The Poetry of DIY – Ideas Expressed With Sound (1956-2016)

Connecting artists from different countries. Detail cover art Compilation TRAX 0982 NewXTRA (1982, Trax)

39-minute mix of ideas being expressed with sound: made up trains, works with found sounds, or a collective approach in making music – realised by Amy Taubin, Angus & Hetty MacLise, Tom Recchion, Tuli Kupferberg and others between 1956 and 2016.

Jerry Lindahl – The Indian Elephant

Playing with found sounds. (1983, Tellus)

I Nipoti Del Faraone – Creepy

From the final retrospective release of the modular structured network TRAX. (1987, Trax)

Tom Recchion – Cara Mia

Investigating the potential of easy listening tunes. (1985, Birdman Records)

Abweichendes Verhalten – Die Protopopows

New wave from South Germany. (1983, Transmitter Cassetten)

Can – Transcendental Express

Music inspired by trains. (1976, Harvest)

Gulfa-e-Ghani and Zareef – Train Rhythm Imitation

Train imitation outside the Tehran station. (1956, Sublime Frequencies)

Renaldo & The Loaf – A Convivial Ode

Heralds of the weird. (2016, Klanggalerie)

Greg Neutra / J.D. Elliot – Grieg Fatigue

From the circle of the Los Angeles Free Music Society. (1976, Los Angeles Free Music Society)

Tuli Kupferberg – Social Studies

Interpreting found text. (1966, ESP Disk)

Unit 08 / Unit 09 – Fishes

More from the modular structured network TRAX. (1982, Trax)

Amy Taubin – Don’t Stop

A summary. (1981, Atavistic)

Angus & Hetty MacLise – Humming In The Night Skull

From the Angus MacLise archive. (ca. 1968-1972, Table Of The Elements)

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