![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | The Boombox Mix - Rayv DIY mix created on a dual cassette tape boombox. Some flaws here & there since it was pretty much built upon the use of chance (no digital manipulation involved). The mix includes bits and pieces of music from the 1950s-90s. Stuff I was listening to @ the time (i.e., Jackson 5, The Pogues, Monty Python, The Pixies, and The Big Bad Bollocks, a band out of Northampton, MA). It also includes some recorded TV samples (Hollywood Palace, SNL, Julia Childs, etc)... Keywords: diy; cassette culture; tape; underground; remix; pop culture; music; mashup Downloads: 46 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Veil of Thorns - The Dead God Sesions - P. Emerson Williams Raw recordings from rehearsal and pre production demos for the debut Veil of Thorns album. These recordings are different from the ones that made their way to the Cafe Flesh album, and some have not been heard, except played live at concerts. Source: Cassette Keywords: Veil of Thorns, rehearsal recordings, preproduction demos, gothic rock, cassette culture Downloads: 127 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Erik and The Psychos - Hey, Buttmonkey A band from New England. Erik, who is the frontman, pretty much did everything himself. The Psychos appear on only two tracks: "Freak-Out Musicians," and "Boogie Boo Boo." On this CD Erik plays a set of percussion instruments (a grill, a Mickey Mouse cup, a cardboard box) and throws in a few contemporary rock/pop culture soundbites for the hell-of-it. These are mainly used as segue pieces introducing each song... Keywords: outsider music; weird; strange; diy; cassette culture; lo-fi; analog; self-taught; musician Downloads: 17 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Borracho - Rayv A CD by outsider musician Rayv. This is a collection of noise music pieces originally recorded on a handheld tape recorder, that was later overdubbed on the computer. Borracho is the Spanish word for "drunkard," and the title fits it well. A Flaming Door Productions, 2001. Keywords: outsider music; noise music; experimental; diy; cassette culture; lo-fi; weird; music |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Turkey Makes Me Sleepy - The Big Part Of The Wishbone (ca309) - Turkey Makes Me Sleepy Turkey Makes Me Sleepy celebrated its 10 Year Anniversary on April 26th, 2007 with an all-day improvisational recording session. Before that day, group members Michael Adams (Mikadams), Charles Rice Goff III, and Eric Matchett had not all been in a single room at the same time since 2000. The session took place at the Taped Rugs Productions studio in Lawrence, Kansas. Goff edited the audio highlights of the group's anniversary marathon into the seven pieces presented here... Source: Clinical Archives Keywords: experimental; improvisation; electroacoustic; electronic; psycho-chaotic; psy-electro; eclectic; sound collage; concrete; cassette culture; other Downloads: 21,255 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | The Prince Of Magicians - Charles Rice Goff III The Prince Of Magicians is Volume Four of the Taped Rugs "Uncooked" series of CD releases. All pieces on this CD were recorded by Charles Rice Goff III alone and alive in the Taped Rugs studio in Lawrence, Kansas, USA. They are presented in their original forms without the addition of effects nor overdubbed materials. The Prince Of Magicians consists of one 51 minute improvisation, which was recorded while Goff was stricken by a particularly powerful influenza virus on March 2nd, 2008... Keywords: Taped Rugs Productions; Charles Rice Goff III; Improv; Improvisation; Noise; Experimental; Avant Garde; Collage; Concrete; for fans of Frippertronics; for fans of Robert Fripp; cassette culture Downloads: 26 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Coo Sticky - Taped Rugs Productions Coo Sticky Presented By Taped Rugs Productions 1 Hickory Dickory: Eric Matchett, C. Goff III 2 Macromolecular: Killr Kaswan, Mike Adams, C. Goff III 3 Diga Diga Doo 1: Bret Hart, C. Goff III 4 Vertigo At The Top Of The Food Chain: Eric Wallack, C. Goff III 5 Peripheral Curve: Eric Matchett, Mike Adams, C. Goff III 6 Little Purple Pills: Hal McGee, C. Goff III 7 Entropical Breeze: Don Campau, C. Goff III 8 Brainoyed: Buzzsaw, C... Keywords: Taped Rugs Productions; Noise; Collage; Experimental; Avant Garde; Cassette Culture; Concrete; for fans of The Residents; for fans of Captain Beefheart; for fans of Frank Zappa Downloads: 65 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Unplugged Summer 1987: For Collectors Only - Disism Unplugged Summer 1987: For Collectors Only by Disism Disism = Charles Rice Goff III and Killr "Mark" Kaswan In early 1987, Disism performed publicly a couple of times without its Frippertronics-style tape loop system (without any electronics whatsoever in fact). The success of these performances inspired Goff and Kaswan to work up a set for public performance which was comprised of acoustic interpretations of their electronic compositions... Keywords: Taped Rugs Productions; Charles Rice Goff III; Killr Mark Kaswan; Disism; Unplugged; Acoustic; guitar; cello; experimental; avant garde; fluxus; alternative; electro acoustic; cassette culture; improv; improvisation; Oakland; California; San Franicisco Bay Area; humor; lo