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Bob Ostertag

Getting A Head (CD)

Label: ReR Megacorp

Format: CD

Genre: Electronic

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Re-issue of Bob Ostertag's Getting A Head, and underground classic of tape manipulation from before the days of samplers. Best known for his work with computers, here a young Ostertag plays an instrument consisting of a highly unstable and peculiar recording system, which uses helium balloons to hold up tape loops between three tape recorders made to malfunction in a variety of ways. The record marks one of the first, and to this day one of the only, times that tape manipulation techniques developed by the first generation of electronic composers for use in the studio were adapted for liver performance and improvisation. Ostertag uses this rather sculptural and bizarre contraption to manipulate the brilliant guitar playing of Fred Frith, and the elusive percussion work of Charles K. Noyes.

Details
Cat. number: ReR BO2
Year: 2000
Notes:
Track A is an improvisation recorded live in concert in Washington D.C., June 1980. Track B was recorded at the Kitchen, January 1980, and mixed at Noise, New York Comes in a metal tin with three cards of explanations.