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FOT Community => Links => Topic started by: A.M. Thomas on February 24, 2008, 03:28:03 PM
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I am posting this because it is impossible to find online and was never truly released. Julian Koster used to send out personalized CD-Rs of this album (for free) to people if they requested it.
The Music Tapes are a musical groupe involving a singing saw and one Julian Koster, who participated in other bands (NMH) and spends his time in a house surrounded on all sides by the sea. They also have a first album released on Merge in 1999 called 1st Imaginary Symphony For Nomad.
2nd Imaginary Symphony for Cloudmaking, though, is a 65 minute Music Tapes story album on the subject of the factory that harbors secrets of widgets and clouds, as well as the child-boy, Nigh, that sees it. I like it very, very much. The first album is also great.
Click the image to download and let me know what you think.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fe/2nd_Imaginary_Symphony_Artwork.jpg/200px-2nd_Imaginary_Symphony_Artwork.jpg) (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=8LYEBKO6)
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Music Tapes played at my friend's farm years ago. It was really unforgettable. He has a video of the performance, and of a guy named Eight Track Gorilla, who was touring with them. You guessed it, he sang karaoke over 8 track tapes while wearing a gorilla suit. I also remember banging on a metal dust pan as part of some audience participation, a Santa Claus lawn ornament microphone holder, Betty Boop movie reels, and all sorts of wonderful weirdness. come to think of it, I have a picture of a Julian playing the saw while a horse scratches it's butt on a metal gate.
Anyway, this brought back some great memories, so thank you for passing this along, NU!