fi; low fidelity; for collectors only; for fans of home recording; for fans of Captain Beefheart; for fans of Daniel Johnston, cassette culture; hometape Downloads: 23 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Byting The Ram On The Big Digit (Soundtrack) - Charles Rice Goff III Byting The Ram On The Big Digit (Soundtrack) by Charles Rice Goff III This project originally was presented to the public in 2005 on two CDRs. One contained sixteen MPEG 1 video files; the other was an audio CDR containing the soundtracks from the sixteen videos plus two soundtrack out takes. Goff melded original films and altered footage from various sources to construct the videos. He used a wide variety of sound sources to construct the soundtracks, which were all composed specifically to aug... Keywords: Charles Rice Goff III; Taped Rugs Productions; dada; dadaism; collage; cassette culture; disism; herd of the ether space; turkey makes me sleepy; for fans of Kurt Schwitters; for fans of Yellow Submarine; for fans of Monty Python's Flying Circus Downloads: 28 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | 60 Minutes Of Laughter 60 Minutes Of Laughter was recorded in Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1981 and 1982. 60 MOL was Deborah Jaffe’s tape project, the fourth issue of a small press magazine Debbie published called 12 Seconds Of Laughter. 60 Minutes Of Laughter features sounds by Hal McGee, Debbie Jaffe [aka Master/Slave Relationship], Viscera, Gabble Ratchet, Trish & The Swishettes, The Dancing Invisibles, Residential Rick (Karcasheff), and more... Keywords: cassette culture; hometaper; dada; DIY; collage; small press; mail art; Casio VL-Tone; Viscera; Debbie Jaffe; Hal McGee; Dog As Master; Master/Slave Relationship; hometaping; spoken word; simultaneous poetry Downloads: 39 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Disicult - Disism Disicult by Disism In January, 2002, Killr "Mark" Kaswan took a trip from California to Lawrence, Kansas, to visit with his long time friend and sonic collaborator, Charles Rice Goff III. Over the course of several days, the two produced the first new Disism album since 1993: "Disicult." Goff and Kaswan had produced nine Disism cassette releases for Taped Rugs Productions and other avant garde tape labels between 1986 and 1993... Keywords: Charles Rice Goff III; Taped Rugs Productions; Disism; Killr Mark Kaswan; Experimental; Avant Garde; Music Concrete; Noise; Sound Sculpture; Art Music; Cassette Culture; Lawrence; Kansas; for fans of William Burroughs; for fans of John Cage; 21st Century Downloads: 15 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Interview with Peter Zincken(FCKN BSTRDS) - peter zincken/rinus van alebeek Interview by Rinus van Alebeek on growing up in the Jordaan in Amsterdam in the seventies, on being a fckn bstrd, on favourite animals, cassette culture and much more Keywords: peter zincken; o.d.a.l; rinus van alebeek; staalplaat; willy alberti; tante leen; johnny jordaan; political correct gay; geef mij maar amsterdam; de jordaan; fckn bstrds; flughafenstrasse; cassette culture; radio on Downloads: 5 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Swamp Patrol 84 - Debbie Jaffe, Hal McGee, David Mattingly Swamp Patrol was a collaboration of Hal McGee and Debbie Jaffe (Viscera) with David Mattingly (of Gabble Ratchet and Bright Too Late). This tape was kind of a companion piece to the 60 Minutes Of Laughter tape from 1982, and in fact it recycles some of the material from 60 MOL and expands on many of the themes from the earlier tape. Swamp Patrol 84 was originally recorded for inclusion in an issue of Level Mail Art zine -- participants were invited to submit 100 copies of an art object -- 100 bo... Keywords: dada; collage; lo-fi; cassette; DIY; improvisation; cut-ups; Casio VL-Tone; absurdism; spoken word; bruitism; simultaneous poetry; cassette culture; hometaping; Debbie Jaffe; Hal McGee; David Mattingly; Master/Slave Relationship; Dog As Master; mail art; Viscera Downloads: 15 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Beyond The Confessions Of Hiss - Herd Of The Ether Space Beyond The Confessions Of Hiss by Herd Of The Ether Space 1 Confessions Of Hiss 2 As Far As The Eye Could See/The Lord Sayeth Unto Abraham 3 Stress Related Disability Claim 4 Desperately Waltzing With Spock Released by Taped Rugs Productions in 1990, the cassette album: “Beyond The Confessions Of Hiss” is a powerful sonic martini stirred together from three recording sessions conducted by Charles Rice Goff III and Robert Silverman... Keywords: Taped Rugs Productions; Herd Of The Ether Space; Charles Rice Goff III; Robert Silverman; Frippertronics; cassette culture; tape loops; experimental; avant garde; fluxus; psychedelic; improv; improvisation; noise; sound collage; sound sculpture; electro acoustic; electronic music; space music; Cold War; Berlin Wall; Richard Nixon; for fans of Frank Zappa; for fans of Brian Eno; for fans of Negativland; for fans of Evolution Control Committee; for fans of The Residents; for fans of John Cage; cassette culture; Anders Moe Downloads: 40 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Tape Loop Improvisations: Volume One, July 4th, 1984 - Herd Of The Ether Space Tape Loop Improvisations: Volume One, July 4th, 1984 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... Keywords: