The last Tinty Music cassette, released in 1998, contained half new music, and half music that I had recorded while I was living in Tokyo. This digital edition, released in 2014, contains only the older material. (1 December 2017)
Tag: Tinty Music
Compilation tracks, 1996–1997
Three pieces released on compilations in 1996 and 1997; I reissued them as separate pieces in 2014. ‘Slip mode’ is an edited recording of me abusing a turntable I rescued from the dumpster of the apartment where I was living at the time. It originally appeared on a compilation cassette of music by folks subscribing [...]
Stone Temple Plots
A 1996 cassette release, edited down to EP length and remastered in 2014. When David Bowie released his 1977 album Low, Nick Lowe responded by releasing an EP called Bowi. When the Stone Temple Pilots released their 1996 album Tiny Music, I responded with this. (1 December 2017)
Live Anthology 1996–1997 Revisited
A 2014 reissue of a 2011 digital compilation that comprised two live cassette releases (one from 1996, one from 1997), both of which were recorded at the late, great Anomalous Records shop and performance space in Seattle’s Capitol Hill. (1 December 2017)
Veiled Faces, Moving Shadows
Originally released on cassette in March 1996, then remastered and reissued in 2014. The opening piece, ‘Refraction grid’, also appeared as the opening track on the Nocturne Concrète compilation CD. (1 December 2017)
Sublimation
Originally released in February 1996, I almost released a 10th Anniversary edition in 2006 before instead offering the tracks as digital downloads on the now-defunct social-media site Multiply. Remastered and reissued 2014. (1 December 2017)
The Four Phases of Realisation
Originally released on cassette in January 1996, then revised, remastered, and reissued in 2014. (1 December 2017)
Abstractions EP
A December 1995 cassette, remastered and reissued in 2014. This was my first released foray into improvised noisescapes, inspired by the Japanese noise recordings I began listening to earlier that year. (1 December 2017)
Stumbling Into Blindness
An October 1995 cassette, remastered and reconfigured in 2014. ‘No escape from time’ first appeared on the Mind/Body 3 CD compilation. (1 December 2017)
Anterior Interior
A July 1995 cassette release, reissued in digital form in 2014. (1 December 2017)