Dog As Master Trompeur Et Sournois
Dictaphonia Microcassette Compilation project
Laboratory
Music
improvisation festival
original Cause And Effect cassette release cover pictured above
cover from Freedom In A Vacuum label reissue
Hewn from the same mass of sonic material as Black Body, Trompeur Et Sournois is a real test of your stereo equipment and your endurance. Thumbing my nose, slap in your face, a sadistic twist and pinch in sound. Over and over again, no matter how much it hurts. It is the quieter parts which make the roof-shakingly loud parts all the more painful. Originally released on cassette in 1985, C46, on the Cause And Effect label; re-released by Freedom In A Vacuum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (1990).
review
by Mike Gunderloy, Factsheet Five, 1985:
"Usually I'm not all that thrilled with experimental music, but I
took a shine to this one, perhaps because of its outright obnoxiousness.
Most of the tape is somewhere between dead silence and low-level white
noise. But the listener who cranks it up will be sorry, because this is
punctuated at irregular intervals by blasts of electronic sound. Not easy
to listen to, but strangely rewarding."
Side One of the tape: 22:59
Side Two of the tape: 22:43