Taped Rugs Productions; Charles Rice Goff III; Killr Mark Kaswan; Robert Silverman; Herd Of The Ether Space; tape loops; tape; loops; improv; improvisation; electronic guitar; noise; Frippertronics; Oakland; California; San Francisco Bay Area; Berkeley; space music; avant garde; experimental; for fans of Robert Fripp; for fans of John Cage; for fans of Fred Frith; for fans of Harry Partch; fluxus; cassette culture Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Tape Loop Improvisations: Volume Two, July 4th, 1985 - Herd Of The Ether Space Tape Loop Improvisations: Volume Two, July 4th, 1985 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... Keywords: Taped Rugs Productions; Charles Rice Goff III; Killr Mark Kaswan; Robert Silverman; Herd Of The Ether Space; tape loops; tape; loops; improv; improvisation; electronic guitar; noise; Frippertronics; Oakland; California; San Francisco Bay Area; Berkeley; space music; avant garde; experimental; for fans of Robert Fripp; for fans of John Cage; for fans of Fred Frith; for fans of Harry Partch; fluxus; cassette culture Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Reflections On A Toaster - Killr "Mark" Kaswan Reflections on a Toaster by Killr "Mark" Kaswan Killr "Mark" Kaswan created six different pieces for this self-produced cassette release. His cello and guitar playing combine in a variety of ways with animal sounds, conversations, radio broadcasts, prepared and improvised musical performances, tape manipulations, and other sonic elements. He sculpted the final compositions for the project with three stereo tape players and a simple analog mixer... Keywords: Taped Rugs Productions; Killr Mark Kaswan; Charles Rice Goff III; Disism; Noise; Avant Garde; Cassette Culture; Experimental; Adrian Gormley; Steve Schaer; -ING; Frippertronics; tape loops; sound collage; for fans of John Cage; cello; for fans of Robert Fripp; for fans of Eno; for fans of Sonic Youth Downloads: 7 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Might As Well Beyond Venus - Charles Rice Goff III Might As Well Beyond Venus by Charles Rice Goff III 1 The Space Night 2 Ours 3 Toothpaste 4 Hallways Of Always 5 Truth Lies In Trust 6 The Aquarium 7 Intro To Fly Away 8 Fly Away 9 You Sap Me I Sap You 10 The Presence Of Her Absence 11 Fun Foam 12 Frozen Stasis 13 Summer's Over The Rainbow 14 Beginning Of What? By late 1980, Charles Rice Goff III felt that his home recording experiments were at last becoming interesting enough to share with the world... Keywords: Taped Rugs Productions; Charles Rice Goff III; Cassette Culture; -ING; Herd Of The Ether Space; Experimental; Avant Garde; home recording; Frippertronics; tape loops; tape; loops; sound sculpture; Steve Schaer; Heather Engleman; Robert Silverman; for fans of Robert Fripp; for fans of Eno; for fans of David Sylvian; for fans of Adrian Belew; for fans of Daniel Johnston; improv; improvisation; sound sculpture; electronic guitar Downloads: 25 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Of Rancor & Rhyme - Buzzsaw And C. Goff III Of Rancor & Rhyme An Operatic Struggle In Language And Sound by Buzzsaw And C. Goff III The turn of the 21st Century brought many new things to Taped Rugs Productions. One of those was the person known to the world as "Buzzsaw." Sometime in early 2000, Buzzsaw suggested to Charles Rice Goff III that the two of them embark on a collaboration. The resulting production: "Of Rancor & Rhyme, An Operatic Struggle in Language And Sound," was finished in 2001... Keywords: Taped Rugs Productions; Buzzaw; Charles Rice Goff III; C. Goff III; Charlie McAlister; dada; dadaism; midi; collage; absurd; cassette culture; Tapegerm; home recording; hometape; experimental; avant garde; fluxus; sound collage; for fans of Kurt Schwitters; for fans of Marcel Duchamp; for fans of William Shakespeare; poetry Downloads: 7 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Verve Of The Void - Charles Rice Goff III & Hal McGee Verve Of The Void by Charles Rice Goff III & Hal McGee "Verve Of The Void" is a collaborative work, created by Charles Rice Goff III and Hal McGee. The project began in late 2002, when McGee proposed that the two composers create an album of "space music." The resulting album, finished in 2003, is a far cry from the New Age sort of "space music" that has developed into a genre familiar to the masses... Keywords: Hal McGee; Haltapes; Cause & Effect; Electronic Cottage; Cassette Culture; Theremin; Moog; Experimental; Collage; Noise; Space Music; Avant Garde; Collaboration; Charles Rice Goff III; Taped Rugs Productions; for fans of Tangerine Dream; for fans of Synergy; Science Fiction; Sci Fi; Physics; Outer Space Downloads: 45 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | 2006 Reasons To Collaborate - Taped Rugs Productions Taped Rugs Presents: 2006 Reasons To Collaborate In 2006, Taped Rugs got itself involved in collaborating on a wide variety of projects with a lot of different artists. This album is a collection of recordings which were produced through those collaborative efforts. Until the release of this album, none of these pieces had previously been available to the public through the Taped Rugs catalog. 