Dog As Master Black Body

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originally released on cassette in 1985, C37

Black Body was the third cassette tape release of my solo project Dog As Master. I recorded this album with a Fostex X-15 four-track cassette recorder. This is one of the best and one of my favorite Dog As Master albums, and is highly recommended as a good starting place for getting acquainted with DAM. One 36 minute tape collage, meticulously laid out in overlapping layers of shrill synthesizer trills and patterns, cascades of tape cut-ups, voice choruses, and noise blasts from a Commodore 64 data cassette. This took me about six months to create. Black Body is noisy and chaotic, yet highly listenable, with a thrilling and high energy electronic sound. Symphonic grandeur, positive anger, with a touch of Residents whimsy. Released on the Cause And Effect label.

review by Alessandro Aiello, Constrictor, 1985:
"BLACK BODY is a strong suite that has the same serenity and awareness of a powerful precious work even if it's composed of a cluster of sound-noise-music and by a series of pauses, models of sounds. McGee's answer to the high concept of creating a connection with serial electronic music."

Side One of the tape: "Black Body (Part One)" 17:49

24.4 MB 192 kbps mp3

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Side Two of the tape: "Black Body (Part Two)" 19:00

26.1 MB 192 kbps mp3