Tape Loop Improvisations: Volume Six, July 4th, 1987
by Herd Of The Ether Space
Throughout the 1980's, members of the Taped Rugs Productions family gathered in various groupings many times to create and record improvised avant garde music on a Frippertronics-style tape loop system. The recordings were saved; sometimes copies were made for the participants or for individual listeners, but no copies were made available to the general public until early 1989. That's when Charles Rice Goff III, Killr "Mark" Kaswan, and Robert Silverman actually came up with the name: HERD OF THE ETHER SPACE to refer to this loose-knit band of sonic explorers.
This archive series presents unaltered Herd Of The Ether Space tape loop improvisations from the 1980's in the chronological order in which they were created.
Volume VI
Recorded July 4th, 1987 in Oakland, California
Participants:
Charles Rice Goff III: electronic guitar, television, digital drums, tapes, tape manipulation, effects
Robert Silverman: electronic guitar, keyboards, vocals, effects
1) Snakefinger RIP
2) Conventional Toothpaste
3) Full Force Of The Tidal Wave
All three of these pieces were released by Taped Rugs Productions on the cassette: “Declaration" in 1989. Track 3 is the only piece in the entire Tape Loop Improvisations series that is altered. It is a mix of HOTES recordings created on July 4th, 1986 and July 4th, 1987. (NOTE: There are many blended, sculpted, and otherwise altered HOTES recordings archived separately from this series.)
A jpeg image of the cover art for Declaration is included in this archive.
Track 1 is somewhat of a lament. The members of HOTES were mourning the loss of one of their heroes, Snakefinger (Philip Lithman), who had died of a heart attack three days previous to this recording session.
![[item image]](http://ia331407.us.archive.org/1/items/HOTESTapeLoopImprovisationsVol6/DeclarationCassetteCoverArt.jpg?cnt=0 "[item image]")
![[help]](/images/question.gif "[help]")
)