NOTE: This is an archive of the show originally available from the CerebralRift website. Since the original publication of this show some of the links / references in the above notes may no longer work. Additionally, some of the reference websites may have been changed to no longer reflect the Creative Commons license of these works. The licenses and links were accurate as of the original air date of this show. No warranty or guarantee is implied as to the accuracy of this information at this time.

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I’d like to start with a correction to last week’s episode. I listed off the names of several Taped Rugs Productions ensembles. Unfortunately, I misnamed one them as “-RE”. There is no ensemble named “-RE” on the Taped Rugs roster. My apologies for any confusion this may have caused.

Last week we focused on the Herd of the Ether Space: the sheer volume of output over approximately 10 years (primarily from the mid-1980’s to mid-1990’s, with a final recording in 2001) made them worthy of singular focus for an episode.

As suggested by the list of ensembles in the previous show, there has been quite a bit more outside of the Herd. -ING was likely the first ensemble produced by Taped Rugs back in 1980, however after about 1984 -ING gave way to the Herd.

Since the Herd, ensembles like Disism and Turkey Makes Me Sleepy, as well as various solo and ensemble works by Charles Goff III have filled the roster of Taped Rugs Productions.

One of the more interesting series of recordings came about when Goff decided to “tour” the southern United States in 2006 visiting various home taping artists he had known throughout the years. And, another solo work of Goff’s is one of the most revealing releases produced by Taped Rugs.

This episode presents an array of the various projects Taped Rugs Productions has produced. Even if it cannot represent the complete range of ideas that have come about over the years, it hopefully represents a range of styles, textures and ideas that form a thumbnail sketch of the diversity and eclecticism of this unique underground label.

Finally, a quick reminder of Charles Goff III’s upcoming performance at the KC Regional Electro-Music festival on Friday, July 23, 2010. More information on the event will be on the CerebralRift website. (This information has been lost to time...)

And now, part two of our journey into Taped Rugs Productions.

Track list:

• -ING: Hallways Therapy Aquarium (from Banana Republic Dictatorship)
  
• Disism: Contra Mantra (from 60 seconds Left)
  
• Turkey Makes Me Sleepy: I Dropped Science on the Taped Rug (from Six With Pix)
  
• Hart / Goff / McGee: Ice And Ice (from Meshed Mixages)
  
• Charles Goff III: Improv w Variations on Rosie Notes (from Taped Rugs Uncooked Vol 9: Somnolency)
  
• Goff / McGee / Chadwick: I Feel Terrific (from Taped Rugs 06 / 06 Tour Of The Southeast USA: Florida)
  
• Charles Goff III: Ei Bod Fy Darfelydd (from Sweat On A Blacksmith’s Apron)

All tracks in this weeks episode were released under a Creative Commons Attribution / NonCommercial / No Derivatives License.

I would like to take this last opportunity to mention Charles Goff III’s upcoming performance at the KC Regional Electro-Music Festival on Friday July 23rd, 2010 @ 7pm.

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Tags: #music, #eclectic, #podcast, #Creative-Commons, #Charles-Goff, #Taped-Rugs-Productions

NOTE: This is an archive of the show originally available from the CerebralRift website. Since the original publication of this show some of the links / references in the above notes may no longer work. Additionally, some of the reference websites may have been changed to no longer reflect the Creative Commons license of these works. The licenses and links were accurate as of the original air date of this show. No warranty or guarantee is implied as to the accuracy of this information at this time.

Downloads: [MP3 | OGG | FLAC]

-ING, -RE, Disism, Herd of The Ether Space, and Turkey Makes Me Sleepy are just few of the names Charles Rice Goff III along with various other performers have recorded under for Taped Rugs Productions over the past 30 years.

Yes, I’d never heard of these groups either. Taped Rugs Productions is a true underground label that was started by Charles Goff as part of the home taping movement. Unlike the music typically found on the internet, Taped Rugs Productions produced cassette tape recordings that were sold in local music stores and by mail, eventually moving online as the Internet became popular.

Recently, Charles Goff started uploading the back catalog of Taped Rugs Productions to the Internet Archive, over 170 releases from the past 30 years including audio and video, some of which had not been previously released by Taped Rugs Productions in any form.

And now, on July 23rd, Charles will be performing at the KC Regional Electro-Music Festival, marking the 30th Anniversary of Taped Rugs Productions. The show will include the first live performances of several pieces. More information about the show can be found on the CerebralRift website, including links to Taped Rugs Productions the KC Regional Electro-Music Festival websites. (These notes / information have been lost to time...)

This week, the CerebralMix presents several pieces by Herd of the Ether Space in the first of a two part series looking at Taped Rugs Productions.

Track Credits:

All pieces this week were performed by the Herd of The Ether Space from the Tape Loop Improvisation series, and used with the permission of Charles Goff:

• 3 Fourthing (from Volume One, July 4th, 1984)
  
• Level Four (from Volume Sixteen, February 19th, 1989)
  
• Praise The Lord (from Volume Fifteen, February 5th, 1989)
  
• That’s All (from Volume Fifteen, February 5th, 1989)

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