1 Collars Of Dollars (Reverend Bakerbop/C... Keywords: Taped Rugs Productions; Charles Rice Goff III; Noise; Experimental; Avant Garde; Cassette Culture; Collage; Dada; Dadaism; Kurt Schwitters; Tristan Tzara; Lawrence; Kansas; Joek Friis; Dali; Harry Partch; for fans of Negativland; for fans of William Burroughs; Bopaphonics; Turkey Makes Me Sleepy Downloads: 59 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Adhesive Carpeting - -ING Adhesive Carpeting by -ING The last recording that Charles Rice Goff III and Steve Schaer created as -ING was produced at a one-time improvisational session at the Taped Rugs studio in Oakland, California, on November 3, 1991. Previous to this, the last -ING session had been on September 8th, 1984, at the San Francisco Inter Dada Festival. By 1991, the Taped Rugs Frippertronics-style tape loop system had deteriorated considerably from extensive use by Herd Of The Ether Space, Disism, and Goff hi... Keywords: Taped Rugs Productions; Charles Rice Goff III; Steve Schaer; -ING; electronic guitar; moog; micromoog; ARP; synthesizer; Odyssey; improvisation; experimental; avant garde; noise; space music; improv; 4 Track; four track; home recording; cassette culture; for fans of John Cage; for fans of Robert Fripp; for fans of Frank Zappa; for fans of The Residents; for fans of Eno Downloads: 23 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | Byting The Ram On The Big Digit - Charles Rice Goff III Byting The Ram On The Big Digit by Charles Rice Goff III This project originally was presented to the public in 2005 on two CDRs. One contained sixteen MPEG 1 video files, the other was an audio CDR containing the soundtracks from the sixteen videos plus two soundtrack out takes. Goff melded original films and altered footage from various sources to construct the videos. He used a wide variety of sound sources to construct the soundtracks, which were all composed specifically to augment the vide... Keywords: Charles Rice Goff III; Taped Rugs Productions; Mpeg 1; dada; dadaism; collage; cassette culture; disism; herd of the ether space; turkey makes me sleepy; for fans of Kurt Schwitters; for fans of Yellow Submarine; for fans of Monty Python's Flying Circus Downloads: 58 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Disism - DD Downer Sessions - Disism & DD Downer Disism - DD Downer Sessions by Disism and DD Downer Disism = Charles Rice Goff III and Killr "Mark" Kaswan 1 Switching Laxatives/Questionable Buttermilk January 4th, 1987 2 Retarded Spoilage April 14th, 1987 3 Electronic Jelly April 18th, 1987 Way back in 1983, Charles Rice Goff III took home a flier he found in a Berkeley, California, record store. The flier indicated that “scream inc.” was seeking avant garde musicians... Keywords: Taped Rugs Productions; Charles Rice Goff III; Killr Mark Kaswan; Disism; DD Downer; Frippertronics; tape loops; experimental; avant garde; improv; improvisation; fluxus; electronic guitar; cello; home recording; cassette culture; noise; Oakland; California; San Francisco Bay Area; for fans of Robert Fripp; for fans of John Cage; scream inc; industrial; sound collage; sound sculpture; for fans of The Residents; space music; reverb Downloads: 11 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Disism (First Cassette Release) - Disism Disism by Disism Disism = Charles Rice Goff III Killr "Mark" Kaswan Disism was conceived by Charles Rice Goff III and Killr "Mark" Kaswan in 1985. For the six years previous to that time, Goff had been primarily focusing his sonic artistry with Steve Schaer in a project called “–Ing”. Kaswan had joined with Goff in several avant garde improvisational sessions during that time, however. In early 1985, -Ing lost its momentum, and Kaswan had just returned to the USA from a long stay in Barcel... Keywords: Taped Rugs Productions; Charles Rice Goff III; Killr Mark Kaswan; tape loops; reel to reel; Frippertronics; experimental; cello; electronic; guitar; avant garde; noise; sound collage; improv; improvisation; San Francisco; Oakland; California; sound sculpture; noise; home recording; cassette culture; for fans of Robert Fripp; for fans of Brian Eno; for fans of John Cage; Mills College; Berkeley Downloads: 63 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Earliest Minimalist Frippertronics Improvisations - -ING Earliest Minimalist Frippertronics Improvisations by -ING In mid 1979, Charles Rice Goff III was inspired by witnessing some performances from Robert Fripp’s “Frippertronics” tour. He began to experiment with applications of Fripp's tape loop set-up on his own reel-to-reel tape recorders. From this point onward into the next decade, tape loop experiments and tape loop compositions became a regular part of Goff’’s life... Keywords: Taped Rugs Productions; Charles Rice Goff III; Steve Schaer; -ING; Frippertronics; tape loops; tapeloops; home recording; hometaping; cassette culture; experimental; avant garde; improv; improvisation; electronic guitar; ARP Odyssey; synthesizer; for fans of Robert Fripp; for fans of Eno; for fans of King Crimson; UC Berkeley; Oakland, San Francisco; Bay Area; psychedelic; trippy; space music Downloads: 95 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Foraged For, Found, & Forged - Charles Rice Goff III Foraged For, Found, & Forged by Charles Rice Goff III "Foraged For, Found, And Forged" was the first solo original CDR production created by Charles Rice Goff III (after creating 22 solo cassette productions and three CDR solo cassette