuntary orgasms during the cleaning of automobiles (2:27)
- outfits for agony (8:15)
- stomach irritations (1:04)
- fear (6:24)
- arm fuck (3:49)
- snowtown (4:03)
- cocktail party effect (3:23)
- live at hard times, melbourne, australia, 1987 (21:03)
- 1-800-gum (5:57)
- okefenokee (5:56)
- cicada material (5:52)
- banning (20:26)
- melted limp fallout (18:14)
- tv eye (2:45)
- blood on the floor (13:42)
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| i found a copy of gum’s “20 years in blue movies...” amidst the stacks @ f.e. during the first year i worked there (this would have been... 1997) and didn’t think much of it other than that it was most likely some troubled post trumans water upstate ny solo bedroom noise attempt, albeit one with a terrible title. a few years later i was browsing in twisted village and i came across said record again, only this time it had a note attached to the cover saying something about “experimental turntable music” and i picked it up...
well, i’ve listened to that damn record maybe 30 times since then... it’s become something of a staple of my dj bag, as it works well in most progressive settings from offering a low-end apex to providing an excuse for society ladies to come up to me during art-gallery dj sets and enquire if i’d heard of christian marclay (“yes maam... but this is actually a duo of teenagers from australia from 1988”).
it goes without saying that mr. samartzis (who’s becoming something of a favorite around here for his contemporary electro-acoustic work) and mr. curtis were muons ahead of the current curve of (*gulp*) post-media operators. glad to have this music on an easily accessible disc-set ... |
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gum
vinyl anthology
23five005, double compact disc set
in 1986, an australian fellow by the name of andrew curtis posted an advertisement in a couple of record shops around melbourne expressing a desire to start a band with somebody who shared his interests in industrial music. the only person who answered the ad was philip samartzis, who has since gone on to international acclaim for his pristine electro-acoustic compositions published through staalplaat, synaesthesia, and dorobo. back in the late ‘80s, the curtis and samartzis collaboration resulted in the sonically volatile project simply called gum. with little expertise or training, the two gathered up what objects they were familiar with, in particular thrift store turntables and soiled records. eschewing their original attraction to the giants of industrial culture, gum quickly developed an aesthetic privileging the caustic rupture of skipping records and smoldering surface noise, predating the current avant-turntablist aficionados like philip jeck, janek schaefer, and otomo yoshihide.
within a handful of recordings made during the brief span between 1986 and 1990, gum piled thick layers of electrically charged static channeled from their locked grooves. these spiraling repititions and arrhythmic palpitations were suspended in the instant moment of ecstatic release as an infinite crash of overstimulation. thanks to rrr and korm plastics who had published gum tracks on a couple of 7" compilations, gum received a considerable amount of notoriety during the last gasps of pre-digital cassette culture. since then, the two parted ways with curtis turning his passions to photography and samartzis infecting his students at rmit with his cravings for immersive and tactile experiences through sound. yet, gum’s frankensteinian grooves had remained a secret history within the prolific oeuvre of australian sound art.
with the publication of gum’s vinyl anthology, 23five, inc uncovers the bulk of gum’s work, including all of the material from their self-published albums vinyl and 20 years in blue movies and yet to fake an orgasm as well as those aforementioned compilation tracks and plenty of unreleased material.
| founded in 1993, 23five incorporated is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the development and increased awareness of sound works in the public arena, and to the support and education of artists working with and discussing the medium of sound. for the past 14 years, 23five incorporated has remained at the forefront in bringing the most adventurous elements of sound art to the san francisco bay area. 23five has served as an important benefactor to artists such as john duncan, christina kubisch, francisco lopez, achim wollscheid, matt heckert, zbigniew karkowski, atau tanaka, and many more. |
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