retrospectives). Its title sums up its essence: the compositions were all created by pasting together small bits and pieces of found sounds. In the "forging" process, Goff also used a lot of computer effects to vary his found sounds... Keywords: Taped Rugs Productions; Charles Rice Goff III; Found sounds; cut-and-paste; collage; sound sculpture; humor; noise; experimental; avant garde; cassette culture; fluxus; for fans of William Burroughs; for fans of Wayne Butane; for fans of Negativland; for fans of Evolution Control Committee; dada; dadaism; for fans of Kurt Schwitters; for fans of Raoul Haussman; for fans of Marcel Duchamp Downloads: 19 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Tape Loop Improvisations: Volume Three, March 1st, 1986 - Herd Of The Ether Space Tape Loop Improvisations: Volume Three, March 1st, 1986 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... Keywords: Taped Rugs Productions; Charles Rice Goff III; Killr Mark Kaswan; Stuart Sands; Robert Silverman; Herd Of The Ether Space; tape loops; tape; loops; improv; improvisation; electronic guitar; noise; Frippertronics; Oakland; California; San Francisco Bay Area; Berkeley; space music; avant garde; experimental; for fans of Robert Fripp; for fans of John Cage; for fans of Fred Frith; for fans of Harry Partch; fluxus; cassette culture Downloads: 15 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Laughing All The Way - Charles Rice Goff III Laughing All The Way by Charles Rice Goff III In 1993 Charles Goff III assembled five very different interpretations of the Christmas classic, “Jingle Bells”, and released them through Taped Rugs Productions on a cassette entitled “Laughing All The Way.” A variety of instruments, sound samples, and recording techniques give each version of the song its own distinctive flavor. Taped Rugs re-released the contents of the cassette on CDR in 2004... Keywords: Taped Rugs Productions; Charles Rice Goff III; Jingle Bells; experimental; avant garde; fluxus; sound sculpture; dada; psychedelic; batman; Christmas; carol; Xmas; sound sculpture; home recording; cassette culture; four track; for fans of The Residents; for fans of Negativland; for fans of Evolution Control Committee Downloads: 27 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Live Performances From 1986 And 1987 - Disism Live Performances From 1986 & 1987 by Disism Disism = Charles Rice Goff III Killr "Mark" Kaswan Disism was conceived by Goff and Kaswan in 1985. For several years previous to that time, Goff had been primarily focusing his sonic artistry with Steve Schaer on a project called “–ING." Kaswan had joined with Goff in several avant garde improvisational sessions during that time, however. By early 1985, -ING had lost its momentum, and Kaswan had just returned to the USA from a long stay in Barcel... Keywords: Taped Rugs Productions; Charles Rice Goff III; Killr “Mark” Kaswan; Disism; tape; loops; tapeloops; Frippertronics; improv; improvisation; sound sculpture; noise; avant garde; experimental; electronic guitar; cello; Oakland; San Francisco; California; for fans of Robert Fripp; for fans of Brian Eno; for fans of Fred Frith; for fans of Snakefinger; cassette culture Downloads: 30 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Maestros Of The Magnetic Age - Charles Rice Goff III & Chris Phinney Maestros Of the Magnetic Age by Charles Goff III and Chris Phinney This collaborative project was begun back in the 1980's, left to ferment for over fifteen years, then finished in August, 2005. Analog and digital synthesizers, actual human voices, found sounds, sampled recordings, electronic guitar, Frippertronics-style tape loops, computer effects, computer generated sounds and voices, oddly-played old phonograph records, and more, make up the various building blocks on which these pieces were... Keywords: Chris Phinney; Harsh Reality; Mental Anguish; Tapegerm; Charles Rice Goff III; Taped Rugs Productions; Cassette Culture; Noise; Experimental; Psychedelic; Avant Garde; Fluxus; Improv; improvisation; collage; cut and paste; for fans of Robert Fripp; for fans of Eno; for fans of The Residents; for fans of Frank Zappa; for fans of Sonic Youth; Frippertronics; tape loops; moog; synthesizer Downloads: 53 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | My First Adventure Into 3-D - Turkey Makes Me Sleepy My First Adventure Into 3-D by Turkey Makes Me Sleepy Turkey Makes Me Sleepy = Michael Adams (Mikadams) Charles Rice Goff III Eric Matchett The Full Album Of Recordings Is Presented Here: 1 Fasten Seat Belts 2 Barry Man-O-Love 3 Circus Of The Damned 4 Skin Popping 5 Faith Healer 6 I Donut Know 7 Helping With The Carpet The cassette album: "My First Adventure Into 3-D," was produced by Turkey Makes Me Sleepy (TMMS) and released by Taped Rugs Productions out of Lawrence, Kansas, USA, in 1998... Keywords: Taped Rugs Productions; Charles Rice Goff III; C. Goff III; Michael Adams; Mikadams; Eric Matchett; Gerbil Bliss; Turkey Makes Me Sleepy; Lawrence; Kansas; Experimental; Avant Garde; Fluxus; Sound Collage; Electronic; Plunderphonics; Psychedelic; for fans of The Residents; for fans of Frank Zappa; for fans of William Burroughs; for fans of Negativland; Cassette Culture Downloads: 2 |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | Panaramania - Charles Rice Goff III Panaramania by Charles Rice Goff III Researched & Edited By Charles Rice Goff III Musical Accompaniments By Taped Rugs Artists "Panaramania" was the first-ever official Taped Rugs release of video recordings. The twenty-eight video productions in this presentation were put together between 2002 and 2004 by Charles Rice Goff III, using a variety of lo fidelity digital and audio processing programs. Old and new videos and photographs from various sources were cut up, effected, re-combined, and ble... Keywords: Charles Rice Goff III; Taped Rugs Productions; , Video; Dada; Dadaism; Cassette Culture; Noise; Psychedelic; Humor; Herd Of The Ether Space; Turkey Makes Me Sleepy; Machinations; Bret Hart; Surreal; Surrealism; for fans of Kurt Schwitters; for fans of William Burroughs; for fans of Monty Python; Animation; Plunderphonics; Lawrence; Kansas Downloads: 95 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | Plumb Bobs For Steel - Charles Rice Goff III Plumb Bobs For Steel by Charles Rice Goff III Plumb Bobs For Steel is Volume Twenty-One of the Taped Rugs "Uncooked" series of productions and is the fourth video presentation in the series. The performances documented here were executed by Charles Rice Goff III alone and alive in the Taped Rugs studio in Kansas City, Kansas, USA. A single camera mounted on a tripod captured the materials presented here... Keywords: Taped Rugs Productions; Charles Rice Goff III; C. Goff III; experimental; avant garde; fluxus; sound collage; psychedelic; cassette culture; electronic music; Kansas City; Kansas; synthesizer; Moog; for fans of Christian Marclay; for fans of Frank Zappa; for fans of Robert Fripp; for fans of Eno; for fans of Negativland; for fans of William Burroughs; for fans of Henry Kaiser Downloads: 11 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | ReUpholstered Vinyl - Don Campau & Charles Rice Goff III ReUpholstered Vinyl by Don Campau & Charles Rice Goff III In late 2003, home recording artists Don Campau and Charles Rice Goff III began collaborating to create an album of “cover songs.” Working separately in California and Kansas, each of the artists produced the basics for five pieces, which they recorded onto CDRs and mailed to each other through the US Post. Once the CDRs were received, the collaborators put the finishing touches on each other’s basics to create the ten-song collecti... Keywords: Don Campau; Lonely Whistle Music; Charles Rice Goff III; Taped Rugs Productions; Cassette Culture; Hometaper; home recording; California; Lawrence; Kansas; David Bowie; Vicki Lawrence; Eric Burdon And The Animals; Elvis Costello; Robert Wyatt; Steve Miller; Donovan Leitch; David Byrne; Talking Heads; Gerry Marsden; Gerry And The Pacemakers; The Fugs; Ed Sanders; pop culture; cover songs; experimental; avant garde; rock and roll Downloads: 28 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Six With Pix - Turkey Makes Me Sleepy Six With Pix by Turkey Makes Me Sleepy Turkey Makes Me Sleepy = Mike Adams (Mikadams) Charles Rice Goff III Eric Matchett The Full Album Of Recordings Is Presented Here: 1 DON’T FLINCH 2 ERIC’S CONVERTIBLE 3 I DROPPED SCIENCE ON THE TAPED RUG 4 HOLD ME 5 FEET 6 ENCOUNTER AT THE WATERS EDGE After Turkey Makes Me Sleepy member Eric Matchett moved to Oregon at the turn of the 21st Century (far away from his Lawrence, Kansas, collaborators), the band members began to work occasionally on various... Keywords: Turkey Makes Me Sleepy; Taped Rugs Productions; Mike Adams; Mikadams; Charles Rice Goff III; Eric Matchett; Lawrence; Kansas; collage; noise; concrete; improvisation; dada; dadaism; sound sculpture; collaboration; Portland, Oregon; noise; for fans of Evolution Control Committee; for fans of Negativland; homerecording; cassette culture Downloads: 43 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Swimming In The Sound Soup - Turkey Makes Me Sleepy Swimming In The Sound Soup by Turkey Makes Me Sleepy Turkey Makes Me Sleepy = Michael Adams (Mikadams) Charles Rice Goff III Eric Matchett The Full Album Of Recordings Is Presented Here: 1 Sandman 2 Mercuric Cloud 3 Edna Lena Loo 4 Inaugural Balls 5 Insouciant Incunabulum 6 Dark Angelâs Model Railroad "Swimming In The Sound Soup" was the first of several cassette albums produced by Turkey Makes Me Sleepy (TMMS) and released by Taped Rugs Productions out of Lawrence, Kansas, USA... Keywords: Taped Rugs Productions; Charles Rice Goff III; C. Goff III; Michael Adams; Mikadams; Eric Matchett; Gerbil Bliss; Turkey Makes Me Sleepy; Lawrence; Kansas; Experimental; Avant Garde; Fluxus; Sound Collage; Electronic; Plunderphonics; Psychedelic; for fans of The Residents; for fans of Frank Zappa; for fans of William Burroughs; for fans of Negativland; Cassette Culture Downloads: 7 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Tape Recording Experiments Of The 1970's - Charles Rice Goff III Tape Recording Experiments Of The 1970's by Charles Rice Goff III 1 You're Sixteen (Robert and Richard Sherman) 2 Canons For You 3 Newscene At Six II 4 Newscene At Six III 5 Orchestalled 6 Wait A Minute Charles Rice Goff III became interested in recording sounds and music around 1963, when he was four years old. He has been actively pursuing that interest ever since. These excerpts from an interview that Jerry Kranitz of Aural Innovations did with Goff III in 2002 give a bit of background on Gof... Keywords: Taped Rugs Productions; Charles Rice Goff III; Experimental; Noise; Avant Garde; Home recording; Home Taping; Hometaping; Fluxus; Collage; Tape Recorder; Cassette Culture; 1970's; Berkeley; California; psychedelic; for fans of Daniel Johnston; for fans of John Cage; for fans of John Lennon; Channel 7; Jerry Jensen; Newscene; television Downloads: 49 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | Travel While You Sleep - Charles Rice Goff III Travel While You Sleep by Charles Rice Goff III Travel While You Sleep is Volume Eighteen of the Taped Rugs "Uncooked" series of productions and is the third video presentation in the series. The performances documented here were executed by Charles Rice Goff III alone and alive in the Taped Rugs studio in Kansas City, Kansas, USA, on January 9th, 2009. A single camera mounted on a tripod captured the materials presented here... Keywords: Taped Rugs Productions; Charles Rice Goff III; -ING; Disism; Might As Well Beyond Venus; Improv; Improvisation; Moog; Micromoog; loops; Frippertronics; tape loops; sound sculpture; electronic; guitar; music; space music; video; Kansas City; for fans of Robert Fripp; for fans of Eno; toys; cassette culture; home recording; homerecording; hometaper; synthesizer Downloads: 47 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Unearth - Disism Unearth by Disism Disism = Charles Rice Goff III and Killr "Mark" Kaswan Many Disism compositions were created specifically for compilation cassette albums put out by various tape labels from all over the world. Released by Taped Rugs Productions in 1993, the Disism cassette album: "Unearth" compiled several of these stray compositions onto one tape. Unearth also brought to the public a number of out takes and previously unreleased Disism recordings... Keywords: Taped Rugs Productions; Disism; Charles Rice Goff III; Killr “Mark” Kaswan; experimental; Frippertronics; tape loops; cassette culture; home recording; hometaping; avant garde; Insane Music; Empty Records; Rat Lab Steamworks; Collision Cassettes; compilations; Sound Of Pig; Haltapes; fluxus; sound collage; sound sculpture; noise; EE Tapes Downloads: 29 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Hardware Murals - Herd Of The Ether Space Hardware Murals by Herd Of The Ether Space 1 Zoe Go To Sleep 2 Rainy Days And Mondays 3 The Onset Of Rickets 4 Lintball Sweater 5 Black Spot n Jupiter 6 All Of Shakespeare Twice Throughout most of the 1980’s, the Taped Rugs Frippertronic-style tape loop system provided a major source of context and continuity for all of the acts on the Taped Rugs label: -ING, Disism, Herd Of The Ether Space, and Charles Rice Goff III’s solo endeavors... Keywords: Taped Rugs Productions; Herd Of The Ether Space; Charles Rice Goff III; Robert Silverman; Killr Mark Kaswan; Stuart Sands; George Gibson; improv; improvisation; electro acoustic; sound collage; sound sculpture; avant garde; experimental; fluxus; electronic music; space music; Oakland, California; San Francisco Bay Area; sampling; circuit bending; for fans of John Cage; for fans of Negativland; for fans of The Residents; for fans of Frank Zappa; ECTO Tapes; cassette culture; home recording; hometaping Downloads: 10 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Tape Loop Improvisations: Volume Ten, August 22nd, 1988 - Herd Of The Ether Space Tape Loop Improvisations: Volume Ten, August 22nd, 1988 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... Keywords: Taped Rugs Productions; Charles Rice Goff III; George Gibson; Killr “Mark” Kaswan; Herd Of The Ether Space; tape loops; tape; loops; improv; improvisation; electronic guitar; noise; Frippertronics; Oakland; California; San Francisco Bay Area; Berkeley; space music; avant garde; experimental; for fans of Brian Eno; for fans of John Cage; for fans of Fred Frith; for fans of Harry Partch; fluxus; cassette culture; for fans of Disism; for fans of –ING; psychedelic; music concrete; collage music; sound sculpture Downloads: 9 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Tape Loop Improvisations: Volume Eleven, August 28th, 1988 - Herd Of The Ether Space Tape Loop Improvisations: Volume Eleven, August 28th, 1988 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... Keywords: Taped Rugs Productions; Charles Rice Goff III; Killr “Mark” Kaswan; Stuart Sands; Herd Of The Ether Space; tape loops; tape; loops; improv; improvisation; electronic guitar; noise; Frippertronics; Oakland; California; San Francisco Bay Area; Berkeley; space music; avant garde; experimental; for fans of Brian Eno; for fans of John Cage; for fans of Fred Frith; for fans of Harry Partch; fluxus; cassette culture; for fans of Disism; for fans of –ING; psychedelic; music concrete; collage music; sound sculpture Downloads: 10 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Tape Loop Improvisations: Volume Sixteen, February 19th, 1989 - Herd Of The Ether Space Tape Loop Improvisations: Volume Sixteen, February 19th, 1989 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... Keywords: Taped Rugs Productions; Charles Rice Goff III; George Gibson; Killr “Mark” Kaswan; Robert Silverman; Herd Of The Ether Space; tape loops; tape; loops; improv; improvisation; electronic guitar; noise; Frippertronics; Oakland; California; San Francisco Bay Area; Berkeley; space music; avant garde; experimental; for fans of Robert Fripp; for fans of John Cage; for fans of Fred Frith; for fans of Harry Partch; fluxus; cassette culture; for fans of Disism; for fans of –ING; music concrete; sound sculpture; sound collage; Victor Buono; Batman Downloads: 11 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Tape Loop Improvisations: Volume Eighteen, March 18th, 1989 - Herd Of The Ether Space Tape Loop Improvisations: Volume Eighteen, March 18th, 1989 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... Keywords: Taped Rugs Productions; Charles Rice Goff III; George Gibson; Killr “Mark” Kaswan; Will Tait; Herd Of The Ether Space; tape loops; tape; loops; improv; improvisation; electronic guitar; noise; Frippertronics; Oakland; California; San Francisco Bay Area; Berkeley; space music; avant garde; experimental; for fans of Robert Fripp; for fans of John Cage; for fans of Fred Frith; for fans of Harry Partch; fluxus; cassette culture; for fans of Disism; for fans of –ING; music concrete; sound sculpture; sound collage Downloads: 9 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Tape Loop Improvisations: Volume Nineteen, March 26th, 1989 - Herd Of The Ether Space Tape Loop Improvisations: Volume Nineteen, March 26th, 1989 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... Keywords: Taped Rugs Productions; Charles Rice Goff III; Robert Silverman; Herd Of The Ether Space; tape loops; tape; loops; improv; improvisation; electronic guitar; noise; Frippertronics; Oakland; California; San Francisco Bay Area; Berkeley; space music; avant garde; experimental; for fans of Robert Fripp; for fans of John Cage; for fans of Fred Frith; for fans of Harry Partch; fluxus; cassette culture; for fans of Disism; for fans of –ING; music concrete; sound sculpture; sound collage; drugs; drug abuse; hallucination; psychedelic Downloads: 8 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Tape Loop Improvisations: Volume Twenty, April 2nd, 1989 - Herd Of The Ether Space Tape Loop Improvisations: Volume Twenty, April 2nd, 1989 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... Keywords: Taped Rugs Productions; Charles Rice Goff III; George Gibson; Steve Schaer; Herd Of The Ether Space; tape loops; tape; loops; improv; improvisation; electronic guitar; noise; Frippertronics; Oakland; California; San Francisco Bay Area; Berkeley; space music; avant garde; experimental; for fans of Robert Fripp; for fans of John Cage; for fans of Fred Frith; for fans of Harry Partch; fluxus; cassette culture; for fans of Disism; for fans of –ING; music concrete; sound sculpture; sound collage, circuit bending Downloads: 10 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Tape Loop Improvisations: Volume Four, May 31st, 1986 - Herd Of The Ether Space Tape Loop Improvisations: Volume Four, May 31st, 1986 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... Keywords: Taped Rugs Productions; Charles Rice Goff III; Tina Karel; Christina de Souza; Stuart Sands; Steve Schaer; Robert Silverman; Herd Of The Ether Space; tape loops; tape; loops; improv; improvisation; electronic guitar; noise; Frippertronics; Oakland; California; San Francisco Bay Area; Berkeley; space music; avant garde; experimental; for fans of Robert Fripp; for fans of John Cage; for fans of Fred Frith; for fans of Harry Partch; fluxus; cassette culture; for fans of Disism; for fans of -ING Downloads: 6 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Tape Loop Improvisations: Volume Nine, July 24th, 1988 - Herd Of The Ether Space Tape Loop Improvisations: Volume Nine, July 24th, 1988 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... Keywords: Taped Rugs Productions; Charles Rice Goff III; Robert Silverman; Herd Of The Ether Space; tape loops; tape; loops; improv; improvisation; electronic guitar; noise; Frippertronics; Oakland; California; San Francisco Bay Area; Berkeley; space music; avant garde; experimental; for fans of Robert Fripp; for fans of John Cage; for fans of Fred Frith; for fans of Harry Partch; fluxus; cassette culture; for fans of Disism; for fans of –ING; psychedelic; marijuana; barbiturates; drugs; drug abuse; music concrete; collage music; sound sculpture Downloads: 12 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Caliginous California - Disism Caliginous California by Disism Disism = Charles Rice Goff III and Killr "Mark" Kaswan 1 Son Of The Nordic Wolf 2 Caliginous California 3 Pointed Angel's Tale 4 Cute Little Devils The Disism cassette album, "Caliginous California," released by Taped Rugs Productions in 1993, combines disturbing elements from real and imagined worlds with improvised experimental sonics. The tape was co-released by the San Jose, California, branch of Kentucky Fried Royalty cassettes, headed up by Don Campau... Keywords: Taped Rugs Productions; Disism; Charles Rice Goff III; Killr Mark Kaswan; Experimental; avant garde; fluxus; improv; improvisation; home recording; Halloween; all Hallows Eve; witches; Wiccans; Satan; Evangelical; Dark Shadows; Oakland; fire; 1991; California; cassette culture; home recording; Jan Bruun; Hypertonia World Enterprises; for fans of The Residents; for fans of John Cage; for fans of Negativland; for fans of Evolution Control Committee; for fans of Frank Zappa Downloads: 20 Average rating: (0 review) |
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